Reburial of W. O. Noble, Richland Parish, LA Submitted by Betty Jean Weems Neathery Newspaper clipping from THE MONROE MORNING WORLD, undated, but probably June, 1949 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** SOLON, WAR HERO TO BE REBURIED _____________ Services for Lt. W. O. Noble, Legislative Member; Set on Thursday ____________ WINNSBORO, La. June 11 - The funeral services for First Lieutenant W. O. Noble, the only Louisiana state legislator to die in action in World War II, are scheduled for next Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Natchez National Cemetery, Natchez, Miss. According to information from Superintendent Wilford W. Horne, of the cemetery grounds, the body will arrive Thursday morning at 9:45 over an Illinois Central train and will be taken to the Foster Funeral Home where it will remain until time for the services. There will be full military rites at the grave by a special detachment from the Mississippi military district headquarters, Jackson, Miss. Rev. J. P. McKeithen, of Newellton, will officiate. The lieutenant, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Noble, of Winnsboro, was born January 6, 1917, near Mangham, La. He was a graduate of Mangham High School and of Louisiana State University. In 1940 he was elected to the lower house of the state legislature from Richland parish, where he was known as the "baby" of the legislature. In May, 1942, he married Miss Dorothy A. Mills, of New Orleans. A daughter, Rose Adelea, was born May 29, 1943, which was the month Lieutenant Noble received his law degree from the university. He was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association in August; commissioned as second lieutenant in the Army reserve, and was placed on active duty in August, 1943, leaving for overseas in May, 1944. He served with the first, third and seventh armies as replacement officer and was given a battlefield promotion to first lieutenant, October 22, 1944. He was attached to the 314 infantry regiment of the 79th division when killed in action December 3, 1944, in the Battle of the Bulge. In January, 1945, Representative Noble was signally honored in an official ceremony in the state capitol when was unveiled a plaque to his memory on the speaker's desk in the lower house. The Bronze Star Cross was given posthumously and also the Purple Heart Was awarded. Besides his wife, Mrs. Wallace Percy, who now resides at Afton Villa, famed plantation home and his six-year-old daughter, Rose, Lieutenant Noble is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Noble, Winnsboro; six sisters and three brothers, Mrs. J. A. Mercer of Mangham, Mrs. A. C. Bowden of Oak Grove, Mrs. W. L. Acklen, Jr., of Baton Rouge, Misses Bessie, Iona Jean and Elizabeth Noble, all of Winnsboro; Bill Noble, Woody Noble, Winnsboro; and George Noble, Jr., L. S. U. student. Lieutenant Noble was a member of the Mangham Methodist Church and Masonic lodge. Any flowers sent should be sent to Superintendent Horne of the National Cemetery, Vicksburg. Submitter's Notes: W. O. Noble (his given name was the initials "W. O.") was the son of George Wesley Noble and Rose Elizabeth Roberson Noble. He was the grandson of James Runnells Nobles and Elizabeth Dorcas Crawford Nobles and of Billy Roberson and Mollie Byrd Roberson.