ALGIE DAVIS (Nominated by Jim Swartz) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 Algie Davis is the most patriot person in Lauderdale County Mississippi. When he was a high school principal, he started a yearly program for veterans at his school to get the students involved with veterans. He put on a program and a more »
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David Kimbrell, Meridian
SGT DAVID KIMBRELL (Nominated by Marlene Kimbrell) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 Sgt Kimbrell is my husband. He was in the Air Force in the 80’s and left. Then the day after 9/11, he joined the Army National Guard. He is a Chinook flight engineer and a door gunner for his unit the more »
Dustin J. Lee, Meridian
CPL. DUSTIN J. LEE (Nominated by Eddie Dwight Dearman) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 Cpl. Dustin J. Lee, age 20, gave his life in the service of our great country. I ask that his mother Mrs. Rachel Lee be allowed to stitch the flag in Dustin’s honor. Words cannot express the respect I more »
Eugene Ramsey, Meridian
EUGENE RAMSEY (Nominated by Cheri Barry) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 Eugene Ramsey started working with the East Central Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross seven years ago. Eugene serves as the coordinator at the Veterans Resource Center and has worked diligently to provide the utmost service to the veterans who have more »
Jeremy Utsey, Meridian
SFC JEREMY UTSEY (Nominated by SSG Paul Lampton) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 SFC Jeremy Utsey is a fulltime National Guardsman in Meridian Mississippi. He has been a member of the 155th Brigade Special Troops Battalion since 2003. He is our nomination for the Honor of stitching the 9-11 flag. In April of more »
Norris Galatas, Meridian
SFC NORRIS GALATAS (Nominated by Janis Galatas) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 Norris is my husband, SFC (Sergeant First Class) Grayson “Norris” Galatas, wounded in Iraq in 2005. He spent four long years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in DC undergoing 19 major surgeries and numerous procedures to put him back together more »
Wilma Phillips Allen
WILMA PHILLIPS ALLEN (Nominated by Jim Swartz) The Lauderdale AG Center May 23, 2011 Wilma lost her son in Iraq in 2005. He was a medic and was helping other soldiers when he was killed. She is now a gold star mother, and she helps with other gold star mothers in the state and attends more »
