Saturday morning shortly before noon on a road
near Salina, Kansas, Henery Burleson, who was driving a Ford car had an accident
that cost him his life. The radius rods broke which cause the car to turn
turtle.
He died Monday of this week from injuries
received. He was born at Weaubleau, Missouri, October 6, 1892. He was thirty one
years and twenty-three days old.
He had an enviable World War record. He enlisted
in the month of October, 1917 and was attached to the 6th Division. Mr.
Burleson was one of the survivors of the Tuscania, which was sunk by a German
submarine, near the mouth of the Mersey river in February, 1918. He was through
several of the major battles. His discharge reads: "Character excellent, honest
and faithful."
He leaves to mourn his loss a father, mother,
sister and five brothers, a host of relatives and friends. He was the fifth son
of a family of six boys and two girls. The younger sister having gone on
before.
The remains were received here on No. 32 Tuesday
night. His brothers, Dave and William, accompanied the remains. Funerals
services were held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Durnell, Wednesday at 1:30
o'clock P.M. Rev. C. H. Armstrong preached the funeral surmon. The American
Legion had charged the funeral services.
The community extends their sympathy to the
bereaved family during this, their hour of sadness.
Note: The Tuscania did not sink near the
Mersey River as reported in this article. It sunk in the North Channel, between
Scotland and Ireland, near the Island of Islay.
e
- 165th Depot Brigade - Camp Travis Detachment #1