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42nd Platoon Co. D 52nd Inf. TNG. BN. Camp Wolters, Texas
LT. F.S. Bailly Platoon Leader
WWII Veteran: 3rd Division Company H 7th Infantry Service Number: 3353-4176
After getting wounded: 338 Engineers 54th Engineering Maintenance Company
Herman Stafford, lives next to the Wesley Chapel in Trigg, Virginia told me that J.R. was great with dog's. He could remember J.R. had a German Shepard that he had trained to ride on the running board of his Model T Ford and the dog would lean in toward the door to keep from falling off. Herman said that J.R. was very good with animals. Herman also told me that he went to school with J.R. at the Trigg School before J.R. moved to Pulaski in abt. 1930.
Died:
- John R. Stafford of Richmond, born June 22, 1923 in Trigg, Va., went to be with the Lord June 29, 2002.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Betty C. Stafford; two sons, Larry Allen Stafford of Boca Raton, Fla., and his wife, Mayra, and Robert P. Stafford and his wife, Linda of Richmond; two sisters, Annabell Owens of Saulsbury, Tenn., and Nellie Gentry of Batesville, Miss.; three grandchildren, James Robert Stafford and his wife, Gina, Patricia Anne Stafford and Michele L. Chalfant; two dear nieces, Gaynell Dunkley and Carolyn Denton; also many other nieces and nephews.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII with the rank of T/Sgt. He was awarded the Bronze Star in the Italian Campaign. He was a member of the Operating Engineers Local #147 for over 50 years. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
The family will receive friends Monday, 4 to 8 p.m. at the Huguenot Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1020 Huguenot Rd. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 11 a.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Interment church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Bethlehem Baptist Church Building Fund.
Buried:
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1923 - 2002 (79 years)
