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- ↑ The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 213
- ↑ A Life of Poetry: Carelton Drewry Looks Back at the Words that Flowed So.” The Roanoke Times, 10 Feb. 1991.
- ↑ “Guy Carleton Drewry Dies; Was Virginia's Poet Laureate.” The Washington Post, 6 Aug. 1991.
- ↑ Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101168125
- ↑ Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014
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