| Beville, Newton Elvis 239007 |
| Birth: 09/22/1913 Death: 11/26/1944 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Forest Hill (EAST) |
| Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Sunday, August 20, 1944, p. 4: “[photo] Pfc. Newton E. Beville, of the old National Guard unit in Paris before the war and now stationed in Italy, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for ‘gallantry in action,’ it was announced by Headquarters, 36th Infantry Division, July 8. The citation to Private Beville, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Beville of Petty, read: ‘Private Beville was assigned as a member of the artillery forward observer party. During the intense fighting resulting from an attack on fiercely-defended enemy positions, he secured a rifle from a wounded soldier and, acting on his own initiative, took a position in the rifle line and participated in the fire fight. Later, while constantly exposed to sweeping enemy machine gun fire, he laid a vial fire control line and remained as a telephone operator to relay the fire commands to the artillery. While performing this essential talk, he lay in an uncovered position, imperiled by the heavy small arms and sniper fire.’ It was signed by Major Gen. Fred L. Walker, former commanding officer of the 36th. Private Beville is an ex-student of Paris Junior College, and prior to that attended Honey Grove High School.” THE PARIS NEWS, Sunday, December 10, 1944, p. 1: “Pfc Elvis N. Beville Killed in France. [photo]. Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Beville, Petty, have received a telegram from the War Department that their son, Pfc. Elvis Newton Beville, was killed in action in France Nov. 26. Private Beville was a member of Battery A, 132nd Field Artillery, of the 36th division, and was a member of the National Guard Unit of Paris when it was mobilized Nov. 25, 1940. He served with the Fifth Army in Italy where he was awarded the Bronze Star and recently was with the Seventh Army in the souther invasion of France. Thirty-one years old, Private Beville was a former student at Paris Junior College where he excelled as a track star.” THE PARIS NEWS, April 21, 1948, p. 11: “Reburial of Pfc. Elvis N. Beville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Beville, Petty, killed in action in France, Nov. 26, 1944, will be made in Forest Hill Cemetery. Service will be conducted there Sunday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. G. H. Gattis, Pecan Gap, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Wheeler, Petty, Methodist pastors, with interment by Brown-Roden Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Joe Hancock and John Collier, Petty; Alfred Whitten, Paris; Duane Duvall and William Dawson, Dallas and John William Lattrell, Honey Grove. Elvis Newton Beville was born at Petty, Sept. 22, 1913, son of J. J. and Lottie A. Rutherford Beville, was a member of the Texas National Guard when it was mobilized Nov. 25, 1940. He was attached to Battery A, 132nd Field Artillery of the 36th Division, the Paris unit of the Texas Guard, at the time, and was with the Fifth Army in its invasion of Southern France, for which he had received the Bronze Star. He had excelled in track while a student at Paris Junior College. Besides his parents, he leaves these brothers and sisters: Howard Beville, Joe J. Beville Jr., and Mrs. Beatrice McGlasson, Petty; J. C. Beville, Clarksville; Mrs. Margaret Kuhleman, Houston, and Mrs. Marie Bramlett, Ladonia.” Submitted by Sylvia Tongson. Information from Texas Death Certificate: THE PARIS NEWS, Friday, October 25, 1940, p. 1, 6-9: Draft numbers, with the names and addresses of all the men who registered under the Selective Service Act October 16, are to be found in the Paris News today. The series of both Lamar County boards, totaling 5,791 names, are to be found from pages 6 to 9. The numbers are listed serially and it will be necessary to check the list until the registrant’s name can be found. With the vast number of men registering, it was impossible to arrange the names in alphabetical order after they had been serially arranged by the draft boards. On the same stone with Joe Jerome Beville. Also has military tombstone inscribed, “World War II European Theater, Battery A., B2, Field Artillery, 36th Division.” His Service ID number is 20824807. |
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