The body of Earl, as well as that of Wm. LeRoy Smithpeter were returned to Carroll County on 8 Aug 1921, from France.
A double funeral ceremony was held for both boys on the Bogard School campus grounds, in the city of Bogard, Carroll County, Missouri.
Exact date of publication of the Bogard Dispatch, is unknown, but the article was published on a Friday in August, 1921.
It reads as follows:
THOUSANDS ATTEND MILITARY FUNERAL
LeRoy Smithpeter Post Grave Military Honors Over Remains of Returned Comrades, Capt. Joe McQueen Paid Beautiful Tribute to Their Memory.
Perhaps the largest crowd in the history of Bogard, and possibly with few exceptions in Carroll County, gathered here Sunday to pay tribute to the memory of two of her boys who so bravely gave up their lives on the battle fields of France. The double funeral service was held on the school campus at 2:45, and by 1 o'clock the crowd began to gather, and by the hour of service the school campus was one solid sea of faces, and many were unable to get in line graveside.
The crowd has been variously estimated from 4,000 to 6,000. Every street in town leading to the schoolhouse was jammed with cars, they came from every part of the county.
At the proper time, the bodies of these brave lads were borne to their places in front of the speakers stand by American Legion pallbearers. The caskets and the front of the speakers platform was a solid bank of flowers, a very beautiful expression of gratitude and love, as each little flower expressed a message of love.
(four words not legible at this time)..
these boys left us in the bloom of young manhood, to fight for the greatest cause in the history of the world. It was an unselfish loyalty, not only to their flag, their country and home, but for the cause of humanity all over the world and for God, and today we number them with the greatest heroes of all ages.
How well we remember that with sad hearts, we received the
word that they had been called to leave for over seas, for we well knew that all would not come back, but little did we think that this little community would be called on for such a large percent of the sacrifice and after the Argonne battle how anxious these mothers awaited news from their sons, and as the messages began coming in one by one, what a gloom overspread our community which already had been stamped in sorrow through death of several of our boys in camp. The service here the past two Sundays and those to come later, should certainly tend to renew our loyalty to their memory and the cause for which they so valiantly fought and died and whenever our patriotism wanes, we should recall these scenes. Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Earl Phillip Best
Born June 10, 1895
Died Oct 6, 1918
CO. H. 139. INF
Died in Battle
Argonne Forest, France
A double funeral ceremony was held for both boys on the Bogard School campus grounds, in the city of Bogard, Carroll County, Missouri.
Exact date of publication of the Bogard Dispatch, is unknown, but the article was published on a Friday in August, 1921.
It reads as follows:
THOUSANDS ATTEND MILITARY FUNERAL
LeRoy Smithpeter Post Grave Military Honors Over Remains of Returned Comrades, Capt. Joe McQueen Paid Beautiful Tribute to Their Memory.
Perhaps the largest crowd in the history of Bogard, and possibly with few exceptions in Carroll County, gathered here Sunday to pay tribute to the memory of two of her boys who so bravely gave up their lives on the battle fields of France. The double funeral service was held on the school campus at 2:45, and by 1 o'clock the crowd began to gather, and by the hour of service the school campus was one solid sea of faces, and many were unable to get in line graveside.
The crowd has been variously estimated from 4,000 to 6,000. Every street in town leading to the schoolhouse was jammed with cars, they came from every part of the county.
At the proper time, the bodies of these brave lads were borne to their places in front of the speakers stand by American Legion pallbearers. The caskets and the front of the speakers platform was a solid bank of flowers, a very beautiful expression of gratitude and love, as each little flower expressed a message of love.
(four words not legible at this time)..
these boys left us in the bloom of young manhood, to fight for the greatest cause in the history of the world. It was an unselfish loyalty, not only to their flag, their country and home, but for the cause of humanity all over the world and for God, and today we number them with the greatest heroes of all ages.
How well we remember that with sad hearts, we received the
word that they had been called to leave for over seas, for we well knew that all would not come back, but little did we think that this little community would be called on for such a large percent of the sacrifice and after the Argonne battle how anxious these mothers awaited news from their sons, and as the messages began coming in one by one, what a gloom overspread our community which already had been stamped in sorrow through death of several of our boys in camp. The service here the past two Sundays and those to come later, should certainly tend to renew our loyalty to their memory and the cause for which they so valiantly fought and died and whenever our patriotism wanes, we should recall these scenes. Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Earl Phillip Best
Born June 10, 1895
Died Oct 6, 1918
CO. H. 139. INF
Died in Battle
Argonne Forest, France
The body of Earl, as well as that of Wm. LeRoy Smithpeter were returned to Carroll County on 8 Aug 1921, from France.
