PFC. Hovell Maddox
Mena Star, Feb. 14, 1949
Funeral service for Pfc. Hovell Maddox, son of Mr. And Mrs. Demp Maddox of Norman, Ark., who was killed in action with the U.S. Marine Corps while serving with company G, 2nd Bn, Seventh Marine Division, June 12, 1945, on Okinawa island in the South Pacific, and who was 18 1/2 years old at the time of death was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Black Springs Baptist church with Rev. C.P. Cowart, pastor of the Norman Baptist Church, officiating. Burial at Black Springs Cemetery was directed by the Beasley-Wood Funeral Home.
The pallbearers were Eugene Sanders, Albert Arnold, Victor Cox, Isom Cowart, Jurdon Hays, and Earl Reecer.
Born at Norman, Ark., November 27, 1926, Maddox enlisted in the Marine corps March 10, 1944. He was a member of the Baptist church. Serving at his side at the time Maddox was killed, was Eugene Sanders of Mena who served as a pallbearer at the re-burial and, after folding, presented Maddox’ mother with the American flag which draped his casket during the ceremonies. Besides his parents, the veteran of World War II is survived by three sisters, Mrs. A.B. Cory, Placerville, Calif.; Mrs. H.L. Hicks, Norman, Ark; Mrs. P.G. Black, Black Springs, Ark; a brother Fayte Maddox, Acampo, Calif; and several nieces and nephews.