Arbie Spears

FORMER ARMY CAPTAIN BURIED APRIL 3.

    Arbie Spears, 47, former U. S. Army captain, died March 31 in a veterans’ hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, where he was admitted on December 4, 1942. Mr. Spears was the son of Julius Spears of River, Ky.

    A veteran of World War I, He was wounded while fighting for the Meuse-Argonne Forest Campaign, and he failed to recover from wounds received in this campaign. After receiving an honorable discharge on April 14, 1919, he was employed at Cleveland, Ohio, for a number of years, but ill health forced him to give up working entirely.

    Mr. Spears was a member of the Masonic Order, Lodge No. 689 of Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained a faithful member until his death.

    Besides his aged father, he is survived by three nephews and one niece. His mother, Lorena Preston Spears, one brother and one sister have preceded him in death.

    Funeral services were held April 3 at 2 p. m. at the home of his father by Rev. Leonard Walters. Final rites were conducted by members of the F. & A. M. Masonic Lodge of Paintsville. Burial was made in the family cemetery at River.

Paintsville Herald

Thursday

April 10, 1947