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Veterans Day 2005: Breakfast draws over 250 to Wal-Mart
List of veterans attending, program, thank you's included below
Nine photos accompany this article
A crowd of over 250 were on hand to celebrate Veterans Day at a breakfast sponsored by the Columbia Wal-Mart Store, hosted by Manager Danny Bragg, and supported by several Columbia businesses.
Over 115 veterans and a few guests registered. The list follows:- Obia Atchley, Navy
- Stanley Jones, Air Force
- Bob White, Navy
- Joe R. Barbee, Air Force
- Richard Keltner, Army
- Edgar Holmes, Army
- Sam Holmes, U.S. Air Force
- Jams Troutman, Army
- Donald Pegg, Sp4, Army
- Willie Janes, Army
- Charles Sparks, Air Force
- Billy Sullivan, Sp4, Army
- Russ Mobley, Sgt, Air Force
- Ray Hawthorne, US Navy
- Ralph Milligan, Navy
- Paul E. Milligan, Army
- Kenneth Scott, Army
- Billy Ray Page, Army
- Arnold Mayse, Sgt, Infantry, Army
- Joel Hinkle, Sgt, Infantry, U.S. Army
- J. Ernest Corbin, Infantry, Army
- Greg Willis, Navy
- Carl Hutchison
- Phillip Keltner, Army
- Johnnie J. Biggs, PFC, Army
- Charles R. Wright, Navy
- Jerry Burbridge, Army
- Elbert Burton, Army
- Jr. Bailey, PFC, Army
- George Burton, Sgt, Army
- Leonard Cheatham
- Edgar Troutman
- Bill Anderson
- Bobby M. Strange
- Randy Rooks, E-5
- Johnny (could not make out name
- Glenn Shirley Glasgow, Army
- George Keltner, Navy
- Fred Dalton, Air Force
- Brooks Coomer, Sgt., Army
- Remus Howard, T/5, Army
- James E. Shirley, T/5 Army
- Lucian C. Edwards, PFC, Army
- Henry Fudge, PFC, Army
- Jackie W. Carroll, PFC, Army
- Jodie Cooper, TSgt, Air Force
- Tim Cooper, TSgt, Air Force
- Gordon Crump, SFC, Army
- Joseph Ballou, PFC, Army
- Billy Skaggs, YN2, Navy
- Stanley Rich, PFC, Army
- Joe Sukowski, SSgt, USAF
- Donald G. Burton, E-4, Army
- Bernard Dunn, MSG/E-8, Army
- James F. Harper, Sp5 Army
- Garnett Womack S/Sgt, Army
- William Spicer, E-8, U.S. Marine
- John W. Arnold, PN2, U.S. Navy
- Michael A. Graves
- Junior Curry
- Billy Murrell
- Barbara O'Neill, Navy Dependent
- Carol O'Neill, Navy Wife
- Robert J. Loy, Navy
- Donald Hadley, SS4, Eng.
- Joe Campbell, Sgt, U.S. Army
- Vernon Curry, U.S. Army
- S.D. McGaha, Army, W-2, Europe
- Willard Fudge, E-4, Army
- Edwin G. Jackson, E-4, Army
- Dwight Meyer, USMC, 1st & 3rd Airwings
- Jean Meyer
- Orvis and Opal Reese, Army
- Ron Johnson, Air Force
- Leon Huff, e-4, Army
- Floyd Claywell
- Gary Grider
- Martin C. Bryant
- Mary Bryant
- Michael Bryant
- Jerry Coffey, Sp4, Vietnam, Army
- Arthur Giles
- George H. Keltner, Sgt, USAF
- Earl and Marilyn Coffey, Sgt., U.S. Army
- Lucill Sparks
- Blank
- Tim Collins, Sgt, KYARNG
- Joe N. Coffey
- Carolyn Hinkle
- Patricia Sinclair
- Samantha Sinclair
- Brittany Sinclair
- David D. Upchurch, Sp4, Army
- Susan Upchurch
- Scott Tarter, E5, USMC and KYARNG
- Jerry J. Jeffries, Vietnam, Army
- Alix W. Bryant, Korea, Army
- Todd P. Wilson, E4, US Army
- Ronnie D. Holt, E-7, US Army (ret)
- Roy Melton, Army
- Phillip Keltner, Army
- Jimmie Cox, Army
- Ray E. Williams, USAF
- Lynn McLean, Army
- Murray Scott and Son, NG
- J. Scott, NG
- Blank
- George and Geoye Hothowa
- Benn and Joyce James, AF ret.
- Jack Morgan, USMC
- Johnny McInteeer, U.S. Army Active Duty
- Howard Wilkinson
- James T. Akin, 2nd Artillery, Army
- Eugene A. (could not make out name), USN
- Jimmie (could not make out name)
- Ted Buchannan
- Jackie Beckman
- (could not make out name
Note: We will appreciate any corrections to the list, which was transcribed from handwritten signatures. Call 270-384-0612 or email: ed@columbiamagazine.com
Veterans Day, November 11, 2005, Program
Presentation of Colors by the Adair County VFW Post 6097 Color Guard
Opening prayer by Rev. Elbert Hadley, pastor of Hadley's Community Church
Star Spangled Banner by Colonel William Casey Encore Choir
Pledge of Allegiance led by Glenna Rooks
Welcome by State Representative Russ Mobley
From Where I Fly by Colonel William Casey Encore Choir
Veteran Guest Speaker, SP4 Dean Roach
Stars and Stripes Flag Folding Ceremony, Adair County VFW, with a readign by Robin Smith
Veteran Guest Speaker, Lt. Col. William A. Denny
Veterans Introduction, Danny Bragg, Columbia Wal-Mart store manager
Remembrance, Audrey Jones
Closing, Danny Bragg, Columbia Wal-Mart store manager
Merchandise shelving and racks had been moved to set up a temporary stage and a dining room with tables and seats for 240 people, with each table decorated with flags. The Adair County High School Cheerleaders help with preparations Thursday night and at the breakfast on Friday.Business participating in the breakfast include the following:- McDonalds, meat and biscuits
- OK Country Cooking, meat and biscuits
- Russell Springs Dairy Queen, gravy and biscuits
- Payless/IGA, eggs
- Dean's Milk, milk, orange juice
- Hostess/Kerns/Little Debbie, pastries
- Donut Express, Doughnuts
- Lindsey Wilson College, Biscuits
- Heartland Community Church, Country Ham
- Community Trust Bank, Cash Donation
Click here for list of Adair County Veterans, which we ask to to help us complete
Click here for related story, LWC Veterans Day 2005 at Lindsey Wilson College, with 3 photos: Milton Stephens, George Kolbenschlag, and Johnnie O. Biggs
A note: Bowling Green Tv WBKO Channel 13 was present for the Veterans Day 2005 Breakfast, and a segment was on the 6:00 p.m. news, Friday, November 11, 2005. There will be another newscast tonight at 10:00 p.m. We were unable to find out if the will air again.
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Veterans Day 2005: Gordon Crump, the Coopers
2005-11-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Cedar Top Road, Clay Ridge, Adair County, was well represented at the Veterans Day Breakfast at Wal-Mart this morning. From left, are Jodie Cooper, a 20-year-Air Force retiree who now attends UK working on a Masters Degree; neighbor Gordon Crump, longtime editor of the Columbia, KY, Daily Statesman; and Tim Cooper, a 20-year-Air Force Veteran who is working toward a Christian Ministry degree at Lindsey Wilson and who is associate pastor at Praise Assembly of God in Columbia. The Coopers are fourth year Adair Countians, incomers from Florida, though she is originally from Michigan; Tim Cooper e is from Rocport, IN. Mr. Crump, a Korean Conflict and Vietnam veteran, is now working on two books. One is to be entitled, "The Civil War: The Day the War Ended"; the other will be a book of short shorts, set in the same time frame,, and area, along the Oregon Trail ending in Wyoming.
