1

[Emblem in top right corner:
FOR VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
BONDS
AND
STAMPS]

[In top left corner:
In reply address not the
signer of this letter, but Com-
mandant Sixth Naval District,
Fort Sumter Hotel, Charleston,
S. C.
Refer to No [blank]]

[Letterhead:
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH NAVAL DISTRICT
FORT SUMTER HOTEL
CHARLESTON, S. C.]

DISTRICT CHAPLAIN'S OFFICE
NAVY YARD, S. C.

14 April 1945

Mrs. Eva E. Moorefield
706 Forest Ave.
High Point, N. C.

My dear Mrs. Moorefield:

The Commandant of the Sixth Naval District has just received a
notice of the death of your brother, Jewell Hilliard Spears. This notice
has been turned over to me for further action. As the District Chaplain,
I assure you of our united concern and join in our sympathy to you and
your family. When we send men out to a unit at home or abroad, it is
with a prayer in our hearts that each one will contribute his part and
return at the time appointed. But in the providence of God, some do not
come back. Such a loss is always great.

From the Paymaster General, General Accounting Office, Claims
Division, Navy Department, Washington, 25. D. C., you will receive, in
due time, information regarding the presentation of all your claims,
such as, Pay in Arrears, Insurance, Pension, Six Months Gratuity and
Death Certificate. If after a reasonable time you do not hear, it will
be in order for you to write to them and request this information.

May I again express for the Commandant of the Sixth Naval District,
the Officers and Personnel of the Marine Corps, our sympathy to you in
this your deep sorrow, and may the blessing of God rest upon you and
keep you.

Sincerely yours,
[signature]
THOMAS B. THOMPSON
CAPTAIN, CHC, USN
DISTRICT CHAPLAIN

RBT: ram