Birth date: Dec 27, 1925 Death date: Sep 25, 2023
Service for Ernest Harper,97 of Lufkin is scheduled for Saturday, October 7, 2023, at 11 a.m., at First Missionary Baptist Church, 410 Scarbrough St, Lufkin. Burial will follow in the St. John Cemetery. Mr. Harper was born Decembe Read Obituary
Fair Winds and Following Seas to our shipmate, Mr. Harper. I served on your ship's namesake from 1989 to 1994 and we were motivated to excellence by the example left by your and your CVL 25 shipmates. God bless you. To the Harper family, please accept my sincere sympathies during your time of loss. May you find comfort knowing that he is with the Lord and knows youth again.
On behalf of the USS Cowpens (CVL25 & CG63) Reunion Committee, we would like to express our deepest condolences for the loss of your loved one, and our shipmate. At the USS Cowpens Reunion over Father's Day weekend in Cowpens, South Carolina, your loved one will be remembered at our memorial ceremony of shipmates lost during the past year. Your family and friends have an open invitation to attend each reunion. Further information may be obtained by e-mailing the reunion secretary at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Max Barker
Reunion Secretary
Sending my condolences to the Harper family y'all where truly blessed he was a very nice man and I'm sure he will be missed dearly
After reading such a beautiful life story ,Mr Ernest Harper is a gentleman I wish to have had time with. What a testimony. God, continue to bless those that knew him.
God bless and keep you.
