VFW Post 8904 New Sign

July 28, 2023 - VFW Post 8904 now has a new sign at the road, 617 Highway 96 North. Thanks to Covington Lumber, General Shelters, and Ultra Shade for their support and help.

Every Veteran Has a Story: Lieutenant Junior Grade-Lexa Bertha

Lexa Bertha Dickerson Chandler Wagner
Lieutenant (Junior Grade), United States Navy Nurse, World War II

Every Veteran Has a Story: Private First-Class Rayford Harold Ceal

Private First-Class Rayford Harold Ceal
United States Army – Killed in Action
24 Infantry Division, 21 Infantry Regiment

Every Veteran Has A Story: William Howard Pearce

January 12, 2018 -

MM1C William Howard Pearce
United States Navy, World War II

USS Gatling

©By Larry Hume, VFW Post 8904, Center, Texas (01/12/2018)

Every Veteran Has A Story: Earl Rolien Ritter

August 23, 2017 -

Earl Rolien Ritter
World War I Veteran
Wounded in Action

"I was worried clean through. I didn't want to go and kill. I believed in my Bible."…. Alvin York, Medal of Honor Winner, World War I.

Ramirez Receives VFW Post 8904 Teacher of the Year Award

March 7, 2017 - Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904, Center, Texas and the Auxiliary are proud to announce that Center High School teacher Adam Ramirez has been selected as the post Teacher of the Year, grades 9 – 12.

Elizabeth Davis Holmes: Army Nurse Corps, United States Army, World War I

November 2, 2016 - The United States Army Nurse Corps was formally established by the US Congress in 1901 and the Navy Nurse Corps followed in 1908.

James L. Fountain: Staff Sergeant, United States Army, Vietnam War

September 26, 2016 - “A mile of road takes you nowhere, a mile of runway takes you elsewhere, a helicopter takes you anywhere” ……. unknown.

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