Franklin County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Long, Warren Perry July 19, 1921
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Mt. Vernon Optic Herald  22 Jul 1921 & 29 Jul 1921
S.M. Long received the following telegram: "Warren Perry Long was drowned at 5:52 
p.m., July 19, 1921, Lake Michigan, at this station (Great Lakes Naval Training 
Station); lake very rough; no swimming that evening; your son and several others 
went in swimming, contrary to published orders that swimming hours are from 6 p.m. 
till 8 p.m., and lifeboat must be out before swimming is permitted. Another man 
nearly drowned trying to save your son. Body was recovered at 11:35 a.m., July 21. 
Wire shipping instructions." Perry was born in Franklin County, January 5, 1904. 
Funeral services were held at Providence Cemetery.

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