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A Salute to Section C Rappahannock Record Kilmarnock, VA Our Veterans 24 pages in two sections November 10, 2010 W elcome to this special Veterans Day 2010 salute to the hundreds of veterans who have called the lower Northern Neck home at some point in their lives. We honor those who have served their country in uniform, many living and some even on duty today, some deceased but still remembered, and some who gave their lives on the battlefields of several wars to protect our land. They have served in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force or Coast Guard. Each has had a hand in preserving the freedoms that define the United States of America. These are your neighbors and friends, our hometown patriots. Today would be a good time to remember those no longer with us, and to say thanks to those still living. Oldest seaman from the USS Midway recognized at reunion by Lisa Hinton Valdrighi During the reunion, Butler, who served as a radarman, was awarded the eing old has its privileges. One, World War II Victory Medal. according to Robert W. Butler “I didn’t do any more than any of the of Irvington, is being recog- 4,000 other guys that served [on the nized by the U.S. Armed Forces. Midway],” said Butler, modestly. “I’m Butler, 89, was recently honored as just old.” the oldest living original crew member Butler’s medal is now framed alongof the USS Midway, which was com- side the World War I Victory Medal missioned in September 1945. awarded to his father, Clarence W. “It was an amazing reception I got,” Butler. said Butler, who lives at Rappahannock Butler shared his father’s patriotism Westminster-Canterbury (RW-C). “All and joined the Navy in 1942. He was this adulation from strangers for no training to be a fighter pilot but vertigo other reason except that I’m old.” kept him grounded and he received a Butler returned last month from a medical discharge. three-day reunion of Midway crew But, because Butler says he was in members in San Diego, Calif. perfect health other than being unable to fly, he rejoined the Navy on the same day and went through five radar training schools up and down the east coast. “Things were different in World War II,” said Butler. “Everybody was patriotic and everybody wanted to do what they could. There was nothing wrong with me, so I didn’t want to be discharged.” As an aviation cadet, Butler attended pre-flight school in Georgia and bunked with three other cadets. They all talked about graduating and that they all wanted to be commissioned as Marines. All three of his roommates were killed while flying combat flights with the Marines. “It’s amazing how things work out, how things happen,” said Butler of his failure to become a fighter pilot. “Things could have Robert Butler and his wife, Marjorie, stroll in turned out a lot different.” Washington, D.C., in December 1942. The Midway, retired as a B Robert Butler and companion Linda Small stand on the USS Midway during a recent reunion in California. museum in San Diego three years ago, was the biggest ship afloat when it was launched in 1945. There were 4,000 men in the ship’s original crew. “I strongly suspect that there are other [older] members than me,” said Butler. “They just haven’t found them yet.” Born in Washington, Butler first came to the Northern Neck as a visiting boyfriend of Marjorie Hurst. They were married while Butler was in the service. His discharge papers came while he was on the Midway in the Caribbean and he returned home to Marjorie on their first wedding anniversary. The two moved to California, where he attended the University of Southern California on the GI bill. He and Marjorie lived in California for 35 years before he retired in 1981 as a shopping center developer and built a home in Bluff Point. They lived there for 25 years before moving to RW-C. They had been married 63 years when Marjorie died two years ago. A civil engineer, Butler is best known around these parts as a model builder, a talent he began to develop when he was seven. He has models in five museums in the Northern Neck. He has 20 models in the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, one at the Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington, one at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern in Heathsville and one at Christ Church in Weems. His model at Christ Church is of the historic building. It took 14 months to make and Butler calls it his finest work. “I’m a stickler for realism,” said Butler. “If it takes a week to make a window, why not. When my wife died, the secret to my emotional stability was to stay busy.” Longtime teacher here quit college, joined the Navy by Audrey Thomasson returned the next morning. But there were advantages to her job. When her brother’s ship sank in the Pacific, Hayden was one of the first to know. “But I wasn’t allowed to call my parents and tell them,” she said. Then she learned the survivors would arrive in D.C. by train. She went to the station and was elated to see her brother step from the train. The two went home to Atlanta to celebrate with her family. Hayden’s father finally broke his silence when she promised to complete her education. True to her word, Hayden completed her education, took a job demonstrating Frigidaire appliances and soon handled the mid-Atlantic region, which included calling on Noblett’s Appliance in Kilmarnock. She was still single at 45 when she was introduced to the late Clyde Hayden from Ottoman at the 1965 Richmond Fair. When they married, Hayden settled in Lancaster and started a 20-year career teaching Lancaster children until her retirement in 1985. On November 10, Hayden celebrated her 90th birthday. She proudly displays a picture of her late parents, Joe and Clare Buffington, wearing the service pins of their children. Her mother is pictured with several pins on her lapel. Her father wore only one—a navy pin for his favorite daughter. A lthough she is well known locally as a retired home economics teacher from Lancaster Middle School, many are surprised to learn that Sylvia Buffington Hayden was one of the first to run down to the recruitment office and enlist in the Navy after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and brought World War II to American shores. A farmer’s daughter from Georgia, Hayden was in her second year at the University of Georgia, majoring in home economics, when she decided to leave school and join the Navy. At the time, patriotism was the chief motivating factor for those rushing to enlist, including Hayden’s fiancee, Rollins Moultrie Jones. But Hayden also had another reason. “I joined to be with my boyfriend. We were stupid enough to think we’d be sent to the same place,” Hayden said with a laugh. The reality is Jones shipped out to sea and she never saw or heard from him again. She assumes he died in the war. Hayden was assigned to the Department of the Navy where she was landlocked in Washington, D.C., for the entire war. It was devasting to a young woman in love. When Hayden gathered up enough courage to tell her parents about her enlistment, she expected them to be upset, but their reception was much worse. “My father sat in his chair and didn’t say a word,” she said. And he maintained his silence toward his favorite daughter during most of her service