Obituary
High Ranking Post Officials
Were PaIIbearers. Borne in
solemn procession, the body
of the late Colonel Zim E
Lawhon, commanding officer
of Camp Reynolds, has been
removed to the Post Chapel
at Ft. Myer, Va., before
interment in Arlington
National Cemetery, resting
place of the
nation's war heroes.
The post flag lowered at
half mast late Sunday
afternoon conveyed to Camp
Reynolds soldiers the
sorrowful news that the post
commandant had succumbed
after a brief illness. The
colonel's wife, Mrs.
Gertrude Arnold Lawhon, and
son, Major Zim E Lawhon,
Jr., of Ft. Sill, Okla.,
were at his bedside in the
station hospital when death
came.
In addition to the widow and
son, survivors include Mrs.
Sidney Kone Lawhon, of San
Antonio, Tex., the
colonel's mother, and two
brothers, Kone and Eagar,
both of Houston Tex.
Special memorial services
were held at Camp Reynolds
Main Chapel Monday
afternoon, where the body
was placed in state.
High ranking camp officials
acted as pall bearers, as
the flag-draped coffin was
borne to Victory Station,
followed by a guard of honor
representing all regiments
at camp Reynolds. A company
of troops comprised of men
representing all regiments
formed an impressive part of
the solemn
procession.
Pall bearers were: Lt. Col.
James R. Manning,
Maj. Willis E. Shelton, Maj.
Hubert Ponder, Maj. Carl S.
Brandner, Capt. Clyde W.
Waller, and Capt. Ernest A.
Evans.
Honorary pall bearers were
Col. George M. Couper, Col.
James P. Hulley, Col.
Russell C. Snyder, Col.
Raymond E. Vermette, Col.
Milton V. Goodyear, Col.
Charles R. Chase, Col.
William W. Robertson and
Col. George R. Engelthaler.
Preceded by the muffled
tones of Post Band No. 1,
the coffin was borne to the
Victory siding where Post
Chaplain Orin Swank
delivered the benediction.
Major David Meriwether
accompanied the body to
Arlington.
Voicing deep regret on the
death of Colonel Zim E
Lawhon, late post commandant
at Camp Reynolds,
Major General Milton A.
Reckord, commanding general
of the Third Service
Command, declared:"Colonel Lawhon came to Camp
Reynolds at a very critical
time. The present
satisfactory condition with
respect to the processing of
men through the camp is
largely due to his untiring
effort, and his general
administrative ability. He
brought to the job
confronting him the
experience of many years
service in the Regular Army.
"His untimely death is
greatly regretted and will
be a distinct loss to the
Army as well as to his
friends." |