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Rockport Heroes Remembered!
Military Series Of Some Heroes From The Cold War.
A jrd Stat on 12/27/07.
Updated Source Code on 2/26/16.



~~ L. H. Harper ~~
A 1952 Rockport High School Graduate.
Armed Forces Veteran Of The Cold War.
A jrd stat on 5/28/07.

L H Harper

L. H. Harper graduated from Rockport in 1952. Betty Barnard graduated from Rockport High School in 1954. They married each other in 1957 and this year, they will be celebrating their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary. They live in the Billy Burden Subdivision in Echols and have two children. Those two children have given them three grandchildren.

The following write-up on the military service life of L. H. was taken from the Pond Run Baptist Church's booklet, "Our Heroes Forever", compiled by Shirley Fulkerson Barnes and Delona Smiley Fulkerson. The actual production date of the pamphlet is unknown to me, but would guess it to be in the time frame of 2002. Thanks you two.

L. H. Harper served in the Army from April 1958 to April 1960. He had his basic training at Fort Knox, KY, then had further training in the Automotive Maintenance Helper's School where he achieved a superior rating. This rating was achieved by only seven out of sixty members of his class.

In September 1958 he was stationed in Korea for thirteen months. In November, 1959 he was sent to Fort George Meade in Maryland where he was discharged from active duty in April, 1960 as a SP-4. Effective date of Honorable discharge from Army reserve was March 31, 1964.

L. H. and his wife Betty Barnard Harper reside on Burden Lane in Beaver Dam, KY. Their son, Doug Harper, and his wife Patricia, live in Bowling Green, KY. Their daughter Cheri Green, her husband Tim and children, live in Murray, KY. L. H. and Betty are the proud grandparents of Ryan and Tyler.



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Obituary:

Obituary from Bevil Brother's Funeral Home on 6/6/26:

BEAVER DAM - Levi Harroldson "L.H." Harper, 91, of Beaver Dam, passed away peacefully at his home on June 1st, 2026 surrounded by his family. He was born on September 4th, 1934 in Martwick, Kentucky to the late Frank Luther and Lillian Carter Harper.

L.H. was a member of Pond Run Baptist Church and served as Treasurer there for 41 years. He was a graduate of Rockport High School and spent his working career as coal miner and carpenter. He served in the military in Korea post war. He was an avid gardener and enjoyed genealogy research.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Gene Harper; and sisters, Annetta Tarrants and Ruth Benton.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 68 years, Bettye Barnard Harper; his children, Doug (Tricia) Harper and Cheri (Tim) Greer; his grandchildren, Ryan (Megan) Greer, Tyler (Laken) Greer and Megan (Kamden) Price; and his great-grandchildren, Riggs Greer, Levi Greer, Harper Greer, Hal Greer, Anne Greer and another great-granddaughter and great-grandson on the way.

Services will be held Friday, June 5th, 2026 at 1 p.m. at Pond Run Baptist Church in Echols, Kentucky with Bros. Don Benton and Frank Benton presiding. Friends may visit with the family from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Burial will follow in Pond Run Baptist Church Cemetery with the Ohio County Honor Guard performing military honors. The family asks that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Pond Run Baptist Church.


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