VVA NATIONAL FLOAT
With VVA National Officers, VVAF Officers, etc
Photo Jim Boyd -TVVN Editor
Photos above and below staging area prior to the parade
Photos Jim W Boyd - TVVN Editor
Texas VVA Delegation marching in
the parade.
Chapter 343 Houston & 898 Victoria.
Photo Jim Boyd - TVVN Editor
TVVN Staff
L-R: Lynn Kennedy (AVVA Reporter), Jim Boyd (TVVN
Editor), Marvin Lockhart (Asst TVVN Editor) & Percilla
Newberry (AVVA Reporter & Photographer)
TSC Vice President Don Kennedy
(VVA Chapter 1000 Killeen & TVVN
Asst. Editor Marvin Lockhart (VVA
Chapter 898 Victoria)
Photo submitted by Marvin Lockhart
VVA National President John Rowan & TVVN Asst. Editor
Marvin Lockhart
Texas VVA & AVVA Members enjoying a BBQ Dinner in
Georgetown. L-R: Buster Newberry (TSC President).
Jim Boyd (TSC Secretary), Bill Meeks (VVA National
Membership Chair & VVAFT President), Suzie Meeks (AVVA
Chapter 343) & Percilla Newberry (AVVA TSC VP)
Placing a Wreath at the Illinois Vietnam Veterans
Memorial
L-R: Local Illinois VVA Chapter Color Guard on both sides of walkway,
John Rowan (VVA Nat'l President), Barry Hagge (VVA Nat'l Secretary)
& Mary Miller (AVVA Nat'l President)
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
VVA National Press Club
Keith King (VVA Public Affairs Committee chair)
Jim W. Boyd (VVA Press Club editor-in-Chief)
VVA State Newspaper & State Chapter Newsletter Editors
Texas VVA Delegates & VVAFT Board Members
L-R: Luther Newberry (VVA TSC President & VVAFT Director),
Don Kennedy, Jr. (VVA TSC VP & VVAFT Vice Chair/VP),
Greg Beck (VVA Chapter 278 President & VVAFT Director)
Texas VVA Delegates & AVVA Members at the 2007 VVA National
Convention in Springfield, IL. July 17-22, 2007
L-R: Larry Patterson (TCS Delegate & member VVA Chapter 574 El
Paso), Tony Chavira (VVA 574 Delegate), Chon Pena (VVA 574
Delegate) & Don Kennedy (TSC Delegate-TSC VP & VVAFT Vice
Chair/VP & member of VVA Chapter 915 Austin)
Bill Meeks (TSC Delegate / VVA Nat'l Membership Chair & VVAFT
Chairman/President), unknown person & Suzie Meeks (AVVA Chapter
343 Houston)
Nancy Sinatra Autograph Signing
Jim Boyd getting a photograph signed by Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra & Luther Newberry
TSC Presidnet Newberry thanking Nancy Sinatra for her authograph
Paul Washington (Chapter 343
Houston) getting Nancy's
autograph
Nancy Sinatra & Marvin Lockhart
(TVVN Asst Editor) at the
autograph signing.
VVA Texas Delegates in front of the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel
- L-R: Jim Boyd (TSC Secretary & TVVN Editor), Laura Lockhart (AVVA
898 Victoria), Chon Pena, Tony Chavira & Larry Patterson (all 3
Chapter 547 members & delegates)
Texas VVA Delegates on the convention floor
Convention Floor
L-R: John Miterko (Chapter 915 Austin), Marvin Lockhart (Chapter 898
Victoria & TVVN Asst. Editor) & Don Kennedy (VVA TSC Vice President)
Convention Floor - Bill Meeks & Luther Newberry
Region 7 Caucas - Texas Delegates
Back Row-L-R: Greg Beck (Chapter 278 Texarkana), Raymond Burns
(Chapter 278), Luther Newberry (TSC President), Bill Meeks (TSC
Delegate & Chapter 343 Houston member), Don Kennedy (TSC Vice
President & Chapter 915 Austin member), other two in photo from
another state in Region 7
Election Day
Last 3 members standing in line to vote for our national officers,
at-large directors and Region 7 Director - Greg Beck, Luther
Newberry, and Don Kennedy
Election Day
Members placing their ballots in their Region 1-9
The Women League of Voters oversaw the elections and counting of
ballots