VOM – June 2025
Marcus Jermaine Harvey, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps 1995 – 2003 / TN Air National Guard 2005 – 2010 Marcus Jermaine Harvey, Sr., was born June 28, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Charles Harvey, Sr., and Carolyn Bonds. He attended Tipton County Schools, graduating from Covington High School in May 1995.
VOM – July 2025
Valarie R. Bennett U.S. Navy 1966 – 2004 Valarie was born in May 1966 in Tuskegee, Ala., the third of her mother’s four children. The name on her birth certificate was Blank Blank Bennett, a common way to complete a birth certificate for a baby not expected to survive. Eighteen years
VOM – February 2020
Renea McBride U.S. Navy 1989-1998 The Tipton County Museum Veteran of the Month for February 2020 is Renea Antoinette McBride. Renea was born on March 14, 1971, in Brownsville, Tennessee. A few months after graduating from high school in 1989 she travelled to Memphis to enlist in the United States
VOM – February 2017
Jesse Hill, Sr. US Army, 1943-1946 Jesse Hill, Sr., was born on August 4, 1923 in Covington, Tennessee, to Sloan and Mattie Tipton Hill. He is the middle child of three children. He attended Tabernacle School. In 1938, he joined Salem M.B. Church in Mason, Tennessee, where he has served
VOM – September 2015
Ernest Tigue (16 Oct 1935-7 Apr 2018)US Navy, 1955-1984 Thirty year Navy veteran honoredBy Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader There was no such thing as an “all-volunteer force” when September’s Veteran of the Month, Ernest Tigue, joined the United States Navy in 1955. At that time, the sea service
VOM – July 2019
Allan Anthony Barrow, Sr. US Navy, 1975-1996 Allan Anthony Barrow, Sr. was born and raised in Harlem, New York. He always longed to travel around the world despite his humble beginnings. In 1974, Allan applied to the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, just five years after African-Americans first
VOM – June 2016
Victor Johnson US Army 1975-1995 Victor Johnson honored for service in Vietnam By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Covington native Victor Johnson was recently honored as the June Veteran of the Month by the Tipton County Veterans Council at a ceremony held at the Tipton County Museum, Veteran Memorial,
VOM – November 2016
Harold David Harden US Army, 1985-2006 Our November Veteran of the Month is Harold David Harden. Harold grew up in Jackson, TN and graduated from Jackson Central Merry HS in May 1980. Immediately following high school, he enlisted in the Tennessee Army National Guard (NG) as an Administrative Specialist. While
VOM – March 2024
Thomas Samuel Johnson USN 1972 – 1982 Thomas Samuel Johnson was born in Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. He enlisted in the United States Navy upon graduation from high school and reported to boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois in July 1972. Upon graduation from boot camp, Seaman Recruit (E-1)
VOM – November 2021
Ozell Wright (16 Jul 1935 – 17 Jan 2022) U.S. Army 1958- 1960 Born in Covington, Tennessee, on July 16, 1935, Ozell Wright grew up in a world at war. World War II was the predominant news during much of his childhood; then during his teen years, Korea was a