Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baines, Willie R., 1918 

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WILLIE R. BAINES DIES IN FRANCE

   Mrs. W.T. (Ernestine Baines Brown) Brown of Franklin has been officially 
notified of the death of her nephew Willie R. Baines, in France of lobar 
pneumonia.  He was a resident of Franklin for several years and volunteered 
from this town in Company "I" in June, 1917, serving with the company at 
Newport News and Camp McClellan, Ala. and going overseas with his contingent 
in June of this year.  He possessed many friends here who will be distresses 
to learn of his death while in the service of his county.  He was a member of 
the Franklin Methodist Church and is represented on the service flag of the 
church by a golden star. 
 
   Mrs. Brown received the following letter of sympathy from the chaplain of 
Mr. Baines' regiment, conveying the intelligence of his death: 

Mrs. Ernice Brown;  Franklin, Va.
 
Dear Mrs. Brown,

   This is to notify you of the death of Willie Baines.  He died in one of the 
hospitals in France and was buried on September 27.  Everything possible was 
done by the doctors to save his life but in vain.  At the hospital his every 
want was attended to and he passed away peacefully and quietly.  All the honor 
of a true soldier was his.  He was given a military funeral, when the salute 
was fired and "taps", the sound to sleep, was blown and an American flag 
covered his caskekt.  Willie was a good soldier and died in the great cause of 
liberty and justice. 

   With his commander's sympathy with you and your family in your great loss.  
May God grant rest to this noble boy.  Again with sincerest sympathy, I remain, 
Very sincerely, JOSEPH A. MORRIS, Chaplain, 2nd Infantry. 


Willie R. BAINES, WW-I Army volunteer, 
d. Sep 1918, 
bd. 27 Sep 1918, France, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 15, 1918, p. 1 

Additional information: 

s/o James M. & Fannie S. (WILKINS) BAINES 


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