THE YANCEY RECORD JUNE 5, 1969
Yancey Marine Killed In Vietnam
BURNSVILLE - Services for
Marine Sgt. DonaldF. Scorsone,
21, a native of Yancey County,
who was killed in action May
19 in Vietnam, were held at
2 p. m. Sunday in Concord Un
j<sh Church.
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SGT. DONALD F. SCORSONE
The Reverend James Beaver
officiated. Burial was in Wilscn
Cemetery.
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A military detachment fro m
U.S. Marine Reserves of John
son City, Tennessee, conducted
graveside military rites and ser
ved as pallbearers.
Sgt. Scorsone, a former resi
dent of Asheville, was a 1965
graduate of Lee Edwards Hi gh
School.
He joined the Marines after
: graduation and had served in
Vietnam for the past 11 months
with the 3rd Marine Div i s ion,
Ist Battalion.
Surviving are the mother,Mt%
Elizabeth Halat and a
Patricia Scorsone both of Miami
Florida; a brother, Joseph Crisp
Scorsone of Asheville; and the
r grandmother, Mrs. Truly Par
l ker of Burnsville, Rt. 6.
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GERMANY—Oscar H. Bucha
nan, son of Mrs. Letitia S. Hen
sley, Burnsville, N.C. , was
promoted to Army staff sergeant
May 13 while assigned to the 3 id
Infantry Division near Aschaffai
burg, Germany.
Staff Sgt. Buchanan is a
radio team chief in Headquarters
Company of the division's 3rd
Brigade.
His father, Nellis Buchanan,
lives on Route 1, Marion. His
wife, Ingeborg, is with him in
Germany.
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GEINHAUSEN, GERMANY.. Fir
st Sergeant Ted Evans, son of Mt
and Mrs. Carl M. Evans, Route!,
Burnsville, N. C. received the
Army Commendation Medal Ap
ril 23 near Gelnhausen, t-rermaity
Sgt. Evans received the award
for heroism in action while en
gaged in ground operations aga
inst a hostile force during his
last assignment in Vietnam.
The Army Commendation Me
dal is awarded to personnel who
while serving with the Army di
stinguish themselves by heroism,
meritorious achievement or me
ritorious service. The medal was
established by the Secretary of
War on Dec. 18, 1945.
The sergeant entered the Ar
my in July 1948 and completed
basic training at Ft. Jackson in
S. C.
His wife, Roswitha, is with
him in Germany.
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VIETNAM—Army Sergeant
First Class James G. Fox, son
of Mrs. Zilla A. Fox, Route 3
Burnsville, N.C. , received the
Purple Heart May 8 near Pleiki,
Vietnam.
He is a firing battery chief
in Battery A, 6th Battalion of
(he 4th Infantry Division's 291 h
Artillery.
His wife, Edith, lives on Rt.
3, Leicester.
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VlETNAM..Technical Ser
geant Marvin A. Lovelace, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Lov
elace of 2512 Denver Drive, Gr
eensboro, N. C., is on duty at
Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam.
Sergeant Lovelace, an elec
tronic equipment technician, is
assigned to a unit of the Pacific
Air Forces. He previously ser
ved at Nellis AFB, Nevada.
The sygeant is a graduate
of Central High School, Ruthe
rfordton, N.C.
His wife, Barbara, is the da
ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nell G.
Peterson of Burnsville, N. C.
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1 EXAS—Airman First Class
Bobby L. Willis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Willis of Rt. 2, Burns
ville, N.C., has graduated from
a IJ.S. Air Force Technical Sch
ool at Sheppard AFB/Texas.
He was trained as an air frei
ght specialist and assigned to a
unit of the Pacific Air Forces at
Cam Ranh Bay AB, Vietnam.
The airman is a 1964 graduUe
of East Yancey High School.
LEGAL NOTICE
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
YANCEY COUNTY
Having qualified as Admin
istratrix of the Estate of Patric
ia Evelyn King, deceased, late
of Yancey County, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the Decedent to exhibit
the same to the undersigned Ad
ministratrix at her home at Rt.
2, Green Mountain, N.C.cnor
before the 22nd day of Novem
ber, 1969, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their reco
very, —
All persons owing the Estate
will please make immediate
payment.
This May 22, 1969.
Lucille Whitson King, Adm
inistratrix of the Estate of Pat
i cia Evelyn King, Deceased.
May 22, 29. June 5, 12