Mary Jo Lightfoot

CHARLES WAYNE GREEN

CHARLES WAYNE GREEN

Mr. Charles Wayne Green 72, of Starke                 passed away at his home on Sunday May 29, 2011 following an extended illness. He was born on March 30, 1939 in Columbus, Ga., to the late Charlie E. and Waurene (Yarbrough) Green. He was in Restaurant Management for 25 years and was also a professional dog handler for 40 years. He had served in the US Army was of the Baptist Faith and in the Professional Handler’s Association, Inc.  He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Carol (Nixon) Green; son, Martin Green (Jane) all of Starke; step sons, Bruce McClenathan (Yvonne) of Spring Lake, NC, and John McClenathan (Nadine) of Mt. Gilead, OH.  He is also survived by his siblings, Lamar Green (Peggy), Zonelle Taylor all of Columbus, GA, Gerald Green (Charlotte) of Blairsville, GA, Herman Green (Audrey) of Lee, AL six grandchildren,  and five great grandchildren.  A memorial service was held Saturday June 4 in the Madison Street Baptist Church.  A private burial will be at the Crosby Lake Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Hospice of The Nature Coast 150 N. Main St., High Springs, FL 32643 or Madison Street Baptist Church Building Fund, 900 W. Madison Street, Starke, FL 32091.     Arrangements by Jones-Gallagher Funeral Home, 620 E. Nona St., Starke, FL 32091. On-line condolences may be left at www.jonesgallagherfh.com

HERMAN E. LOONEY, SR.

Mr. Herman E. Looney, Sr., born September 19, 1933 in Grundy, VA was a decorated Koran War Hero went home to be with the Lord, Memorial Day, May 30, 2011. He was the loving husband to Patricia (Johnson) for 53 years. He was a loving father to Debbie (Wilson), Herman (Nancy), Arthur (Ruth) and Brenda (Marshall). Loving grandfather to Murray (Stephanie), Ashleigh, William, Timothy, Marshall Jr., Shaianne and Shane.  Great-grandfather to Brooklyn and Price. Brothers Chester and Paul, sisters: Lorraine, Nadine and Pauline (deceased); many nieces and nephews. He will be missed by many of his church family at Black Pond Baptist Church. Funeral services were held Friday, June 3 at Black Pond Baptist Church. Burial followed in Holly Hill Memorial Park. Arrangements by Holly Hill Funeral Home, 3601 Old Jennings Rd, Middleburg, Fla. Please post tributes at www.hollyhillfunerals.com . He was a wonderful husband and dad and will be greatly missed.

Spartacus Educational: Mary Jo Kopechne

There was a documentary on BBC 2 the other night on the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. The documentary included a filmed interview with Rosemary Keough, the only person at the party who has broken their vow of silence. However, her testimony was only concerned about the moral behaviour of the women at the party. She denied that Mary Jo or any of the other women were sexually involved with the Kennedys. However, she refused to say anything about the party. This vow of silence is one of the most interesting aspects of the case. Why, after all these years, are these people still not talking about what happened at the party? The documentary also included an interview with Kennedy’s close friend, Dun Gifford. He was also unwilling to talk in any detail about Chappaquiddick. However, using the testimony of Kennedy family pilot, Wilfred Rock, Gifford reluctantly agreed that he and Kennedy had lied about the timing of events that night. It has always been clear that the car went into the water at a different time than the one put forward by Kennedy. There is one major problem with the timings provided by Kennedy. At about 12.45 Kennedy's stationary car was seen at the intersection on Dike Road near the bridge by Christopher ‘Huck' Look, deputy sheriff and part-time police officer. Look claims that a man was driving and that two other people were in the car. Look approached the car on foot but when the driver saw his police uniform the car then sped off down Dike Road . The car had a Massachusetts registration letter L. It also had a 7 at the beginning and at the end. Only eight other cars of this type had this number plate. They were all later checked out. Kennedy's car was the only one with that number plate that was on the island that night. Christopher ‘Huck' Look appears to be a convincing witness. There seems to be no reason why he should lie about what he saw on the morning of the 19th July, 1969. Therefore we have the situation where Edward Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne left the Lawrence Cottage at around 11.15 p.m. For some reason Kennedy returns to the cottage at 12.20 a.m. However, it is not to report the accident as at this stage the car has not yet had the accident on Dike Bridge. The most interesting aspect of the documentary concerned the re-enactment of the car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. Car accident investigators unanimously agreed that Edward Kennedy’s testimony was clearly false.

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