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Graveside services for retired Brig. Gen. and
Municipal Court Judge Jack W. Hemingway, 88, of
Harker Heights will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Central
Texas State Veterans Cemetery with full military
honors. Burial information: Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery
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Mr. Hemingway died Thursday, Dec. 11, in Harker
Heights.
He was born Oct. 26, 1920, to John T. Hemingway
and Ruth Wilson Hemingway in Greeley, Colo. He
graduated from Amarillo High School, and received
a bachelor s degree from the University of
Georgia.
His military career began during World War II,
continued into the Korean War when he
commanded the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 223rd
Infantry Regiment, and stretched into two tours of
Vietnam, where he commanded all non-divisional
Army aviation operations. Later he served as
Director of Army Aviation at the Pentagon and as
Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry
Division.
After retiring from the U.S. Army, he served for
27 years as the municipal courts judge in
Killeen.He served as past chairman and president
of the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce,
chairman of the GKCC Governmental Affairs
Division for 13 years, chairman of the GKCC Area
Development Committee, was a member of the
Adventist Hospital board of trustees and the
Copperas Cove Hospital Authority, and was a
founding member and the first president of the
Central Texas University Task Force that helped
establish Tarleton State University-Central Texas
in Killeen.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Shirley
Hemingway of Harker Heights; a son, Jack
Hemingway Jr. of Killeen; a daughter, Ruth Ann
Fenell; four grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
Ronald McDonald House, 2415 S. 47th St., Temple,
76504.
Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at Crawford-Bowers
Funeral Home in Killeen.
Temple (TX) Daily Telegram 15 Dec 2008
From: Richard L. Dipboye