American Legion Post No. 18,. Stanford, Lynn Young .... Sponsored by. The Central Kentucky ... Memorial Day Program - 20
PROGRAM PATRIOTIC MUSIC….………….....West Jessamine High School Band, Patrick Van Arsdale, Director and The Diggles Family Ministries CANNON SALUTE…………………….…Kentucky Army National Guard, 138th Field Artillery Brigade, Lexington AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL……………………………………………Beth Furr, Lexington WELCOME……………………………………………Michael Niklarz, Director, Kentucky National Cemetery Complex MASTER OF CEREMONIES……...............Nick McManus, Chairman, Central Kentucky Veterans Committee INVOCATION.…………………………………..Jason Cummins, Lt. Colonel, US Army, Retired PRESENTATION OF COLORS………….American Legion Post No. 18, Stanford, Lynn Young, Commander NATIONAL ANTHEM………………………………………..………Kelley Casey, Jessamine County FLY OVER...........................................Kentucky Air National Guard, 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE..……….Jack Pattie, 590 WVLK Personality Skip Kraemer, CDR, American Legion Post 63, Nicholasville ARMED FORCES MEDLEY…….…West Jessamine High School Band, (Stand at attention for your branch of service theme song) GUEST SPEAKER……………………………………......Chaplain Dean Cook, Captain, US Navy (Ret) SPECIAL PRESENTATION….……………………Michael Niklarz, Director Kentucky National Cemetery Complex PLACING OF THE WREATH……………..………Rick and Nancy Pounds, In Honor of Captain David Lyon, US Air Force, KIA, Dec 27, 2013, Afghanistan WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY...................Gary Pack, Jessamine County COMMEMORATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR…………Skip Kraemer, US Army, Vietnam Veteran, CDR American Legion Post 63, Nicholasville THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC…………..…Michael Preacely, Lexington
RETIRE COLORS………........................American Legion Post No. 18, Stanford, Lynn Young, Commander AMAZING GRACE………………….…….…The Diggles Family Ministries, Lexington BENEDICTION……………Ron Mounts, US Army, Vietnam, Pastor (Ret.) Nicholasville CANNON SALUTE………………………………...Kentucky National Guard, 138th Field Artillery Brigade, Lexington REMEMBRANCE……………….…Nick McManus, Flotilla Commander, US Coast Guard Auxiliary RIFLE SALUTE ...………………….............American Legion Post No. 18, Stanford, Lynn Young, Commander TAPS ......................Skip Kraemer, CDR., American Legion Post 63, Nicholasville
~ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS~ The “Central Kentucky Veterans Committee” would like to thank the following for their generous support of this Memorial Day Ceremony: American Legion Post 18 American Legion Post 63 AmeriGas Bluegrass Community Action Partnership Bobby Wombles Videography Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Young Marines Camp Nelson Heritage Park (Peggy McClintock & Wayne Hayden) Cpl. Bill McMillan, Chapter, A.U.S.A. Daughters of the American Revolution, Trabue Chapter Goble Signs Gold Shield Transportation (George Doyle) Jessamine County Detention Center, (Jon Sallee) Jessamine County Sheriff’s Department Kentucky Air National Guard, 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, KY Kentucky Army National Guard, 138th Field Artillery Brigade Lockheed Martin Corp. Nicholasville Police Department Patriot Guard Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment Triple Crown Golf Cars US Coast Guard Auxiliary West Jessamine High School Band
Dean Cook is a retired Navy Captain, Chaplain Corps. He joined the Navy as a 17-year-old youth and rose to the rank of Captain, serving his country in uniform for 33 years. As a Navy chaplain he served the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; aboard the aircraft carriers USS Bon Home Richard, Princeton and America; as well as numerous smaller ships such as the USS Denver, Dubuque, Okanogan, Merrick and Carter Hall.
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Ashore, he served the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia, as chaplain to the Officers Basic Course and the FBI Academy. With the Coast Guard in Alaska, he provided chaplain coverage for their stations from Sitka to Kodiak to St. Paul Island to Attu, stretching over a geographical area of thousands of miles and ocean. As chaplain in Hawaii, he served the Headquarters of Marine Corps Pacific and the Headquarters of the Pacific Commander. He was assigned chaplain to the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, and as Senior Chaplain Naval Base Pearl Harbor where he participated in ceremonies at the Arizona Memorial along with burials and ceremonies at the National Punchbowl Cemetery, and provided leadership for and supervision of the Pearl Harbor Catholic chapels, Protestant chapels and the Jewish Synagogue. During the Vietnam War, he served in support of amphibious landings, Marines ashore, the Navy Riverine Force and on numerous ships serving along the Vietnamese coast. In this duty, he ministered to many wounded, dying and dead along with their families. After retirement from the military, he directed his denomination’s chaplains, taught in both college and theological seminary, and pastored the Wilmore Free Methodist Church which, under his leadership, was selected by the University of North Carolina Lilly Foundation Study as one of the top 300 Protestant churches in America. He also was honored as a Kentucky Admiral. Dean has been married to his lovely wife, Ruth, for 57 years. They have four sons, two of which are also veterans – one Navy and one Air Force.
Kentucky National Cemetery Complex CAMP NELSON NATIONAL CEMETERY MONDAY, MAY 29, 2017 11:00 a.m. Sponsored by
The Central Kentucky Veterans’ Committee Nick McManus, Chairman
