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 John Gaston
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[March
13, 2008]
WAYNESVILLE -- U.S. Army Staff Sgt.
John C. Gaston, 26, of Waynesville died Saturday, March 8, 2008, at
10:55 p.m. at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kan.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 17, at the Abundant Life Christian
Church in Waynesville. Dave Taylor and Army chaplain Capt. Michael McCawley will officiate. |
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Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday, March
16, at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta.
Additional visitation will be one hour prior to the
service on Monday at the church. Burial, with
military rites, will be in Union Cemetery,
Waynesville.
Mr. Gaston joined the U.S. Army in 2002. He
completed a 14-month tour of duty in Afghanistan and
15 months on a tour of duty in Iraq, in which he
received a Bronze Star. He was currently serving in
the 287th Military Police Company, part of the 97th
Military Police Battalion stationed at Fort Riley,
Kan.
He was born Aug. 10, 1981, in Plano, Texas, to
John Clinton and Sherri June Orr Gaston.
He is survived by his father, John Clinton Gaston
(and Jody Lane) of Waynesville; his mother and
stepfather, Sherri (and Irvin) Figgins of Toledo;
his sister, Maria (and Curtis) Smith of Beason; his
paternal grandfather and stepgrandmother, Calvin H.
(and Ethel) Gaston of Waynesville; his maternal
grandfather, Russell Orr of Stanford; three
stepbrothers, Preston Figgins and Austin Figgins,
both of Toledo, and Pvt. 2 Caleb Primmer of Atlanta,
serving with the 724th Transportation Unit based at
Bartonville; one stepsister, Christi Primmer of
Clinton; one niece, Jennifer Smith; and three
nephews, Clinton Smith, Jacob Primmer and Brady
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He was preceded in death by his maternal and
paternal grandmothers.
He was a member of the Waynesville Christian
Church and Waynesville American Legion Post 1189.
He was an avid fisherman and hunter.
He graduated from Olympia High School in 1999.
Memorials may be made to Waynesville American
Legion Post 1189 or the Children of Fallen Soldiers
Relief Fund.
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