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[LeRoi' Williams' funeral]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.126 Author/Creator: Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa October 1943 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 11.6 cm, Width: 11.3 cm Order a Copy

Three men standing over LeRoi's casket, draped with an American flag. There are other mourners in the background. Photograph is the same as GLC09587.121.

Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943

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