Edmond B. Bacon

Edmond Bacon was born September 17, 1896, and died November 17, 1918. He is buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church (Historical) in the Cadley Community near the Cadley Road and Reynoldsville Road intersection³. 

The church no longer exist and the cemetery, surrounded by a metal fence, is badly overgrown with trees and bushes. Locating the headstone was very difficult.

William L. Farr

“Willie” Lee Farr was born September 23, 1893, and died October 5, 1918. He is buried at Ivey Cemetery located at the intersection of 3504 Cedar Rock Road and Newby Road in McDuffie County approximately 1-1/2 miles from Warren County line⁵.

Samuel M. Hyman

Samuel Mart Hyman was born March 22, 1893, and died September 15, 1919. He was the son of Phillip S Hyman and Jane S. Hyman. Samuel was wounded on October 6, 1918, while serving on the Verdun front. A ball entered his left chest and severed his spine causing instant paralysis from the chest down. Private Hyman lay on the battlefield for 44 hours before he was found.

Samuel Hyman was transferred to Debarkation Hospital No. 2 in New York on December 12, 1918. Family members visited with him, and his sister Mrs. L. M. Harrington stayed with him daily from January 1919 to the time of his death. 

He is buried at New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in the Cadley Community on September 19⁶. His grave is marked with a Woodmen of World Memorial. The Reese-Hyman American Legion Post 96 is named for Cummings Reese and Samuel Hyman^{7 8}. 

Robert W. Langford

Robert W. Langford was born May 14, 1898, and died May 4, 1918. He was the son of Rev. Uriah Langford and Louisa Johnson Langford. Robert W. Langford is buried at Johnson Church Cemetery on the Warrenton-Gibson Highway^{9 10}.  

“A member of the M.G. Co 121st Infantry Camp Wheeler GA. Our first soldier from Warren County to die in the service of his country in the German-American War. His fight was hard he fought it well. Here lies a soldier. RWL”¹¹ 

Cummings S. Reese

Cummings Stapleton Reese was born December 19, 1887, died November 10, 1918. He was the son of Jeremiah Lewis Reese and Cornelia T. Reese. Private Reese was killed in action at Stenay, France on November 10, one day before the end of the war. He is buried at the Reese-Norris Cemetery located at 6607 Quaker Road/Georgia Highway 80 Warrenton-Wrens Highway. The cemetery is approximately 220’ from the highway enclosed in a stone wall on the property of the Strothers Family. The Reese-Hyman American Legion Post 96 is named for Cummings Reese and Samuel Hyman.^{12 13 14}

Cummings Reese was 31 years old at the time of his death. He was a Warren County native but had spent the winters in Florida for the past 10-12 years. His father received a telegram on January 21, 2019, informing him of his son’s death. The last time “Jerre” Reese had heard from his son was in Oct 2018. A memorial service was held at Brier Creek Baptist Church the first Sunday in February.¹⁵

In March 2019 the family received a letter from the Captain of Company G, 358th Infantry. The letter published in the Warrenton Clipper on March 29 stated that Private Reese was an automatic gunner and was struck by a bullet as he rushed forward to place his gun in position against the enemy. Cummings was buried in a cemetery in Stenay, France on the Meuse River. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the inscription, “Meuse Argonne, Defensive Sector.”¹⁶

A telegram from the War Department to J.L. Reese was received in March 1921 informing him that the body of his son had arrived in New York and was being sent to his former home for interment. The Warrenton Clipper reported on April 8 that the remains, accompanied by a US Army Corporal arrived in Camak on Sunday (April 3) and was transferred to the Atlanta and Savannah Railway and met in Reese, Georgia his old home near Brier Creek Church. About 500 people gather at the family home as Private Reese’s remains were interred in the family cemetery.¹⁷

George W. Woodruff

George W. Woodruff was born September 15, 1894, died October 23, 1918. George Woodruff is buried at Raytown Baptist Church Cemetery in Raytown, Georgia.¹⁸

“Sept 25, 1894 Died at Camp Mehun France Oct 23, 1918. Norman Lodge NO 88 I.0.0.F. By J.W.W. The old may ween while the young may dance. But here lies the cruel work of France.” ¹⁹

Florence Atwell
“Florence Estelle Atwell Born June 29, 1880, died December 16, 1918.” Florence was a charter member of the Atlanta Nurses Club and the State Nurses Association. Florence was one of the first nurses to volunteer for war duty, and headed a Corp of nurses at the base camp at Laredo when the National Guard was assigned to border duty. After 8 months of service, she contracted a fever and was ordered to return to Atlanta. She was later assigned to Camp Jackson to help organize the large base hospital. After 4 months she returned to Atlanta again for assignment with the American Red Cross and to await orders for deployment to Europe. At the time of her death from the Spanish Flu she was instructing volunteers on how to combat influenza. Florence Atwell is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. ^{20 21}

Camille O'Brien
“Camille Louise O’Brien born November 1891, died April 18, 1919.” When the Emory Nurse Unit was brought back from France after WWI, Camille and others from her unit stayed behind. Camille was seen working while ill and commented that she could not rest while men were being brought in faster than their wounds could be dressed. She put others first, and ultimately gave her life for them. Camille died at Base Hospital 43 in Blois France of Spinal Meningitis. She was 35 years old. Camile O’Brien is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.²²