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Grave markers for Arthur R. and Christine B, Kilgore in Section 68, Site 4925,
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington (Arlington county), Virginia.
 BARDEN KILGORE WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT GADSDEN
Miss Christine Barden
became the bride or Arthur Kilgore, Jr. last Thursday morning at 11:00
o'clock at the home of Warren King of Gadsden, who performed the wedding
ceremony.
The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Barden,
Sr. of Jasper Route 4 and an employee of the Mountain Eagle wore an aqua
blue suit with black and white accessories.
The bridegroom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kilgore, Sr., of Gadsden, formerly of Jasper. Miss
Virginia Hiller of Jasper was present at the ceremony.
[Daily Mountain Eagle. Jasper, AL, 6 Apr 1944, Thu, Page 5]
Arthur registered for the draft ca.1944 and was
inducted into the Army at Gadsden, AL shortly thereafter., Pfc
Kilgore re-enlisted on 7 December 1945.
 PVT.
ARTHUR KILGORE
Pvt. Arthur Kilgore, husband of the former Christine
Barden of the Bankhead Farmsteads, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Kilgore, Sr., formerly of Jasper, is now stationed at Camp Blanding,
Fla., where he will receive basic training in the Infantry. Pvt. Kilgore was employed in Gadsden before entering the service. His wife is now with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Barden, Sr. of the Farmsteads.
[Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, AL, 18 Jan 1945, Thu, Page 4]
 PVT. ARTHUR R. KILGORE, JR.
Pvt. Arthur R. Kilgore, Jr., husband of Mrs. Christine Kilgore, of Russellville, has won the right to wear the "Boots and Wings" of the United States Army Paratroops. He has completed four weeks of jump training during which time he made five jumps, the last a tactical jump at night involving a combat problem on landing.
[Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, AL, Aug 2, 1945, Thu, Page 11]
Arthur re-enlisted and served in Service Company, 508th ARCT from 1951
to 1953. He retired as a Command Master Sergeant. |
