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:

A Judge Rules Against Prayer, But Not Against An Imposter April 17, 2010
How unGodly our country becomes with each passing day
Congress and Obama, Save Our Country, Protect Our Borders April 15, 2010
Roy Beck, strong-hearted President of NumbersUSA.com
To Defeat Obama Care We Will Need More Home Grown Talent - But It Is Out There April 6, 2010
234 Project, Stop the ACLU Coalition
Muslims Are Content Only With Victory; No Matter How it Was Obtained April 4, 2010
Muslim Students Want to Take Over Christian College
Is Obama Care Doomed to Be A Repeat of Mass-Care March 27, 2010
Massachusett’s pilot program has been a fiscal train wreck
Aftermath, or AfterFIX of Obama Government Takeover, PART ONE: March 26, 2010
All GOP amendments to Bill defeated
March Madness or Healthcare Madness – Both Headaches March 23, 2010
Passing a bloated, mistake-filled, freedom robbing, elderly-abusing, unconscionably expensive, ultra-high tax resulting piece of absolute trash
LATE FLASH:  Coffee Party Debut Sad to the Last Drip March 15, 2010
The liberal response to the Tea Party movement
Tea, Coffee, or Just More Taxes? March 14, 2010
Coffee Party is pure boredom. Its statist mission, combined with its slogan, "Wake Up and Stand Up," puts all but the most dedicated progressives to sleep.”
Surprise!  Obama Doesn’t Own All of the Judges March 3, 2010
California Federal District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez
Clever Legislators in Arizona Hit on New Way to Find Obama’s Birth Truth February 25, 2010
Measure that would require presidential candidates who want to appear on the ballot in Arizona to submit documents proving they meet the requirements to be president
Are Conservative Leaders Avoiding Illegal Alien Issues? February 23, 2010
Mount Vernon Statement, Contract from America
RED ALERT – Fox News Abandons Patriotic Americans by Selling Out to Muslim Interests February 16, 2010
O’Reilly, Beck, Hannity, Van Susteren, Judas is thy name. I’ll leave Rupert Murdoch for you, my readers, to name
Obama and Liberals Must Be Stopped In the November Elections or Our Country Will NOT Survive February 14, 2010
Obama Administration: Colossal spending, monumental deficits and catastrophic national debt
Obama Administration Broken Memories and Broken Promises February 12, 2010
Joe Biden: Iraq was one of Obama’s “great achievements"
Our King of Big Government Suggests We Need Another New Agency February 9, 2010
Global Warming Agency; Budget busting, economy depressing, deficit and national debt obesity to strangle our children for decades to come
Raising The Debt Limit Is Unconscionable, To All But Liberals February 5, 2010
Debt limit now stands at 1.9 Trillion dollars
Congress Balks At Freezing Their Pay Raises Until the Budget Is Balanced February 3, 2010
Annual cost of living allowance (COLA) cancelled
Labor Bosses Control Congress and POTUS Now, But Not Forever January 27, 2010
Today sees a decidedly different picture of labor unions and workers
London Times Says No to Glacial Meltdown; Sorry Al Gore January 23, 2010
Melting Himalayan glaciers, Global Warming Terrorists
Dems Control Our Oxymoronic Government January 21, 2010
Conservatives are on a roll and they want their country back to the ideals of our founding fathers
America Doesn’t Need European Corruption January 17, 2010
Replacing the KC-135 Boeing StratoTanker
ObamaCare Has Corrupted Both AARP and AMA Who Have Turned Against Their Members January 11, 2010
“AMA Doesn’t Speak for Most Doctors”
American Uranium Reserves Could Last for Hundreds of Years January 8, 2010
Obama: New barriers on the development of oil and gas resources, American Energy Independence
B. Hussein Obama Grade for First Year in Office: F minus; Abject Failure January 4, 2010
Obama has established himself as one of the most “don’t-give-damn” liars of all time in that office
Obama Gives Interpol Unprecedented Liberties to Control Americans January 1, 2010
WHERE IS THE CONSERVATIVE OUTRAGE?
Mr. Obama, Those Are OUR Prisoners at Gitmo, Not Yours; Leave Them Where They Are December 31, 2009
Aided and abetted by liberal Democrats in our Congress, Weakening our homeland security defenses
Latinos Unhappy With Senate Health Care Plan December 25, 2009
Millions of illegal aliens are just drooling for this Reid/Obama health farce
Liberal Democrats Use Darkness to Keep Us in the Dark December 21, 2009
At one time we were the land of the free and the home of the brave; we are becoming the land of the oppressed and the home of the terrified and timid
Harry Reid Is NOT God; and Neither Is Obama December 20, 2009
How DARE Harry Reid take MY money and tell the entire state of Nebraska that it will get many, many EXTRA billions of dollars for their Medicaid