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It is with sorrow we chronicle the death of our beloved comrade and friend, W. T. Shearon, which occurred October 13, 1921. He leaves two sons, one daughter, one sister, and one brother to mourn the loss of a kind father and brother. He was my brother in all the word could mean except in blood, my companion in war. He was a Confederate soldier with patriotic devotion who espoused his country's cause. He was one of the men who stood in the ranks four years long. Only God's recording angel has preserved their muster roll, and it will be called in a better and purer world than this.

For never since the morning stars,
Together sang with joyful song,
Was purer, braver, nobler men
Than Southern private soldier known.

And though on earth there's no reward
For all his suff'ring, toil, and strife,
His name, thank God, in realms on high
Is written in the Book of Life.

[A Comrade and friend, G. H. Turner, Chapel Hill, Tenn.]