Posted on: RANSOM Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/r/a/RANSOM/obituaries/12 Surname: Ransom ------------------------- From the Aberdeen Examiner, August 1959 Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS Short fall here kills WW II Combat Vet (Aug 13, 1959) An Aberdeen carpenter who four times survived wounds in action as an infantryman in World War II was killed when he fell only 60 inches. Finus Henry Ransom, 39, fell and struck his head on a piece of lumber when a scaffold collapsed as he was working on a home on South Meridian St. Friday. The scaffold was five feet from the ground. He was treated at the Monroe County Clinic and sent to Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis, where he died early Saturday morning. Mr. Ransom served four years in the U.S. Army’s First Infantry Division, and saw combat in Tunisin, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium and Germany. Wounded in action four times, he was given four Purple Hearts. His unit won a citation from the government of France. He had lived in Aberdeen all his life and was Baptist. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Lann Memorial Funeral and the Rev. E. J. McClintock officiating. Burial was in odd Fellows Rest Cemetery. The local National Guard unit was in charge of military burial services. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mavis Hunter Ransom; two sons Roger Dale Ransom of Aberdeen and Finus Eugene Ransom of Amory; his mother, Mrs. Ida Tate Ransom of Aberdeen; five brothers, George E., Charlie H., Ernie and W. T. Ransom all of Aberdeen and Lee Alvis Ransom of Freeport, Texas. Pall bearers were Elliott Rogers, Ernest Duboise, james box, Charles Treas and Ben Lilley, all of Aberdeen, and Hawkins Weaver of Amory.