SMALL, Charles Lee -WWII

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 28 Oct 1965 p 8 typed by Walt W

WAYNETOWN -- Lee Small, 50, of Waynetown, died at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville. He had been ill two weeks and in the hospital two days. Born May 2, 1915 at Wingate, he was the son of Charles and Hazel Ferguson Small. He was married Oct. 26, 1950 to Sarah Vestal at Lafayette. Mr. Small attended schools at Waynetown and Covington. He was a member of the Waynetown Baptist Church and Legion Post 445. Mr. Small was an overseas veteran of World War II, serving in the Army in France, the Rhineland and Central Europe for a year and eight months. He operated Small's Rest Home for 17 years and also the Wayne Hotel and Tourist Home for Retired Veterans. He was engaged also in the building and wrecking business and topsoil and gravel business. Surviving are the widow; two sons, Jimmy and Billy, and three daughters, Jackie Sue, Betty Lou and Linda Lee, all at home, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Barkley of Wayne, Mich. Funeral services are announced for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Servies Funeral Home, with Rev. Myron Hinton officiating and burial in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.

Source: obituary in a scrapbook from a collection of Fauniel Hershberger's typed by Walt W

WAYNETOWN -- Charles Lee Small, 52, died Wednesday afternoon in Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville, where he had been a patient the past two days. He was born near Waynetown, and was married to Sarah Vestal who survives. He was a veteran of World War II and operated Small's Rest Home, Wayne Hotel and the Tourist Home for Retired Veterans. Surviving with the widow are five children, Jimmy, Billy, Jaqueline, Betty Lou and Linda Small, all at home, and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Barkley of Detroit, Mich.