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Pvt Harry Whitfield Grady

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Pvt Harry Whitfield Grady Veteran

Birth
Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia, USA
Death
16 Apr 1932 (aged 53)
Oteen, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Source: North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
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....

Source: North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
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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