Died in Philippine Islands
Wednesday the remains of Oscar Crump, who died in the Philippine Islands in August, 1912 were received in Spur and interred in the Spur cemetery.
Oscar Crump was the son of B.F. Crump of Garza County and was in the U.S. Navy at the time of his death.
The ship was in Chinese waters when young Mr. Crump first became sick of pneumonia. Later the fleet sailed to the Philippines where he died. The rules of the Navy prevented the shipment of the remains within one year after death, therefore the delay in receiving the moral remains of Oscar Crump for burial in his native land.
©The Texas Spur, November 21, 1913
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay, Spur Museum, transcribed by Becky Hodges, August 2004
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