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2014
Funeral Service & crematory
910.484.8108
610 Ramsey Street
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Full Service Funeral Home
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Church Services
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Pre-Arranged Funeral Plans
Crematory on Premises
For Captain Ferguson, service in
the military runs deep in his family.
e pilot has 1,150 hours of flight time
and intends to make a lifelong career
of it.
All equipment and supplies were
cinched down and expertly packed
into the tight spaces like puzzle pieces.
e heavy cubicle shaped green power
generator securely clipped into the
floor to provide power and lifesaving
electricity required to keep the oxygen
systems flowing to the mock patients
on the litters clipped in from the floor
to ceiling. While the crew used bat-
tery-operated noise cancelling head-
sets where they could privately com-
municate with one another, the media
crews used foam earplugs to muffle the
engine noise as they ascended over the
familiar landscape of our community.
Our flight plan for the day? e
C-130 gradually ascended to altitude
at 9,000 feet and later descended to
500 feet flying 'nap of the earth' along
the Outer Banks' infamous lighthouse
route, finally meandering down to the
ship channels of Charleston and back
to Pope.
One could tell the camaraderie ran
strong in this unit and it appeared they
had many inside jokes among them
about the nuances that go along with
their jobs. e loud roar of the engines
Captain Eryck Ferguson has
1,150 hours of flight time
36th Aeromedical Evacuation
Squadron commander, Colonel
Tom Hansen
