I ATTENDED THE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JAMES HENDERSON, N8MPC, AND WHAT AN OUTSTANDING TRIBUTE FROM THE COMMUNITY, U. S. ARMY, U. S.
NAVY (INCLUDING NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION).
AS ONE OF OUR NOARS MEMBERS SPOKE DURING OUR MEETING LAST MONDAY,
JIM COULD BE DESCRIBED IN ONE WORD. HE WAS A "GENTLEMEN." THAT MY FRIENDS SPEAKS VOLUMES ON HIS BEHALF.
JIM
WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A COMMUNITY MINDED CITIZEN. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RITTMAN NATIONAL CEMENTARY,
OBERLIN SENIOR CENTER, AMERICAN LEGION, AND A MEMBER OF THE MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, USHER AND TRUSTEES BOARD.
HE ENJOYED FLEA
MARKETS, HAM RADIO, GARDENING, AND WORKING WITH YOUTH.
FEW KNEW JIM AND I WERE (FRIENDLY) COMPETITORS. WE BOTH
WERE VOLUNTEER EXAMINERS (VE) FOR THE ARRL. HE HAD SERVED IN 244 SESSIONS SINCE 1991. JIM WAS PROUD OF BEING
ONE OF THE TOP 25 VE'S IN THE UNITED STATES FOR OVER TEN YEARS. AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING HE LED WITH THE MOST SESSIONS
OF ANY VE EXAMINER IN THE 8TH CALL DISTRICT (W.VA., OHIO, MICHIGAN).
TO HIS CREDIT, JIM WAS LOVED BY FAMILY, RESPECTED
IN HIS COMMUNITY, SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH HONOR, AND DEDICATED TO THE AMATEUR RADIO FRATERNITY.
JIM, N8MPC (SK),
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.
73,
THOMAS W. PORTER, W8KYZ
