Spouse's name: Edna F Grady
Waycross Journal Herald
3/24/2010
Two Veterans — Two Different Wars — Two Different Centuries
One veteran's military grave marker destroyed by vandals. One veteran's military grave marker has been faded by the passage of time. One veteran fought for CSA, 1861-65. One veteran fought in WWI, 1914-19.
BLACKSHEAR — Military grave marker dedications for two soldiers will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Blackshear City Cemetery at the gravesites of:
Alfred Shaw, Private
Co. C, 28th Regiment,
Georgia Voluntary Infantry
Confederate States of America
Harry W. Grady, Private 1st Class
4th Corps Artillery Park
World War 1
Both veterans served with unblemished honor, said Margie Mae Blythe-Poland, of the Francis S. Bartow United Daughters of the Confederacy (Chapter 83). "Both heroes are soldiers who put their lives on the line for us," she said. "They were the defense that surrounds us always and keeps us safe. We can never offer enough gratitude for our soldiers in all of our Wars....
Spouse's name: Edna F Grady
Waycross Journal Herald
3/24/2010
Two Veterans — Two Different Wars — Two Different Centuries
One veteran's military grave marker destroyed by vandals. One veteran's military grave marker has been faded by the passage of time. One veteran fought for CSA, 1861-65. One veteran fought in WWI, 1914-19.
BLACKSHEAR — Military grave marker dedications for two soldiers will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Blackshear City Cemetery at the gravesites of:
Alfred Shaw, Private
Co. C, 28th Regiment,
Georgia Voluntary Infantry
Confederate States of America
Harry W. Grady, Private 1st Class
4th Corps Artillery Park
World War 1
Both veterans served with unblemished honor, said Margie Mae Blythe-Poland, of the Francis S. Bartow United Daughters of the Confederacy (Chapter 83). "Both heroes are soldiers who put their lives on the line for us," she said. "They were the defense that surrounds us always and keeps us safe. We can never offer enough gratitude for our soldiers in all of our Wars....
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