The funeral of Capt. Edward W. Revel, 77, was held Monday afternoon with services at the chapel in Evergreen Cemetery. The body was received by Charles A. Smith and Sons, funeral directors of Newport, from the Soldiers’ Home at Dayton, Ohio, where Revel died Friday. His son, Charles E. Revel of Minneola, Texas, arrived at the home a short time before his father passed away.

Capt. Revel had charge of the paint shop at the military home for several years. When a resident of Newport, he was engaged in the tobacco business on York street. He was a member of H Company, Third Kentucky cavalry, during the Civil War.

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