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From: "Paulette Williams" <>
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] search
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:58:08 -0700
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Wendy,

If you get a look at his death certificate(if one is available) it might
tell you where to look.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy Ledbetter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:28 PM
Subject: RE: [AR-OLD-NEWS] search


>
> I'm a reporter in South Arkansas and I'm working on an interesting
story...
> And I'm looking for help.
> A tombstone was found several months ago, abandonded in a trailer park
near
> Hot Springs. The name on the stone is Sam Stokes. Only one date appears (a
> death date, we're presuming) November 3, 191 ... and the last number is
> missing.
> The stone appears to be military issue, is tall, thin, rounded on the top,
> with a cross inside a circle. The words "T204 Reserve" and "Labor Battn"
> appear on the stone.
> There's a Samuel Stokes listed in the 1912 Hot Springs city directory. He
> lived at 525 Benton Street, was "colored" and a laborer. Eliza Stokes
lived
> at the same address. Samuel and Sam were the same person??? Everything we
> have is supposition. What we know for a fact is that Sam served our
country
> in some capacity (some think Spanish American War, some say WWI - I'm
> leaning toward WWI because the stone looks similar to other WWI stones
I've
> seen, but I'm certainly no expert) and his grave is now unmarked.
> I just keep thinking that someone knows where he is, or how to find his
> burial spot. We can't find him on any existing cemetery records. I thought
> his obituary might have run in a newspaper, but haven't had time to tackle
> the job. Remember he might have died any year from 1910 to 1919.
> So there's the story. I've created some press coverage and have some more
> planned, but the bottom line is, it's an unsolved mystery unless I just
> happen across the right person who can fill in a blank or two to get me on
> my way.
> Thanks for any info, or suggestions of where I should go now.
> Wendy Ledbetter
>
> PS, I have photos, if anyone wants to see them.
>
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