VOM – March 2016
Mervin Byson “MB” Howard (April 18, 1923 ~ June 6, 2019) US Air Force 1943-1972 WWII Bomber Navigator honored as March Veteran of the Month By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Mervin Byson Howard, better known as M.B. to friends and family, was honored last week as the March
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 – July 2015
Sercy Marshall (January 4, 1927 ~ November 9, 2020)US Army, WWII 1945-1947 Former Brighton Mayor July’s Veteran of the MonthBy Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Sercy V. Marshall, a veteran of World War II and a former mayor of Brighton, was honored as July’s Veteran of the Month during
VOM – May 2016
William Travis Hawkins (13 July 1921 – 30 July 2018) US Army 1942-1945 Former German POW honored By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Unlike previous honorees, May’s Veteran of the Month belongs to a distinct club that no military service member wishes to be a member of – he
VOM – May 2021
Eddie Nep Wilson (4 Dec 1925 – 26 Aug 1921) U.S. Army 1944-1946 Eddie Nep Wilson was born on Dec. 4, 1925, in Brighton, Tennessee, to Jim and Nannie Strain Wilson. One of ten children, six boys, and four girls, he attended Saddler School until the third grade and then
VOM – August 2021
John D Abbott Merchant Marines 1945-1945 / U.S. Army 1945-1947 John Durwood Abbott was born November 4, 1922, in Wesson, Arkansas, the only child of Henry C. and Carrie May Abbott. John left school after the 7th grade to work on tugboats towing barges from Houston, Texas, to Mobile, Alabama.
VOM – April 2017
Russell Leon Goforth US Army, WWII 1944-1946 Leon Goforth honored as Veteran of the Month By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader April’s Veteran of the Month is World War II veteran and life-long Covington resident Russell L. Goforth. He was nominated by Vernon Jerry Covington who remarked that he
VOM – March 2017
Rudolph Boykin Sr. (Oct. 4, 1919 ~ Apr. 30, 2019) US Army WWII, 1944 – 1946 Brighton native honored as Veteran of the Month By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader The National World War II Museum reports that there were 16,112,566 members of the United States Armed Forces who
VOM – April 2016
James Noah Craig (Aug. 18, 1918 – Nov. 22, 2021) US Army, WWII 1940-1945 War is Hell says April’s Veteran of the Month By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Tipton County native James Noah Craig was recently recognized as the April honoree for the Veteran of the Month program.
VOM – October 2015
Peyton Smith (Sept. 22, 1924 – Oct 25, 2017) US Air Force, WWII Smith honored as October Veteran of the Month By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader October’s Veteran of the Month is Covington native Peyton Smith, a United States Air Force veteran. Smith was born on Sept. 22,