A TOUCH OF HEALING
Members of Quilts of Valor groups from across central Arkansas came together Feb. 2 for National Sew Day at the McGee Center in Conway. They came to work on quilt tops and blocks that will be used to complete quilts for veterans and service men and women. The group also honored four veterans for their service to their country. Receiving Quilts of Valor are Matthew Campbell of Solgohachia, from left, who served in the Navy from 2003-2012, including a tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Base in Cuba from 2009-2010; Bobby Humphreys of Morrilton, who served in the Army as a member of the 3rd Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany, from January 1962 to May 1964 and in the Army Reserve from 1964-1989, retiring as a lieutenant colonel; Harold Strandlund of Jerusalem, Ark., who served in the Air Force from 1973-1979, including tours of duty in Thailand and the Panama Canal; and Marlin York of Benton, formerly of Damascus, who served in the Navy during the Cold War in 1966 and 1967. Ginny Musgrove of Conway, leader of A Second Tour QOV group in Conway, said the mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is “to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.”