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Compatriots from the Arkansas Division attended the SCV Leadership Conference in Monroe, LA the weekend of February 11,2012.  In attendance was Commander-in-Chief Michael Givens who rallied the troops to emulate General Mosby.  Mosby, who was usually out numbered and out gunned always did his job extraordinarily! Today the SCV is out numbered but in remembering Mosby, it becomes a challenge and not an impossibility to overcome our obstacles. One specific instance, he noted that Mosby would go out with 12 men and fight a thousand Yankees.

Left to Right: Ron Kelley, Bill Turney, Mark Williams, Robert Edwards, Trip Willson, Chuck Shiver

“We are at War!  We will NOT get over it! We have to train ourselves how to fight!” This was the battle cry from the CIC Givens.  He likewise noted that the camp level is where most of the work gets done. “America is at stake! And our Creed is our ‘Charge’”. The leadership conference was a method of the SCV relaying the importance in working together and working smartly to make VISION 2016 a reality.

Below is a set of pictures of Michael Givens, Kelly Barrow, Chuck Rand, and Dr. Hiter.  Following likewise is a video clip of our CIC with a closing statement. Please find in the DOWNLOADS section a link to the Leadership Seminar in PDF format!

Lori McKee Jones, who served as the secretary for the Army of Trans-Mississippi and the Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi Divisions from January 2009 until May of 2011, passed away suddenly on January 25, 2012 at her residence.

A funeral service for Ms. Jones will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Home on Bear Creek Pike in Columbia TN. Interment will follow in the Santa Fe Cemetery.

The family will visit with friends on Friday January 27, 2012 from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM and then again on Saturday for one hour prior to the funeral service. Ms. Jones leaves behind three sons: Zachary Ryan LeBlanc of Lafayette LA, Johnathan Nathaniel Elkins and James Thomas Elkins both of Columbia.

The SCV GHQ will accept donations from camps and members which will be acknowledged by the SCV. One check and a list of donor names will be given to her family for an educational trust fund for the two youngest sons who are 11 and 12 years old. Condolences can be sent to the family at the Heritage Funeral Home website: www.tnFunerals.com

Gentlemen,

It is with deep sorrow that I must inform you of the passing of Our Real Son and Compatriot James F. Brown, Sr.  Jim passed away on 26 January at 4 PM in Loudon, Tennessee. I was just informed this date and have no further information. I have been attempting to obtain his obituary and when I receive any additional information I will advise.
 
Sadly,
John E Potenza
Commander,
SCV Camp 1202

Compatriots,

Arkansas Division Cmdr M. Ray Jones has been in a constant state of updating Division communications and has sent out an updated list of Camp Cmdrs and Division Officers which will be available for download from the “DOWNLAODS” page of the Division Website www.arkansasscv.org!!! Below are the links to the updates:

Division Camps and Contact Info

Division Officers and Contact Info

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Though this post does not involve specifically the Arkansas Division, it is, nonetheless, an opportunity for any Arkansawyer Compatriot to take part in a Mardi Gras Parade sponsored by an SCV camp in LA.  This parade is seperate from the Krewe of Janus in Monroe on Feb. 11!

Compatriots,

The 2012 Farmerville Mardi Gras Parade will be held Saturday, February 18. Line-up will be at 6:00 PM at Farmerville High School with start time at 7:00. The Lt. Elijah H. Ward camp would like to invite all SCV, UDC, C of C, OCR, and re-enacting units to participate in this event. As with all parades in Union Parish, we WILL fire our muskets! Throws are encouraged. The Ward camp will provide a trailer. Please put our event on your calendar and we’ll see you there! Deo Vindice!

Men of the Arkansas Division,

If you would like to donate to the Franklin monument for the Arkansas troops, go to www.arkansastoothpick.com and you can’t miss it.  Tell everyone in your camps to spare a dollar or two!

Thanks Everett for taking the lead on this!

Compatriots,

If you are Southern-you will be there!

Men of the Arkansas Division: I told you all that I would send you a photo of the new monument at Winchester, VA. Here is where the Arkansas Division’s Donation of $433.00 went last year. Be Proud of your donations. Looking forward to seeing the one at Franklin, TN

Regards,

W. Danny Honnoll

CoS AD