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| Plankowner Posts: 5024 Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Obit Messenger results for 03/23/08. BEARDEN, David R., 47, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at Doctors' Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg. He was born on May 26, 1960 in the Rio Grande Valley. He graduated from Raymondville High School in 1978. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. He served his country proudly on the nuclear powered submarine the USS Sturgeon (SSN-637). On July 30, 1980, in New London, Connecticut he married his high school sweetheart and the love of his life Gloria Starck. After the service, he worked for Portal Electric, Inc. in Raymondville where he eventually became an owner. He opened his own business in 1992 in McAllen. During this time he was attended Pan American University. He graduated from there with a Bachelor of Science degree in May of 1992. Later, he became an educator in the public school system. He enjoyed teaching math to all his students. He will miss them all. He became a lifetime soccer fan due to his and his children's involvement in MYSA. He coached their first soccer teams and remained a backseat coach for the remainder of their involvement with the sport. He also enjoyed his regular Sunday golf game with his brother, D'Wayne. His greatest joy in life was being with his wife and children. They were his life and he was theirs. He attended any event that his children participated in, and always helped coach from the stands. He was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a best friend, a coach, a comedian, a confidant, and a mentor. He will be missed greatly by those who knew and love him. He was preceded in death by his father, John Rae Bearden. He is survived by his wife, Gloria Starck, his daughter, Jessica Deann (McAllen), his son, Jeffrey David (McAllen), and his daughter, Jennifer Dyan (McAllen). He is also survived by his Mother, Connie C. Bearden of Kerrville, his brothers John D'Wayne (Diane) Bearden of Edinburg, Dean (Audrey) Bearden of Boerne, and Dale(Debby)Bearden of Kerrville and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association, 1400 S. Cage Blvd. Ste.#9, Pharr, Texas 78577. A Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 2008, at Kreidler Funeral Home Chapel on N.10th Street with Rev. Ellis Orozco officiating. Cremation will follow at Val Verde Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Donna, Texas. JARVIS, Benjamin Campbell, CAPT, USN, Ret., 91, died at his home in Fairfield on February 22, 2008 from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was one of the last surviving submarine skippers from World War II and a legend in the submarine service, receiving the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" for taking on Japanese gunboats and sinking an enemy convoy during surface attacks in 1945. He was a tall powerfully built man whose crew referred to him as "Big Ben." Captain Jarvis was a member of a family that traced its roots back to an ancestor who landed in Virginia in 1657, and he was also related to George Washington, his family said. He began life on a farm in Arkansas, where his family owned cotton plantations. He was inspired to join the Navy by Adm. Richard E. Byrd, the famous Antarctic explorer who was his father's college roommate. The young Jarvis went to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, where he played on the football team and earned honors as commander of the cadet color company. He graduated in 1939 as a commissioned officer. He was posted to the Atlantic fleet as a gunnery officer aboard the battleship Idaho, but he was drawn to the submarine service and was selected for the Navy's submarine school in New London, CT. He made 14 wartime patrols - three as commanding officer of the submarine USS Baya (SS-318). The Baya had a fine reputation, according to Eugene Conrad, an enlisted man whose war recollections are posted on the Internet. In the spring of 1945, the Baya, then operating in the shallow waters off Thailand and what was then French Indochina, made a surface attack on a convoy protected by two enemy gunboats. The Baya's first attack was beaten back by the enemy warships. The Japanese came so close that the Americans could see the individual Japanese firing away and machine-gun bullets ricocheted off the Baya's conning tower. Another submarine attacked the convoy the next day, but was lost with all hands. Captain Jarvis brought his boat back in another attack at close quarters and again was driven off again. The next week, however, he found a convoy of four ships - also protected by a gunboat escort - and sank them all, according to war records. All three of these operations were daring. The water was only 42 feet deep, too shallow to submerge, and Capt. Jarvis made all his attacks on the surface with few options to escape. The citation accompanying the Navy Cross, the Navy's highest award for valor, called the action "one of the outstanding attacks of this war." It was "beautifully executed," the citation read, and Captain Jarvis "distinguished himself in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy." After the war, he stayed in the Navy and served as commanding officer of submarines and surface ships, as well as staff officer duties. He also served on special missions with the British, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, Turkish, Peruvian and Japanese navies. He retired after 34 years of naval service with the rank of captain in 1968. He worked as an executive for Campbell Industries in San Diego for 11 years after that. He then lived in Sonoma and Fairfield, often giving lectures on his wartime service. He is survived by his daughter, Sharon, of Stockton; two sons, Whitby of Castro Valley and Benjamin of Mountain View; and by five grandchildren. His wife, Cecilia, died in 2002; they had been married 62 years. Captain Jarvis requested that no services be held. The family prefers memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society. KAY, George "Larry", passed on March 16, 2008. He died after a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer at his home in Gainesville, Virginia. Larry was born and grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho. After graduating from Twin Falls High in 1962 he enlisted in the US Navy. Larry served as a fire control technician in the submarine service. In 1970, he met and wed his wife, Lisa while serving in Florida. Upon leaving active duty in the Navy in 1972, he and Lisa settled in Western Washington and began working at John Fluke Manufacturing Company. During his career at Fluke he started as a technician and progressed into marketing. He joined the Navy Reserve in 1974 and spent his reserve career with Naval Submarine Group 7-422 in Seattle at Bangor, Washington. He and his family remained in Mukilteo until 1994 when they returned to Florida. Larry continued in the electronic field as a marketing and sales representative for Bell Technologies in Orlando. Lisa was assigned to a position in Washington, D.C. in 2004 and the family settled in Virginia. Larry continued with marketing as a representative for Walker Scientific until his retirement. Larry was active in many different sports, coached both his daughters in the Mukilteo Little League, and enjoyed the outdoors with a love for running, and bowling. His family was his love and he recorded that affection with his wonderful photography. