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Patriot’s Name: George Earl Dodson
Mission Name: Funeral
Military Branch: U.S. Army
Date of Mission: Thursday, September 01, 2016
Staging Time: 12:30-13:00
Briefing Time : 13:00
In position time or KSU: 13:15
Gate time 13:30
Staging Address: Houston National Cemetery, 10710 Veterans Memorial Dr., Houston, Texas 77038 Hemicycle parking lot.
Mission details: Flag line at Houston National Cemetery only. Request flag bikes to escort from HNC administration building to the shelter. The family would like flag bikes to escort from funeral home to HNC with Leo escort.
Stage 11:30-12:00 KSU 12:15 . Stage at James Crowder Funeral Home, 851 FM 517 Rd W , Dickinson,TX 77539. This is on the corner of FM517 and FM646. We are looking for lead for this part of mission.
Obituary : George Earl Dodson, was born August 28,1923 in Benton, Arkansas and passed away August 29,2016 . He was drafted into the U.S. Army January 19,1943 and discharged at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas on December 3, 1945. He was in the invasion of Normandy, France. His unit was almost wiped out during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He came home then moved to Louisiana to work in the oil fields. There he married Martha Jean Johnson and were married for 56 years. They have 5 children. In 1965 they moved to Dickinson,TX , where he worked in the oil fields as a pipe fitter until he retired.
Ride Captain: George Pelkey
RC Phone number 713-376-2812
RC Email address: georgepelkey@prodigy.net
Support Vehicle/RC: John LePage
SV email: johnlepage@sbcglobal.net
Weather Forecast: Plan 76*- 96* with a 10% chance of rain.
PLEASE DRINK WATER AND EAT . Please check forecast the day before.