Soldier's Remains Finally Laid to Rest, Jan. 20, 1921

Draped in the flag of the country for which he sacrificed his life and escorted by a comrade soldier all that remains early of Thomas Franklin Lewellyn arrived in this city last Saturday from the battle fields of France and was conveyed Sunday to the home of his parents, Mr. And Mrs. F.T. Lewellyn, five miles west of Dobson. The body was laid to rest in the Lewellyn family burying ground near his home Monday afternoon.

This young man, just becoming of age, was one of the first boys to leave our country for France, and died of pneumonia in a hospital in France on December 28th, 1918, aged 21 years and 8 months. The body was buried in an American cemetery. At the request of his relatives the government had it brought to the old home. It is a source of satisfaction to the parents in their bereavement to have the first hand knowledge that their loved one is peacefully resting in his own land, where the spot that marks his grave can ever be visited, and tokens of remembrance placed upon the grave at will. At the age of 13 years this boy united with the church and his comrades testify that he was not only a good soldier but a christian soldier. . . . .

(From the editorial page of The Mount Airy News, Jan. 20, 1921, J.E. Johnson & Son, publishers.)