The Atlanta Constitution 5 Aug 1953 (Wednesday)
"J.E. King
J.E. King, 55, formerly Atlantan, died Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport, La., after an illness of two weeks. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Mr. King was a native of Atlanta. He was a warehouse manager in Shreveport for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., with whom he had been associated 24 years. A veteran of World War I, he served with the Army in France.
He was the son of the late Willis and Anna King. Mr. King was a member of the Kings Highway Christian Church, the Shriners, Kiwanis, and had been active there in relief drives for Chinese children following World War II.
Surviving are a wife, the former Maude Pannell; a son, George Elbert King; a daughter, Miss Mary Jane King, and several nieces and nephews."
One of the survivors of the sinking of the Ortranto on 6 Oct 1918 as a member of Ft Screven Auto Replacement Draft Co# 1 Coastal Artillery Corps.
Inducted into the U.S. Army in Atlanta on 8 July 1918. 12 Co Savannah to Ft Screven Auto replacement draft to 25 Nov 1918. Tractor Artillery Replacement Battalion to 17 Dec 1918; Battery C 54 Artillery Costal Artillery Corps to discharge.
Promoted to Corporal on 15 Sep 1918.
Overseas from 25 Sep 1918 to 7 March 1929.
Honorable discharged on 21 March 1919.
"J.E. King
J.E. King, 55, formerly Atlantan, died Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport, La., after an illness of two weeks. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Mr. King was a native of Atlanta. He was a warehouse manager in Shreveport for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., with whom he had been associated 24 years. A veteran of World War I, he served with the Army in France.
He was the son of the late Willis and Anna King. Mr. King was a member of the Kings Highway Christian Church, the Shriners, Kiwanis, and had been active there in relief drives for Chinese children following World War II.
Surviving are a wife, the former Maude Pannell; a son, George Elbert King; a daughter, Miss Mary Jane King, and several nieces and nephews."
One of the survivors of the sinking of the Ortranto on 6 Oct 1918 as a member of Ft Screven Auto Replacement Draft Co# 1 Coastal Artillery Corps.
Inducted into the U.S. Army in Atlanta on 8 July 1918. 12 Co Savannah to Ft Screven Auto replacement draft to 25 Nov 1918. Tractor Artillery Replacement Battalion to 17 Dec 1918; Battery C 54 Artillery Costal Artillery Corps to discharge.
Promoted to Corporal on 15 Sep 1918.
Overseas from 25 Sep 1918 to 7 March 1929.
Honorable discharged on 21 March 1919.
The Atlanta Constitution 5 Aug 1953 (Wednesday)
"J.E. King
J.E. King, 55, formerly Atlantan, died Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport, La., after an illness of two weeks. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Mr. King was a native of Atlanta. He was a warehouse manager in Shreveport for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., with whom he had been associated 24 years. A veteran of World War I, he served with the Army in France.
He was the son of the late Willis and Anna King. Mr. King was a member of the Kings Highway Christian Church, the Shriners, Kiwanis, and had been active there in relief drives for Chinese children following World War II.
Surviving are a wife, the former Maude Pannell; a son, George Elbert King; a daughter, Miss Mary Jane King, and several nieces and nephews."
One of the survivors of the sinking of the Ortranto on 6 Oct 1918 as a member of Ft Screven Auto Replacement Draft Co# 1 Coastal Artillery Corps.
Inducted into the U.S. Army in Atlanta on 8 July 1918. 12 Co Savannah to Ft Screven Auto replacement draft to 25 Nov 1918. Tractor Artillery Replacement Battalion to 17 Dec 1918; Battery C 54 Artillery Costal Artillery Corps to discharge.
Promoted to Corporal on 15 Sep 1918.
Overseas from 25 Sep 1918 to 7 March 1929.
Honorable discharged on 21 March 1919.
"J.E. King
J.E. King, 55, formerly Atlantan, died Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport, La., after an illness of two weeks. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Mr. King was a native of Atlanta. He was a warehouse manager in Shreveport for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., with whom he had been associated 24 years. A veteran of World War I, he served with the Army in France.
He was the son of the late Willis and Anna King. Mr. King was a member of the Kings Highway Christian Church, the Shriners, Kiwanis, and had been active there in relief drives for Chinese children following World War II.
Surviving are a wife, the former Maude Pannell; a son, George Elbert King; a daughter, Miss Mary Jane King, and several nieces and nephews."
One of the survivors of the sinking of the Ortranto on 6 Oct 1918 as a member of Ft Screven Auto Replacement Draft Co# 1 Coastal Artillery Corps.
Inducted into the U.S. Army in Atlanta on 8 July 1918. 12 Co Savannah to Ft Screven Auto replacement draft to 25 Nov 1918. Tractor Artillery Replacement Battalion to 17 Dec 1918; Battery C 54 Artillery Costal Artillery Corps to discharge.
Promoted to Corporal on 15 Sep 1918.
Overseas from 25 Sep 1918 to 7 March 1929.
Honorable discharged on 21 March 1919.
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