Beecher Burton Ogle was the son of Robert H. Ogle and Woodley Lucy Cole. He was married to Reba Marie “Nanny” Spurling and father of Esther Ogle.
Died in service to his country in France. 30 years old.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 22 July 1949
Pvt. Beecher B. Ogle, 30, killed in action Dec. 7, 1944 in France. Survivors; wife, Mrs. Marie Ogle; one daughter, Ester Ruth; mother Mrs. Woodley Ogle; two brothers, General and Cecil; four sisters, Mrs. Jessie Lay, all of Gatlinburg; Mrs. Paul Perrow, Virginia; Misses Emma and Frances Ogle, Gatlinburg. The body will arrive in Sevierville July and will remain at the Rawlings-Miller Funeral Home until funeral services at the Gatlinburg First Baptist Church. Interment in church cemetery.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 12 September 1914
- Date of death: 7 December 1944
- County: Sevier
- Hometown: Gatlinburg
- Service Branch: Army
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVIII, Top Panel
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