The picture and write up of John C. Fulkerson was taken from the Pond Run Baptist Church pamphlet. Credit is given to Shirley Fulkerson Barnes and Delora Smiley Fulkerson.

John C. Fulkerson enlisted in the United States Marines shortly after his High School Graduation. He served from 1968-1972, with two hitches in Vietnam. Both were for 13 months each. He was a Lance Corporal and his duties included tank repair and tank retrieval. While in Vietnam John wrote home and asked his mother, Anna Rae Fulkerson, to send him some Echols soil. She did. Also during the time he was in Vietnam his grandfather, John D. Fulkerson died. John's father, Hildred Fulkerson, served with the Navy during the Second World War. John Claudis Fulkerson lives in Echols, KY.

Thanks John, for your service to our country.

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Obituary.

John Claudus Fulkerson, 70, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at his residence. He was born November 23, 1945 in Echols, Kentucky to Anna Rae Burden Fulkerson and the late Robert Hildred Fulkerson. Mr. Fulkerson was an equipment operator for Road Builders in Greenville, Kentucky. He was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the American Legion. Mr. Fulkerson was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. serving three tours during Vietnam.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Hildred Fulkerson; one brother, James Fulkerson and sister, Heather Fulkerson. Survivors include his wife of eleven years, Beulah Fulkerson of Beaver Dam; his mother, Anna Rae Fulkerson of Beaver Dam; one son, Steven Fulkerson of Michigan; one daughter, Carol Sue Fulkerson of Michigan; five grandchildren; three sisters, Hilda Knight of Hartford, Millie Lee of Tennessee and Patricia Pearce-Martin of Tennessee and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M. Saturday, July 2, 2016 at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky with Rev. Jeff Evans officiating. Burial will follow in Echols Cemetery with full military honors by the Ohio County Honor Guard. Friends may visit with the family from 9:30 A.M. until the time of the service Saturday at the funeral home.

The family request expression of sympathy take the form of contributions to, John Fulkerson Memorial Fund, c/o Danks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 407, Beaver Dam, KY 42320. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

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Just Some Thoughts

As the old saying goes: "War Is Hell", and I am sure that is so very true. Our America has seen very few months without a war. Up until the Korean War, the veteran was appreciated and respected. For some reason, before the end of the Korean War, the "Pro-America, Pro-Veteran" news media began a reversal and became negative on the war front. I say Korean War and "End of the War", although the classification is more precisely used as the "Korean Conflict" and a truce has never been signed. The fighting just stopped. A few years later, enter the Vietnam War, and this American News Media became hostile and very few positive articles were ever seen. Before the end of the Vietnam War, and mainly due to the news media, about half of the public were also becoming negative about the war. It was not a very pretty sight to learn that the heroes returning from a war on a foreign country, were being treated less that the heroes that they were. It was just not a very good time to be a veteran. Thank goodness these horrible conditions have been reversed, not so much due to a change of the news media, but the normal American citizens just got fed up with the hero veterans being blamed for the situations and conditions of the country. Lead on American Veterans and may you continue to be given the praise and thanks that you so rightfully earned.


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