The Tipton County Veterans Council will hold a Memorial Day Observance Sunday, May 24, at 2 p.m. at the Tipton County Museum. State Rep. Debra Moody, District 81, will serve as guest speaker. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s ceremony centers on three Tipton County men who died in service […]
Read More‘It’s time to come home’: CWO3 Marcell Frost honored as May Veteran of the Month
The chairs were full before the ceremony even began. Family, old friends, city officials and fellow veterans packed the Tipton County Museum Tuesday night. The mayor of Covington was there. So was State Rep. Debra Moody, former alderwoman Minnie Bommer, current aldermen John Edwards and Jean Johnson, and commanders from the VFW and the American […]
Read MoreThe Air Force said no, the Marines said yes. Now this Shellback is Tipton County’s Veteran of the Month.
Randy Marbry had just been turned down by the Air Force. He was walking out of the recruiter’s office, not quite sure what came next, when a Marine stepped forward and put a hand on his shoulder. “Don’t feel bad,” he remembers the recruiter saying. “We’ll take you.” Marbry, who was 19 and had spent […]
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