More detail on this person: Clyde J. Emery, 86,
of Dothan passed away Monday, July 23, 2012 at
Wesley Manor. A memorial service will be 10 a.m.
Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Sunset Funeral Home
with Chaplain Cartmill officiating. Burial with
full Military Honors will follow in Sunset
Memorial Park. The family will receive friends
from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Clyde was born March 6, 1926 near Ithaca,
Michigan to the late Clyde and Bertha Emery. His
father died when he was a child. His mother and
six older siblings cared for him until he joined
the U. S. Navy to go to war at the age of 16. His
love and pride for his family and country never
waived. Clyde was a career soldier and aviator and
he served his country on the aircraft carrier USS
Belleau Wood in WWII, on the ground as a combat
medic during the Korean War, and as a helicopter
pilot during the Vietnam War. As an Army pilot, he
was on the Helicopter Demonstration Square Dance
Team. In 1954, he was selected as one of the first
flight instructors in the newly opened aviation
school at Camp Rucker. He also served as a DAC
helicopter instructor pilot for many years after
retirement from the Army in 1965. Clyde was very
proud of his service and felt very fortunate to be
able to take part in one of the last Honor Flights
to Washington D.C. He was a kind and gentle man
that loved his family every day of his life and he
was always there for them. His strength of
character, his kindness, and his love will survive
him as the inheritance bestowed upon his sons.
Clyde was preceded in death by his parents, his 6
siblings, and a son Michael Emery. Survivors
include his wife Mary Jane Emery of Dothan; sons,
LTC Joseph (Christie) Emery of Doth-an, and David
Emery of Midland City; grandchildren, Cynthia
(Bret) Dodson, Jamie (Thomas) Meal-or,
Christopher Emery, Alexander Emery, Nicholas
Emery, Samuel Emery, Rebecca Emery, and
Jennifer Bailey; great-grandchild-ren, Holden
Dodson, Fletcher Dodson, Mary Jane Mealor, and
Janice Bailey; niece and nephews, Vickie Alleman
of Dothan, Richard Alleman of Michigan, and John
(Walinda) Alleman of North Carolina; a
sister-in-law Arlene Emery of Michigan; several
nieces, nephews, cousins and friends also survive.
Robert Byrd of Sunset Memorial Park Funeral
Home, (334) 983-6604,
www.SunsetMemorialPark.com Sign the
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Published in Dothan Eagle on July 25, 2012
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