HARKER HEIGHTS - Retired Brig. Gen. and Municipal Court Judge Jack W. Hemingway, 88, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors. Arrangements are by Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was born Oct. 26, 1920, in Greeley, Colo., to John T. Hemingway and Ruth Wilson Hemingway. He graduated from Amarillo High School, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
His military career began during World War II, continued into the Korean War when he commanded the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 223rd Infantry Regiment, and stretched into two tours of Vietnam, where he commanded all non-divisional Army Aviation operations- a force that included more than 23,000 soldiers and 2,000 aircraft.
Later, Gen. Hemingway served as Director of Army Aviation at the Pentagon and as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division.
After retirement from the U.S. Army, Gen. Hemingway served for 27 years as the Municipal Courts Judge in Killeen. He was active in developing many of the projects and institutions that were instrumental to the growth of this area.
He served as past chairman and president of the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the GKCC Governmental Affairs Division for 13 years, Chairman of the GKCC Area Development Committee, was a member of the Adventist Hospital Board of Trustees and the Copperas Cove Hospital Authority, was a founding member and the first president of the Central Texas University Task Force, which helped establish Tarleton State University- Central Texas in Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was a force in the push for the eventual joint use of Fort Hood's Robert Gray Airfield by the city.
He will always be remembered as a selfless, hard-working individual who loved his country and his community.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother.
He leaves to cherish his memory the love of his life for 62 years, Shirley Hemingway of Harker Heights; a son, Jack Hemingway Jr. and wife Martha of Killeen; a daughter, Ruth Ann Fenell and husband retired Col. David; four grandchildren, Jack Hemingway III, Heather Jo Lewis, Maj. Nathan Fenell, USMC and Maija Lawler; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to the Ronald McDonald House, 2415 South 47th St., Temple, TX 76504.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Send online condolences at www.mem.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 15, 2008
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors. Arrangements are by Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was born Oct. 26, 1920, in Greeley, Colo., to John T. Hemingway and Ruth Wilson Hemingway. He graduated from Amarillo High School, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
His military career began during World War II, continued into the Korean War when he commanded the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 223rd Infantry Regiment, and stretched into two tours of Vietnam, where he commanded all non-divisional Army Aviation operations- a force that included more than 23,000 soldiers and 2,000 aircraft.
Later, Gen. Hemingway served as Director of Army Aviation at the Pentagon and as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division.
After retirement from the U.S. Army, Gen. Hemingway served for 27 years as the Municipal Courts Judge in Killeen. He was active in developing many of the projects and institutions that were instrumental to the growth of this area.
He served as past chairman and president of the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the GKCC Governmental Affairs Division for 13 years, Chairman of the GKCC Area Development Committee, was a member of the Adventist Hospital Board of Trustees and the Copperas Cove Hospital Authority, was a founding member and the first president of the Central Texas University Task Force, which helped establish Tarleton State University- Central Texas in Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was a force in the push for the eventual joint use of Fort Hood's Robert Gray Airfield by the city.
He will always be remembered as a selfless, hard-working individual who loved his country and his community.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother.
He leaves to cherish his memory the love of his life for 62 years, Shirley Hemingway of Harker Heights; a son, Jack Hemingway Jr. and wife Martha of Killeen; a daughter, Ruth Ann Fenell and husband retired Col. David; four grandchildren, Jack Hemingway III, Heather Jo Lewis, Maj. Nathan Fenell, USMC and Maija Lawler; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to the Ronald McDonald House, 2415 South 47th St., Temple, TX 76504.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Send online condolences at www.mem.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 15, 2008
HARKER HEIGHTS - Retired Brig. Gen. and Municipal Court Judge Jack W. Hemingway, 88, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors. Arrangements are by Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was born Oct. 26, 1920, in Greeley, Colo., to John T. Hemingway and Ruth Wilson Hemingway. He graduated from Amarillo High School, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
His military career began during World War II, continued into the Korean War when he commanded the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 223rd Infantry Regiment, and stretched into two tours of Vietnam, where he commanded all non-divisional Army Aviation operations- a force that included more than 23,000 soldiers and 2,000 aircraft.
Later, Gen. Hemingway served as Director of Army Aviation at the Pentagon and as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division.
After retirement from the U.S. Army, Gen. Hemingway served for 27 years as the Municipal Courts Judge in Killeen. He was active in developing many of the projects and institutions that were instrumental to the growth of this area.
He served as past chairman and president of the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the GKCC Governmental Affairs Division for 13 years, Chairman of the GKCC Area Development Committee, was a member of the Adventist Hospital Board of Trustees and the Copperas Cove Hospital Authority, was a founding member and the first president of the Central Texas University Task Force, which helped establish Tarleton State University- Central Texas in Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was a force in the push for the eventual joint use of Fort Hood's Robert Gray Airfield by the city.
He will always be remembered as a selfless, hard-working individual who loved his country and his community.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother.
He leaves to cherish his memory the love of his life for 62 years, Shirley Hemingway of Harker Heights; a son, Jack Hemingway Jr. and wife Martha of Killeen; a daughter, Ruth Ann Fenell and husband retired Col. David; four grandchildren, Jack Hemingway III, Heather Jo Lewis, Maj. Nathan Fenell, USMC and Maija Lawler; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to the Ronald McDonald House, 2415 South 47th St., Temple, TX 76504.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Send online condolences at www.mem.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 15, 2008
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors. Arrangements are by Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was born Oct. 26, 1920, in Greeley, Colo., to John T. Hemingway and Ruth Wilson Hemingway. He graduated from Amarillo High School, he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
His military career began during World War II, continued into the Korean War when he commanded the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 223rd Infantry Regiment, and stretched into two tours of Vietnam, where he commanded all non-divisional Army Aviation operations- a force that included more than 23,000 soldiers and 2,000 aircraft.
Later, Gen. Hemingway served as Director of Army Aviation at the Pentagon and as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division.
After retirement from the U.S. Army, Gen. Hemingway served for 27 years as the Municipal Courts Judge in Killeen. He was active in developing many of the projects and institutions that were instrumental to the growth of this area.
He served as past chairman and president of the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the GKCC Governmental Affairs Division for 13 years, Chairman of the GKCC Area Development Committee, was a member of the Adventist Hospital Board of Trustees and the Copperas Cove Hospital Authority, was a founding member and the first president of the Central Texas University Task Force, which helped establish Tarleton State University- Central Texas in Killeen.
Gen. Hemingway was a force in the push for the eventual joint use of Fort Hood's Robert Gray Airfield by the city.
He will always be remembered as a selfless, hard-working individual who loved his country and his community.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother.
He leaves to cherish his memory the love of his life for 62 years, Shirley Hemingway of Harker Heights; a son, Jack Hemingway Jr. and wife Martha of Killeen; a daughter, Ruth Ann Fenell and husband retired Col. David; four grandchildren, Jack Hemingway III, Heather Jo Lewis, Maj. Nathan Fenell, USMC and Maija Lawler; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to the Ronald McDonald House, 2415 South 47th St., Temple, TX 76504.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Send online condolences at www.mem.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 15, 2008
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