ETHEL
PEARL HOWERTON DEGLAS
15 Apr
1912 - 11 Jun 2004
Official Newspaper Obituary
submitted
by Bettie Higgins
Ethel Pearl Howerton Deglas (M/Sgt., Ret. USArmy), died at National Health Care, Pulaski, TN on Friday, June 11, at the age of 92. She had been a resident of Pulaski since 1993.
She was predeceased by her parents, Charles Henry and Minnie Taylor Howerton, her husband, Jacques G. Deglas (CWO, Ret., U.S. Army), two brothers, Thomas Earl and Clifton Guy Howerton, and her sister, Jennie Howerton O’Master. Local survivors are her niece and nephew-in-law, Bettie and Charles Higgins. She is also survived by a nephew, John O’Master of Maryland and several great-nieces and nephews.
Sgt. Deglas was a thirty-year veteran of the United States Army, having enlisted in 1942 in the original Women’s Army Corps, and was a member of the U.S. Army of Occupation in post-war Germany, 1947-50, as well as various military posts throughout the United States and elsewhere.Her extensive file of military records contained many, many citations and commendations for meritorious service.
She will be interred next to her late husband in the Garden of Valor military section of Valhalla Memorial Gardens in Huntsville, AL, on Sunday, June 13, 2004. The internment will be a private graveside service for the family.
PRAYER
Almighty God, Giver of life, and all
that is good,
We give thanks for the life of the one we know as Auntie Pearl.
We give thanks for her dedication to service of country,
We give thanks for her love of family, and generosity of spirit.
With the certainty that life of the soul does not
end, we commit her to the Love
which is now hers, and which shall never end. Amen.
(Prayer read by the gathered family at Internment on Sunday, June 13, 2004)
Other Readings
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