years. “He was upset that I dropped out of college. He really believed in education” for his seven children, Hayden explained. Hayden’s assignment for the Naval Department was handling highly classified documents that dealt with ship movements. Her work was considered so sensitive, she wasn’t allowed to tell her parents what she did, and she still refuses to give details today. Getting security clearance required a complete background check on the new recruit. A team traveled to Hayden’s hometown near Atlanta to interview family and friends. But when townsfolk pointed out her father having lunch in the local diner, the farmer refused to talk to them and even denied knowing her. Despite her father’s attitude, Hayden received clearance and began working in the publication department where her work Patriotism, and a boyfriend, led Sylvia Buffington Hayden (above) to join the Navy. was locked in a vault each night with only one other person having access to a key. Her life in the city was as locked up as her work. Moving from her work area to another location in the building required a military escort. The workers were corralled at the end of the day and taken to the nearby barracks for the night and After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, siblings (from left) Robert, Sylvia and Ned Buffington enlisted in the service. C2 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans ABOUT THE PHOTOS: We have asked for veterans’ photos for several months, and almost received more than we could handle. They have arrived in all forms, some well preserved in frames, some very old clippings from newspapers, and every form in between. Some we simply couldn’t use, most we have made an attempt to reproduce here. For some we have little more than a name. Over 100 photos were supplied by Terry Tignor and the O’Smack group at Irvington Baptist Church. Yet, we suspect lots of veterans from Lancaster, Northumberland and Richmond counties are still missing. If you have a photo and information (name, hometown, branch of service, years served) about another veteran, we would like to add it to our files. Also, if you see something here that’s incorrect or incomplete, please call. Periodically we will update this feature on our website, RRecord.com, and sometime in the future we may reprint this “Salute to Our Veterans” with the additional information added. See page A2 for information on how to contact us. H. Gordon Blundon Jr. Lively Army 1941-1946 Morton Thomas Brent Lancaster Marine Corps 1970-1971 Austin Yates Thompson Warsaw Army 1946-1947 Buddy Sorrell Emmerton Army 1952-1954 C. W. Haydon Jr. Weems Coast Guard 1942-1946 Bruce Brown Emmerton Army World War I David W. Davenport Lancaster Marine Corps 1963-1969 Edward Jefferson Davis Sr. Kilmarnock Army 1943-1945 Charles E. Dixon Sr. Kilmarnock Army World War I Carroll William Hughlett Northumberland Air Force 1950-1954 Adrian Alonzo Walker Lancaster Navy 1942-1946 Charles K. Hinson Foxwells Coast Guard World War II Cleveland Hinson Foxwells Marine Corps 1952-1955 Donald Neale Headley Heathsville Army 1943-1946 Francis T. Walker Lancaster Army 1948-1952 Luther L. Carter Weems Army Reserve 1950-1952 Cecil Rock Northumberland Army World War II Edgar J. McCrobie Weems Navy 1950-1972 Willy A. Smith Merry Point Army Air Forces 1943-1946 Russell H. Kellum Weems Army 1946-1949 Rannie Mozingo Haynesville Army 1917-1919 Rhett Newton Moore Lancaster Marine Corps 1967-1973 Dallas R. Keyser Northumberland Army 1952-1954 John Berryman McKenney Jr. Lancaster Navy 1944-1946 Joseph Tilton Davis Northumberland Army World War II Thomas M. Haynie Lively Army 1943-1946 Charles Voss Northumberland Navy 1944-1965 William L. Humphreys Kilmarnock Army 1951-1953 Melville D. Schools Warsaw Army 1942-1945 Wilbur E. Mitchell Irvington Army 1943-1946 Lawson P. Schools Kilmarnock Marine Corps 1942-1945 G. Franklin Swann Heathsville Army 1945-1948 Daniel F. Lewis Northumberland Army World War II Robert Henry Thrift Wicomico Church Army 1944-1946 Fred William Carter Jr. Sharps Army/Army Reserve 1983-1990/1990-1993 George Robert Whaley Northumberland Army Korean War Herman Gulbranson Jr. Foxwells Air Force World War II James Turner Kilmarnock Army 1942-1945 John B. Doggett Lively Navy 1942-1946 +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD .OVEMBERsC3 In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans Willie Warner Brown Nuttsville Navy World War II Virgil Barber Jr. Warsaw Army World War II T. Straughan Beane Sr. Miskimon Navy 1944-1945 Francis L. Brent Kilmarnock Army World War II S. Leo Saunders Lancaster Navy 1945-1949 Randolph Rock Northumberland Army World War II Roy Hundley Lancaster Navy 1950-1954 Neal Stanley Taylor Farnham Army 1984-1985 DREADED TELEGRAMS: The fate of Francis L. Brent of Kilmarnock (pictured at the top left of these telegrams) had his family concerned during World War II. The top telegram, sent on December 18, 1944, said he was missing in action. The second, dated March 15, 1945, said he was a prisoner of war of the German government. Manuel Steppe Lively Navy 1944-1946 John C. Christopher Irvington Army 1950-1953 Hoyt Glenn Price Kilmarnock Navy 1945-1946 George Walter Ebeling Irvington Navy 1942-1946 Henry Dixon Sr. (left) and Charles Davis Jr., both of Lancaster County, served together in the Navy. Davis is deceased. Both served from February 10, 1953, to February 9, 1957. Donald Morgan Dunaway Kilmarnock Army 1962-1964 Henry M. Jones Lancaster Army 1952-1954 Claude Ree Thompson Richmond County Army 1941-1943 Eugene L. Pittman Regina Army 1941-1945 Harry Eugene Revere Jr. Lively Navy 1946-1948 H. Calvin Hudnall Heathsville Army 1942-1945 Garland Lee Packett Haynesville Army 1946-1948;1950-1951 Foster E. Lee Sr. Kilmarnock Army 1943-1946 Johnnie George Cornwell Lancaster Navy Reserve 1944-1946 Leon Bonner Lancaster Army 1943-1945 Marian Irene Davenport Lancaster Army 1943-1945 Leo G. Loftus Northumberland Navy 1942-1969 Andrew Samuel Kelsey White Stone Army Air Forces/Air Force 1943-1948/1950-1951 Charles E. Lake Northumberland Navy World War II Harry W. Laws Weems Army 1945-1947 Asa M. Pittman Jr. Regina Army 1953-1955 Most of the Shelton family in Lancaster County served in the Armed Forces. From left (back row) are Lewis Shelton, Army-Korean Conflict; *Lloyd Shelton, Navy-WWII; *Douglas “Buck” Shelton, Army-WWII; *Calvin Shelton, injured and unable to serve; (front row) *Joseph Shelton, Army-WWII; Steven “Dinky” Shelton, Army-Korea; and John Thomas Shelton, Navy-WWII. (*Deceased) Louise Walker Barnes (right) of Fleet’s Bay Neck served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She was stationed at Hammond General Hospital in the San JoaquinValley, Calif., where injured troops from the Pacific theater were sent for treatment and convalescence. H.J.