It is with a deep sense of sadness that we report the honor roll of departed veterans each year. However, it is with a debt of gratitude and appreciation for their service rendered to our country that we do so. Veterans Day is for the living as well as the dead, therefore we chronicle the past years deaths from Veterans Day past to Veterans Day present.

These men and women gave a portion of their lives in the defense of our nation. Whether serving in war time or not, they offered themselves knowing an uncertain fate was a possibility. Therefore, they are deserving of our recognition, remembrance and undying gratitude for their lives of service and sacrifice.

 

November, 2015

Donald L. Rose – 11/12/15

Edgar Duke – 11/26/15 – USAF

Edward Milton – 11/29/15 USN

 

December, 2015

Guy C. Henry – 12/1/15 – USA

Edwin L. Sumlin – 12/15/15 – USN

Martin J. Matsko – 12/15/15 – USAF

Franklin L. Thacker – 12/15/15

Louis D. McMilion Jr. – 12/18/15 – USA

James F. Potter – 12/19/15 – USAF

Michael D. Cregar – 12/20/15

Johnnie L. Strout – 12/22/15 – USMC

Clarence Myers – 12/23/15 – USA

David H. McTigue – 12/25/15 – USA

Hugh M. Privett – 12/26/15 – USN

 

January, 2016

Preston O. Johnson – 1/17/16

Benjamin M. Childers – 1/18/16

Samuel W. Summers, Jr – 1/19/16

Austin Banks – 1/26/16 – USA

James S. Wilkinson – 1/27/16 – ANG/USA

Clifford B. Prescott, Sr. – 1/30/16 – USN

Linda Gardner – 1/31/16

 

February, 2016

Howard D. Rhodes -2/3/16 – USAF

Earl D. Carswell – 2/7/16

Harris Huffman, Sr. – 2/9/16 – USN

Burch Morgan – 2/18/16 – USA

James R. Carter, Jr – 2/27/16
March, 2016

Donald E. Mott – 3/2/16 – USA

Clarence Pitts – 3/6/16 – USA

Woodrow Burton – 3/7/16

March, 2016 – Continued

Bobby L. Missildine – 3/7/16

Kenneth Fulford – 3/15/16 – USN

Emmett Pitts – 3/16/16 – USA

Sam Yarbrough – 3/17/16 – USAF

Joseph A. Austin – 3/25/16 – USA

Albert F. Caley, Jr. – 3/31/16 – USA

 
April, 2016

Johnnie Newberry – 4/6/16 – ANG

John R. Long – 4/21/16 – USA

Kenneth L. Harris – 4/22/16 – USN

Verne Richardson – 4/27/16 – US Army Air Corps

Hubbard H. Maroney – 4/29/16 – USA

 

May, 2016

Clyde W. Harrell – 5/3/16 – USAF

James C. Patterson, Sr. – 5/9/16 – USA

James Wallace – 5/12/16 – USA

Stephen D. Ray – 5/21/16 – USMC

 

June, 2016

Henry C. Atchison – 6/2/16 – USA

Robert E. Johnson, Sr. – 6/10/16 – USA

James W. Wooley – 6/12/16 – USA

Dallas D. Lloyd – 6/16/16 – USA

Frank M. Moore – 6/17/16 – USN

John J. Jernigan – 6/22/16 – USA

Gordon G. Thompson – 6/25/16 – USAF

Brady E. Thacker – 6/29/16 –

James A. Bearden, Jr. – 6/30/16 – ANG

 

July, 2016

William Hughes – 7/6/16 – USA

Lonnie Shadrick – 7/13/16 – USN

James M. Sealy, Jr – 7/18/16 – USAF

William R. Buster, Jr – 7/26/16 – USAF

 

August, 2016

Clifton Atchison – 8/16/16 – USA

Lindy Barry Cole – 8/31/16 – USN

 

September, 2016

Albert W. Jatko – 9/13/16 – USN

Joseph E. Whitacre – 9/16/16 – USAF

Henry R. Robitaille – 9/19/16 – USAF

Kenneth E. Williamson – 9/24/16 – USN

 

October, 2016

Harold Bradford – 10/5/16 – USA

Claude C. Boykin, Jr – 10/5/16 – USN

John G. Schmitt – 10/10/16 – USAF

Ernest Felts – 10/24/16 – USAF

Joseph R. Godwin – 10/26/16 – USA

Andrew T. Davis – 10/27/16 – USA

Jerry Tolbert – 10/27/16 – USAF

 

November, 2016

Douglas E. Sellars, Sr – 11/6/16

James F.Tennimon – 11/6/16 – USAF/ANG

Henry M. Dubose, Jr – 11/6/16 – USAF

 

May you rest in peace fellow patriots having completed your tour of duty on earth, and may God’s comfort and grace be with the families and friends you left behind.  The honor roll is composed of those patriots provided to us by participating funeral homes in Selma. They are Selma Funeral Home (Darren Yarbrough), Lawrence-Brown Service (Tom Kelly), and Walker Mortuary. We thank those who choose to participate and encourage the others that don’t, to do so.  My apologies for any missed in the process for whatever reason.