Families of deceased veterans presented with certificate signed by President Obama

Springboro Mayor John Agenbroad helped to present the certificates.
Local News
Sept 16, 2010
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SPRINGBORO — The families of veterans memorialized at the funeral home were presented with a memorial certificate signed by President Barack Obama on Sept. 9 during Anderson Funeral Home’s third annual Veterans Memorial Program.

Veterans honored: Todd Philip Abbott, Ellery L. Hatton, Paul Adkins, Donald Eugene Herold, Ralph Austerman, Jr., Ronald Eugene Hitte II, Fredrick J. Ballinger, James D. Hollingsworth, Cecil M. Bartlett, Claude N. Jackson, Robert R. Benge, Lowell H. Jackson, Charles E. Brandenburg, Lawrence Curtis Jones, Keith M. Brown, Gerald Joseph Kennedy, James L. Burt Sr., James E. Martin, Walter C. Byrd Jr., William E. McGuire, Winfred G. Byrne, Dale E. Miller, Charles O. Carpenter, Loreley S. Mobley, James V. Centers, Louis Paul Null, Elmo M. Conley, Gene E. Owen, Ronald Edward Danie, David L. Priest, Merle D. Delaney, Billy L. Robinson, William F. Dixon, Ralph K. Robinson, Robert E. Dunn, Cecil Ross, James Gerald Fershee, Myron B. Sanderson, Charles F. Fessenden, Mack W. Shelton, Glenn Fitzpatrick, George K. Smith, Wallace Fultz, William L. Trent, George E. Gambill, Elliot Turner, Robert L. Gerhart, Jesse Lee Turner, William Earl Gray, Carl R. VanNuys, Gerald E. Griffin, Samual Vaught Jr., J. Frank Handley, Emerald Max Wells, Charles Mitchel Hanes, Leo Williams, Thomas Donald Harrigan, Ford Wright and Paul E. Harrison.

The certificate recognizes honorably discharged deceased veterans.

Funeral home owner Charles Anderson and Springboro Mayor John Agenbroad presented the certificates.

The Rev. Raymond C. Phillips of Stratford Heights Church of God in Middletown led the ceremony in prayer and thought for the sacrifices of veterans as well as those serving in the U. S. military.

Chris Herwick, mother of Staff Sgt. Travis Griffin, killed in Iraq in 2008, spoke about her loss and the perseverance and character of veterans and their families.

Jeff and Linda Roberts and Lila Terry presented the music.

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