St. Luke’s Veteran Spotlight
As part of our “Honoring Our Veterans Project,” St. Luke’s will be featuring some of the veterans we have been researching over the last several months. Please join us in recognizing some of the veterans buried here at St. Luke’s.
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Joseph Bridger Hodsden: War of 1812 Veteran
Joseph Bridger Hodsden was born on March 29, 1776 and died on November 19, 1815. He married Mary Wilson Pasteur on November 23, 1799 and in fifteen brief years managed several farms, fought in the War of 1812 and fathered nine children. His last child, Julia Ann Hodsden, was sadly born after her father had passed away…
A Letter to the Loved Ones of the Many Veterans Buried in our Cemeteries: Requesting Information and Assistance
Please assist us with our research by sharing your stories, photos, portraits, etc. regarding your beloved veteran(s). We want to know who these veterans were as people, far beyond the basic information included on their memorial monuments. We want to save the memory of who they were for future generations. We want to recognize their sacrifices, their bravery, and their unique personalities…
Curtis Ray Patton (1941 – 1968)
Curtis Ray Patton was born June 27, 1941 to Mr. and Mrs. Willie M. Patton. He was drafted into the U.S. Army via Selective Service and began his tour on March 20, 1967, serving with the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, B Company…
John Riley Parker (1896 – 1983)
After finishing high school in 1917, John enlisted in the Virginia National Guard as a band corporal and was immediately transferred to the Army 111th Field Artillery band. They were stationed at Camp McClellan, AL 4 Sept. 1917 to 20 June 1918, during which time he was promoted to Sergeant…
Gurley Ambrose Barlow, Jr. (1919 – 1995)
Mr. Barlow served as operations officer of the 71st AAA Group in Europe during World War II. He left active service in 1946, then joined the Army Reserves and retired as a colonel in 1971. He was selected as an aide de camp on the military staff of Govs. Mills Godwin, John Dalton and Charles Robb…
Carl Edward Stone (1928 – 2009)
Colonel Stone was an Air Force veteran with almost 28 years of military service. During his military career he received several honors of distinction, to include the Bronze Star, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Award and the Legion of Merit…
Langley T. Gatling, Jr. (1915 – 1944)
Chaplain Bratcher wrote that Major Gatling was by far the best liked and
most admired officer of his group…
John Lewis Basnight (1926 – 1996)
Mr. Basnight was a member of Benn’s United Methodist Church and an honorary member of Carrollton Ruritan Club. He was a U.S. Army veteran…
Judge Edwin Paul Crider, Jr. (1921 – 2015)
Judge Crider was a public school teacher at the former Brosville High School in Pittsylvania County, Buckroe, Jr. High and Hampton High in Hampton, Virginia. He was an Army Air Corps WWII Veteran, serving in the 726th Bomb Squadron of the 451st Bombardment Group (H), Mediterranean Theater of Operations…
Lunsford “Luns” McKinny Alston Jordan (1890 – 1973)
Luns served as an ambulance driver during WWI in France with the Army medical corps and was with the first American unit to go to France to serve in the trenches…