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The Knoxville Chapter, U. D. C., has been made to realize very forcibly during the past year the rapid passing of our beloved veterans, twelve having gone from our midst. They are: George Peterson, William Crane, E. H. McKinney, Capt. John M. Brooks, Hector Coffin, Maj. C. H. Luckey, Col. William Henderson, Joshua Jones, N. C. Duncan, C. T. Towry, and Jonathan Walker. Each of these sleeps beneath a wreath and flag, the gift of the Knoxville Chapter, the flag they followed in days gone by, the wreath of victory won by enduring true to the end. The Chapter President and members attend all funerals of veterans when possible, saddened by the thought that the "thin gray line" will soon have vanished entirely, and this privilege will have passed. Each year at the annual diner given by the daughters to all veterans in and around the city, we note with sorrow the number of vacant seats that were filled the year before. May the Daughters be true to the veterans, as the veterans were true to the Cause. [Mrs. F. O. Kesterson.]
SOURCE: Confederate Veteran Magazine, October, 1922.
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