Obituaries: Sgt. James T. "Ted" McCarty, 1948, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 4 & December 30, 1948 Winn Parish Enterprise

No. 1

Remains of Ted McCarty Enroute To United States

Mr. and Mrs. Howard McCarty of Beech Creek have been notified by the War
Department that the remains of their son, Sgt. James T. "Ted" McCarty, who was
killed in action in Italy on May 23, 1944, were enroute to the States for
reburial.

Announcement will be made later as to funeral arrangements.  A military
service will be conducted and interment will be made in the Beech Creek
Cemetery.

Before entering service, McCarty, a 1938 graduate of the Winnfield High
School, was a student at the local trade school.

He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Wiston, of Flat Creek, and
Sherman McCarty, and two sisters, Mrs. B. F. Allbritton of Tullos and Mrs.
Curtis Mayes.

No. 2

Reburial For Sgt. James T. McCarty Sunday, Jan. 2

The remains of Sgt. James T. "Ted" McCarty arrived in Winnfield Tuesday and
will lay in state at the Southern Funeral Home until Friday at which time they
will be carried to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard McCarty of
Beech Creek.  Military services will be held at the Beech Creek Church Sunday,
January 2, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. R. M. Doughty of Tullos officiating. 
Burial will be in the Beech Creek Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers will be Curtis and Delmer Smith, J. B. and E. M.
Allbritton, Jr., Ray and O'Neal Hatten, Cody Hand, Cecil Meredith, J. Tom
Mayes, and Richard Boyd.

Sgt. McCarty, who was 26 years old when he was killed in action in Italy, May
23, 1944, had entered service January 26, 1942.  He was a graduate of the
Winnfield High School and of the local trade school and had been a member of
the Beech Creek Baptist Church since early youth.

Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. B. F.
Allbritton and Wiston McCarty of Tullos, Star Route, Mrs. Lucy Mayes of
Sulphur, La., and Sherman McCarty of Roanoke, La.