Received below.
If anyone has PICS or would like to provide a short statement about Top Poulson to be displayed at the funeral/reception please send them to Mandy Spittler at busybaby@sbcglobal.net

Funeral is sched for Wednesday, 19 May.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mandy (Mimi) Spittler
To: skatz@popasmoke.com
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 5:39 PM
Subject: Sgt. Leroy Poulson, Navy Cross recipient

I am a personal friend of Tubby's (what we've called him for the 18 yrs.), plus I've been privileged to know him and his wife, Joan.

He is a member of our church, Nederland Christian, and he was an elder at our former church, Memorial Christian. We are handling the reception, etc. after his funeral. His church family has been discussing trying to do a display of his life - especially the military one - as a collage. I have a picture of him in dress uniform that I took around 2004, but know there must be others taken throughout the years through your organization.

We knew Tubby after the fact of his being in Vietnam - years later. To us he has been a wonderful, caring man with a dry sense of humor - a leader in every sense of the word. We know he will be honored, as is his due, in both his funeral and at the graveside. This is a way we would like to honor him. His funeral is Wednesday at Broussard Funeral Home in Beaumont, TX at 3 p.m. CST
Would you or your membership be willing to send me any photos in military dress or just civilian clothes, then or in the last few years - especially at reunions. We would appreciate your help in this. I can take attachments.

One more thing: I would love to have short statements from his friends in the service and those he has met since at military functions.

Thank you,

Mandy Spittler
Nederland Christian Church
Nederland, Texas