Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Herrick, Pvt. Vernon M., 1919 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PVT. VERNON M. HERRICK VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA IN FRENCH BASE HOSPITAL Suffolk, March 20. - Mr. and Mrs. William Herrick today received a telegram from Adjutant Harris announcing the death of their son Vernon Herrick, from bronchial pneumonia in a base hospital in France. Vernon Herrick was one of the first of the Suffolk boys to volunteer after war was declared and left Suffolk with the ambulance corps which trained for some time at Anniston and then went to France, where he saw active service until some time in the fall, when he had influenza followed by pneumonia and continued to grow worse until the end came on the 8th of February. The parents of this young soldier who has made the great sacrifice have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. ****************************************************************************** IN MEMORIAM. In sad and loving memory of our darling boy, Private VERNON M. HERRICK, who died in Base Hospital 54, France, February 8, 1919. Son and brother, both joy and pride, A year ago for his country died. We mourn for him and long his face to see; We know that our sorrow cannot touch him, Yet we cannot help but grieve. One sad year since you left us, Whom we cherished and loved so well. Can we help but feel so lonely When we do not see you here? How sudden was the message That our darling boy was dead. Grief and pride the story told When the blue star turned to gold. Long days and nights he bore his suffering, So far from loved ones and home; But God, who knoweth all things best, Came and took him home to rest. Friends may think we'll soon forget you, And our aching hearts be healed; But they little know the sorrow That is in our hearts concealed. Gone, but not forgotten. FATHER, MOTHER AND BROTHER. 1t ****************************************************************************** HERRICK'S BODY AT REST IN SUFFOLK Funeral Services Held for Youthful Soldier Who Died in France Suffolk, Jan. 9. - The funeral services and interment of the late Private Vernon M. Herrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Herrick, of this city, who died in France February 8, 1919, were held this afternoon at Cedar Hill Cemetery, conducted by Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley. The body was escorted by Co. F, Suffolk Grays, and buried with full military honors. The pallbearers were Bill J. Barnes, Elbert Sturgeon, W.B. Allen, Len Evans, Edgar Harrell and Joseph Mizell. Private Vernon Herrick was 19 years of age and volunteered with the 115th Ambulance Corps of Norfolk; later he was transferred to the 104th Sanitary Train and then to the 102d Sanitary Train. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Arthur Herrick, and a half- brother, Louis Herrick; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Redd, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Herrick, and a number of uncles, aunts and cousins. Pvt. Vernon M. HERRICK, Sanitary Squad 2, 104th Sanitary Train, 29th Div., b. 7 Apr 1900, Suffolk, d. 8 Feb 1919, Base Hospital 54, France, interred in American Cemetery (Grave #694), Mesves, Nievre, France*, 10 Feb 1919, re-interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 54*), Suffolk, 9 Jan 1921, "Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 65, No. 80, Fri., Mar. 21, 1919, p. 11; "Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 69, No. 40, Sun., Feb. 8, 1920, pt. 5, p. 7 {image 63}; "Virginian-Pilot and Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 83, No. 13, Mon., Jan. 10, 1921, p. 8 *Additional information: His parents, William Henry HERRICK & second wife Cora Jeanette (REDD) HERRICK, are buried in the same lot. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt A photo of Pvt. HERRICK - added by Michael Belis - and photo of his gravestone & lot - added by Allison Stec Bell & Hixburg23958 - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #62378756, as are scans of his burial card - added by 29th Division Museum; the Memorial states his place of death as Mesves-sur-Loire, Départment of Nièvre, Bourgogne, France. His father was shot 21 Dec 1937 resisting a hold-up in Norfolk, and d. 5 Jan 1938. His obits ("Norfolk Virginian-Pilot" & "Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 6, 1938) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h620w3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h620v2ob.txt