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- DELOACH, John
"Elizabethton Star," Friday, January 9, 1948
JOHN DeLOACH
John DeLoach, 56, a veteran of World War I, died at the Mountain Home veterans' facility Friday at 2:15 a.m. after a brief illness. Mr. DeLoach served in France from August 20, 1918 to March 11, 1919.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Abbie Stout DeLoach; two sons, Walter and James DeLoach, all of Valley Forge; and two daughters, Mrs. Laura Colbough also of Valley Forge; and Mrs. Lena Nave of Elizabethton; three brothers, Bill DeLoach of Gap Creek, Nat and Mack DeLoach of Butler; and one sisters, Mrs. Joe Adams, of Butler; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 12:30 p.m. at the Free Will Baptist Church of Valley Forge with the Rev. Farrell Sparks and the Rev. R. S. Stockton officiating. The body will be buried with military honors at the National Cemetery in Johnson City.
"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, January 11, 1948
JOHN DeLOACH
Funeral services for John DeLoach, 56, of Valley Forge, who died in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Mountain Home Friday at 2:15 a.m., will be conducted from the Free Will Baptist Church of Valley Forge at 12:30 p.m. with the Rev. Farrell Sparks and the Rev. R. S. Stockton officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Paul Headrick, Ed Hathaway, Earl Arney, Hugh Jenkins, James DeLoach, Clate Trivett, and John Montgomery.
Flower bearers will be selected at the services.
Following the services at the church the body will be taken to Mountain Home for burial. Full military honors will be rendered at the cemetery.
Mr. DeLoach was a member of the American Legion and a veteran of World War I. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Abbie Stout DeLoach; two sons, James and Walter DeLoach of Valley Forge; two daughters, Mrs. Calvin Colbaugh of Valley Forge and Mrs. Roy L. Nave of Elizabethton; three brothers, Mike and Nat DeLoach of Butler; and Bill DeLoach of Gap Creek; one sister, Mrs. Joe Adams of Butler and five grandchildren.
The body was moved to the home Saturday afternoon where it will remain until 11:30 a. m. Monday when it will be moved to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour.
Tetrick Funeral Home is in charge.
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1886 - 1948 (~ 61 years)
