The VVA Veteran: From The National Chaplin: TAPS

January / February 2009

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From The National Chaplain:
TAPS

BY REV. PHIL SALOIS, M.S.

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Jay Atkinson, 59, died November 20, 2008. He was a life member of Tonawanda, New York, Chapter 77.

Thomas W. L. Barnes, 65, died August 16, 2008. He was a member of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chapter 203.

William George Barney, 81, died October 17, 2008. He was a member of the Rock Pile, Carson City, Nevada, Chapter 719.

James Robert Bell, 68, died November 7, 2008. He was a member of Tupelo, Mississippi, Chapter 842.

Robert E. Boyer, 79, died October 30, 2008. He was a member of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapter 467.

Carlos Rocs Brown, 63, died November 15, 2008. He was a member of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chapter 203.

Robert M. Burns, 61, died September 7, 2008. He was a member of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapter 467.

Dennis W. Callahan, 66, died October 10, 2008. He was a life member of Easton, Pennsylvania, Chapter 415.

Charles Conley Culbertson, 63, died October 28, 2008. He was a member of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chapter 203.

Winford S. Daniel, 63, died August 7, 2008. He was a life member of Winfield, Alabama, Chapter 786.

William F. Davis, 63, died November 4, 2008. He was a life member of Savannah, Georgia, Chapter 671.

Delores Edmondson, 68, died October 18, 2008. She was a member of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chapter 203.

John M. Engel, 66, died in November 2008. He was an at-large life member of Ohio.

John William Erby, Jr., 68, died November 9, 2008. He was a life member and president of Cincinnati Chapter 10.

James Grady Flowers, 72, died May 6, 2008. He was a member of Lawton, Oklahoma, Chapter 751.

William N. Furman, 61, died October 3, 2008. He was a life member of Bryan, Texas, Chapter 937

Joe R. Gibson, 60, died October 11, 2008. He was a member of Columbus, Mississippi, Chapter 997.

Jesse N. Green, 61, died September 22, 2008. He was a member of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Chapter 992.

William E. Haggerty, 52, died October 20, 2008. He was a member of Owego, New York, Chapter 480.

Pat Darwin Halchuck, 59, died October 16, 2008. He was a member of New Philadelphia, Ohio, Chapter 857.

Leroy Hampton, Jr., 59, died October 30, 2008. He was a member of Union, New Jersey, Chapter 779.

Ahmad Jamal Hasan (James Edmundson), 63, died November 2, 2008. He was a life member of Halifax, Virginia, Chapter 840.

E. Ray Hendrix, 55, died November 8, 2008. He was a charter member of Bel Air, Maryland, Chapter 588.

Dale Edward Horton, 58, died October 27, 2008. He was a member of Cincinnati Chapter 10.

Richard A. Johnson, 59, died October 28, 2008. He was a member of Westfield, New Jersey, Chapter 688.

Otis H. Kilgore, 62, died October 2, 2008. He was a life member of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapter 467.

Steve E. Kiltau, 65, died in 2008. He was an at-large life member of Florida.

Francis J. Kozlovsky, Sr., 63, died June 1, 2008. He was a life member of Appleton, Wisconsin, Chapter 351.

Stanley M. Kuchlewski, 61, died November 18, 2008. He was a life member of Nassau County, New York, Chapter 82.

Robert W. Lehrfeld, Jr., 63, died October 19, 2008. He was a member of Greenville, North Carolina, Chapter 272.

Earl R. Mason, 64, died August 20, 2008. He was a life member of Las Vegas Chapter 17.

Malinda A. McLaughlin, 65, died October 23, 2008. She was an AVVA member of White Hall, Arkansas, Chapter 830.

Alfred Boyd Mellott, 61, died September 30, 2008. He was a life member of Cumberland, Maryland, Chapter 172.

William Lewis Michelson, 78, died March 7, 2008. He was an at-large AVVA member of Michigan.

Robert L. Moore, 73, died October 28, 2008. He was a member of Lawton, Oklahoma, Chapter 751.

Jerry Lynn Morningstar, 60, died November 23, 2008. He was a life member of Warner Robins, Georgia, Chapter 902.

James L. Parkinson, 95, died October 25, 2008. He was a member of New Philadelphia, Ohio, Chapter 857.

Jimmy Ralph Perkins, 64, died November 15, 2008. He was a member of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chapter 203.

Charles Warren Pigott, Jr., 59, died July 25, 2008. He was a life member and past president of Merced, California, Chapter 691.

Michael V. Ray, 58, died in April 2008. He was a member of Gallatin, Tennessee, Chapter 240.

Wayne Jared Roach, 60, died September 26, 2008. He was a life member of Cumberland, Maryland, Chapter 172.

Ronald E. Shields, 74, died November 5, 2008. He was a life member of Lawton, Oklahoma, Chapter 751.

Preston B. Skaggs, 79, died October 10, 2006. He was a life member of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapter 467.

William Thomas Smith, 69, died October 21, 2008. He was a member of Hampton, Virginia, Chapter 433.

Bobbi Jo Stone, 34, died October 1, 2008. She was a life member of AVVA, Centralia, Illinois, Chapter 176.

Mark Joseph Stratton, Sr., 54, died November 9, 2008. He was a life member Bennington, Vermont, Chapter 601.

Kevin T. Sweeney, 57, died August 7, 2007. He was a life member of Cleveland Chapter 15.

Samuel J. Tecce, Jr., 65, died October 15, 2008. He was a member of Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Chapter 266.

Philip A. Trinchera, 66, died October 26, 2008. He was a member of Tonawanda, New York, Chapter 77.

John George Underwood, Jr., 67, died November 12, 2008. He was a member of Franklin, North Carolina, Chapter 994.

Walter C. Woolard, Sr., 80, died October 28, 2008. He was a member of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapter 467.

Richard F. Yount, 79, died in November 2008. He was an at-large member of Washington.

Joseph J. Zorn, 61, died November 10, 2008. He was a member of Farmingville, New York, Chapter 82.