Submitted by: Sharon
Virgil Lockhart
Leader Jan. 28, 1954

VIRGIL LOCKHART, WWI VET, SUCCUMBS 

Virgil Lockhart, 58, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, in the U.S. Veterans hospital, Marion, where he had been a patient for the last 15 years. In World War I, he served with the 335th Hq. Co. Indiana Regiment.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Dennis chapel with Rev. H. W. Bentley officiating. The American Legion and VFW posts accorded him full military honors at the graveside in Crown Hill cemetery.
Born in Jackson county, Dec. 18, 1896, he was the son of Andrew Jackson and Annabelle Avery Lockhart. He was married to Ines Bryant. Surviving are two sons, Ralph and Donald Ray, Indianapolis and a sister, Nora Rhinehart, Salem.