Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Clements, 1LT Fabius M. Jr., 1948 

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Rites Held For Lieut. Clements 

  Funeral services for First Lt. Fabius Monroe Clements, who was killed in 
Africa in February, 1943, were conducted yesterday afternoon at the graveside 
in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery by the Rev. James Vache, rector of the 
Franklin Episcopal Church. 

  Pallbearers were members of the American Legion Post 57, including F.N. 
Thompson, P.M. Burton, Larry Shaffer, Jack Shryer, Theodore Myrick, Herbert 
Morrison, Herbert West, Jr., and Clarence Powell. 

  A firing squad from Fort Eustis gave the salute and R.C. Roberts, bugler 
from Post 993, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Portsmouth, sounded the taps. 


1LT Fabius Monroe CLEMENTS, Jr., US Army, 
b. 14 Dec 1919, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC, KIA 2 Feb 1943, North Africa, 
re-interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 6 Jun 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 54, Wed., June 7, 1948, p. 1 

*Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His photo, and one of his gravestone, are posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #104676774. 

His parents, F.M. Sr. & Lilly (BALLARD) CLEMENTS, are also buried there. 

His father's obits ("Tidewater News" & "Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 4, 1940) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c455f1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 24 & 26, 1961) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c455l1ob.txt 

His widow, Frances (STRICKLAND) CLEMENTS (1922 - 2015), 2m. Charles L. LEE, 
   & 3m. Roger Wesley DAVIS.  She is buried with her parents in Maplewood 
   Cemetery, Wilson, Wilson Co., NC. 


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