Beckham County, OK - Obits: Fred F. Herring, 1922
16 Mar 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HERRING, FRED F.
(7 Dec 1922, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Western Union Telegram.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 5, 1922, 4:35 p.m.
Mrs. Bessie Herring:
Erick, Oklahoma,
Deeply regret to inform you it has been officially reported; your son,
Sergant (sic) Fred F. Herring, died December 3, 1922, in Hawiian (sic)
Islands of gunshot wound, left lung and heart.
signed: DAVIS, the Adj. Gen.
The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Mrs. Herring and family. 
Full particulars of how Fred met his death were not given and the above
telegram is all the information that has been received.
(14 Jan 1923, Erick Newspaper, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
OBITUARY.
Fred F. Herring, eldest son of Mrs. L. E. Herring, 21 years of age, just
in the prime of his young manhood, was killed while serving in the army on
the Phillipines Is.
Fred was to have returned home shortly as his enlistment expired last June
and his loved ones counting on welcoming him home soon, were terribly
shocked at the news of his death.
The body was shipped home for interment.
Military funeral services were held at the Christian Church, Sunday, Jan.
7, 1923.
There was not standing room for the large crowd of friends, neighbors and
relatives, whose heart was touched by sympathy, for the mother, brothers
and sister in the time of bereavement.

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