OBIT: James VARNER, 1930, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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JAMES VARNER

Violent Death of World War Veteran
James Varner Who Served Overseas with Co. C of Somerset Killed in Virginia

  Word was received in Somerset Tuesday of the violent death of James A. Varner, 
aged 35, formerly of Somerset who was instantly killed when struck by an 
automobile near Richmond, Virginia.
  According to the meagre account of the tragedy, Mr. Varner, who was employed 
by a Richmond bus transportation company, accompanied the president of the 
organization to the scene of a wreck a few miles from the Virginia capital.  
They were standing in the roadway talking with the driver of the wrecked bus, 
when they were struck by a Packard car and both were instantly killed.
  Mr. Varner came to Somerset from Cambria County when quite young and was 
employed as a stenographer and typist in the offices of the Consolidation Coal 
Company and later in the office of Lloyd B. McCrum, who was in the coal business 
in Somerset at that time.
  When the United States entered the World War, young Varner volunteered his 
services and went overseas as a member of  Company C, 110th Regiment, 28th 
Division.
  Soon after the 28th Division landed in France "Jim" was transferred to 
division headquarters, because of his efficiency as a clerk, with the rank of 
sergeant.
  After the armistice he returned to Somerset and continued to reside there 
until two years ago when he went to Baltimore to accept a position with the Blue 
Ridge Transportation Company, operating lines of commercial buses in Maryland, 
Virginia and Pennsylvania.  He was transferred from Baltimore to Richmond six 
months ago.
  Mr. Varner leaves a widow and one daughter.

Meyersdale Republican, April 10, 1930