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Having fought the JRRG ¿JKW DQG Kdying kept the faith for 94 years, 8 months, and 9 days, Lamar Thaxter :HEE ¿QLVKHG WKH UDFH RQ Monday, May 22, 2023, following a very brief illness. $Q LFRQLF PHPEHU RI WKH *O\QQ &RXQW\ FRPPXQLTY for over 60 years, Lamar was born the 2nd of twin sons to Ethel and Eugene Webb of Hapeville (the siWXV RI +DUWV¿HOG -DFNVRQ International Airport), Fulton County, Georgia. The twins and their sister, Faye, VSHQW WKHLU FKLOGKRRGV JURZING up in the family home on SURSHUW\ ZKLFK LV QRZ WKH ORFDWLRQ RI WKH -LPP\ &DUWHU Presidential Library.

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Army and Thaxter, as he was NQRZQ WKHQ WR WKH $LU )RUFH where, as a 1st Lieutenant stationed in Point Barrow, Alaska, he helped guard the US’S western/ussr eastern border during the Korean war. Prior to his assignment to Point Barrow, Lamar met WKH JLUO WKDW EHFDPH WKH ORYH RI KLV OLIH %HWW\H -DQH -DFNVRQ DOVR D /LHXWHQDQW LQ the USAF, while stationed at Wright-patterson Air Base in 'D\WRQ 2KLR 7KH WZR FRQWLQXHG WKHLU FRXUWVKLS DIWHU Lamar was assigned to Point %DUURZ DQG %HWW\H -DQH was assigned to Ramstein Airbase in Kaiserslautern, *HUPDQ\ /DPDU DQG %were married in a quaint VHUYLFH RQ 'HF LQ =XULFK 6ZLW]HUODQG ZKHUH WKH\ IRXQG DQ (SLVFRSDO $QJOLFDQ &KXUFK /DPDU returned to the US to begin JUDGXDWH DUFKLWHFWXUDO VWXGLHV DW *HRUJLD 7HFK XQGHU the GI Bill. Unlike at UGA, where as a member of the FKHHUOHDGLQJ VTXDG KH DFFRPSDQLHG WKH %XOOGRJV WR the gridiron, he never atWHQGHG D JDPH DW 7HFK GHVSLWH WKH

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I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in RXU PHPRULHV :H ¿QG Frpfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.

— Leo Buscaglia