The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Kentucky Department, mourns the passing of Real Daughter Eva Martin on the afternoon of May 21st, 2009.  By order of Department Commander John Witt, the department website will be draped for an unspecified period of time in her honor.

Eva Martin, 94, of Bethelridge died Thursday, May 21, 2009. Born Aug. 10, 1914, in Joyce, Ky., she was a daughter of the late John G. and Quintilla Carman Watson. She was the oldest member of Valley Oak Baptist Church and the widow of Ralph Martin. Survivors include a son, Robert Joe Martin of Danville; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Geneva Wall. She was preceded in death by a son, John G. "Sonny" Martin, and a daughter, Nancy Holt. Services will be noon Monday (May 25th) at Valley Oak Baptist Church. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Sunday at Bartle Funeral Home in Liberty and after 11 a.m. Monday (May 25th) at the church.

GENERAL ORDER #12
SERIES 2008– 2009
17 May 2009

1. As Camps and Departments make plans to honor our Civil War ancestors this Memorial Day weekend, let us also reflect on the freedom we continue to enjoy by those military veterans that have gone after them. Our freedom is not free. It has been earned by thousands of Americans who have sacrificed their blood and lives for this great country.
   
2. On battlefields, at Yorktown, The Alamo, Gettysburg, and San Juan Hill, those who came before us gave their all to ensure our freedom.
   
3. In our time, the same sacrifice was made by those of “the Greatest Generation” at places like Normandy and Iwo Jima, and by those who followed at Pork Chop Hill, Vietnam, and those currently fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
   
4. As much as we wish it weren’t true, threats to our freedom will never go away. Our freedom and way of life will always be challenged. Each generation of Americans, since its birth, has had to face the battle of defending this country’s freedom. Our freedom was earned through a terrible price; a price that Americans have always been willing to pay. We all can be proud that each generation answered the call to defend our freedom.
   
5. “Thanksgiving is a day we pause to give thanks for the things we have; Memorial Day is the day we pause to give thanks to the people who fought for the things we have.”

 

Ordered this 17th Day of May, 2009.

David V. Medert
Commander-In-Chief
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Attest:

Donald Palmer
Secretary, National Order,
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

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Department Council: Tim Downey PDC, Jim Kiger, PDC, and Micah Trent

Patriotic Instructor: John Burch, PCC

Chaplain: Dan Colon

Eagle Scout Coodinator: John Burch, PCC

Memorials Officer: Tim Downey, PDC

Department Graves Officer
Steve Clifford, PDC
15306 Madison Pike
Morningview, KY, 41053
859-363-7495
bgkscout@aol.com

Department Historian:
Donald L. Hackel
623 E. Ormsby
Louisville, KY 40203
502-637-3326

Department Signals Officer:
Robert Baker
122 Balsinger Street
London, KY 40741
606-877-9860
hiramwyliejustus@cs.com

Other Key Members:

Douglas B. Windle
226 Savannah Drive
Nicholasville, KY 40356-2072
859-885-3626
dbwindle@windstream.net

John A. Mills, III
217 Lowry Ln.
Lexington, KY, 40503
859-276-1970
suitman.80@insightbb.com

Larry Adams,
120 Delaney Ferry Rd.,
Versailles, KY, 40383
(859) 873-3051
sgtadams@rebelsoldier.com

Past Department Commander John Mills is attempting to compile an extensive reference work on the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in Kentucky. If you have any materials which would help him make his history of these orders more complete, please contact him at:

Kentucky Department, SUVCW, members have donated a number of items of historical interest. If you'd like to add anything, please contact Robert M. Baker, Kentucky Department, SUVCW, Signals Officer.

KYSUVCW Civil War Veterans Burial Project - Coordinated by Brother Steve Clifford

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Kentucky Union Civil War Veteran Research

The Department of Kentucky is participating in the national effort to identify the last Civil War veterans in each county of the state. Click on the link below to find out more about this project.

The Department of Kentucky's Last Civil War Veteran Project

Kentucky Department, SUVCW, Historian Don Hackel offers his services to aid any descendants seeking information on their Kentucky or Indiana Civil War Union ancestors. He can be contacted at:

Donald L. Hackel, Historian
Department of Kentucky, SUVCW,
623 East Ormsby
Louisville, KY 40203
502-637-3326

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