Arthur Gill Caffee Lieutenant, United States Navy |
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at Carthage, Missouri, on December 20, 1882, he was killed in an accidental
explosion while testing guns at Indian Head, Maryland, on November 10,
1910. His stone in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery reads:
"Do not bother with me anymore, Doctor. Look after the others."
CAFFEE, ARTHUR G LT US NAVY DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1910 BURIED AT: SECTION SD WS SITE 2248 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
INTERESTING NOTE: Patty Caffee Thomas, 93, died April 8, 2001, at Blue Hill. She was a resident of Parker Ridge, Blue Hill, and a lifelong summer resident of Deer Isle. She was born March 16, 1908, in Carthage, Missouri, the daughter of Lieutenant Arthur Gill Caffee, USN, and Mayotta Dickinson Caffee Southworth. Her husband, John Samuel Thomas, predeceased her in 1982. She is survived by her son, John Samuel Thomas Jr. and his wife, Lisa, of Oviedo, Fla.; and her daughter, Sarah Thomas Gillett and her husband, Kendall, of Deer Isle and Sanibel, Fla.; seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Betty Caffee Brown of Deer Isle and New Smyrna Beach, Fla., and Mayotta Southworth Kendrick of Deer Isle and Wenham, Massachusetts. She was a graduate of Northampton School for Girls and attended Smith College, Northampton, Mass. She was an active member of the Junior League of Scarsdale, N.Y., volunteered at the White Plains Hospital, New York, and was a member of St. Joseph of Arimathea Episcopal Church, Elmsford, New York. On Deer Isle, she was a member of the Island Country Club and an honorary member of the Deer Isle Yacht Club. A memorial service will be held at Sunset Congregational
Church at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions
may be made in her memory to the Blue Hill Hospital or the Island Medical
Center, Deer Isle.
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