Memorial Day 2006

Betsy and I have always been proud of our family. But today, on Memorial Day, we are most proud of younger son Chris & his wife Sherrill who have served their country well -- both rising to the rank of Lieutenants Commander in the United States Navy.

Chris has been a Naval Aviator for 13 years and now pilots the new Boeing C-40 jetliner world wide. His squadron has had many assignments, including missions to New Orleans for rescue operations following hurricane Katrina.

Sherrill, a medical doctor, served eight years in the Navy before leaving last year to enter private practice. One of Sherrill's tours of duty was aboard the hospital ship Mercy which spent two months in the Indian Ocean to provide relief for the tsunami and earthquake victims in Indonesia and surrounding area.

They and their two children, Zachary David (8) and Megan Elizabeth (5), are planning to relocate in late July from Coronado, CA to Jacksonville, FL were Chris will continue to fly the C-40 and were Sherrill will continue her medical practice. The photo above shows Sherrill treating a little boy and his mother in Indonesia following the devastation of the earthquake of 2004.
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"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the
narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns
of all humanity."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.