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| Lance Corporal Jason Nicholas Barfield |
Ashford, Al.
Lance Corporal Jason Nicholas Barfield, 22, of Ashford, Alabama, was killed in action Monday, October 24, 2011 in Helman Province of Afghanistan while serving in the war against terrorism.
Funeral services with full military honors by the U.S. Marine Corps will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Ashford High School with Reverend Marcus Murdock, Reverend Chris Williams, and Reverend Jay Ward officiating. Other speakers will be Doug Sinquefield, James “Bubba” Odom and Brian Alloway. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 4, 2011 at Ashford High School. Burial will follow in Center Baptist Church Cemetery with Southern Heritage Funeral Home directing.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in Jason’s honor to either the Jason Barfield Memorial Scholarship Fund C/O Midsouth Bank 520 North Broadway Street Ashford, AL 36312 or to the Wounded Warrior Project 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300 Jacksonville, FL 32556.
Surviving are his parents, Ray and Kelli Culverhouse Barfield, Cowarts, AL; Fiancé Joyanna Champlin, Twenty Nine Palms, CA; five brothers, Chris (Tina) Barfield, Midland City, AL, Phillip Barfield, Germany, Zack (Becky) Barfield, Dothan, AL, Airman 1st Class Travis (Crystal) Barfield, Spokane, WA, Lance Corporal Lucas Barfield, Chesapeake, VA; two sisters, Jennifer Peacock, Dothan, AL, Savannah Barfield, Cowarts, AL; grandmother, Mary Ann “Memaw” Culverhouse, Cowarts, AL; grandfather, Garey (Mildred) Culverhouse, Fulton, MS; Ronnie “Grandpa” Pipkin, Webb, AL; two aunts, Shirley (Larry) Cobb, Cowarts, AL and Carolyn (George) Shiver, Hartford, AL. Jason also had his selected family including, Tim & Gwen Jordan, Maeghan, Tyler, and Katie Jordan, Kelly and Bucky Eades, Taylor and Travis Trawick, Anthony, Carmen, Sol Long, George Pappas, Weston Cherry, Nina Preston, Jeremy and Lissy Bush, Jessica Bush, Kolton Zachary, Doug Tedder, Chris and Barbara Williams, Blake Smith, several nieces and nephews.
Also sharing in his memory are the Alumni of Ashford High School and The Sound of the Wiregrass Ashford High School Band.
Jason also leaves his Marine brothers to continue the fight against world terrorism.
For all of those blessed to have heard, the words, “EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY” we will continue to cherish his memory.
Source: Southern Heritage Funeral Home
To the family of Lance Corporal Jason Nicolas Barfield I just want to send my deepest condolences to you, I am so sorry for your loss, I didn't know your son Jason, but I watched the you tube video of him surprising his sister Savannah, I feel like I got to know him watching the youtube video, I love to support and pray for our Military, I feel like that is what God has called me to do, I love doing it, it's something that I love to do and I'm something that is so very important to me and it's something that is very close to my heart. Even though I've never got to meet him, I know that I will get to meet him in Heaven someday. I can't hardly wait to meet him in Heaven someday and get to shake his hand and get to salute him and get to tell him Thank You for his service to our country. Again I just want to say I am so sorry for your loss, even though I've never met your son Jason in person, just seen him in the you tube video, Miss Kelli, I Just want you to know that your son Jason has become my new Hero, I want to meet him in person when we all get to Heaven. My heart thoughts, and prayers are with you and your family in this difficult time. prayers always,
ReplyDeleteKyndal.