(Chink) Barnes served in the Army during World War II and was stationed in Guadalcanal.They moved back to Kilmarnock from Portsmouth in 1974 and lived there until her death in 1976 and his death in 1985. C4 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans Joseph Emory Currell Weems U. S. Army 1917-1919 Clifford O. Lawson Northumberland Army World War II Walter Cameron Roberts White Stone Army 1918-1962 Braxton H. Lee White Stone Army 1944-1946 Lawrence Vergil Henderson White Stone Coast Guard World War II Russell Herbert Haynie Lively Army 1951-1953 Romie W. Davis III Weems Army 1966-1969 Joseph Irving Samuels Lewisetta Army World War II W. Millard Hayden Lancaster 1942-1944 Theodore A. Jett Northumberland Army World War II Franklin C.Voss Lancaster Army 1945-1946 Vinson R.Veney Emmerton Army 1951-1954 William George Beane Lancaster Confederate Army 1863-1865 William Allen Norris Emmerton Army 1961-1982 Milton Sorrell Emmerton Army 1956-1960 Rudy Grissom Farnham Army World War II Steven G. Self Village Army 1943 Gordon D. Walters Morattico Army World War II James H.Turner Sr. Lancaster County Army George W. Meade Lancaster Marine Corps 1983-1986 Hiram H.Thrift Wicomico Church Army World War I Robert Delano Northumberland Navy Donald George Wyman Sr. Northumberland Army Air Corps World War II James Lester Dull Kilmarnock Air Force 1956-1959 Allen Whay Lancaster County Army Gordon R. Murray White Stone Army Air Corps World War II James Anthony Sr. Lynhams Army 1943-1945 Granville Carrington Dawson Northumberland Navy, 1943-1946 Frank Benjamin Howard Mollusk Navy 1943-1973 1-800-990-4828 ■ bankatunion.com Member FDIC The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of libertyloving people everywhere march with you. —General Dwight D Eisenhower +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA .OVEMBERsC5 RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans Arthur Robert Wormley Richmond County Army 1940-1943 Kenneth E. Kidd Burgess Army 1947-1968 Meredith McKenney Kilmarnock Army Air Corps 1942-1946 George Phillip Robertson Foxwells Navy 1943-1945 Herbert W. Schools Sr. Richmond County Army 1942-1946 Jesse Hunter Newberry Lancaster Army 1943-1945 John Wesley Taft Lancaster Army 1942-1945 Joseph S. Walters Lancaster Army 1979-1985 Luther W. Harris Lancaster Navy 1943-1946 Orville Betts Lackey Northumberland Navy 1943-1945 Thomas C. Headley Northumberland Army 1943-1945 Ralph Ingram Northumberland Marine Corps 1941-1945 Steve Potter Kilmarnock Army 1967-1969 Benjamin Newton Hubbard Lancaster Army 1943-1946 Wayne Carter Pope Lancaster Army 1975-1982 William Pete Thompson Warsaw Army 1945-1947 Thomas Cephas Carter White Stone Army World War II Aubrey E. Hinson Foxwells Army World War II Raymond Pete Benson Kilmarnock Air Force 1943-1946 Phillip Cox Lancaster Army 1941-1944 Baron Pitts Didlake Ottoman Army 1918-1919 Raymond F. Sullivan Richmond WWII/Korean War Thomas Hugh Smither Richmond County Army WWII Gary E. Lapin Army Vietnam 1955-1958 We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. —Felix Frankfurter THANKS TO OUR VETERANS Joseph William Beane Sr. Lancaster Army 1940-1946 John W. 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Schmidt of Rocky Neck (later Richmond and Kilmarnock) served in the U.S. Coast Guard, attached to the U.S. Navy during the war years from September 17, 1941, to May 28, 1946. While he was executive officer of the USS Vance, the ship captured a German submarine in the north Atlantic on May 11, 1945. He served as officer-in-charge of the prize crew on board the surrendered submarine and took it 1,600 miles across the Atlantic to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For his meritorious performance, he received a commendation. He is pictured here with some of the captured flags and weapons. Retired Lieutenant Commander Schmidt died April 19, 1978. Archie Robertson Beane Lancaster Army 1917-1918 Joseph Shehigh Mitchell Northumberland Army Air Corps 1943-1967 Henry S. Pittman Sr. Kilmarnock Army unknown-1952 Stanley B. Wilson Weems Navy 1941-1945 David R. Campbell White Stone Army World War II Dwayne Anthony Jones Sr. Northumberland Army National Guard 1987-1990 William Marion Reynolds Irvington Navy 1944-1946 Elton J. Forrester Miskimon Army 1944-1945 Wilbur H. Rose Foxwells Navy World War II Stanley Headley Northumberland Navy 1943-1945 Willard B. Whaley Remo Army 1917-1919 Thomas W. Lawson White Stone Army Air Corps 1942-1946 Sampson Benjamin Jackson Jr. Mollusk Army 1968-1972 R.M. Lee Jr. Kilmarnock Navy 1941-1945 Lombard John Taylor Lancaster Army World War I John Henry Dize Kilmarnock Navy 1941-1945 Jerry Lorenzo Ball Sharps Army 1978-1984 Harry Eugene Bush Litwalton Navy 1951-1955 George Carroll Dunaway Lancaster Army Spanish-American War William Howard Owens Sr. Lancaster Army 1944-1945 Robert S. Gallimore Sr. Lancaster Army Air Corps 1942-1946 Ray Richard Rose Foxwells Coast Guard 1942-1943 Leonard Beale Bareford Farnham Army 1943-1946 John Preston Franz Weems Navy 1942-1946 This trio of Navy brothers with ties to Irvington includes, from left, Oliver Foster, Merritt Foster and Dixon Foster. Oliver and Merritt are deceased. This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. —Elmer Davis From left are Leroy E. Granacher (deceased), pictured in 1917 in his World War I Army uniform, and his son, Robert L. Granacher of Kilmarnock. A member of the Class of 1943 at Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tenn., Bob is pictured in full cadet uniform before being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1944. Bob recently enjoyed his 85th birthday with his family. Please accept our thanks for all you and your families have done for all of us. From left are Capt. Bill Evans of Irvington, First Sgt. Fred Gandy (deceased) and Capt. Bob Westbrook of Irvington. This picture was taken in 1989 at combat med school. +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA .OVEMBERsC7 RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. —Michel de Montaigne Robert Henry Forrester Lively Army Air Corps 1941-1945 John Robert Cornwell Lancaster Army 1917-1919 Francis Self Richmond County Army 1944-1945 Robert W. Harris Lancaster Army 1943-1946 Carlie O. Smither Army WWII 120 Old Fairgrounds Way Kilmarnock, VA (804) 435-3424 Henry Clarence Mitchell Jr. Northumberland Navy 1943-1945 James C. Moore Foxwells Navy World War II Lloyd Bernard Veney Farnham Army 1950-1952 Herman Jackson Sr. Haynesville Army World War II Thank you for your sacrifices on all our behalf. William B.Thomas Lancaster Army Air Forces 1943-1946 William Arthur Dize Jr. Kilmarnock Army 1960-1963 Robert H. Griffin Sr. Lancaster Army 1918-1919 Thomas Earl Towles Lancaster Navy World War I LAW OFICES HUBBARD, TERRY, & BRITT A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION William B. Graham Irvington Marine Corps 1943-1946 Logan G. Pugh Lancaster Navy 1942-1946 John Daniel Veney Warsaw Army 1943-1946 John Lowry Shelton Northumberland Navy 1941-1945 It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. —Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler James Wayland Hinton Miskimon Army 1942-1945 William Austin Crawford Lancaster Army Signal Corps 1941-1945 Garland Wayne Packett Farnham Air Force/Army 1973-1976/1980-1981 293 Steamboat Road P.O. Box 340 Irvington, VA 22480 Telephone: (804) 438-5522 Facsimile: (804) 438-5003 B.H.B. Hubbard, III Matson C. Terry, II Raymond L. Britt, Jr. Michael L. Donner, Sr. William B. Hubbard Direct: (804) 438-5063 Direct: (804) 438-5064 Direct: (804) 438-5077 Direct: (804) 438-5773 Direct: (804) 438-5784 God Bless America and a sincere Thanks to all Veterans Dunn-Rite Auto Sales, Inc. and Randy’s Dunn-Rite Automotive with two NAPA AutoCare Romie Davis II Weems Army 1945-1947 John Hobson Davenport Lancaster Army 1941-1943 Richard McArthur Sorrell Emmerton Army 1962-1966 