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Kay, who resides in Gainesville, Virginia; daughter, Meghann Kay of Leesburg, Virginia; daughter, Ashley Kay of Everett, Washington; his mother, Lois E. Kay of Langley, Washington; brother, Gary Kay of Clinton, Washington; and Jim Kay of Carmichael, California. Memorial Services will be held 4:00 p.m. March 29, 2008 at Cedar Cross United Methodist Church, 1210 132nd Street S.E., Mill Creek, Washington. MANSKA, John (Jack) M., 61, died March 4, 2008 He was a 12 Year Danville Resident and 14 Year Concord Resident. Jack was born August 19, 1946, and will be remembered for his charismatic, imposing personality. Clad in overalls and standing 6'7", his unconventional appearance never went unnoticed. From his early military career as a submarine sailor and diver to his later years as an electrical engineer and consultant, Jack was a man of strong conviction and work ethic. He embraced life with enthusiasm, and understood the power of knowledge. He derived great pleasure from testing the limits and making others laugh. Jack touched many lives with his brilliance and wit and will be missed by all who knew him. His epitaph will read "Don't Do That, Jack!" He fought a courageous battle with cancer for six years, and retained his sense of humor to the end. He is survived by his devoted friend and wife, Cindy; his brother George of Las Vegas, Nevada; loving nieces and nephews and their families; Aunt Clara Mae of North Dakota; a number of loving cousins; and many loyal friends, some dating back to his military career and school years. He was preceded in death by his best friend of 25 years, Dillon Crandall. Family and close friends will be invited to a memorial service at a later date. Ouimet Bros. Chapel (925) 682-4242 WHITCOMB, Reverend Richard Arthur (Skip), 77, of Roanoke, passed away quietly and peacefully, in the presence of family, on Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Lewis Gale Medical Center. He will be extremely missed by family, but they are rejoicing in the knowledge that he is now, forevermore, in the presence of the Lord Jesus he so loved and diligently served. Reverend Whitcomb was born July 11, 1930, in Melrose, Massachusetts, the son of the late Richard F. Whitcomb and the late Ruth Sager Whitcomb. He graduated June 5, 1953, from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Engineering and was married June 6,, 1953, to his sweetheart, Sheila Campbell Whitcomb (who had been smitten by his beautiful smile and gentlemanly ways some months before). He attended submarine school and served on several submarines, as well as surface ships. His shore duties included a tour as Provost Marshall on Taiwan. He was a Vietnam veteran and retired from the Navy, June 30, 1973, as a Lt. Commander. After retirement he attended Christ For the Nations, a Bible Institute in Dallas, Texas, where he served as Assistant to the Director of Family Affairs, later becoming the Dean of that department. From 1980 to 1994, he pastored Risen Savior Fellowship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While there, he played an instrumental part in establishing a pastoral fellowship for the Milwaukee area pastors and was also heavily involved in the Milwaukee March for Jesus chapter. During that time, overseas ministry trips included Nigeria, Mexico and England. In early 1994, he retired from pastoring, and with Sheila, made the move to Roanoke, to be closer to family. There, he then proceeded to organize and found the Roanoke area chapter of March for Jesus and headed MFJ for several years. During that time he also attended a Roanoke chapter of Jacksonville Theological Seminary where he attained his Masters and Doctorate in theology. Later the Rev. Whitcomb became a teacher in that same chapter. He has been a committed lay member, and for a season a Board Member, of Maranatha Fellowship. He was also a founding board member of his son, Rick Whitcomb's ministry, Agape Gospel Mission, and remained in emeritus until his passing. He was an avid golfer, loved to bake, garden, study scripture, praise God, and in later years, loved to go on daily walks. He was always willing to help family or friends in any way he could, but he will be remembered first and foremost, though, for his love of God. He was constantly looking for and taking any opportunity to share his faith with anyone he could and was always encouraging family to love the Lord, to be joyful in the Lord, and above all else, to be diligently seeking Him. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Elaine Whitcomb; and by one granddaughter, Amara Ruth Probus. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sheila Campbell Whitcomb, of Roanoke; was a loving father to Karen Probus, of Manassas, Heidi Ann Holland, of Stanley, and Richard C. Whitcomb, of Accra, Ghana in West Africa; 23 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren who adored him; his Aunt Florence, of Vermont; and three cousins. Visitation will be held at Maranatha Fellowship, Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. followed by a funeral service conducted by Pastor Roger L. Graves Sr. at 11 a.m. Interment will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Culpeper National Cemetery with Military Honors. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Allen Probus, Andrew Holland, Nathan Probus, Daniel Probus, David Holland, Matthew Holland, Timothy Probus, and Rich Whitcomb. The family is requesting that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be sent to Maranatha Fellowship, 2715 Green Ridge Road, Roanoke, Va. 24019, for the Richard A. Whitcomb Memorial Fund. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel, 540-362-1237. | ||
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