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Commander
Mike Herring
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Camp
Commander
Mike Herring
is a lifetime resident of Florida, graduating from H.B. Plant High
School in Tampa, 1969. Currently employed by CSX Transportation
for 40 years and resides in Brandon with wife, Sandy.
Mike is a Charter
member of the Early Camp and re-elected as commanding officer
for second term.
Two goals which are
most important include defending our heritage and expanding the
Early Camp to heights never before considered.
My favorite quote is
so resilient in modern times which states "The only thing necessary
for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".
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Adjutant
William Calary
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Adjutant
.Charles William Crispens Calary, Jr. was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His roots are deep
in the Piedmont of the Virginia-North Carolina border. To date he has
identified over 60 lineal and collateral veteran ancestors that fought
for the South's independence primarily in Virginia and North Carolina
regiments and he can name his ancestors back to Jamestown and
Williamsburg.
Adjutant Calary is a graduate of North Carolina State University and
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Being a life-long
student of history, Adjutant Calary understands why The South seceded
from the United States and created their own country. He understands
that it cannot be summed up in one word, as many want to do, but that it
was a long and multi-faceted conflict that caused the separation and
that it was that separation which caused the North to invade the South
and cause the war, not the original conflicts.
Adjutant Calary is a member of several hereditary societies in addition
to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is the State Secretary for the
General Society of the War of 1812; a member of the Sons of the
Revolution; the Military Order of the Stars and Bars; and the General
Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland. He also has
application he is working on for several other societies.
Commander- William I. Turner
chapter, Military Order of Stars and Bars
President and Secretary- Society of the War of 1812 in Florida |
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1st Lt. Cmdr.
Wayne Sweat |
1st Lt.
Commander
Wayne Sweat was born in 1943
in Dade City, Florida. Graduated Pasco High School in 1961.
4 years of service with the US Coast Guard, 6 years with Zephyrhills
News and recently retired after 33 years with Verizon.
Wayne entered the SCV in
1987 in the EM Law Camp on the merits of Corporal John David Spivey, Co.
E, 26th GA Inf. Was a charter member of the Early Camp, and
founding quartermaster of the Camp. He previously served as 1st
Lt. Commander, and currently serves as Memorial Committee Chairman.
Wayne has numerous
Confederate ancestors including GGG father Jacob Wells homestead Pasco
County under armed occupation in 1842. Wayne is proud that he can
visit the cemeteries where 3 of his great grandfathers that served the
Confederacy are interred, within a 15 minute drive of his house.
Wayne is a charter member of
the prestigious Early Camp Colour Guard, and is Colour Captain in
parades.
Wayne is married to Ann, and
has one son Troy, who is also a member of the Colour Guard.
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2nd Lt. Cmdr.
Bobby Smith |
2nd Lt.
Commander
Dr. Bobby Smith was born and raised in Tampa, coming from a family
of coal miners and farmers that migrated from Alabama during the
depression. He is very proud of his southern heritage and that his 4th
great grandfather was a confederate soldier first in the Alabama
infantry and later a captain in the Alabama home guard as the war came
to an end.
Growing up in the Tampa, Bobby is a second generation Hillsborough High
School graduate also earning degrees from the University of South
Florida and University of Sarasota. Over the last 20+ years, Bobby has
been a coach, educator, and administrator in public and private
education and at the university and professional level.
Honoring the legacy of his ancestor, Dr. Smith is an active member of
the Early camp serving in the prestigious colour guard and as the camp's
enlistment officer. Bobby enjoys assisting prospective members learn
how they can become a member of the Early camp.
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3rd Lt. Cmdr.
David King |
3rd Lt.
Commander
David King born in 1962
is a proud native of Alexandria Virginia.
As a young boy he lived
in Manassas Virginia, where he enjoyed playing in
Bull Run Creek. In 1977 David and his family moved to
Northwest Tampa. He and Cathy have been married for 28 years and have
been blessed with two sons, Andy and Travis.
He joined the SCV under
his GGGrandfather William H. Thompson, 45th
Virginia Infantry Ferbers Brigade, to honor
his family and to make sure that the memory and the truth about the
southern cause are never forgotten.