Service Center Locations Burgess - 804-453-4444 Kilmarnock - 804-435-0911 Call now to schedule your service work Come by our Kilmarnock Location and check out our full range of pre-owned vehicles. George Moore White Stone U.S. Public Health Service 1951-1971 John Calvin Bellows Sr. Irvington Army 1945-1946 Marvin F. Smither Weems Navy 1942-1946 Start Saving NOW on Your Next Car from Dunn-Rite Auto Sales, Inc. C8 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans Donald Grey Doeppe Kilmarnock Army 1955-1957 C. Barnett Whaley Remo Navy 1942-1946 William Packett Weems Army Air Forces 1941-1944 Bradley Sisson Kilmarnock Marines E. Clayton Bullis Lancaster County Air Force Elmo Jackson Lancaster County Air Force Virgil Henderson Lancaster County Coast Guard Henry Earl Hayden Lancaster County Army Jimmy Turlington Irvington Army Kathryn Davis Williams Lancaster County Army Vernon “Buddy” Crockett Irvington Army William Kerr Lancaster County Army Richard L. Conkle Lancaster County Air Force Prisoner of War Pierce Pittman Lancaster County Army Mortimer Brown Lancaster County Army Luther Robinson Army Garland T. “Duna” Purcell Lancaster County Army; Killed in action January 8, 1945, in the Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, in WWII Robert Lewis Tignor Lancaster County Coast Guard Thank You Veterans For Your Courage and Sacrifice To Keep Us Safe and Free! 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And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. —Lee Greenwood +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA .OVEMBERsC9 RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD In Memoriam – A Salute to Our Deceased Veterans Arnold Smith Lancaster County Navy Calvin Barrack Irvington Navy James Monroe Robertson Jr. Lancaster County Coast Guard Elzie Lokey Currell Weems Army Morteen Lewis Army John Albert Tignor Lancaster County Army Albert Claire Pierce Lancaster County Army George Washington Lancaster County Navy In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. —José Narosky Jack Thompson Lancaster Marines James H.Turner Jr. Lancaster County Air Force Wallace Dawson Lancaster County Army Lloyd W. Sheppard Lancaster Army 1943-1945 Rhett Newton Moore Marines Smith family serves for 4 generations Clifford Leroy Smith White Stone Army World War I (deceased) Robert Joseph Thrift Northumberland Army Robert Dawes Lancaster County Navy Franklin Curtis Lancaster County Army Wayne Smith White Stone Navy 1970-1974 B. 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Not all customers may quality for 3.9% APR. 757-253-1960 / 543 Second Street / Williamsburg Visit us on the web at www.holidaychevroletcadillac.com +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA .OVEMBERsC11 RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans Delanor Revere Lively Army 1966-1969 William Randy Smith Lancaster Army 1982-2002 Terence G. Carter Irvington U.S. Army Air Force 1944-1946 Richard Leroy Arnett White Stone Army 1972-1978 Glendon A. Pinn Sr. Lancaster Army 1952-1954 Constance Moody Wilcox Warsaw Air Force 1981-2002 Mallory Preston Spence Lively Army 1970-1971 Lloyd Hill Weems Army 1958-1979 Levern Sydnor Sr. Haynesville Army 1962-1967 John B. Wiggins Sr. Northumberland Army 1979-1999 George Henry Deihl Sr. Sunnybank Navy 1938-1943 Edward Oklesson Northumberland Army 1948-1951 David L. Reedy Kilmarnock Army 1953-1955 Charles E. Dixon Jr. Alfonso Army 1968-69 Innis H. Wood Jr. Wicomico Church Army 1953-1956 Donald McLeod Lottsburg Navy/Coast Guard 1960-1970/1971-1981 George W. Urban Northumberland Navy 1942-1946 James N. Rice Weems Navy 1989-1993 John R. Ollis Northumberland Army 1966-1991 Charles Price Weems Marine Corps 1958-1966 James Ross Kellum Weems Navy Reserve 2010 William L. Elswick White Stone Army 1968-1970 Warren S. Sellew Kilmarnock Army 1954-1956 Thomas Harris Jr. Wicomico Church Marine Corps 1982-1991 November 11th - Thank a Veteran Farnham Manor Assisted Living Residence “Taking Care of Life’s Necessities so You Can Enjoy Life’s Niceties” Assisted Living Residence Peter L. Stoughton White Stone Air Force/National Guard 1968-1975/1975-1990 Randolph H. Dunn Sr. Lancaster Army 1980-1984 Ralph E. Page Lancaster Air Force, WWII POW in Germany from August 1944 until April 1945 With Sincere Appreciation To Our Veterans Curry & Curry Pottery 18399 Mary Ball Road s2OUTE"ETWEEN+ILMARNOCKAND7HITE3TONE U Offering two levels of care s2EGULAR!SSISTED,IVING s)NTENSIVE!SSISTED,IVING U(OURCAREWITH!$,SAND -EDICATION-ANAGEMENT U#HOICEOF0RIVATE3EMI0RIVATEOR "ED3UITE The Villa's at Farnham Manor "Independent Living" U/NSITE0HYSICAL/CCUPATIONALAND 3PEECH4HERAPYISAVAILABLEASWELLAS (OSPICE#ARE U/NEAND4WO"EDROOM!PARTMENTS U4WOMEALSDAILY U$AILYACTIVITIESDELICIOUSHOMECOOKED U7EEKLYHOUSEKEEPING MEALSANDSNACKSPLUSMUCHMUCHMORE U!LLUTILITIESINCLUDEDEXCEPTTELEPHONE “Your Family Become Ours” U Maintenance free living U Privately owned with a family atmosphere U No large endowment fee U Professional caring staff Take a break for the Holidays, Vacation or just because; with Respite Care at Farnham Manor Visit our website at farnhammanor.com Call Us Today For A Tour! 804-394-2102 Thanks for your service & sacrifice for our freedom! 511 Cedar Grove Road Farnham, VA 22460 C12 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans Wesley Hearold of Irvington (left) and a buddy ham it up while serving in the Army. +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA Alan K. Hinson Kilmarnock Navy 1978-1982 Carroll Davis Jr. Weems Navy 1951-1954 Christopher Wiggins Lively Army National Guard Reserve 2006-present Cecil R. Courtney Lancaster Air Force 1952-1956 Lawrence M.Taylor Lancaster Navy Reserve 1943-1946 Levern Sydnor Jr. Farnham Navy/Coast Guard 1981-2002 D. Leroy Davis Weems Marine Corps/Army 1971-1997 Nancy Grissom Banes Farnham Marine Corps 1981-1983 Jeffrey W. Hayman Reedville Army 1983-2005 James W. Stone Wicomico Church Marine Corps 1950-1953 James Kenner Sunnybank Air Force 1966-1968 Kenneth Bradshaw Price Ditchley Air Force 1950-1976 Jack Davis Kilmarnock Navy 1942-1945 H.T. Courtney Jr. Lancaster Army Air Corps 1944-1945 John Robert Cornwell Jr. Callao Army 1944-1946 Norris Chamberlain Reedville Navy 1942-1946 Ge’ron K. Wiggins Lancaster Army 2009-present Tyler M. Kelley Lancaster Army 1943-1946 Robert Bud Bolger Reedville Marine Corps 1966-1967 Robert H. Griffin Jr. Lancaster Army 1957-1959 James E. Banes III Farnham Air Force 1967-1992 Jaehn B. Wiggins Heathsville Army 1979-1999 Sylvia B. Haydon Lancaster Navy World War II Terence Frisby Lancaster Army 1988-1992 Ryan D. Smith Merry Point Army National Guard 1996-2003 Rodney K. Griffin Sr. Lancaster Air Force 1985-1999 Anitra C.Tull Lancaster Army 1988-2006 Robert L. Covington Heathsville Army World War II From left, first cousins in the Marine Corps, Maj. Edward Davis McNulty and Capt. Joshua Nelson Nunn, found each other while on separate missions in Iraq. Both men have served two tours in Iraq and remain on active duty. They are the grandsons of Elizabeth and the late Gordon Walters of Morattico. