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Barrineau Park Veterans Wall Of Honor Surpasses 100 Photos Of Veterans

The Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center surpassed 100 photos this week, with each photo honoring a veteran from around the small community.

“In a way, it makes me sad,” Nancy Fillingim, the local resident that proposed the wall, said. The picture of her husband, Aubie Fillingham, was one of the first photos on the wall. He spent 20 years in the Navy as a boiler technician and a criminal investigator. Pictures of his four brothers are also on the wall.

Having the boys up there that have been killed,” she said, “makes me real said.” Five of those on the wall were killed in action.

Marine Thomas Edward Jones was killed in Korea in 1950. Army CPL Joseph N. Landry, III was killed in action in 2007. Terry Beasley died in service in 1965. CPL Jonathon Ross “J.R.” Spears died in Iraq in 2005. LCPL William “Trey” Yuhasz died while serving his country in 2004. Rollin Golightly also died in service and is honored on the wall.

The wall was a project of the Barrineau Park Historical Society. Nita Berry, president of the organization, said the community has been very supportive of the project by providing the pictures. “It was something we could do to honor our veterans,” she said. “It’s a very small thing compared to what they did for us.”

When NorthEscambia.com visited the Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center last week, Steve Jogan was hard at work on the office laptop.

“I’m trying to get this program to get rid of the background so the face stands out,” Jogan said as he worked hard in his graphics program to improve a photo. “Sometimes it takes a lot of work with these old photos to make them look good.”

Jogan himself is on the Wall of Honor; he’s retired Nav, with 27 years of service.

“We are going to have to raise the Wall of Honor sign,” Berry said. Organizers never knew there would be over 100 photos on the wall, so their sign had to be moved to make room for more photos.

For more information on the Wall of Honor, contact Nancy Fillingim at 587-2266.

For a complete photo gallery from the Barrineau Park Wall of Honor, click here.

Pictured above: The Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center. Pictured below: Nita Berry (left) and Nancy Fillingim at the Wall of Honor. Fillingham’s husband Aubie Fillingham is in the picture by her shoulder. Pictured above middle: Steve Jogan works on a new photo for the Wall of Honor at the Barrineau Park Community Center. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.