He is a very active
member of the SCV and currently holds the position of 1st
Sergeant in the Florida Mechanized Calvary. David is also an active
member of the Jubal A. Early Colour Guard. |
Judge
Advocate
Dave McCallister |
Judge
Advocate
David McCallister was born
in Miami, Dec 9, 1952, of mixed Yankee/Floridian heritage. He attended
St. Mark's School,MA, Winchester College, England, and Emory Univ. He
graduated from Stetson Law School in 1987, and practices law in
Zephyrhills.
He is currently appointed as
Judge Advocate for the Florida Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Dave entered the SCV in 2008
on the service of Hugh McCallister of Wakulla County, FL who served
in the 31st GA. Other ancestors include men from the 31st ME and
MA regiments.
A lifelong Episcopalian, he
attends Grace Church in New Tampa. A member of Clans Donald and
McCallister, he also plays tenor drum with the Tampa Bay Pipes & Drums. David was a legionnaire and fighter for the Cause prior to finding his
ancestor, and was inspired by participation in the Confederate Memorial
Park project.
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Chaplain
Calvin Martin |
Chaplain
Rev.
Calvin Martin
was
born Sept 24, 1945 in Glasgow, W.Va., the only son, along with three
sisters, of George and Velma (Elswick) Martin. The Martins are of
Scot-Irish origin. And to honor that Calvin is a member of
the McDonald Clan.
Additionally, the Martins are of Revolutionary War fame
(GGGG Grandfather John ); at the surrender of
Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va. ( GGG Grandfather Job ). They were some of
the first settlers in Western Virginia (W. Va.) , trapping beaver with
Daniel Boone. Loyal to their state of Virginia they joined Thurmonds
Partisan Rangers during the War Between the States (G Grandfather
Nathan and his brother, John); fought in the Spanish American War;
fought the Germans in WWI and II and then Calvin did his part with the
US Air Force ('64 - '68) during the Viet Nam Conflict.
Calvin graduated
form Nazarene Bible College in 1979 with an Associate Degree in
Biblical Studies and Trevecca Nazarene University in 1991 with a BS
Degree in Management of Human Resources. Calvin is an accomplished
trumpeter (All-State Band '62 - '64, W.Va.), US Air Force Drum &
Bugle Corps '65. Calvin was also an all-star athlete (baseball and
basketball). Calvin has been an elder in the Church of the Nazarene
since '84 having pastored churches in AL, TX, WV, TN, and FL, now
serving as Associate Pastor and Minister of Music at Forest Hills
Church of the Nazarene.
No longer in full-time ministry, Calvin
is a top producing Agent with National Health Insurance Agencies, Inc
(NHIA, Inc.), a contracted general agency of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of
Florida.
Calvin is married
to Sharon K. (Lovejoy) '68, with two wonderful children, Calvin II ('74 ) and Rebecca (' 81 ), one grand daughter, Savannah (' 96) by
Calvin II and Heather (Lawrence, Irish-American, of course).
Calvin joined the Sons
of Confederate Veterans in 1981 while in TX. Calvin is now the Florida
Division Chaplain, having been appointed to that post in April,
2002. Calvin previously served as Chaplain of the John T. Lesley
Camp 1282 SCV. Calvin loves leading in
the singing of Dixie and gets teary-eyed when he sees our flag flying in the breeze.
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Aid-de-Camps:
Media Networking..............Marshall
Hester
Enlistment Officer...........Dr.
Bobby Smith
Memorial Chairman................Wayne Sweat
Newsletter Editor......................Paul
Elmore
Deputy Editor....................Bryan
Gilmore
Historian.....................Ken
Minton
Provost Marshal..................Greg
Caulley
Sgt. at Arms.............Gregory Tisdale
7th Florida Co. K Liaison.................Art Davis
Rebmaster................Bryan
Gilmore
9th Brigade Commander..................Bill
Calary
Mechanized Cavalry Liaison............David
King
Engineer Corp
Chief
Engineer.................Bud Downing
Engineer........................David
Tinnell
Engineer....................Tom
McDaniels
Engineer..........................Jeff
Cotton
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THE CHARGE
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will
commit the vindication of the cause for which we
fought. To your strength will be given the
defense of the Confederate soldier's good name,
the guardianship of his history, the emulation
of his virtues, the perpetuation of those
principles which he loved and which you love
also, and those ideals which made him glorious
and which you also cherish."
-Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander
General, United Confederate Veterans, New
Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.
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