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. —William J. Clinton First Lt.Rob Ransone is in a partial pressure suit ready for a high altitude test flight of the USAF YB-58A supersonic bomber in the summer of 1959. He lives in Wicomico Church with his wife, Paula. His father was Lt. Col. Reuben K. Ransone, a field artillery officer in WWII (died in 1953 in Texas), and her father was USAF Col. Paul Cooke McBride, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations at Edwards AFB, where Paula and Rob met. Col. McBride died at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury in 1996. Bill Goss of White Stone served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1964 to 1967. +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA .OVEMBERsC13 RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans Freedom is never free. —Author Unknown For All You Have Sacrificed We Salute You! William F. Dale Ophelia Navy 1957-1961 Adrian Bud Ackerman Lancaster Navy 1947-1967 Alvin Leroy Fisher Weems Army 1962-1964 Your hometown Vally Forge flag store 3010 Northumberland Hwy. ~ Lottsburg, VA 804-529-7578 www.allisonsacehardware.com John B. Ellis Burgess Navy 1957-1985 John W. Coyle Kilmarnock Navy 1971-1975 Brian J. Webb Weems Army National Guard 2010-present Keep Warm - Be Cool N BLETT, INC. (804) 435-1111 (800) 535-0084 17 South Main Street Kilmarnock, Virginia 22482 www.noblett.com E-mail: [email protected] James Robert Veney Farnham Army 1972-1974 Kevin Maloy Heathsville Marine Corps 1958-1961 Benjamin F. Northern Remo 1953-1955 Thank You Veterans Marshall L. Wise Reedville Marine Corps 1959-1980 George E. Simmons White Stone Air Force 1972-1992 William Ray Whaley Kilmarnock Army 1970-1971 BUILDING MATERIALS, INC. (804) 435-1695 S. Wayne George Ottoman Coast Guard 1986-1991 Raymond E. Sisson Heathsville Army 1945-1946 White Stone, VA 1-800-883-7599 www.lamberthbldg.com Ronald B. Benson Lancaster Army 1958-1962 804-435-1695 &HOHEUDWLQJ<HDUVLQ &RPPXQLW\%DQNLQJ William M. Porter Kilmarnock Navy 1960-1986 Thomas B. Brown Emmerton Marine Corps 1969-1971 Michael Scott Whaley Kilmarnock Air Force/Reserves 1989-1993/present :KHQ\RXEDQNDW\RXUORFDO(9%RI¿FH\RX¶OOJHWWKHIULHQGO\VHUYLFHDQG TXLFNGHFLVLRQV\RXQHHGIURPWKH(9%QHLJKERUV\RXNQRZDQGWUXVW%\ EDQNLQJZLWK(9%\RXJHW $SHUVRQDOWRXFKGHOLYHUHGE\PHPEHUVRI\RXUFRPPXQLW\ 7KHKRPHWRZQFRQYHQLHQFHRIDORFDOO\RZQHGEDQN Visit any of our convenient offices including, Burgess, Callao, Deltaville, Hartfield, Heathsville, Kilmarnock and Urbanna James Ward Lancaster Army 2002-2005 Ted Rollings Northumberland Fleet Marine Force 1953-1955 Clarence A. Ball Merry Point Army 1943-1946 ZZZEDQNHYEFRP%$1. (9%LVDUHJLVWHUHGWUDGHPDUNRI(9%LQWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV C14 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA A Salute to Our Veterans Frederick A. Gaskins Irvington Army 1963-1966 K.C.Troise Lancaster Navy 1962-1966 E. Derwin Booker Jr. Lancaster Air Force 1964-1968 Elizabeth Newberry Smith Lancaster Air Force 1968-1970 James E.Tadlock Northumberland Air Force 1965-1969 Harvey A. Hinton Miskismon Army 1965-1967 Reginald A. Gibson Lancaster Army 1972-1975 Robert B. Bellows Irvington Army 1967-1970 Roland Courtney Lancaster Navy 1952-1954 Stanley B. Sauer Weems Army 1966-1968 Terence Taylor Warsaw Air Force 1997-present William Dean Loudy Kilmarnock Navy 1950-1954 Thomas Cecil Bromley Morattico Army 1943-1946 Stewart A. Revere White Stone Marine Corps 1958-1961 Carlyle C. Swann Heathsville Army 1969-1971 Frank P. Navarro Reedville Marine Corps 1948-1981 Severa Roger Thompson Richmond County Army 1966-1968 Robert Carter Ball Northumberland Army 1956-1958 Robert G. Degen Weems Army 1968-1971 Mark A. Henderson Lancaster Army 1980-2002 Charles L. Pittman Jr. Regina Army 1973-1995 Sherry H. Sargent Weems Army 1982-2009 John R. Roscher Merry Point Army Vietnam Lester H. Brent Jr. Kilmarnock Air Force/Reserve 1954-1958/1960-1981 Jack Atkinson Air Force Joe Hecht Lancaster County Navy Thomas Francis Ball Jr. Burgess Army 1952-1954 Frank H. Galloway Lancaster Army 1950-1952 Emory Earl Davis Kilmarnock Army 1950-1952 Thank You to Our Veterans Cathy Rowe 804-438-9882 4503 Irvington Road, Irvington, VA Visit our website: www.pleasantlife.com Remember Our Veterans and the Sacrifices They Have Made. Donald O. Holt Weems Navy 1970-1974 Thanks to the Veterans paid advertisement Northern Neck Rotary Club St. Somewhere International Imports Thank you Veterans for your service! "EACH7RAPSONLY 3WIMSUITSALLLADIESCLOTHING !LLMENSWEARPANTSDRESSSHIRTS TSHIRTSBOARDSHORTSONLY WHILESUPPLIESLAST (L to R) /NEOFA+IND#ARVINGS&URNITUREs*EWELRY %CLECTIC(OME$ECORs#USTOM/RDERS!VAILABLE 800-883-8901 or 804-493-8901 www.nncp.com 804-435-1388 44 Irvington Road • Kilmarnock In memory of William I. Barrack, Sr. & Grafton H. Forrester We thank each of you for the sacrifice you made for our Freedom. Billy Barrack, LUTCF (804) 580-4422 7666 Northumberland Hwy Heathsville, VA 22473 +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans Ashby L. Allen Jr. Weems Army 1969-1972 Andrew Gulbranson Kilmarnock Air Force 1964-1968 Henry J. Millward Jr. Callao Army 1974-1994 Albert C. Harding Kilmarnock Navy 1951-1955 Al Stackpole Northumberland Army/Army Reserve 1961-1963/1963-1969 Agnes Liddell Lee Kilmarnock Army 1945-1946 Andrew J. Sarlis Lancaster Army 1963-1983 Calvin S. Meade Lancaster Marine Corps 1982-1988 .OVEMBERsC15 From left, brothers Harold and Billy Franklin of Irvington wish each other well. Harold was in the Air Force heading to France. Billy was in the Army heading to Korea. Harold served from 1965 to 1969. Billy served from 1960 to 1968. “We few, we Band of Brothers. For he who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.” —William Shakespeare, Henry V Brandon Lake Northumberland National Guard 2006-present James C. Davis III White Stone Navy 1966-2003 Alfred Tom Miles Heathsville Coast Guard 1954-1986 Vernard Butch Fisher Northumberland Army 1966-1968 Terence Cooper Burgess Navy 1952 W. G. Clarke Irvington Army Air Corps 1943-1946 Angrus Chinn Lancaster Army 1970-1993 Donald Lee Ashburn Northumberland Army 1952-1954 Wes Werling was a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and a T-37 instructor at Laredo AFB,Texas, in October 1969. Lt. Col.Werling is now retired and lives in the Northern Neck. Robin Routt Foxwells Army 1945-1946 James C. Webber Heathsville Army 1956-1989 Bryan Michael Thrift Wicomico Church Marine Corps 2001-present Francis H. O’Brien Kilmarnock Army 1942-1945 With Sincere Thanks To All Veterans For Your Service & Sacrifice Woodstoves, Gas Logs, Hot Tubs, Patio Furniture The E R I F & IO PAT Place 804-445-0026 702 Church Ln Tappahannock Va. