From the LaRue County News 1951:
Harold Edwin Roark, age 20 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, of near Jericho, was killed in action in Korea on October 15th, according to a message received by his parents from the War Department.
He joined Jericho Methodist Church early in life.
On January 15, 1951, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and after fourteen weeks training in the States was sent overseas, landing in Korea on June 14th. He had been on the fighting line most of the time since arriving in Korea, serving in Co. L, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Paul, who is also in Korea, and David Roark at home; five sisters, Mrs. Anita Sidebottom, of this city, and Winona, Ella Katherine, Brenda, and Evelyn at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Roark of near Hodgenville and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jaggers of Magnolia, and several aunts and uncles.
LaRue County Herald News, Thursday, Feb 7, 1952:
The body of Harld Edwin Roark, 20, who was killed October 15th, 1951, in action in Korea, has been returned to the United States and will arrive in Elizabethtown by train today (Thursday) at 3:31 p.m. He will be taken to Dixon and Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia and will remain there until the night before the funeral when the body will be removed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held at Buffalo Baptist Chruch, conducted by Rev. John Wall and Rev. E. W. Bodby, and interment will be in Buffalo cemetery. Date for the funeral has not yet been set as the family is awaiting word from PFC Paul Roark, brother of the deceased, who is stationed in Japan and hopes to be able to arrive home for the services. (a followup in the next week edition of the Herald, stated Paul was unable to get leave to return home for the funeral).
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
from the LaRue County Herald News
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God that Harold Roark, son of one of our members, has made the supreme sacrifice in service to his country and that while on shipboard and in the battle camps he read his Bible, admonished others to be prepared for death, and in letters home stated that if anything happened to him he was ready for eternal life; therefore be it, Resolved, that we express our appreciation and obligation for his sacrifice, and regret that a life that might have been most useful, must needs have been terminated so young, and be it further, Resolved, that we add this public expression of sympathy to those we have already tendered to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in their bereavement and loss, which though so great to them, is his gain in a better world.
Respectfully submitted,
Woodland Hill Homemakers Club
Mrs. Clint Elliott, Mrs. Cecil Daugherty, committee
(above added to this memorial by a classmate, Russell Perkins. FAG #47213352)
Harold Edwin Roark, age 20 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, of near Jericho, was killed in action in Korea on October 15th, according to a message received by his parents from the War Department.
He joined Jericho Methodist Church early in life.
On January 15, 1951, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and after fourteen weeks training in the States was sent overseas, landing in Korea on June 14th. He had been on the fighting line most of the time since arriving in Korea, serving in Co. L, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Paul, who is also in Korea, and David Roark at home; five sisters, Mrs. Anita Sidebottom, of this city, and Winona, Ella Katherine, Brenda, and Evelyn at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Roark of near Hodgenville and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jaggers of Magnolia, and several aunts and uncles.
LaRue County Herald News, Thursday, Feb 7, 1952:
The body of Harld Edwin Roark, 20, who was killed October 15th, 1951, in action in Korea, has been returned to the United States and will arrive in Elizabethtown by train today (Thursday) at 3:31 p.m. He will be taken to Dixon and Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia and will remain there until the night before the funeral when the body will be removed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held at Buffalo Baptist Chruch, conducted by Rev. John Wall and Rev. E. W. Bodby, and interment will be in Buffalo cemetery. Date for the funeral has not yet been set as the family is awaiting word from PFC Paul Roark, brother of the deceased, who is stationed in Japan and hopes to be able to arrive home for the services. (a followup in the next week edition of the Herald, stated Paul was unable to get leave to return home for the funeral).
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
from the LaRue County Herald News
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God that Harold Roark, son of one of our members, has made the supreme sacrifice in service to his country and that while on shipboard and in the battle camps he read his Bible, admonished others to be prepared for death, and in letters home stated that if anything happened to him he was ready for eternal life; therefore be it, Resolved, that we express our appreciation and obligation for his sacrifice, and regret that a life that might have been most useful, must needs have been terminated so young, and be it further, Resolved, that we add this public expression of sympathy to those we have already tendered to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in their bereavement and loss, which though so great to them, is his gain in a better world.
Respectfully submitted,
Woodland Hill Homemakers Club
Mrs. Clint Elliott, Mrs. Cecil Daugherty, committee
(above added to this memorial by a classmate, Russell Perkins. FAG #47213352)
From the LaRue County News 1951:
Harold Edwin Roark, age 20 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, of near Jericho, was killed in action in Korea on October 15th, according to a message received by his parents from the War Department.
