CLINTON, Tenn. (WATE) — A disabled Anderson County veteran has won a battle with the post office, which has taken months to win.
Marvin Yarber is 75 years old. He’s a combat engineer Army veteran who served eight years and then 39 years at Oak Ridge. But today, in poor health, he depends on a scooter to get around and he “knows” when he’s being treated “unfairly.”
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Yarber still has a fighting spirit that carried him through Vietnam. And, when his postal carrier became inconsistent in delivering mail, that got his combat spirit blood flowing. Because a few weeks ago, a note, and others like it, was left on an envelope, “Drive Way Blocked.”
“We will have mail to go out. If they don’t have something for us, they keep on going. Sometimes they’ll bring us five or six letters at a time,” said Yarber. “Sometimes they don’t. It’s gone for a couple of days without being picked up, with the flag up.”
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The driveway at his home is wide. FedEx, UPS and Amazon trucks have no problem navigating their vehicles.
“They back in or do whatever they need to do. They turn around. The big trucks, they don’t have a problem,” said Yarber…