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE /Southern Electronics Calvin L. Rice Northumberland Army 1974-1976 Sgt. Major Hubbard Ashburn Davis of White Stone served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1977 to 1993, and the U.S. Navy reserve from 1971 to 1977. He’s pictured here in dress uniform with his wife, Joanne. Lancaster Square Shopping Center 804-435-6300 402 N. Main Street Kilmarnock, VA 1BMA!K:MBMN=>MH)NK0>M>K:GL +FXFMMµT#VJMEJOHT 4UBOEBSE$VTUPN#VJMU 0ME'BTIJPO2VBMJUZ -PDBUFE#FUXFFO)BZOFTWJMMF7JMMBHF 3JDINPOE3E 8BSTBX7" Shawn Hill Weems Army 1981-1991 Mark A. Curran is promoted to chief petty officer. His wife, Donna, and dad, Jack Gotch, pin on his anchors. Curran served in the U.S. Navy from September 1970 to January 1992. He now lives in the Northern Neck. C16 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA Brandon A. Burrell-Rhone Warsaw Army 1997-2001 Charles Gerhart Northumberland Coast Guard 1955-1959 Phillip B. Cross III Irvington Army 1961-1963 Richard S. Krolak White Stone Marine Corps 1955-1975 Robert K.Vogel Weems Navy 1961-1968 Paul Mc.E. Fleming Kilmarnock Army Vietnam William Hobson Walker Lancaster Navy 1968-1972 Frank Stuart Painter White Stone Marine Corps 1963-1966 Edward Cockrell Sr. Burgess Army National Guard, Navy 1947-1954 Donal E. McGonegal White Stone Navy 1955-1968 David W. Courtney Lancaster Air Force 1962-1964 Melvin Lewis Pitman Kilmarnock Army 1941-1945 Bobby Abbott White Stone Army 1956-1957 John Jennings Lancaster Navy 1953-1979 Clayton J. Smith Lancaster Air Force 1967-1971 Thomas Parrish Weems Marine Corps 1965-1989 Keenan J. Cox Merry Point Air Force 1982-1985 Ernest Delano Heathsville Army 1943-1946 Robert N. McKenney Lancaster Army 1951-1953 Danny Kaye Tobin Marine Corps Lancaster 1965-1969 Fuller Sorrell Emmerton Navy 1962-1968 James McNeal Lancaster Army 1944-1946 Franklin M. Sullivan Warsaw Navy 1954-1957 Carl Gruel Kilmarnock Coast Guard 1954-1978 Herbert W. Stover IV White Stone Army National Guard 1994-present Howard L.York Callao Navy 1955-1980 James E. C. Norris Kilmarnock Navy 1967-1969 Curtis D. Carter Lancaster Army 1980-1986 Jesse H. Dize Kilmarnock Coast Guard/Army 1966-1968/1969-1998 Dave Green Northumberland Army 1966-1969 Edward Rudolph Veney Haynesville Army 1955-1963 David R. Whittaker Lancaster Navy 1970-1974 Lewis M. Cobb Lancaster Navy 1941-1969 In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. —Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COUNTRY THE PERFECT TOUCH an extraordinary shop . . . in a most unassuming town Lovely Uptown Lively 804-462-6262 With Gratitude to our Veterans DAVIS Auto Sales, Inc. Kilmarnock, VAssVA Dealer 7915 Lest We Forget NAPA Kilmarnock 340 North Main St. (804) 435-3121 (800) 866-3089 Highlander Studios 310 North Main St. (804) 436-9999 We Restore Old Damaged Photographs www.thehighlanderstudios.com +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans Stanley James Lancaster County Army james Ryan Dawson Lancaster County Coast Guard Robert H. Griffin III Lancaster Marine Corps 1978-1981 Richard Whittaker Lancaster Navy 1948-1953 James S. G. Davenport Lancaster Army 1943-1946 Laura Lee Sampson Northumberland Navy Joshua Wood Lancaster County Navy Alonzo A.Trainham Lancaster County Army Billy Walker Air Force Bruce V. Conkle Lancaster County Army Carroll Lee Ashburn Lancaster County Coast Guard Fletcher Brown Lancaster County Marines Travis Tomlinson Northumberland Army Raymond Dennis Lancaster County Army Robert P. Hansen Northumberland Air Force Donte Henderson Lancaster Army 2000-2006 H. “Hap” Jones Kilmarnock Navy, WWII Harold Franklin Lancaster County Air Force .OVEMBERsC17 William H. Bryant Northumberland Army Air Force Korean War Ira J. Killman Lancaster County Air Force From left, Chris and Ken Harper of Northumberland County both served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Chris served five years in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ken served 28 years. William S. Blackwell of Sunnybank gets ready to leave Washington, D.C., for Germany with the U.S. Army. His parents, Thomas and Cecilia Blackwell, were there to see him off. William “Billy” Ancarrow Lancaster County Marines DeShawn R.Veney Farnham Navy 2008-present Vernon Hayden Lancaster County Air Force George McNeal Lancaster County Army I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. —Gary Hart Matthew L. Hathaway Lively Marine Corps 2005-2009 Einer Thompson Lancaster County Marine Corps Eugene C. Walker Lancaster Army 1950-1952 John Mann Lancaster High Air Force ROTC Wesley Hall Lancaster County Army Glenwood C. Sampson Mila Army 1941-1945 Edward Long Haynie Irvington Navy World War II Clarence F.”Toodles” Sadler Lancaster County Army Captured May 18, 1951 at Chipyong-Ni, Korea. Released August 31, 1953. Retired 1969. Robert Eugene Hall (left) of Rehoboth Church served in Germany from 1944 to 1946 in Military Police units. C18 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA A Salute to Our Veterans William H. Whealton Morattico Navy 1959-1963 Wardell Henderson Lancaster Army 1979-1983 Vann Beatty Holloman Reedville Navy 1962-1966 Toki Sydnor-Smith Warsaw Navy 1983-1998 John N. Poundstone Heathsville Army 1967-1969 Kenneth S. Conway Northumberland Army 1953-1956 W. Madison Webb Kilmarnock Army 1941-1945 William A. Nunn III White Stone Army 1959-1961/1969-1972 Lawrence Taft Lively Army 1939-1941 Michael H. Logan Lancaster Army 1975-1978 Wilbert Morris Cornwell Kilmarnock Air Force 1952-1953 Tom Juskiewicz White Stone Army 1968-1970 Mable S. Langston Richmond County Army Nurse Corps 1956-1976 Reuben Laws Lancaster Army 1965-1967 Gilbert F. Dorman Kilmarnock Army 1960-1984 Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. —Calvin Coolidge Thomas B. Winstead Weems Army 1958-1960 Robert Wayne Davis Lancaster Marine Corps 1972-1975 Amy N. Doggett Lively Navy 1972-1994 Larry D. Smith Merry Point Army 1972-1974 Jack T. Bailey Lancaster Navy 1976-1998 George A. Horger Heathsville Army 1969-1971 James Jenkins White Stone Army 1968-1969 Herbert W. Schools Jr. Richmond County Air Force 1974-1997 Brian Webb Lancaster County Army Cliff Davis Lancaster County Navy Edward Carter Lancaster County Army George O. “Jackie” Hodges Lancaster County Army George A. Galo Lancaster Army/Reserves 1966-1970/1970-1995 William Henderson Merry Point Army 1950-1952 )NKLBG<>K>MA:GDL MHMA>O>M>K:GL BGMABL<HFFNGBMR ?HKRHNKL>KOB<> With great appreciation for your service to our country, we thank you, veterans. Currie Funeral Home An independently owned and operated funeral home serving the community for over 85 years. Gerald W. Sellers Funeral Director Thomas W. Gale Funeral Director If not for the Veterans that protected us, We would not be here to protect the Animals. 116 East Church St. Kilmarnock 435-1077 I am proud to be an American and even more proud to be married to one of the greatest soldiers in our country! Thank you Dave for being Cameron’s Hero and mine! Love, Merry Beth Steven J. Short, D.D.S. Daphne Papaefthimiou, D.D.S. General & Cosmetic Dentistry )RVINGTON2Ds+ILMARNOCK6! (804) 435-3102 Thank you to all our Veterans. The Animal Welfare League 75 S. Main Street Kilmarnock, VA 804 435 0822 +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans .OVEMBERsC19 Douglas Fallin Northumberland Army 1942-1945 Faye A. Harcum Lancaster Army 1979-1981 Harry D. Rowe White Stone Marine Corps 1952-1954 William R. Keyser Jr. Northumberland Air Force 1950-1953 Ashby L. Allen Ocran Army World War II Clarence Ellsworth Landon Northumberland Army 1953-1955 Leroy Chewning Lancaster Army 1964-1966 Lucille Ravinski Newberry Lancaster Navy 1943-1945 Kermit W. Rice Sr. Weems Navy 1989-1996 Jeter Ray Swift Northumberland Navy 1942-1944 Duane Hill Weems Army 1980-present B. Reamy Schools Warsaw Army 1951-1953 John Amiss Mila Marine Corps 1965-1971 John G. Ellis Burgess Navy 1981-1993 Harold Thomas Hinson Warsaw Air Force 1961-1967 James L. Dull Jr. Kilmarnock Air Force 1981-2005 Patrick E.Thomas Lancaster County Army John Howard Farmer Lancaster County Marines America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. —John Doolittle E.W. Haynie Jr. Lively Air Force 1941-1946 George V. Cadmus Jr. White Stone Army 1968-1970 Harvey Boyer