IN MEMORIAL - TO FALLEN SHIPMATES |
THERE WERE 19 NAMES OF DECEASED SHIPMATES LISTED ON THE 9 SEPT. 2000 ROSTER OF KNOWN CAVALIER NAMES. ALL 19 SHIPMATES WERE HONORED AT MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT. 2000 IN BRANSON, MO. |
NEW NAMES OF FALLEN SHIPMATES WERE HONORED AND MEMORIALIZED DURING OUR SERVICES HELD AT BRANSON, MO. REUNION |
W.D. BELL, EN3, 1949-1952 RICHARD T EGGLESTON, MM3, 1949-52 PETER S FINCH, ELMER W HULSE, BT3, 1950-52 DALE I MORROW, MM3, 1951-54 M.C. PARRISH, EMFN, 1948-51 JOSEPH S POWDERLY, RD, ?? V.L. THOMAS, QM3, CA 195?-54 FRANCISCO A VELAZQUEZ-SUAREZ LTJG, 1953-55 |
RECENTLY REPORTED DEATHS: |
ROBERT BLANCHARD, SMC,1950-52 NEIL H McGREW, BT2, 1953-54 LOWELL L SWOPE, CM3, 1946-47 |
JAMES FREEMAN JR, CS1, 1957-59 (THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE PRESENT IN BRANSON WILL RECALL THAT JIM WAS OUR SHIPMATE WHO UTILIZED A WHEELCHAIR.) HIS WIFE, SANDRA, SENT ME HIS "IN MEMORY" FUNERAL CARD, IT READS: JAMES FREEMAN JR., MAY 1 1932 - NOV. 26, 2000. HIS FUNERAL WAS HELD ON NOV. 30, 2000 BY NAVY CHAPLAINS BERGER AND EVANS. COMMENTS FROM OUR REUNION PRESIDENT, R.N. HALL: ARLETTE AND I SPOKEMANY TIMES TO BOTH JIM AND SANDRA. AFTER DEPARTING BRANSON, THEY WERE DRIVING TO TENNESSEE SO JIM COULD ATTEND A FAMILY REUNION. WHAT A WONDERFUL FRIENDLY WAY IN WHICH JIM REACHED THE END OF HIS TIME ON EARTH. IT WAS SPENT WITH NAVY SHIPMATES AND FAMILY RELATIVES. SANDRA, OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO YOU AND TO JIM'S FAMILY. MAY GOD BLESS YOU! |
THERE ARE OTHER NAMES BEING RESEARCHED THAT WILL BE ADDED |
