Thomas Ewing Sparling, 87, passed away December 14, 2021.  He was born in Ohio the son of the late Carl and Inez Sparling.  He was predeceased by his son, Thomas “T.J.” Sparling.  Tom was a United States Navy veteran.  He later went on to work and retired as a submarine recorder mechanic for NASA at […]

Distributed at the 2020 Ruritan National Convention

Walter “Leonard” Garrett, Jr., age 81, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2015 in Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Virginia. He was born in Newport News on March 15, 1934 and was a 1952 graduate of Newport News High School. He served in the US Army for two years in the 3d US Infantry Regiment (The […]