Category Archives: Departed Shipmates

Corazon “Cora” GregorOctober 4, 1951 March 25, 2023 Corazon Nazareno “Cora” Gregor, 71, of Millington, TN passed away on March 25, 2023. The family will receive friends Monday, April 3, 2023, from 9:30a until the service at 11:00 am at St. Williams Catholic Church. Mrs. Gregor was the retired Millington Flower Shop & Lola’s KitchenContinue reading “Cora Gregor Obituary”

Ward Elwyn Smith, age 79, a resident of Stanton, TN, departed this life on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. A Memorial Service for Mr. Smith will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Stanton Baptist Church in Stanton, TN, with Bro. Ed Miller officiating.Ward was born on August 11, 1943, to CharlieContinue reading “Ward Smith Obituary”

Laurie Michelle Green was born in Wolf Point, Montana to Nathan Francis Green and Lynn Cecelia (Phillips) Green. The family moved to Worland, Wyoming where Laurie attended high school. She moved to Greeley, Colorado to care for her grandmother where she married and had her son Michael Bennet Onorato.She later met David Charles Betz andContinue reading “Laurie Michele Betz Spouse of David Betz”

Robert “Bob” Arthur Schoonover died December 13 of cardiac arrest at Newport Hospital having been diagnosed with bladder cancer November 18. Bob was born January 2, 1949 at Aiea Medical Center, Territory of Hawaii. His father Donald Leroy Schoonover, originally from Los Angeles, California, was flying the Berlin Airlift at the time of his birth.Continue reading “Robert Arthur “Bob” Schoonover”

Obituary Steven Curtis Hedrick, 72, of Batesville, Indiana, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2020. He was born December 21, 1947, in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of Robert and Evelyn (McGranahan) Hedrick. Steve was a Vietnam Navy Veteran. He was a member of the Versailles American Legion. Steve was a fisherman, builder, and loved music. HeContinue reading “Steven Curtis Hedrick”

Willie, 78 of Scranton, PA passed away peacefully on November 1, 2016, in Pensacola FL. He was born to the last Edward and Julia Williams on May 1, 1938, preceded in death by his brother, Albert Williams, survived by his wife, Mila, Children Bernard Williams, Debra Pearson, Michelle Farrior, Susan Williams, Raymond Byrne, Ruth Proctor,Continue reading “Edward L Williams “Willie””

Montgomery – When Billie Dell Johnson was in the fifth grade, he remembers watching a small plane circle above his house in the wheat lands of Norwich, Kansas. “I want to do that!” he said. And he did. That sighting inspired a lifelong passion for flying and a distinguished career as a U.S. Naval Aviator,Continue reading “Commanding Officer Bill Johnson”

CAPTAIN DANIEL MACK TRUAX, DIED FEBRUARY 14, 2020 AT HOME IN ANNAPOLIS WITH IS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. Dan was the first of two sons born to Opal McCoy in Oklahoma City, OK on January 23,1936. He and his brother Dave were adopted by Hugh Garland (Gary) Truax after his marriage to Opal. Gary wasContinue reading “RETIRED NAVY CAPTAIN DANIEL MACK TRUAX”