I would love to know where the names 'Green' and 'Kelly' came from. I figure somewhere, back there, we must have a Green line and a Kelly one, as it was common to give your children the surname of a mother or grandmother. Wanda Brewer Shepherd --- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.wolfe/317.319.2.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Here is the obituary for the Green Kelly which you > mentioned that was killed in the Pacific during > WWII: > > The Clay City Times - Dec. 7, 1944 > All Slade is in grief today, caused by a message to > Mrs. Stella Baker Brewer that her husband, Green K. > Brewer, was killed in action on Toliew Island on > Oct. 18. Ted, as he is known here leaves a wife and > two small children. He has many friends and > relatives bowed in grief. He is a son of Mrs. > Minnie Brewer, of Ohio, and the late Kelly Brewer, > of Pine Ridge, ahs several brothers and sisters, > Rev. Willard Brewer, Jack and Dillard Brewer are > brothers. Ted was one of the most devoted husband > and father I have ever known. Mrs. Brewer was > called home by her father, I.H. Baker, and was not > told her husband was dead until she arrived in > Slade. Her husband bought her a home in Lebanon, > Ohio, before he went away. She now resides in > Lebanon. She has the sympathy of many and all who > know her. God alone is the only one that can help > us in such trying times. > > Here is a letter received by Stella Brewer in 1944 > As Commandaing Office of Company F, 321st Infantry, > I wish to extend my deepest and sincerest sympathy > in the loss of your husband, Pvt. Green K. Brewer, > ASN 35872894. Pvt Brewer died on October 18, 1944 > from wounds received in action against the enemy on > Peleliu Island, Palau Group. In the fighting on > Peleliu, Pvt. Brewer in the course of his duty which > was rifleman, was hit by fragments of a Jap mortor > shell, and was killed instantly. He was buried on > the island of Peleliu, and services were attended by > an Army Chaplain. To all who knoew him and now miss > him, his wonderful character, clean way of life, and > high sence of duty was an inspiration to us all. > Sincerely, Robert M. Darling, Captain. > > Clay City Times, February 1, 1945 > Mrs. Stella Baker Brewer, wife of Green K., or as we > knew him, Ted Brewer, has received a posthumous > award from the War Dept., the Purple Heart awarded > her husband, the late Green K. Brewer, who was > killed in action in November Mrs. Brewer also > received letters from President Roosevelt, Sec. of > War Stimson, U.S. Senator Alben W. Barkley and > Congressman Joe Bates. > > Erected by the American Legion Campton Post 179 Aug. > 31, 1985 > > LET US FOREVER KNOW THE MEMORY OF THESE SONS OF > WOLFE COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WE MAY REMAIN > A NATION OF FREEDOM > WW II ELMER BANKS, MITCHELL BANKS, BILL BAKER, ACY > L. BREWER, GRANVILLE BREWER, GREEN K. BREWER, VERNON > DENNIS BREWER, VERNON L. BUCHANAN, CHARLES EUGENE > BURKHART, ROBERT K. BUSH, WILLARD CABLE, STEVE > ELKINS, NED GABBARD, JOHN ELMER HALSEY, ORVILLE > HATTON, STANLEY HATTON, ARNOLD HOWARD, ALFRED KING, > ELBERT FINLEY LACY, DAVID H. LINDON, GLEN H. McCOUN, > RAY NICKELL, RAYMOND NICKELL, RALPH OLDFIELD, HURLEY > OLIVER, WILLIE C. PELFREY, SAMUEL F. SMITH, OMER V. > SPENCER, JASON TAYLOR, ARNOLD TYRA, JOHNNY A. > WATKINS, RUSSELL E. CRISP, EDWARD NICKELL, GEORGE > TAYLOR, SAMUEL SMITH. > > Additional information on Green K. Brewer: Green K. > Brewer Private, U.S. Army 35872894 321st Infantry > Regiment, 81st Infantry Division Entered the Service > from: Kentucky Died: October 18, 1944 Buried at: > Plot H Row 12 Grave 142 Manila American Cemetery > Manila, Philippines Awards: Purple Heart > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.