Jerry McConnell

Gerald A. "Jerry" McConnell, 92, of Hampton, died Sunday, February 19, 2017, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill, Mass., surrounded by his loved ones. He was born May 27, 1924 in Altoona, Pa., the fifth son of the late John E. and Grace (Fletcher) McConnell.

Jerry served ten years with the US Marine Corps and participated in the landing against Japanese Army on Guadalcanal and another ten years with the US Air Force. After moving to Hampton in 1957 he started his community activities serving in many capacities.

He shared 72 years of marriage with his wife Betty P. (Hamilton) McConnell. In addition to his wife, family members include nieces and nephews.

McConnell's e-book about Guadalcanal, "Our Survival was Open to the Gravest Doubts"

Most Recent Articles by Jerry McConnell:

Most Deadly War - 2016 GOP Primary or Pending ISIS Attack on U. S.? March 1, 2016
An Obama legacy will most certainly be of the extremely onerous sort
Primaries; Can’t Live With Them; Can’t Live Without Them February 13, 2016
The only chivalrous actions today are the ones which involve verbal shivs that the unvalorous contending candidates keep digging into their opponent's ribs.
Revisiting TFP.org And Its Search for Culture Reflections On Women In Combat February 9, 2016
One can't help but wonder if the drastic and yes, insane order to assign females to duties requiring the karma of men in bloody actions not for the gentle make-up of females, will be a fatal decision for our military.
One More Year – Can We Tolerate Any More Unjustified Deaths at Veterans Admin.? February 1, 2016
The way I see it is those THREE people who got fired must have been American terrorists who stole Obama’s golf balls. Obviously high crimes and misdemeanors
Plans for Congress Term Limits Must Be Kept Short and Tight January 31, 2016
The Founding Fathers vision of a “citizen’s legislature” vanishes when the process of reelection enters the picture
Corruption in government will not stop until it is publicly identified December 10, 2015
There you have it. How corruption starts. In one single word it begins with - REELECTION!
Obama Stopped Being a Christian American Upon Election to POTUS August 2, 2015
The shadowy shyster Obama
Obama Stopped Being a Christian American Upon Election to POTUS July 25, 2015
"Misery loves company": Could be applied to the depths of misfortune where Obama and the liberal Democrats find themselves
Scott Walker Explains Our Laws on Immigration to An Illegal Alien July 21, 2015
Scott Walker has been an extraordinary leader since his emergence on the political scent in his home state of Wisconsin several years ago
Five Grossly Un-American Supreme Court Justices Have Ruled Against Traditional Marriages July 12, 2015
What New Travesty Awaits the World?: At my age I have to wonder how soon this country will implode and wither away into a vast nothingness, with the inefficient and country-killing Executive Order travesty he holds over all of our heads
Supreme Court Ignores Our Constitution and Wears the Hats of Obama-type Fascists July 4, 2015
Talk of Impeachment actuated by Conservative Justice Samuel Alito of Justices Kagan and Goldberg is entirely within the realm of responsibility of our Congress
Church Shooting Deaths Have Black Woman Calling for Race War June 22, 2015
As GOP Senators Ask Obama Administration Why Repeat Offenders Go Free
Is this still America? June 9, 2015
Who in this administration EVER obeys the American laws?
Guess Who Pays When Rioting Thugs Destroy Our Cities? June 4, 2015
The Department of Justice has threatened various local police departments with lawsuits unless they adopt the federal government's ideas about how police work should be done
Global Warming is Real to Liberal Democrats May 31, 2015
Global warming hollowing out the brains of Democrats.
Netanyahu’s Incredibly Heart-Felt Plea: How Could Dems look in their mirrors the next morning? March 5, 2015
Anyone who still believes that Obama and his dependent followers are still of the Christian faith as he so often lies, has green cheese for brains
Obama’s Woes With VA Problems Expand to a Lying VA Secretary February 25, 2015
Obama is the most incompetent, lying and untrustworthy, not to mention questionable ethics and suspicious dereliction of character ever to hold high office
Is Jeb Bush Proving to Be Tough or A Soft Act of Love on Immigration February 22, 2015
Any candidate showing signs of being a "will-o-the-wisp" flip-flopper will not be the type to be dependable that can be counted on. Watch 'em close.
Obama’s At It Again, Now He’s Preaching Religious History February 16, 2015
Obama's personal vendettas against any and all things Christian in our military
Obama Never Learns, Even After Six Years He Doesn’t Know What to Do February 8, 2015
No more tax increases; No more unnecessary spending; No more government growth. Those three items would take care of illegal aliens and gifts to foreign countries that have sworn to dislike and even hate us
America is Being Delivered Directly Into the Hands of Its Enemies February 1, 2015
Socialist/Communist Democrat Party Under Obama Leadership: America reaching 240 years is now open to the gravest doubts because of one man
Should We Avoid Saying Islam Terrorist Even If Known? January 16, 2015
Or in order not to offend the followers of Islam should those observers of the crimes just forget about seeking justice? I don't know, you tell me
Twisted Minds and Devious Devotions Spoil GOP House Victory While Obama Merrily Celebrates January 10, 2015
Establishment GOP is beholden to the US Chamber of Commerce. GOP leadership is lying to the people to get their votes, while taking their 30 pieces of silver from the Chamber to implement amnesty
Law of Unintended Consequences Uncovers More Obama Schemes January 6, 2015
Protestors in Ferguson and New York City are not grassroots oriented but agitated into action by revcom.us, brought to you by the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Liberal Judge Dumps Constitution -  Orders Drivers Licenses Be Issued to Illegals December 31, 2014
The right to determine who is issued a driver license is reserved for the states - not the federal government or an unelected judiciary
Cromnibus Proves that Bipartisanship to Liberal Dems Means “Do It Our Way” December 16, 2014
So get ready for some worrisome money problems in the coming fiscal year for our country - that is if we still have a country after the best efforts of Obama, Reid and Boehner to destroy it
Black Privileges, Thanks to Obama, Could Certainly End the U. S. December 5, 2014
Will automatic killing off non-black job holders--87% of American citizens become another Obama Executive Order? America; it could happen and all because of America's first black president's ignorance of reality
One Illegal Thing Is Working for Obama But Three More Will Decimate His Amnesty Plan November 23, 2014
Only people Liberal Democrats will ever help are themselves, and the only legislation they like to work on are illegal things which help to destroy our country
Keystone XL Is On the Cusp of Energizing America and Daring Obama’s Veto November 15, 2014
Makes me wonder about Barack Hussein Obama's "peaceful actions."
We Don’t Need Immigration REFORM - We Need Immigration ENFORCEMENT November 9, 2014
We New Leaders of Both Houses of Congress