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Blewster RitesFormer Popular Athlete« m i»e mined tiereFuneral services for Pfc. Warren ; Davis Buddy” Blewster, 23, who was killed In action on Guadalcanal Oct. 22. 1942. will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the West Anniston Baptist Church, withthe Rev, Ralph Howe and the Rev.j Roy Fincher officiating.Military rites for the Marine i Corps her will be held at the graveside in Edgemont Cemetery bymembers of the Anniston Post of | the Veterans of Foreign Wars.Uarey Funeral Home will have charge cf the arrangements, j Pfc. Blewster. son of Mrs. Gertie Mae Blewster Moore, of 1823 ! Roeky Hollow Road, was a former j Anniston High School athletic star j who turned his baseball prowess [ toward a promising career after his graduation in 1938. He played pro- | fessional baseball in several leagues before Joining the services shortly I j after the beginning of the last war.1 He went overseas June 13, 1942. and I was killed in action on Guadal- 1 canal during Marine Corps action there. *His outstanding personality which had gained numerous friends dur-| ing his school and professional career proved to be a valuable moral builder for his Marine Corps company during the dark days of the Pacific campaign.Besides his mother. Pfc. Blewster is survived by his brother. Alvin Blewster. and his step-father, J. ;’ Frank Moore.Pallbearers will be Joe Callaban. Vaughn Stewart, Frank Crow, Leon Bradley, Garvin Mange, and Edwin Hammond. •Honorary pallbearers will be Howard Waldrep, Cloyce Sills. E. D. Lott. Cecil Gilpin. Raymond Dale. Cecil Montgomery. Harry' Whitten. Tommy O’Brien, E. C. O’Brien. Joe Broadnax. Jr., Hiram Kirby, J. J. Nash, Norris Baker. John Collins. lt;Neal Williams, Jr.. Johnny Sims, and Gardner “Bootle** Monroe.
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Sun, Feb 29, 1948
Page 12
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