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Updated: 12:30 PM May 26, 2011
Brigadier General John Elkins Remembered
Grayson County -- Family and friends said their final goodbyes Wednesday to a man who co-founded the Perrin Air Force Base Museum in Denison.
Posted: 9:15 PM May 25, 2011Reporter: KXII Staff Email Address: firstnews@kxii.com |
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Grayson County, Texas -- Family and friends said their final goodbyes today to a man who co-founded the Perrin Air Force Base Museum in Denison.
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Brigadier General John Elkins -- who died last Saturday at the age of 81.
Elkins is a retired U-S Air Force Colonel -- serving more than two decades in the military.
He later worked in the Tom Bean school district and as a faculty member at Grayson County Community College.
Elkins was the co-founder of the Perrin Field Historical Society -- which led to the creation of the Perrin Air Force Base Historical Museum.
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