Retired Navy Master Chief Needs Support in Forwarded Message from TRSMCA

Since 01-01-03

Subj: FW: Chief needs support
Date: 12/29/2002 2:43:56 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Don,

We received the following e-mail.  You may want to include in your next "Dispatch"

Warren Rees
Keystone Chapter - TRSMCA
The Retired Sergeants Major and Chiefs Association


-----Original Message-----
From: jane stephens [mailto:   jstephen26238@charter.net
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 1:42 PM
To: KeyAdmin@keytrsmca.org

Subject: Chief needs support


Gentlemen I am not a retired NCO but my father-in-law is a retired Master Chief Boilermaker from the US Navy and a veteran of three wars and is at present in the hospital trying to recoup from a coronary among other things.

I know he served aboard the USS McDonald before being stationed in US Naval Station Corpus Christi.

His name is James O. Bryant

His address is 4526 Carroll Lane, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 and his phone number is 361-853-9259.

If any of his old shipmates are still out there I know he could use a lot of words of encouragement as well as his family at this time. He has over the past four years lost his oldest daughter and his wife of 50 years.

His current family consists of one daughter (Jane), three granddaughters (Chandra Stephens, Melissa Todd. and Elizabeth Stephens) four great grand children (Anthony, Catylin,Laura and Emily Todd) and me, his son-in-law, James L . Stephens.

I proudly count him as family because he has been like a father to me. So if there are any of  his old shipmates still out there as James is 76 years old please send him a card or phone his daughter and grand daughter as he needs all the prayers and well wishers they can get.  
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SCPO Don Harribine, USN(Ret)
NCPOA
NAVetsUSA