Brownwood’s Welcome W. Chandler Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas have created 12 posters featuring 17 Brown County veterans. The Daughters created the posters to publicize the approximately 2,000 veterans buried at Greenleaf Cemetery and to encourage citizens to purchase wreaths to honor these heroes, a program sponsored by Wreaths Across America. Posters are displayed this month at the Brown County Museum of History in recognition of Veterans Day.
DRT will host a poster reception at the Brown County Museum of History on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. The public is invited to this free event.
A 1947 alumnus of Brownwood High School, Joey Stalcup joined the National Guard in 1949, volunteering the next year for the U.S. Air Force. He became a Thunderjet fighter-pilot in the Korean War and narrowly escaped with his life completing a bombing mission.
Stalcup narrowly survived the Korean War after injuries sustained in his 10th bombing mission. After this mission Stalcup retired from the Air Force, 90% disabled, as a 2nd Lieutenant, thanks to Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson.
Joey and wife Elizabeth Ann Palmer had two sons, Thomas Lee and James. Son James preceded his parents in death. Joey died in 1989 on his ranch north of Lake Brownwood where his son Thomas Lee and wife Susie reside today. Elizabeth Stalcup died in 1998. Grandchildren include Matthew and Mark Stalcup, and great grandchildren Kayla, Parker, Madeline and Lauren.
Learn more about his dramatic service to his country and view his poster at the Brown County History Museum.