William Wayne Rowell William "Wayne" Rowell passed away last
week in Waco, Texas. Wayne was a graduate of Fort Valley High School,
Class of '64 and the first Peach County native to be nominated to
the U.S. Air Force Academy. He had 24 years of military service between
the Academy, the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard. During
his Viet Nam tours in 1969 and 1970 he was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, the Air medal, plus several other service medals of
skill and bravery. Wayne was also a commerical airline pilot for Southwest
Airlines the last twenty-two years of his career. |