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Brick mason John Worsley lines up memorial bricks in order prior to beginning the process of putting the mortar in place and laying the bricks. A total of 648 bricks are now on the memorial walk, located on the south side of the Colonial Theatre under the military murals.

September 6, 2012

Laying of memorial bricks brings total to 648

Editor and Publisher John H. Walker The Daily Southerner Thu Sep 06, 2012, 02:05 PM EDT

TARBORO — The laying of 26 bricks at the Edgecombe County Military Veterans Museum’s walk of honor on Wednesday morning brought the total number of bricks to 648.

As brick mason John Worsley carefully removed the bricks one by one from a trailer to place them in line on the walk, family members would approach to take a picture.

“Is it OK if we take a picture (of their memorial brick)?” they asked Worlsey, who graciously lifted the brick and held it, along with his trowel, in his hands.

When they were finished, they thanked Worsley, who turned and resumed his routine on taking the bricks one at a time and placing them atop the most recently laid row.

Painstakingly, Worsley would put a trowel of mortar down with a “plop” and then begin the task of making certain all edges were in-line with the adjoining bricks.

As Worsley worked on a breezy morning, friends and family of those being memorialized watched intently, some taking pictures of him working and others taking pictures of family members standing in front of the emblem of the branch of service of their loved one.

About 50 persons attended the ceremony, which was opened with a prayer, the presentation of colors and the playing of “Taps.” Dejshia Glass and Jasmine Barnes, both members of the Air Force JROTC program at Tarboro High School, presented the colors and played “Taps”

Memorial bricks are available for $100 each and additional information is available at 823-0891 or by emailing museum@edgecombevet.com.

Brick were laid in honor of the following:

• William B. Anderson, USMC, Iraq 2002-2005

• Selita Brumfield, U.S. Army, Desert Shield 1983-1992

• David Carl Cherry, U.S. Army, 1953-1955

• Dallie A. Cooke, U.S. Army, 1946-1947

• David Lee Cooke, USMC, Vietnam 1969-1985

• Kenneth C. Cooke, U.S. Army, World War II 1944-1947

• Willie Lee Cooke, U.S. Army, World War II, 1945-1946

• J. Bertran Daneau, U.S. Army, 1990-1994

• Billy D. Doughtie, USMC, Korea 1951

• E.L. (Emerson) Etheridge, USMC, Korea 1951-1953

• Robert S. Fellows, SFC USMC, 1955-1959

• Richard M. House, U.S. Army Sig. C, 1956-1959

• Samuel D. House, USAF, 1983-1992

• Pete Johnson, U.S. Army, World War II, 1944-1946

• Robert W. Johnson, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1965-1968

• Rodney T. Johnson, U.S. Army, Desert Storm, 1989-1997

• Sherry Johnson, U.S. Army, Desert Shield, 1988-2009

• Edward Ray Jones, U.S. Army, 1956-1957

• W.C. Jones, U.S. Navy, 1964-1968

• William H. Lewis, Jr., USAF, Vietnam, 1966-1970

• Bernard G. Morris, U.S. Army, Korea 1952-1954

• Brenda Pierce, USMC, 1981-1992

• Stephen G. Rose, Sr., U.S. Navy, BT2 CG27, 1975-1980

• Stephen G. Rose, Jr., U.S Navy, FMF HM3, 1998-2006

• James L. Shelton, U.S. Army, Europe 1953-1958

• Ocie Smith, USMC, World War II, 1943-1946.

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