When Judy Ferrell walked in to buy a commemorative brick honoring her father’s military service, she expected a simple receipt. She walked out with a mission — and ended up securing his place in the Arkansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame.
The late Pfc. Avner W. McBride of Rosie is one of 16 Arkansas veterans who will be inducted into the Arkansas Military Veterans’ Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 14 to be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Little Rock.
Ferrell, who is a training technologist at FutureFuel Chemical Company, didn’t start out with the idea of getting her father into a hall of fame or any special recognition.
She said she wanted to purchase a brick for her father to be placed in the veterans memorial at Riverside Park in Batesville, but she was unsure about how to word his service. So, she went to the Independence County Veterans Services Office in the courthouse for guidance and talked with Josh Morrison, the VA representative…