He joined Jericho Methodist Church early in life.
On January 15, 1951, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and after fourteen weeks training in the States was sent overseas, landing in Korea on June 14th. He had been on the fighting line most of the time since arriving in Korea, serving in Co. L, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Paul, who is also in Korea, and David Roark at home; five sisters, Mrs. Anita Sidebottom, of this city, and Winona, Ella Katherine, Brenda, and Evelyn at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Roark of near Hodgenville and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jaggers of Magnolia, and several aunts and uncles.
LaRue County Herald News, Thursday, Feb 7, 1952:
The body of Harld Edwin Roark, 20, who was killed October 15th, 1951, in action in Korea, has been returned to the United States and will arrive in Elizabethtown by train today (Thursday) at 3:31 p.m. He will be taken to Dixon and Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia and will remain there until the night before the funeral when the body will be removed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held at Buffalo Baptist Chruch, conducted by Rev. John Wall and Rev. E. W. Bodby, and interment will be in Buffalo cemetery. Date for the funeral has not yet been set as the family is awaiting word from PFC Paul Roark, brother of the deceased, who is stationed in Japan and hopes to be able to arrive home for the services. (a followup in the next week edition of the Herald, stated Paul was unable to get leave to return home for the funeral).
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
from the LaRue County Herald News
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God that Harold Roark, son of one of our members, has made the supreme sacrifice in service to his country and that while on shipboard and in the battle camps he read his Bible, admonished others to be prepared for death, and in letters home stated that if anything happened to him he was ready for eternal life; therefore be it, Resolved, that we express our appreciation and obligation for his sacrifice, and regret that a life that might have been most useful, must needs have been terminated so young, and be it further, Resolved, that we add this public expression of sympathy to those we have already tendered to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in their bereavement and loss, which though so great to them, is his gain in a better world.
Respectfully submitted,
Woodland Hill Homemakers Club
Mrs. Clint Elliott, Mrs. Cecil Daugherty, committee
(above added to this memorial by a classmate, Russell Perkins. FAG #47213352)
Harold Edwin Roark, age 20 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, of near Jericho, was killed in action in Korea on October 15th, according to a message received by his parents from the War Department.
He joined Jericho Methodist Church early in life.
On January 15, 1951, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and after fourteen weeks training in the States was sent overseas, landing in Korea on June 14th. He had been on the fighting line most of the time since arriving in Korea, serving in Co. L, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Paul, who is also in Korea, and David Roark at home; five sisters, Mrs. Anita Sidebottom, of this city, and Winona, Ella Katherine, Brenda, and Evelyn at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Roark of near Hodgenville and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jaggers of Magnolia, and several aunts and uncles.
LaRue County Herald News, Thursday, Feb 7, 1952:
The body of Harld Edwin Roark, 20, who was killed October 15th, 1951, in action in Korea, has been returned to the United States and will arrive in Elizabethtown by train today (Thursday) at 3:31 p.m. He will be taken to Dixon and Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia and will remain there until the night before the funeral when the body will be removed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held at Buffalo Baptist Chruch, conducted by Rev. John Wall and Rev. E. W. Bodby, and interment will be in Buffalo cemetery. Date for the funeral has not yet been set as the family is awaiting word from PFC Paul Roark, brother of the deceased, who is stationed in Japan and hopes to be able to arrive home for the services. (a followup in the next week edition of the Herald, stated Paul was unable to get leave to return home for the funeral).
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
from the LaRue County Herald News
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God that Harold Roark, son of one of our members, has made the supreme sacrifice in service to his country and that while on shipboard and in the battle camps he read his Bible, admonished others to be prepared for death, and in letters home stated that if anything happened to him he was ready for eternal life; therefore be it, Resolved, that we express our appreciation and obligation for his sacrifice, and regret that a life that might have been most useful, must needs have been terminated so young, and be it further, Resolved, that we add this public expression of sympathy to those we have already tendered to the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roark, in their bereavement and loss, which though so great to them, is his gain in a better world.
Respectfully submitted,
Woodland Hill Homemakers Club
Mrs. Clint Elliott, Mrs. Cecil Daugherty, committee
(above added to this memorial by a classmate, Russell Perkins. FAG #47213352)
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