[Barbarian6]

Great Soldier Great American

[glaseatr]

Another brave American Soldier gone to see the lord and stand by his side.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

R.I.P Sergeant Jeffers.

Prayers for his family that they may find comfort in the Lord.

He was a brave Soldier and his writing Hope Rides Alone is very true.

God bless this fallen hero.

[TASMANIANRED]

agreed.

Prayers lifted for his family.

[freema]

When a soldier comes home, he finds it hard....

...to listen to his son whine about being bored.

....to keep a straight face when people complain about potholes.

...to be tolerant of people who complain about the hassle of getting ready for work.

...to be understanding when a co-worker complains about a bad night's sleep.

....to be silent when people pray to God for a new car.

...to control his panic when his wife tells him he needs to drive slower.

..to be compassionate when a businessman expresses a fear of flying.

...to keep from laughing when anxious parents say they're afraid to send their kids off to summer camp.

...to keep from ridiculing someone who complains about hot weather.

...to control his frustration when a colleague gripes about his coffee being cold.

...to remain calm when his daughter complains about having to walk the dog.

...to be civil to people who complain about their jobs.

...to just walk away when someone says they only get two weeks of vacation a year.

...to be happy for a friend's new hot tub.

...to be forgiving when someone says how hard it is to have a new baby in the house.

....not to punch a wall when someone says we should pull out immediately

The only thing harder than being a Soldier...

Is loving one.

[fatima]

Darn,My heart goes out to his family.We prayed for him and his family on the air.I just have not had time to post.

[Danae]

THIS man is the America I love and treasure!

Rest in peace good man, my your soul find healing and joy! May your family know love and always hold you dear. God Bless you Eddie Jeffers, you have made us ALL better!

[Samwise]

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

—John Stuart Mill

God bless you and your family, Sgt. Jeffers.

Thank you for protecting my family.

[aShepard]

Excellent piece that each and every American should read and ponder - even those leftists who wish for our defeat.

[kcvl]

U.S. Army Sergeant Eddie Jeffers of Daleville is the latest casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. News 4 spoke with Sergeant Jeffers family and friends on Friday.

It’s a time of “terrible sadness”, but at the same time “immense pride” for Sergeant Eddie Jeffers family. On Tuesday, Tina Kelly learned that her 22-year-old son was killed in Iraq.

Sergeant Jeffers was a member of the First of the 503rd, based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

The family has been told that Eddie, along with members of his unit, were killed when their vehicle “overturned”.

Tina Kelly, Eddie’s mother said, “He joined the military to honor his grandfather, his father. He did what he needed to do and was proud of it. We are proud of him.”

Sergeant Jeffers married his high school sweetheart, Stephanie, two years ago. She along with other family are in the process of heading home to Daleville:

Ethel Spann, Eddie’s grandmother said, “I now am worried about two more grandchildren about to go over there. I hope it can be resolved so we can bring these boys and girls back home.”

Several of Sergeant Jeffers articles on his war experiences have been read by President Bush and members of Congress.

Daleville High School Teacher Gwen Trinker remembers the 2002 graduate as generous. “When they come into my class in uniform, I tell them that I’m proud that there willing to give their lives for me and their country. I’m proud of them.”

Sergeant Eddie Jeffers body will soon arrive in Dover, Delaware and be returned home to Daleville next week.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

[kcvl]

Tina Kelly holds a photo of her son Eddie Jeffers who was killed Wednesday in an accident while serving in Iraq.

"Ooooooooh what a ride" might have been what U.S. Army Sgt. Eddie Jeffers said on his way to Heaven on Wednesday, his 8-year-old sister Hannah Kelly told their mom, Tina Kelly.

"But my son doesn’t want to be remembered sadly. He would want us all to be smiling, to remember him skateboarding, working at Wendy’s, playing in his band ‘Fighting the Vanna White Influence," she said. "And that he liked beer and hated drinking girls. He loved his wife Stephanie (Reeves Jeffers). And he wanted children - he was going to try to go stateside as a recruiter after his tour was over in January. He was the oldest of six children, and had a stepsister."

"The Real Deal in Ramadi" was a book he had not completed. The first line read, "As requested by my father." Kelly said Jeffers’ father will finish writing the story for his son.

[kcvl]

He wrote an essay, “Hope Rides Alone,” backing the war in February for the conservative Free Republic web site that gained wide notice. He suggested that the American public was ungrateful.

http://tinyurl.com/25qmjk

[DieHard the Hunter]

Say it ain’t so!

[pax_et_bonum]

Prayers for SGT Eddie Jeffers and his family and loved ones, and deepest gratitude to him for sacrificing his life that my sons may be free.

[pax_et_bonum]

Ping

[wildcatf4f3]

much respect, much love, God bless this man in eternity.

[FMBass]

May God bless you Eddie Jeffers.

Thank you, I mean thank you from the bottom of my heart, for your sacrifice and service.

My condolences sand deepest sympathies are extended to your family.

[FlingWingFlyer]

God bless this soldier. He was one of our finest Americans.

[shezza]

A true HERO is reaping his heavenly reward. God bless you, SGT Eddie Jeffers. Thanks to you and your buddies, hope springs eternal.

[hershey]

God bless him. An American hero who died so others might have a better life.

[SunkenCiv]

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