JOHN J. MCCOART
  
The body of Pvt. John J. McCoart, is scheduled to arrive Saturday
morning from an overseas cemetery, and will be taken to the home
of his uncle, Pat McCoart, at West Van Lear. Pvt. McCoart is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCoart of Ligon.
  
Funeral services will be conducted at St. Michael's Mission Monday
morning and burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery at Van
Lear.
    
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 9, 1948

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JOHN J. MCCOART
  
Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 13, by Rev. Joseph Wimmers
at the Catholic Church here for Pvt. John J. McCoart III who died
February 26, 1945 at St. Bernard, Belgium.
  
He was 19 years old at the time of his death.
  
The son of John McCoart, Jr. of Ligon, Pvt. McCoart, before
entering the army attended high school at Wheelwright.  He entered
the service at Lima, Ohio, and served with the Lima Tank Division.
  
Surviving are his parents, two brothers and one sister: Charles
Ray and Chorine of Lima, O., and Leo McCoart, city.
  
Pallbearers were: Tom Short, Joe McCoart, Jack Wills, Billy
Hanker, David Kelly, Jr., and Richard Arrowood. Burial was made in
the Catholic cemetery at Van Lear.
  
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 16, 1948
 
   

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