TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEWPORT DAILY INDEPENDENT MAY 9, 1919 P. 1
Pargnes, France, April 11, 1919
Mrs. Agnes Epperson:
My Dear Wife
Will write you a few lines to inform you that I am well, and of course I hope this letter will find you in good health. Well, I have some hopes of coming home now, for we had a division inspection yesterday by General Pershing and also passed and reviewed him and he said that we would soon be home.
You said you had heard from Johnnie, But you didn’t say where he was. Be sure and write me his address in your next letter. Agnes, I had a letter from Oliver last week and he said that some of them were sick, but didn’t say what was the matter with them. I truly hope they are well now. I don’t believe I get all the letters you write me, neither do I believe that you get all I write you. I haven’t had a letter from you in about three weeks, but I know you are writing to me. I will close for this time. Don’t suppose you will get this any way.
From your husband.
Agnes Epperson
Pvt. Floyd B. Epperson, Co. 1, 141st U.S. Infantry, A.P.O. 796, American Expeditionary Forces, France.
NOTES: The newspaper incorrectly signed the letter with the name of his wife. Floyd Burton Epperson was writing to his wife Sally Agnes. He was born on May 19, 1893 in Fulton County, Arkansas and died on February 12, 1976 in Bradford, Arkansas. He is buried in the Coffeyville Cemetery in Coffeyville, Arkansas. His headstone identifies him as a Private serving in the US Army during World War I. He enlisted on July 5, 1918 and was discharged on June 17, 1919. He departed Brest, France onboard the Troy on May 22, 1919. He later arrived in New York, NY. He was serving as a Private in Co. I 141st Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD
Pargnes, France, April 11, 1919
Mrs. Agnes Epperson:
My Dear Wife
Will write you a few lines to inform you that I am well, and of course I hope this letter will find you in good health. Well, I have some hopes of coming home now, for we had a division inspection yesterday by General Pershing and also passed and reviewed him and he said that we would soon be home.
You said you had heard from Johnnie, But you didn’t say where he was. Be sure and write me his address in your next letter. Agnes, I had a letter from Oliver last week and he said that some of them were sick, but didn’t say what was the matter with them. I truly hope they are well now. I don’t believe I get all the letters you write me, neither do I believe that you get all I write you. I haven’t had a letter from you in about three weeks, but I know you are writing to me. I will close for this time. Don’t suppose you will get this any way.
From your husband.
Agnes Epperson
Pvt. Floyd B. Epperson, Co. 1, 141st U.S. Infantry, A.P.O. 796, American Expeditionary Forces, France.
NOTES: The newspaper incorrectly signed the letter with the name of his wife. Floyd Burton Epperson was writing to his wife Sally Agnes. He was born on May 19, 1893 in Fulton County, Arkansas and died on February 12, 1976 in Bradford, Arkansas. He is buried in the Coffeyville Cemetery in Coffeyville, Arkansas. His headstone identifies him as a Private serving in the US Army during World War I. He enlisted on July 5, 1918 and was discharged on June 17, 1919. He departed Brest, France onboard the Troy on May 22, 1919. He later arrived in New York, NY. He was serving as a Private in Co. I 141st Infantry.
TRANSCRIBED BY SHANNON SOUTHARD