Blue Star Mothers ofCoastal Carolina  An ear that listens...A shoulder to cry on...

We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new  

We thought about you yesterday, And days before that too

We think of you in silence, We often speak your name

Now all we have are memories, And your picture in a frame

Your memory is our keepsake, With which we'll never part

God has you in His keeping, We have you in our Heart

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Another local family mourns a loss!
 
Chief Warrant Officer Joshua Tillery was among four helicopter pilots killed in the crash of two OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters out of Fort Drum, N.Y. on January 26th. in Kirkuk Iraq.

CWO Tillery was a pilot with the 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum.

He is survived by his wife Stephanie and three children. Stephanie's family is from the Florence, SC and Elgin, SC area. She was raised in Kershaw County. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

      It is with heartfelt sadness we mourn the loss of 

SPC Larry Curtis Applegate 

Spc. Larry Curtis Applegate, United States Army, 27, of Surfside Beach and Colorado Springs, Colo., died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.

A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel. Interment at Ocean Woods Cemetery.

Mr. Applegate was born in Morristown, Tenn., the son of Larry Ray and Cynthia Ann Patton.

He was a decorated Iraqi veteran. He received awards and decorations including the Purple Heart and the Army Commendation Medal awarded for valor.