DeKalb County ALGENWEB; The Fort Payne Journal, Fort Payne, Alabama; Wednesday, December 20, 1944; Page 2.

CPL. WILLIAM L. BEATY

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Beaty, Adamsburg, and husband of Inez Fox Beaty, was killed in action in France Nov. 19. They received the news December 6th from the War Department to that effect.

Cpl. Beaty entered service in January, 1944. he had been overseas seven months. He was 21 years old.

Besides his parents, three sisters and one brother survive.

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DeKalb County ALGENWEB; The Fort Payne Journal
Fort Payne, Alabama
Wednesday, January 28, 1948
Page 9

IN MEMORY

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON, CPL. WILLIAM L. BEATY

Three sad and lonely years have passed
Since our great sorrow fell;
The shock that we received that evening,
We still remember well.
Friends may think I have forgotten,
when at times they see me smile;
Little do they know the heartache
That one smile hides all the while.
No one knows the silent heartache,
Only those who have lost can tell
Of the grief that's borne in silence
For the one I loved so well.
Days of sadness still comes o'er me,
Secret tears do often flow,
But memory keeps him ever near me,
The one at rest whom I love so.
He was taken from us so suddenly,
Why, we shall never know;
Our hearts are still torn and bleeding,
Our darling! We miss you so.
Many tears I shed alone
For my boy who will not be coming home,
But he is now in Heaven, 
Never more to roam.
Although dear son,
You have gone, 
Still sweet memories
Linger on.
His place in our home is vacant, 
Which no one can ever fill,
His body lies in France,
So cold and so still.
-By his mother.