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:

Barney Frank’s Gutter Language and Penchant for Mob Violence Surfaces Again September 11, 2011
The prime GOP demand is that Congress gut Frank's perverted bank-reform bill known as Dodd-Frank
Obama Is As Destructive on Vacation As He Is When Working September 4, 2011
Obama's quest to surrender our sovereignty and governance to that corrupt and devious One World conspiracy for the destruction of the United States and its Constitution
The Usurper in Chief and Kingfish Liar Again Misleads Public August 25, 2011
His entire existence is based on lies, misconceptions and outright deception
Stop Political Campaign Contributions - What a Great Idea August 20, 2011
Starbucks Claims Widespread Support for CEO's Call to Boycott Campaign Donations
Obama Our Prince of Wails, Goes on Another Vacation to Forget Tea Party Terrorists August 13, 2011
Obama Sets Travel Record, Holiday fiesta to a plush vacation in Martha's Vineyard
Passage of the Debt Limit Flies in the Face of National Voters August 7, 2011
Handing the Democrats the Keys to our Wallets
Obama’s Administration and Democrat Accomplices Want to Spend America into Holocaustic Destruction July 26, 2011
Federal Debt Ceiling: Planlessness and budgetlessness of the Obama/Reid Democrats
Obama’s Back-Door Recess Appointment of Craig Becker to NLRB Does No Good for Job Production in U.S. July 20, 2011
Barack Obama's desires to make payback concessions to corrupt and evil labor unions
Romney Makes “Flip-Flopping” A Campaign Staple July 14, 2011
Likeable and charismatic Mitt Romney has a shot at raising ineptitude to an art form
Obama and Holder Show Supreme Arrogance Placing Blame on Others July 8, 2011
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Operation Fast and Furious
Obama Promises More Jobs—Only After Union Appeasement and Side Tracking of Free Trade Agreements July 3, 2011
Trillions and trillions for boondoggled programs of lies and failed promises while he openly courts a foreign takeover by the corrupt United Nations One Worlders
Social Security; Ponzi Scheme or Potential for Greater Living? June 25, 2011
Obama Administration has been beset with un-American demands for socialist ideals, One World pressures from the United Nations corrupt and untrustworthy communist backers
Shariah Law is a Muslim Killer - Now They Want to Use It On Us June 19, 2011
H. R. 973: Prohibit foreign law from our U.S. Court system; protecting United States citizens, particularly women, from being tried under foreign law
The Smell of Politics Brings Out the Worst in Some People June 12, 2011
Donna Brazile, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Was This Poll Taken in Washington, DC or Detroit?  Both Cities Much Worse Off Since Obama June 1, 2011
Fox News Poll: Voters Say Country in Worse Shape, Still Expect Obama Will Prevail in 2012
Obama Cheats and Frauds - Now Wants to Cut Troops’ Pay May 30, 2011
Latest outrage involving President Obama's disastrous stimulus
Federal Appellate Court in Virginia to Hear Arguments on ObamaCare May 25, 2011
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Here is What Your Lib-Dems Have for Backbones and Guts - Union Slave-masters May 22, 2011
Richard Trumka, Union Dues, Democrat re-elections
Tell Your RINO Senator NOT to Vote to Confirm Goodwin Liu for a Federal Judge Appointment May 19, 2011
A Republican voting for Goodwin Liu is more than just going against their party of choice, it is being a participant in stabbing our country in its heart, the Constitution
Do We Really Need a POTUS? May 14, 2011
Obama's America: All-but-official socialist, debt-ridden, Sharia Law loving collection of para-Communists
An Experienced Combat Veteran Refutes Unjust bin Laden Killing Charges May 9, 2011
Let our military do the jobs for which they were trained; COMBAT LAW.
To Paraphrase - A Fool and His Life Are Soon Parted - Beware of Friends dressed in Islam? May 8, 2011
The enemy adheres to an all-encompassing Islamic political-military-legal doctrine known as Shariah
Obama Deserves Little to No Credit May 4, 2011
It was sickening to listen to that charlatan usurper in our White House bragging that HE caused this coup to happen
Don’t We Have Enough Criminal Citizens Now? May 1, 2011
Three Convicted in Terror-Related Cases Later Granted U. S. Citizenship by Obama Administration
The U. N. Socialists Concoct Another Fleece - ‘Mother Earth Rights Treaty’ April 25, 2011
Bolivia's Socialist President Juan Evo Morales Ayma
House GOP Has Plan to Cut Spending $6 Trillion Over 10 Years; Dems Want to Keep Spending April 17, 2011
Democrats' favorite trick of telling the BIG LIE over and over again
Obama More Loser than Leader April 14, 2011
"This is no time for artful rhetoric and equivocation. Even a Nobel laureate must know that a leader who tries to placate everyone ends up pleasing no one."
Membership in the United Nations is Like Having Obama President for a Second Term - UNTHINKABLE April 6, 2011
Rising Gas Prices and Obama's Failure to Lead
Polls Mislead if Participants Not Informed on Issues April 2, 2011
GOP field of candidates for the election year of 2012
Obama Promises El Salvador New Amnesty for Illegal Aliens March 30, 2011
Obama's "broad comprehensive approach" is to open the borders wide, let the illegals pour in and then give them tons of our tax dollars and hope they'll be good citizens