Don and
Laura Flippin expressed their appreciation for the pastor and other
Prescott people who attended last night's visitation for Ron
Bradley, Laura's brother-in-law who passed away suddenly last
Thursday. The funeral is at 11 this morning at the Getwell Road United
Methodist Church in Southaven. Please continue to pray for the family,
especially Ron's widow (Laura's sister) Vickie and the Bradleys' son
Lee.
Thanks to Annette
Bickers for sharing the following information on a Prescott friend (Sravanthi
Janga) and former Prescott members (the Fullers).
Sravanthi
Janga was married to Robinson Gurrala on Oct. 10 in Houston, TX.
The groom is a minister's son. The most recent address we have for
Sravanthi is 8810 Saddle Horn Dr. #225, Irving, TX 75063.
L.B. and
Loretta Fuller, Prescott members a number of years ago, will
celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this Friday, Dec. 18. L.B.'s
parents had a stained-glass window given in their honor in our old
facility. Their son Bryant is a Navy
captain recently named commander of a submarine base in Maine -- see story
below.
New shipyard commander selected
The
Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
July
9, 2009 Thursday
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The Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
July 9, 2009 Thursday
By GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
KITTERY, Maine -- The next commander of the Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard was announced yesterday by the Naval Sea Systems Command.
Capt. Bryant Fuller will take over for Capt. Robert
Mazzone this fall.
Mazzone took command of the shipyard in July
2007.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyards' primary mission has been to overhaul,
repair and modernize the Los Angeles Class submarines.
"The major work done on the Los Angeles class for
almost 10 years has essentially come to an end," said Pat Dolan of the office of
corporate communications for NAVSEA.
Now, the shipyard will take the lead
on the Virginia Class submarines with the first boat scheduled to arrive in
October 2010. In addition to doing maintenance on the submarines, the
shipyard will take the lead for all four shipyards on planning and procedures
for the new class of boats.
Changing the commander this fall will allow
for continuous leadership as the shipyard finishes the ongoing planning to get
ready for Virginia Class boats and during the maintenance of the first boat in
2010, according to a press release from Naval Sea Systems
Command.
Fuller is a native of Tennessee and is currently the operations officer at Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Washington
state.
He has served in a variety of engineering and combat
systems positions, including working as an assistant project superintendent and
project superintendent for multiple sub projects at Puget
Sound and Portsmouth Naval shipyards.