1/24/2020 CLASSMATE LONNIE BOYD DIES OF SUDDEN HEART ATTACK ON JANUARY 20, 2020
It is with sorrow that I report that our classmate and my neighbor, Lonnie Boyd, has passed away. His wife, Norma Carrington Boyd, said that he spent his day as he usually did playing with
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7/30/2019 HUSBAND OF CLASSMATE DIES
Bobby Malcom, husband of Charlene Smith Malcom passed away on Monday, July 29. We extend to Charlene and all the family the sympathy of the Class of 1959 of Tifton High School. Bobby's obi
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7/7/2019 JULY 4 DEATH OF MARY JEAN TAYLOR EAVES
Classmate Mary Jean Taylor Eaves passed away on July 4, 2019 in her hometown of Elberton, GA. Here is her obituary:
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Jean Eaves
Mrs. Mary Jean Eaves, 77, widow o
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After graduating, I joined the US Navy and served for 4 years. My basic training and radio school was at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. I spent two years aboard a destroyer at Pearl Harbor and on a destroyer at Long Beach, CA. My last year and a half was on the staff of Commander Cruisers/Destroyers Pacific. I then went to work for RCA Service Company, tracking missiles on the Air Force Eastern Test Range.
After two years, I came back to Florida and went to work for Xerox for seven years. I then joined the City of Gainesville, FL Traffic Engineering Department where I retired after 31 years as Supervisor of Traffic Operations.
My wife Shelly and I are the proud grandparents of twin girls who are now four years old.
The biggest recent event in my life was a heart transplant in March, 2008. We love to travel and now, with my new heart we plan on seeing more of the world. I look forward to seeing all of you at the reunion.
Military Service:
I joined the US Navy on Nov.16, 1959. Attended boot camp and radio school at the Naval Training Center, San Diego. After radio
school I received orders to the USS Forster (DER-334) stationed at Pearl Harbor. While aboard the Forster we were sent tO Christmas and Johnson Island area for the atomic test to keep all ships out of a 100 mile radius. The bomb was detonated at about 0200 hours and the entire area lit up as if it was 12 noon. From there we went to west pac (Japan, Phillippines, Formosa, and Hong kong. While in Hong Kong the entire carrier task group was
sent to a station off the coast of Laos. That is except for my ship that had to remain in Hong Kong for an additional month all by
ourselves. None of us minded...
After returning to Pearl Harbor via Midway Island I was transferred to San Diego and assigned to the admirals staff at COMCRUDESPAC (Commander Cruisers/Destroyers Pacific). I had finally gotten off sea going vessels....NOT....I was sent to
Long Beach for a month of temporary duty on another destroyer the USS James E. Kyes DD676. I served aboard 4 destroyer tenders while on the Admirals staff. I was discharged Nov. 15 1963 as an RM3 (Radioman 3rd class.) I went back into the reserves, almost 20 years after discharge, at NAS Jacksonville and spent time as an ET (Electronic Tech) with a communications battalion and also served aboard a mine sweeper (USS Engage MSO-334). After 5 years in the reserves, I suffered a heart attack and the Navy decided they no longer needed my services.
My travels with the Navy, RCA Service Co.(Air Force Eastern Test Range) and personal vacations have taken me to 25 states and 36 countries and I hope that Shelly and I can add a few more places in the future.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS ALL PRESENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF OUR MILITARY!!
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