A double funeral ceremony was held for both boys on the Bogard School campus grounds, in the city of Bogard, Carroll County, Missouri.
Exact date of publication of the Bogard Dispatch, is unknown, but the article was published on a Friday in August, 1921.
It reads as follows:
THOUSANDS ATTEND MILITARY FUNERAL
LeRoy Smithpeter Post Grave Military Honors Over Remains of Returned Comrades, Capt. Joe McQueen Paid Beautiful Tribute to Their Memory.
Perhaps the largest crowd in the history of Bogard, and possibly with few exceptions in Carroll County, gathered here Sunday to pay tribute to the memory of two of her boys who so bravely gave up their lives on the battle fields of France. The double funeral service was held on the school campus at 2:45, and by 1 o'clock the crowd began to gather, and by the hour of service the school campus was one solid sea of faces, and many were unable to get in line graveside.
The crowd has been variously estimated from 4,000 to 6,000. Every street in town leading to the schoolhouse was jammed with cars, they came from every part of the county.
At the proper time, the bodies of these brave lads were borne to their places in front of the speakers stand by American Legion pallbearers. The caskets and the front of the speakers platform was a solid bank of flowers, a very beautiful expression of gratitude and love, as each little flower expressed a message of love.
(four words not legible at this time)..
these boys left us in the bloom of young manhood, to fight for the greatest cause in the history of the world. It was an unselfish loyalty, not only to their flag, their country and home, but for the cause of humanity all over the world and for God, and today we number them with the greatest heroes of all ages.
How well we remember that with sad hearts, we received the
word that they had been called to leave for over seas, for we well knew that all would not come back, but little did we think that this little community would be called on for such a large percent of the sacrifice and after the Argonne battle how anxious these mothers awaited news from their sons, and as the messages began coming in one by one, what a gloom overspread our community which already had been stamped in sorrow through death of several of our boys in camp. The service here the past two Sundays and those to come later, should certainly tend to renew our loyalty to their memory and the cause for which they so valiantly fought and died and whenever our patriotism wanes, we should recall these scenes. Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Earl Phillip Best
Born June 10, 1895
Died Oct 6, 1918
CO. H. 139. INF
Died in Battle
Argonne Forest, France
A double funeral ceremony was held for both boys on the Bogard School campus grounds, in the city of Bogard, Carroll County, Missouri.
Exact date of publication of the Bogard Dispatch, is unknown, but the article was published on a Friday in August, 1921.
It reads as follows:
THOUSANDS ATTEND MILITARY FUNERAL
LeRoy Smithpeter Post Grave Military Honors Over Remains of Returned Comrades, Capt. Joe McQueen Paid Beautiful Tribute to Their Memory.
Perhaps the largest crowd in the history of Bogard, and possibly with few exceptions in Carroll County, gathered here Sunday to pay tribute to the memory of two of her boys who so bravely gave up their lives on the battle fields of France. The double funeral service was held on the school campus at 2:45, and by 1 o'clock the crowd began to gather, and by the hour of service the school campus was one solid sea of faces, and many were unable to get in line graveside.
The crowd has been variously estimated from 4,000 to 6,000. Every street in town leading to the schoolhouse was jammed with cars, they came from every part of the county.
At the proper time, the bodies of these brave lads were borne to their places in front of the speakers stand by American Legion pallbearers. The caskets and the front of the speakers platform was a solid bank of flowers, a very beautiful expression of gratitude and love, as each little flower expressed a message of love.
(four words not legible at this time)..
these boys left us in the bloom of young manhood, to fight for the greatest cause in the history of the world. It was an unselfish loyalty, not only to their flag, their country and home, but for the cause of humanity all over the world and for God, and today we number them with the greatest heroes of all ages.
How well we remember that with sad hearts, we received the
word that they had been called to leave for over seas, for we well knew that all would not come back, but little did we think that this little community would be called on for such a large percent of the sacrifice and after the Argonne battle how anxious these mothers awaited news from their sons, and as the messages began coming in one by one, what a gloom overspread our community which already had been stamped in sorrow through death of several of our boys in camp. The service here the past two Sundays and those to come later, should certainly tend to renew our loyalty to their memory and the cause for which they so valiantly fought and died and whenever our patriotism wanes, we should recall these scenes. Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Earl Phillip Best
Born June 10, 1895
Died Oct 6, 1918
CO. H. 139. INF
Died in Battle
Argonne Forest, France
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