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McCray Pas, Mary, fl. 1943 Sympathies for the Williams Family

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.028 Author/Creator: McCray Pas, Mary, fl. 1943 Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 19 October 1943 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy

This note has religious rhyming resolutions on behalf of the death of LeRoi Williams. The note says the Maggie L. Waler Ambulance Corps community is grieving for him and his family. This note is the first part of a note continued on GLC09587.029. It is written by President Mary McCray and Secretary Bessie Coles of the Corps.

McCray, Mary, fl. 1943
Coles, Bessie, fl. 1943
Williams, Cordelia Shelton, 1884-1978
Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943

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