Background: Ancestors who served: John Ryan, William Evan Ryan, Thomas Ryan, John F. Anderson, Henry Clay Shelton, Harvey McCord Shelton, Rufus Clay Shelton; Relationship Charts: WW1 Registration Card (John Edmund Smith): On the Home Front: Descendants/Family Members Who Served: Cora Jewel & Louis Vestal Wheeler: Vestal; Anna Louise & James Boyd Bearden: David Taylor Keyes; Hattie Pearl & C.K. "Preacher" Gant: "Preacher", Marion Elliot "Moe" Smith; Virgil Edmond & Martha June Smith: Virgil, Jeffery Brian Gurley; Richard Clina "R.C."7 Cornelia Hodgkin "Pi" Smith: "R.C."; Theda Helen & Milton Granvel Swearengin: Milt, Stephen Milton Swearengin; John Prentiss "Pete" & Nancy Ann Keith Smith: Pete, Mark Denman Pruitt, Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth Morris, Katherine "Katie" Jane Morris, Michael Caleb Morris; Dessie Mae "Tuss" & Hugh Colquitt Cate , Jr: Hugh, Hugh Colquitt "Trey" Cate lll; Billy & Margaret Burdick Smith: Bill, Gregory Burdick Smith, Timothy Shelton Smith;Sara Nell & David Eugene Johnson: Carl Rex Gossett. Mary Alma "Maal" Johnson, William Hill Sides, Jr.; Others Who Served: The Ultimate Sacrifice: