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^top   Newsletter   Detail   - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 01/11/22 ID: 1641927306 # 1641927306

We lost an additional three long term members this year

CDR Glen Miller, USN - Past Chaplain. 12/5/21 

COL Roy Adams, USA...........................12/19/21 

CAPT Bob Thompson, USN....................11/10/21 

RIP

^top   General News   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 01/14/22 ID: 1642186736 # 1642186736

We are distressed to report that Lt Co. Fred Price passed away on 5 August, 2021. Our second loss within a months time. 

Fred was a new member to our Chapter so we were just getting to know him when Covid stopped our meetings. His obituary follows.

• Lieutenant Colonel Fred Avery Price, Jr. passed peacefully on Thursday, August 5, 2021, after a short battle with a very aggressive cancer. He is survived by his sister, Janet McFaydden; children, Allison Price Stafford, Sharon Price Bivans, Fred A. Price III, and Robert D. Price; and his 7 grandchildren. Fred had recently turned 90 and was predeceased by his wife, Velma Flowe Rogers, who passed on December 23, 2018, after a beautiful marriage of 63 years. 
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• Fred was born July 20, 1931, in Greensboro, NC to Fred Avery Price and Inez Varner Price. After attending Central High School in Greensboro, he continued his education at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated in 1953. He was a member of Chi Psi Fraternity. Fred was a lifelong Tar Heel fan and avid learner, later receiving his MBA from the prestigious University. In 1953, Fred joined the Air Force as a second Lieutenant, where he became a pilot and flew some of the first Jets in active service. During this time, Fred married his beloved wife, Flowe, June 18, 1955. Throughout his 23 years of service in the military, Fred served as an intelligence officer and flew many multiple-engine planes as part of the Military Airlift Command. He concluded his military career in Flying C-130s in the NC Air national guard as a Lieutenant Colonel. 
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• Fred continued his professional career as a banker, holding prominent roles in NCNB (now Bank of America), First Union National Bank (now Wells Fargo), and Southern National Bank (Subsequently BB&T, now Truist Bank). After he and Flowe moved to Winston-Salem in 1992, Fred became an active member of the Highland Presbyterian Church, often serving on their finance committee. He further prioritized his community through his involvement with Kiwanis, an important organization to the Price family.

^top   General News   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 08/15/21 ID: 1629033752 # 1629033752

We are deeply saddened to report that Col. Cheston lost his battle with cancer on 29 July, 2021. An especial loss as he and his wife, Captain Laurie Wesely, had only just joined our Chapter in November of 2019. We had been looking forward to integrating them both deeply into the activities of the Chapter. 

Attached is the cover and back of the program of remembrance at Clemmons Presbyterian Church, 3 August, 2021.

^top   General News   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 08/10/21 ID: 1628631684 # 1628631684

LTC USArmy, Retired, F. Dave Cone, Honoree

"If there is anything I can do, I am ready to volunteer. I wanted to be a soldier, and I was a soldier". 

His own words say it all. 

Purple Heart Recipient, and long time member of the Chapter, Lt. Colonel Dave Cone, USA, Retired, was awarded the first Emeritus Membership ever given by the Chapter, in recognition of his long service on active duty and to our own Chapter, most recently as head of the Scholarship Committee.

• A copy of the award certificate can be downloaded below.

^top   General News   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 06/11/19 ID: 1560272689 # 1560272689

Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Statio, Havelock NC

President George Angle, Secretary Pam Angle, 1st VP (and President Elect) Ken Zuhr and wife Ann Zuhr, DAR, Treasurer Warren Boyer and Public Relations and Personal Affairs Chairperson Diane Womack attended this meeting on behalf of our Chapter. 

At this meeting our Tarheel Central Chapter was awarded the Level of Excellence FIVE STAR Award. A banner for our Colors Staff will be forthcoming. 

This was judged to be a very successful meeting, in spite of bad weather through out the weekend

^top   General News   Detail   < Previous - Current^ - Next >  Posted: 11/17/19 ID: 1574043971 # 1574043971