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Veterans Day 2005: Cathy Jones, Judge Jones, Danny Bragg
2005-11-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Cathy Jones, Judge Paul Barry Jones, and Columbia Wal-Mart Manager Danny Bragg were at the Veterans Day celebration Friday, November 11, 2005. Over 240 people were seated for the event, with some 100-plus additional. Veterans Day at Wal-Mart has become one of the bigger gatherings in Columbia,
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Veterans Day 2005: Jennifer, Johnny Biggs
2005-11-11 - Colmbia, KY - Photo Staff. Mt. Carmel, Adair CO, KY, was well represented at the Veterans Day celebration at Wal-Mart. Jennifer Biggs came with her father, Johnnie Biggs. Mr. Biggs is a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Mr. Biggs specifically noted that he lives in neither Cane Valley nor Coburg. "Mt. Carmel," he said, "next door to the Mt. Carmel Christian Church." He received the Purple Heart for a wound he received "on a little hill right in front of Heartbreak Ridge." He was drafted for service, and stayed "17 months and 11 days." Behind Mr. Biggs, Jane and Carl Hutchsion can be made out. The couple behind Jennifer Biggs, are a favorite Bliss, Adair County, Kentucky, couple, Mr. and Mrs. James Edwin Shirley.
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Veterans Day 2005: Rev. Elbert Hadley
2005-11-11 - Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo Staff. Rev. Elbert Hadley delivered an eloquent opening prayer at the Veterans Day 2005 breakfast. Rev. Hadley is pastor of Hadley's Community Church on KY 704, south of Fairplay, Adair County, KY, on Earl's Ridge.
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Veterans Day 2005: Edgar Holmes, Barry Jones
2005-11-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Edgar Holmes, a resident of Hemlock Drive in Columbia, is a veteran of both World War II and the Korean Conflict wth more than 10 years military service. Here he's seen with Barry Jones,who was a close friend of Mr. Holmes son, the late Junior Holmes.
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Veterans Day 2005: Bill Spicer, Kenneth Scott
2005-11-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. Bill Spicer and Kenneth Scott both members of the Columbia VFW Post 6097 Color Guard. Mr. Spicer was a member of the US Marine Corps, and is a retired UK Extension Agent. Mr. Scott, a Bliss farmer, is retired after a career in Houchens Markets management and served in the Army in Korea.
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Veterans Day 2005: ENCORE performs
2005-11-11 . Cyndi Crowder directs the pride of Colonel William Casey Elementary School, the ENCORE Choir. The children sang patriotic songs, and, as usual, delivered an outstanding performance, singing "Star Spangled Banner," and "A Salute to Veterans."
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Veterans Day 2005: VFW Post 6097 Color Guard
2005-11-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo Staff. A key part of the Veterans Day observance at Wal-Mart breakfast was the Prresentation of Colors by the Adair County VFW Post 6097 Color Guard shown here after the ceremony. The Color Guard includes, from left, Johnnie J. Biggs, Ken Scott, Vernon Curry, in back; Ralph Gilbert Curry, First Sergeant Bill Spicer, and Edgar Troutman. All were veterans of the Korean Conflict except Edgar Troutman, who served in World War II.
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Franklin and Montgomery win VFW essay writing contest
2005-11-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy of ACMS. VETERANS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT. Adair County Middle School participated in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Patriotic Essay Writing Contest through Mr. Gary Curry's social studies classes and Ms. Rhonda Blankenship's writing classes. The two school winners were Don Franklin, Jr. from the 8th grade and Ryan Montgomery from the 7th grade. Ryan Montgomery was the overall winnerof the contest. Pictured from left are Gary Curry, Joe Silkowski, Don Franklin, Jr.,Brooks Coomer, Ryan Montgomery, Edgar Troutman and Rhonda Blankenship. (This information provided by ACMS -- Mr. Donald McKinney, Sandy Wilson, Gary Curry and Margaret Taylor.)
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