Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wills, Carlton R., 1951 

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PFC. CARLTON R. WILLS

SEDLEY YOUTH LOSES LIFE IN KOREAN WAR

   Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Wills of Sedley were notified this week that their son, 
Pfc. Carlton R. Wills, had been killed in action in Korea on March 22. The 
young soldier, who would have been 19 years of age on April 18, was a member of 
Co. I, 27th Infantry Regiment.

   Pfc Wills was educated in the schools at Sedley and Courtland. He joined the 
army in September, 1950, and sailed for the Far East in December.

   Surviving him are his parents: one brother, Charles Chapman Wills of Sedley; 
and one sister, Mrs. Gilbert Braswell of Windsor.

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   Funeral services for Pfc. Carlton R. Wills, 27th Infantry, United States 
Army, who was killed in action in Korea on March 22, last, were conducted at 
2:20 o’clock Monday afternoon of this week in the Sedley Baptist Church by the 
pastor, Rev. L.M. Kanipe.

   Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, with full military honors. Members 
of Battery "B", 129th AAA Battalion, served as pallbearers, and "Taps" was 
blown as the casket was lowered into the grave. The pallbearers were Elmo Bass, 
Thomas Daughtrey, Jack Hundley, Frank Keeter, Norman Lankford and Everett 
Rutledge.

   Pfc. Wills was a son of Earl Russell and Ruby White Wills of Sedley. He was 
a member of the Sedley Baptist Church. Besides his parents he is survived by 
one sister, Mrs. Gilbert Braswell of Winsor, and one brother, Charles Chapman 
Wills of Sedley.


[PFC Carlton R. WILLS, KIA 22 Mar 1951, Korea, age 18, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley, 5 Nov 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit Apr. 13, 1951; 
                                      funeral notice Nov. 9, 1951] 

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