Soldiers in a gas attack Photos Courtesy of Floyd Killough Collection
W.L. “Boose” Montgomery
Boose and Zella Montgomery
On March 23, 1933, the Wellington Leader and Shamrock Texan newspapers both ran front page stories about a formal military burial ceremony conducted by the Frank King Post of the American Legion, in honor of William Lafayette “Boose” Mont gome r y, a World War I veteran from Plymouth. The funeral likely followed American Legion proto col, such as a flag draped casket, a guard of honor, a rifle vol…
