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- [S3445] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.
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- [S10245] Newspapers.com: Obituary of McCONNELL Lt Frank B • Nashville Tennessean - 15 Jun 1927, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 15 Jun 1927;), Lieutenant Frank Brower McConnell Obituary.
At Langley Field, VA, June 13, 1927, Lieut Frank Brower McConnell, Mr and Mrs A Frank McConnell of this city, aged 29 years.
The remains will arrive over the Louisville and Nashville railroad, tomorrow (Thursday) morning and will be taken to the residence of his father, 1304 Sixteenth avenue, south. Funeral from the residence tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, services at the Vine Street Christian church at 2 o'clock, conducted by Dr. Rogers T. Nooe.
Officers of the 105th Observation Squadron, Tennessee National Guards, will serve as Pallbearers: Adjt. Gen. WC Boyd, Major Nat H Dye, and Captains Richard D Gleaves, JB Hibbetts, Herbert F Fox, Charles G Blackard, Walter M Williams, Major J C Bennett Jr, Lieut's Samuel E Hartsfield, James H Douglas, John F Outlaw, William V Andrews, Louis H Hibbitts, Bailey Rascoe, Lee Conway, David S Lansden, Jesse Zellner, Jas P McFarland, Albert Roberts Jr, William E Barr, John McCall, Richard Barr Jr, Justin Potter, August S Keim, Clarence L Sanders, Richard Boutell, Lieut Edwards.
Interment at Mt. Olivet cemetery. Dorris, Karsch and Co. in charge.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/178955195/?article=6f1e5176-1c44-4457-9d92-348a354d44ea&focus=0.027492883,0.56641936,0.15343748,0.7260336&xid=3355
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Obituary-McCONNELL Frank
Lieutenant Frank Brower McConnell Obituary • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • Wed, Jun 15, 1927 • Page 5 |
- [S10246] Newspapers.com: Killed in Action: McCONNELL Frank LT TNGAF • Nashville Tennessean - 14 Jun 1927, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 14 Jun 1927;), MILITARY FUNERAL PLANNED HERE FOR LIEUT McCONNELL.
With war department machinery at Washington moving to fix the cause of the crash of a plane at Langley Field, Va., yesterday afternoon, killing Lieuts. Frank G. Mc-Connell and Cornelius Anderson, member of the 105th observation squadron. Tennessee national guard, arrangements were being made here for a military funeral for Lieut McConnell in pursuance to request from his family. Lieut. Anderson's father In La Centre, Ky. has requested that his son's body be burled In Arlington cemetery.
Lieut McConnell's wife, from her home at 1304 Sixteenth avenue, south, last night communicated with Maj. J. C. Bennett, commander of the squadron to make arrangements to have her husband's body brought back here for burial. While definite arrangements for the funeral are still to be made. It is believed the body will arrive here Wednesday or Thursday.
It is expected that Dr. Roger T. Nooe will conduct the funeral services. He is at Avoca, Tenn., but will return when notified of complete, plans.
Bursts Into Flames.
Lieut. McConnell and Lieut Anderson, who were participating In the air maneuvers at Langley field, came to their death when their plane went into a nose dive at a height of 200 feet and crashed to earth, bursting into flames.
Both fliers were incinerated before their bodies could be removed from the wreckage. They went to Virginia June 4. and in addition to taking part In the maneuvers, Lieut McConnell had been a member of the flying convoy which served as escort to Col. Charles Lindbergh on his arrival in Washington Saturday.
Yesterday afternoon, still participating in the maneuvers, they had just brought their plane into position for target practice in machine gun and bombing activities, when it was seen to plunge to the ground, the first serious accident to mark the maneuvers during the four years they have been held.
Lieut. McConnell, a son of Frank McConnell, chief law agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, lives at 1304 Sixteenth avenue, south, with his wife and child. Interested in aviation in this section for the past three years, he had made a host of friends through his flying, done for the most part at Blackwood Field. Three weeks was slightly injured when a plane he was piloting, owned by himself and Lieut. William Barr, fell. He was born here July 6, 1896, and received his early education in the public schools, later attending Montgomery Academy and Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn.
In school he gained praise for his athletic prowess, specializing in baseball and football. His first connection with the National Guard came during the trouble on the Mexican border, when he enlisted for service under General Pershing. Upon his return from the border, he enlisted in the Marines went to Paris Island, S. C., returning here later as sergeant assigned to recruiting service. Later he was transferred to Quantico, Va., where he was commissioned a second lieutenant.
During the war he saw service in Cuba and Haiti, returning here at its termination to employment in the ticket office at the Union station. He in that field until three when he became came interested in aviation. His early flying training was obtained at Brooks Field, Texas, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant, Later he was promoted to a first lieutenancy and placed in command of the 165th Photo section and officer in charge of Blackwood Field.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/158158369/?xid=637
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News (Killed in Action)-McCONNELL Frank (TNG-AF)
MILITARY FUNERAL PLANNED HERE FOR LIEUT McCONNELL LIEUT ANDERSON, OTHER VICTIM, TO BE BURIED AT ARLINGTON PROBE ORDERED FLIERS HAD BEEN MEMBERS OF COL. LINDBERG'S CONVOY • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • Tue, Jun 14, 1927 • Page 1 |
- [S10498] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - World War I), McCONNELL Frank Brower - LT Tennessee National Guard - 1894-1927 (Veteran) Killed in Action).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/276052066/frank-brower-mcconnell
- [S9928] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31N-296
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