Obituary: August 1951, Franklin Parish, LA Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obituaties are listed below: Charles R. Hawsey ********************************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA August 2, 1951 Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Charles R. Hawsey Soldier's Body Being Returned The body of Franklin's first victim of the Korean War will come home for final interment Friday evening. Final rites will be held for Pfc. Charles R. Hawsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hawsey of Liddieville, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Boeuf River Baptist church. The body will lie in state at the Brown-Young Funeral home until 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The young soldier, who was killed in action against the enemy last August 15, just a few days after arriving in Korea, will receive a military funeral conducted by buddies and friends of the local Hanna-Richardson V.F.W. post No. 3155 and the Diamond- Hawthorne American Legion post No. 84. The Rev. Tom Ratcliff, asssited by the Rev. J.H. Keyes, pastor of the Lone Pine Baptist church, will officiate at the final services. Interment will follow in the Ogden cemetery with military rites. Pfc. Hawsey was 22 years of age at the time of his death. He was graduate of the Ogden High School. During World War II, he served with the merchant marines for one and one-half years and later joined the paratroops. After entering the army, he served 21 months in Japan with the occupation forces. Reentering the armed services in May of 1950 on the promise of immediate entry to officer's candidate school, he was, instead sent to the combat zone in Korea, landing there around August 1 as a member of the second infantry division. He was killed in action on August 15. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Jeff and L. J. Hawsey, both of Winnsboro; four sisters, Mrs. J.T. Hendry and Miss Cora Hawsey of Winnsboro, Mildred Hawsey of Monroe and Mrs. W.M. Turnage of Kirbyville, Tex. Pallbearers will be members of the Ogden Independent basketball team with whom he played as a team member. The team was originally known as the Crowville American Legion basketball team. Members of the original team who will bear the pall are: Buddy Erskin, Leland Humphries, Fred Johnson, Roy Stapp, Virgil H. Dampier, Alton Johnson, Cale Martin, B.S. Landis, III, and Gene Wright. Submitter's note: Charles R. Hawsey was born in Franklin Parish, LA on June 29, 1928. He was killed in Korea on August 15, 1950. Interment was in Ogden Cemetery on August 5, 1951. **************** The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA August 7, 1951 Submitted by: Glenda Warner Boyd Charles R. Hawsey Final Interment For Pfc. Hawsey Made Sunday at 3 Taps sounded over the grave of Franklin's first returned war dead Sunday afternoon following final military rites for Pfc. Charles R. Hawsey, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hawsey of Liddieville, who lost his life last August 15 on Korean soil. Young Hawsey, a veteran of World War II, was the first of six Franklin soldiers to be killed in the Korean "incident". Services for the Ogden High school graduate were conducted at 3 o'clock in the Boeuf River Baptist church with the Rev. Tom Ratcliff, former pastor, and the Rev. J. H. Keyes, pastor of the Lone Pine Baptist church, officiating. Interment, under the direction of the Brown-Young Funeal home, was made in the church cemetery. The army private first class is survived by his parents; two brothers, Jeff and L. J. Hawsey, both of Winnsboro; four sisters, Mrs. J. T. Hendry and Miss Cora Hawsey of Winnsboro, Miss Mildred Hawsey of Monroe and Mrs. W. M. Turnage of Kirbyville, Texas. The body of the former paratrooper and merchant marine arrived in Rayville early Friday night escorted by M-Sgt. Harry A. Spath. Bearing the pall were members of the former Ogden independent basketball team on which the returned soldier played several years ago. They include: Bruce S. Landis, III, Leland Humphries, Wm. (Bud) Johnston, Donald G. Bennett, Jr., Virgil Dampier, Roy Stapp, Buddy Erskin and Gene Wright. Military graveside services were in command of Wm. R. Baker, commander of the Winnsboro Hanna-Richardson V.F.W. post, with the V.F.W. and Diamond-Hawthorne Legion members participating. Bill Robinson was firing squad commander of a group composed of C. H. Wiltshire, Claude Butler, Harold Lea, Jack Roark, C.C. Nelson, W.B. Scriber, Eddie Montgomery, Wade Sisk, Charles R. Varnado, James Holmes, R.E. Henry, B.O. (Bo) Robertson and W.Y. Cuney. Eagle Scout Sammy Hanna blew taps. Submitter's notes: Charles R. Hawsey was born in Franklin Parish, LA on June 29, 1928. He was killed in Korea on August 15, 1950. Interment was in Ogden Cemetery on August 5, 1951.