Irvington Air Force 1945-1949 James Mervin Mitchell Kilmarnock Army 1952-1954 Retired CW4 Jesse H. Dize Lisa D. Harding Lancaster Army 2006-2008 Mike Walters Morattico Army 1977-2000 Newton D.Veney Warsaw Army 1951-1953 Richard Wade Hall Wicomico Church Army 1991-1994 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor, 2 Bronze Stars, Legion Merit of Award for Valor Because of you and many other men & women of valor who risked their lives defending our nation-we have known the sweet taste of freedom to live & worship in peace & security. With grateful hearts to you and almighty God for your safe return home to us, we thank you. – Your loving family You’ll always remain a hero in our hearts. R. Luttrell Bryant Northumberland Army WWII Victor K. Stover Merry Point Marine Corps/Reserves 1951-1953/1953-1999 G. Richard Packett Jr. Lancaster Army 1973-1979 C.P. Hilliard Northumberland Army 1959-1969 W. Carroll Evans Kinsale Navy 1944-1946 Harvey Goode Jr. Kilmarnock Navy 1943-1946 Archie Boyce Price Kilmarnock Army Air Corps 1944-1946 Bob Flore Northumberland Army 1953-1955 Joseph “Joe” M. McGrath of Mila Wicomico Church Corporal USMC Retired 1968-1972 Joe was in Hotel Company w/81 mortar division as forward observer in Vietnam-Khe Sanh & DaNang was injured by stepping on a land mine or “booby trap” Oct. 28, 1968 & spent 18 months in Bethesda Naval Hospital for corrective surgeries, skin graphs and shrapnel removal. C20 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA Vinson Russell Veney Richmond County Air Force 1969-1975 Chris Wiggins Lancaster Army 2006-present Gilliam L. Hayden Lancaster Army 1942-1945 David John Carlson Kilmarnock Army/National Guard 1980-1984/1984-1998 Cecil B. Whaley Kilmarnock Army 1969-1971 William Lee Christopher Lancaster County Army 1995-present Elizabeth W. Lake Northumberland Navy World War II Ferdinand H.Thomas Lancaster Air Force 1970-1973 Ernest D.Veney Emmerton Army 1973-1994 Angela Foxwell Andoe Lancaster County Army Cannie B. Brown Emmerton Army 1968-1989 Norman “Pat” Patterson Weems Army 1943-1946 George Robert Jarrell Kilmarnock Army Air Force 1944-1946 Irving T. Brittingham Lancaster Navy 1978-2007 Jerry D.Thomas Lancaster Army 1971-1974 Stanley Sauer Lancaster County Army Thomas Fowler Northumberland Army William H. Smith Northumberland Army 1962-1964 Kim Sydnor Farnham Army 1984-1995 William Hines Jr. White Stone Army 1965-1987 Stephen G. Cornwell Lancaster Court House Army Reserve 1972-1978 William Donald Carter Heathsville Army 1977-1999 Hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. —General Dwight D Eisenhower Bert Chase Lancaster County Navy “ HIS NATION will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” ~Elmer Davis Boyd B. Ashburn Lancaster County Navy John Wesley Winstead Weems Army 1961-1964 Jerry Veney Warsaw Army 1972-1973 Thank you veterans! Carroll Whay Lancaster County Army David A. Crandall Kilmarnock Air Force 1951-1956 Dr. James Prince Lancaster County Navy Member FDIC 0îDFTJO#63(&44r$"--"0r5"11")"//0$,r8&4510*/5r,*/(8*--*". .&$)"/*$47*--&r(-&/"--&/r(00$)-"/%r$&/5&37*--&r'-"530$, .*%-05)*"/r-06*4"r-&9*/(50/ +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans .OVEMBERsC21 Ellis Randolph Bush Jr. White Stone Army 1962-1964 Franklin Fisher Kilmarnock Army 1953-1954 Fred Burke Sr. Lancaster County Army Gilliam L. Hayden Lancaster County Army Willard J. Hall Irvington Navy 1943-1945 Robert M. Curry Kilmarnock Army 1968 – 1976 J. K. Zeb Lancaster County Army Jason Wilkins Lancaster County Army Jerry Duke Marines Robert Hill Fleet Sr. Lancaster County Army Stan Dawson Kilmarnock Marine Corps 1968-1970 Virgil Gus Dunaway Kilmarnock Army 1952-1954 Lawrence A. Hollister Lancaster County Marines Michael Wood Lancaster County Navy Richard I. Conkle Lancaster County Marines Stuart Dunaway Lancaster County Army Carl Clark of Kilmarnock served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. Here he is aboard the USS Missouri. Kevin Lee Lancaster County Army John Hort Lancaster County Army Howard French Lancaster County Air Force Guy Billy Franklin Lancaster County Army William A. Saunders of Fairport served in the Navy from January 1956 to November 1959. An electricians mate EMP2 aboard the USS Newport News C-148, he was somewhere off the coast of Cuba in 1956 when this photo was taken. James Tapscott Mila Army 1952-1954 G. William McClintock White Stone Navy Vietnam David C. Cunningham Lancaster County Navy Donald Arthur Potter Kilmarnock Army 1996-1999 William E. Hillman Heathsville Army 1950-1952 Kristen Foxwell Lancaster County Army Eugene C. Ashburn White Stone Army 1956-58;1959-78 Donal Cameron McGonegal White Stone Navy 1987-present William H. Cowardin Reedville Navy 1943-1947 Robert Lee Farmer Northumberland VA National Guard Joseph M. Burtner Kilmarnock Navy 1999-2003 Elzie Sampson Lancaster County Army William R. Gibson of Kilmarnock is shown on the deck of the U.S.S. S-30, an antiquated World War 1 submarine pressed into service during World War II. The location is the Submarine Base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The date is June or July 1943. He was the engineering officer and had just returned from an exciting patrol off Kamchatka Peninsula. Military service is a tradition in the Taylor family, beginning with the late attorney Thomas Daniel Taylor of Warsaw, a captain in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1962. From left are Margaret Taylor, retired Capt. Anthony “Skip” Taylor, Major Terrence G. Taylor, the late retired Capt. Thomas Daniel Taylor and retired Lt. Col. Monica Taylor Lee. C22 s.OVEMBER RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans +ILMARNOCKs6IRGINIA David A. Pitt Lancaster County Army/National Guard Charles W. Alsup Wicomico Church Army 1971-1999 Clarence P. Dameron Northumberland Army 20 years Edward A. Dawson Kilmarnock Army 1959-1961 David L. Diggs Lancaster Army 20 years Harry Rowe Lancaster County Marines Hubbard Davis Lancaster County Navy/Army Reserve George P. Conley Heathsville Army National Guard Andrew Pitts Heathsville Navy 30 years Alan M. Nary Reedville Navy 1942-1969 Alonza Joseph Davis Kilmarnock Army 1948-1952 John D. Rice Jr. Lancaster County Army Kenneth Parks Tangier Island Army Jackson C. Reavill White Stone Army, 26 years Luther Bay Rowe White Stone Marine Corps 1968 - 1970 James W.Turner Kilmarnock Army 1962-1983 Harry Taylor Lackey Northumberland Navy 1943-1947 William Balderson Lancaster County Army Frank Schaff Merry Point Coast Guard 1956-1963 Michael Pawlukiewicz Heathsville Coast Guard 1963-1967 William W. Curry Kilmarnock Army 1965-1967 Wayland Bud Doggett Jr. Heathsville Army 1951-1953 Stanley W. Diggs Lancaster Army 1967-1968 Emory Shelton Ryan Irvington Army Operation Iraqi Freedom Jarees R. Commuck Warsaw Navy 2002-present M. Everett Dameron Lancaster Navy World War II Joseph William Beane Jr. Lancaster Coast Guard 1966-1970 Joe Forrester Lancaster County Army Bryan McClain White Stone Air Force/Reserves 2004-2008/2008-present Richard C. “Dick” Snyder Lancaster County Air Force. Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany, captured September 18, 1944, released 9 months later. Jamie Rydell Smith Lancaster Marine Corps 1991-1994 Paul Robinson Heathsville Air Force Cliff Fitzhugh Lancaster County Army +ILMARNOCK s 6IRGINIA RAPPAHANNOCK RECORD A Salute to Our Veterans .OVEMBERsC23 God Bless America and those who serve & protect her. Ann Shelton John G. Kines Sr. Northumberland Army WWII/Korean War Gerald C. Headley Jr. Northumberland Navy Korean War Ronald D. Nickles Army 1955-1957 Wilson E. Bryant Jr. Marine Corps 1969-1973 B. Paul Jones Jr. Northumberland Air Force 1972-1974 Edward G. Hicklin Northumberland Marine Corps Vietnam John G. Kines Jr. Northumberland National Guard Gerald C. Headley III Northumberland Air Force 1982-2005 Ask a Warrior W Gil Williams Air Force 22 Years Thanks, veterans! ould you like to know more about today’s military life and policies? Led by Major William Christopher of Williamsburg and Lancaster, a group of armed forces representatives studying at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, has agreed to answer your questions. Christopher is an Army Artillery Officer currently attending Intermediate Level Education at Fort Leavenworth. The 10-month-long school is akin to graduate school and helps prepare military officers for the transition from Company Grade Officers to Field Grade Officers. The officers are in the Army, Air Force and Navy, and look forward to sharing the story of the armed services by answering any questions you may have. The questions and answers will be printed in the Record as space permits and others will be included on our website. For the next four weeks, please send your questions to editor@RRecord. com and they will be forwarded to the class at Fort Leavenworth. I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, “Mother, what was war?” —Eve Merriam This is in remembrance of our father, Daniel C. Jenkins, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. We also remember and honor all our family members who served in the military. Gary L. Jenkins and Merry Beth Carlson THE AMERICAN LEGION FAMILY OF ADAMS POST NO. 86 Joins in paying tribute to our brothers and sisters in arms, past and present, wishes all a very enjoyable Veterans Day weekend, and invites those war time Veterans who are not yet members to join us, the Nation’s largest veterans organization, in continued service to our Community, State and Nation. For God and Country. The American Legion. If interested call 462-7192 Join us for a special Veteran’s Dinner Wednesday, November 10th 5:30 - 7:30 pm Full Menu Specials APPETIZERsENTR¿EsDESSERT Show your military ID and receive $1 off your bill for every year of active duty (excludes tax, tip & gratuity) Call for reservations s%#HURCH3T Dinner at the Inn Fri. & Sat. nights with reservations Breakfast 7 days a week with reservations www.kilmarnockinn.com We will be offering Thanksgiving brunch & dinner. Call for info. A special thanks to our veterans and active military for defending our country and protecting our freedom. God Bless You Ed & Gloria Bosher Computer Services • Tuneups Virus Removals • Repairs With Gratitude to Our Veterans Virginia to honor veterans with free admissions Nov. 11 Military sites, iconic destinations, parks and lodging partners will offer free and reduced rates for veterans and active duty military on Veterans Day, November 11, according to the Virginia Tourism Corporation. Many sites are offering special military discounts at lodging facilities to help visitors celebrate Veterans Day with loved ones. Mount Vernon offers veterans free admission for active duty, former and retired military personnel with a community concert by an allveteran barbershop chorus singing traditional tunes and a military medley. The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, the town with the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation, offers free admission on Veterans Day from 10 a.m. to noon. Colonial Williamsburg offers free admission passes on Veterans Day to active duty military, guard and reservists, retirees, veterans and their dependents with the Honoring Service to America pass, which includes admission to Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area and museums, an orientation walk, a viewing of “Williamsburg, The Story of a Patriot,” free shuttle bus service and parking at the visitor center, from November 11 to 14. In honor of the members and families of America’s armed services, current and past, Virginia State Parks will waive parking fees for all Virginians on Veterans Day at all 35 state parks. National Parks and National Park Service sites in Virginia are also free to all visitors on Veterans Day. They include Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Assateague Island National Seashore, Colonial National Historical Park, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, George Washington Memorial Parkway’s Great Falls Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Petersburg National Battlefield, Prince William Forest Park and Shenandoah National Park. To thank military members and their families, hotels, B&Bs and inns across Virginia offer special rates, reductions and promotions for Veterans Day and throughout the year. For a complete listing, visit Virginia. org/veteransday. 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These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as “Armistice Day”. Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was “the War to end all Wars,” November 11 might still be called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and onehalf million Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service, more than 292,000 in battle. Armistice Day Changed To Honor All Veterans Realizing that peace was equally preserved by veterans of WW II and Korea, Congress was requested to make this day an occasion to honor those who have served America in all wars. In 1954 President Eisenhower signed a bill proclaiming November 11 as Veterans Day. On Memorial Day 1958, two more unidentified American war dead were brought from overseas and interred in the plaza beside the unknown soldier of World War I. One was killed in World War II, the other in the Korean War. In 1973, a law passed providing interment of an unknown American from the Vietnam War, but none was found for several years. In 1984, an unknown serviceman from that conflict was placed alongside the others. To honor these men, symbolic of all Americans who gave their lives in all wars, an Army honor guard, The 3d U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard), keeps day and night vigil. A law passed in 1968 changed the national commemoration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. It soon became apparent, however, that November 11 was a date of historic significance to many Americans. Therefore, in 1978 Congress returned the observance to its traditional date. National Ceremonies Held at Arlington The focal point for official, national ceremonies for Veterans Day continues to be the memorial amphitheater built around the Tomb of the Unknowns. At 11 a.m. on November 11, a combined color guard representing all military services executes “Present Arms” at the tomb. The nation’s tribute to its war dead is symbolized by the laying of a presidential wreath. The bugler plays “taps.” The rest of the ceremony takes place in the amphitheater. Every year the President of the United States urges All Americans to honor the commitment of our Veterans through appropriate public ceremonies. Reprinted with permission by: www.vfw.org
