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Codey Johnston
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| Peggy Bowling, grandmother of Richard Kelvin Jones, a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan last week, stands outside her home in Roxboro on Tuesday with her granddaughter Tanna Jones-Lee and her husband Charles Lee. Lee is a Marine who will be sent off to either Italy or Iraq in the coming months. |
Slain soldier remembered for his zest, toughness
DURHAM -- According to his obituary, Roxboro's Pfc. Richard "Richie" Kelvin Jones became the first Person County resident to die in combat since the Vietnam War when insurgents in Mushan Village, Afghanistan, on Aug. 1 attacked his patrol with bombs and rocket-propelled grenades.
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Grandma laid down law for Jones
DURHAM -- Grandma lay down the law when Richie came to live with her when he was 15: He'd go to school and he'd be in church on Sundays.
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