Memorial Updates:

On April 11, 2008 The Ladies of 798 unveiled the Memorial Wall Project. The presentation was covered by several local newspapers, we have posted them here for everyone to view.

Union's memorial honors pipeliners.

SHERRY BROWN / Tulsa World
Joe Thornhill reads names on a memorial dedicated to deceased pipeliners Friday outside the union hall of Pipeliners Local Union 798. Thornhill said he lost two brothers and a brother-in-law in the pipeline-laying trade.

By Staff Reports
4/12/2008

A union auxiliary group, the Ladies of 798, dedicated a memorial Friday to honor pipeline builders killed in the line of work or traveling to or from job sites.

The group unveiled the monument during a ceremony at Pipeliners Local Union 798, at 4823 S. 83rd East Ave. The monument behind the union hall lists 90 members who lost their lives.

"We all know someone on this wall that we loved and that have been in our homes," said Norma Kay Hendrix, president of the Ladies of 798.

She was speaking to a group of about 300 who had gathered for the unveiling.

The ceremony was held on the first anniversary of Ladies of 798.

Hendrix and other spouses of pipeliners who formed the auxiliary a year ago embarked on a campaign to build the memorial, raising about $45,000 in donations.


By Staff Reports

We want to send a very special Thank You to Terry & Chris Mullins. They donated a Hunting Knife for the Ladies of 798 to raffle off at the January Meeting to help raise funds for the Memorial Wall Project. The Raffle raised $560.00 for the Memorial Wall.

        Proposed Memorial Wall                            Congratulations, Billy Burns

                      Project                                     Winner of the Hunting Knife Raffle.

 Here is the list of Members names that we have as of March 05, 2008. Please look at the list and let us know if you know of anyone who should be listed that is not. It is not our intention to overlook ANYONE, this has made us all think of the Brothers and Sisters that we have lost and that has been painful for all of us, but please help us to honor those who have GAVE ALL...and have them remembered forever on the Memorial Wall. We want to thank everyone who has helped us gather the current list of members for the MEMORIAL WALL.

MEMORIAL WALL LIST UPDATED AND CORRECTED

LEON AKIN
BOBBY ALLEN
ANTHONY ALLRED
RICHARD V. ASHBY
JACK D. BALL
LEONCE J. BELLOW
CLYDE F. BRATCHER
LARRY BROWN
RUHL BRUMLEY
JOHN H. CARD JR.
ARTHUR CLIFTON
ERIN CLOYE
PATRICK REECE CONLEY
LARRY WAYNE COOPER
ROLAND R. CUMMINGS
TOMMY E. CRABTREE
KENN E. DUNCAN
MERLYN F. DULANEY
BRIAN J. DYE
WILLIAM A. ECKSTROM
VERNON D. FEAGIN
WILLIAM BOYD FERRELL
RICHARD F. GARLAND
WILLIAM M. GIBSON
THOMAS MARK GUMP
JEFFREY W. HAYNES
GARY E. HAYNES
LESLIE A. HENDERSON JR
JAMES D. HINSON
ALAN ‘RED’ HOLT
MICHAEL TODD HOLT
CHARLES R. HOWARD
JOHNNY HUNTSMAN
RODGER R. JESTER
DAVID KAIN
EARL KENYON
GARY KING
SHERWOOD KING
TRENITY KING
CLOYD H. LAMBERT
GARY M. LAMBERT
JERRY LAMBERT
JIMMY L. LANGSTON
TINA LEWIS
JACK MANN
ROXANNE MARTIN
BILL R. MATHIS
GEORGE MATTHYS
BO S. McALISTER
THOMAS N. McDANIELS
DENNIS G. McQUAIN
JIMMY MORRIS
LARRY E. NEALY
RICHARD PAGE
SIDNEY PEDIGO
CHRIS PHILPOT
TRAVIS PILGREEN
RAY E. POOLE
JULIUS T. PALUMBO
FRANK REICHLE
HERSHEL RHODES
TOMMY RHODES
JAMES C. RILEY
ROY ‘ROADRUNNER’ ROBINSON
ROGER SAVAGE
DONALD D. SMITH
JOHN T SMITH
WILLIAM W. STARK
ORVILLE C. STEWART
DAVIE D. TEETER
JERRY THORNHILL
STEVE TREADWELL
J. C. TULLOS
VERNON WALDRON
ANTHONY WALKER
CURTIS WELCH
F. L. ‘BUCK’ WESTBROOK
J. W. WHISENHUNT
A.C. ‘MUZZY’ WHITE
A. D. WHITEHEAD
BILLY RAY WILLIAMS
ROBERT WILLIAMS JR
LEONARD WILSON
EARL’ WAG’ WOLFE