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- [S8302] Find a Grave: DEAL Virgil Jr 1949-2012, Col Virgil Thomas “Tom” Deal Jr MD (Veteran).
Col. Virgil Thomas Deal, Jr., MD, age 63 of Fayetteville, NC, died Sunday, December 16, 2012 in a plane crash near Fayetteville, NC. Visitation will be held Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Harpeth Hills Funeral Home, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., with the funeral service at 1 p.m. Interment to follow at Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens. Harpeth Hills Funeral Home (Published in The Leaf Chronicle on January 4, 2013)
A decorated Army doctor who served in some of the military's most elite commands was identified as the pilot killed in Sunday's plane crash in Robeson County. Retired Col. Virgil Thomas "Tom" Deal Jr. was acting chief of surgery at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center when he died, but he was well known throughout the military, especially within the special operations and medical communities. He had served as command surgeon of Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and was commander of Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. "He was a beloved colleague and advocate for the veteran. Our hearts are heavy with his loss," Elizabeth Goolsby, director of the Fayetteville VA Medical Center, said Monday. Deal died when his small plane, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee, crashed in a wooded area off Parkton Tobermory Road on Sunday afternoon. He was alone in the aircraft, which departed from a Summerville, S.C., airport and was on final approach to Fayetteville Regional Airport.
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the crash site Monday to try to determine what caused the accident. The plane crashed about 5 miles southwest of the airport and was destroyed by fire. Deal was appointed at the Fayetteville VA in October. He had served in a variety of positions at Fort Bragg with the 7th Special Forces Group, Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command. According to an official biography, Deal has commanded hospitals in the field and in garrison, including Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., and Walter Reed in Washington. At one point, he served on a classified special operations medical contingency force conducting worldwide missions in support of U.S. counterterrorism operations. Those who knew Deal described him as a humble man who had found repeated success in life. He was an Eagle Scout and graduated near the top of his class at Madison High School in Madison, Tenn., they said. In medical school, Deal was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honor society. In 1983, following the death of his mother, Deal left the Army and founded what would become the largest surgical practice in Clarksville, Tenn. For the next seven years, Deal would serve in the Tennessee National Guard but volunteered to return to active duty at the start of the first Gulf War, during which he earned a Bronze Star. Deal again volunteered on Sept. 11, 2001, according to someone close to him. While in New York City for a medical seminar, Deal performed triage on a Chelsea pier. Deal graduated from Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in 1971 with a degree in chemistry and biology. He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1974 and completed his residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in 1981. Deal's military education includes participation in Special Forces Officers Course, Military Free Fall School, AMEDD Officer Advances Course, Command and General Staff College, Army War College and Flight Surgeon's Course. His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the U.S. Surgeon General's Medal for Exemplary Service and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He was a member of the Special Operations Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, Association of Military Surgeons United States and Association of the United States Army.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103155611/virgil_thomas_deal
- [S9507] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: 1966.
- [S316] Ancestry.com, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2017, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2006;), Publication Date: 12/ 21/ 2012; Publication Place: Fayetteville, North Carolina http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fayettevilleobserver/obituary.aspx?n=virgil-t-deal&pid=161868337.
- [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Williamson, Tennesse.
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1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Williamson, Tennesse |
- [S2805] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Virgil Deal Jr • Fairview Observer - 25 Dec 2012 - Page A3, (Name: The Fairview Observer; Location: Fairview, Tennessee; Date: 25 Dec 2012;), Retired Colonel Virgil Thomas Deal Jr -- 25 Dec 2012.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22836802/the_fairview_observer/?xid=637
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Obituary-DEAL Virgil Jr MD
Obituary of RET COL VIRGIL THOMAS DEAL JR -- Newspapers.com - The Fairview Observer - 25 Dec 2012 - Page A3 |
- [S8301] Find a Grave: SISK Ida Deal 1948-2018, Ida Eugenia Sisk Deal.
Born in Clarksville, TN on October 18, 1948
Departed on July 14, 2018 and resided in Fayetteville, NC
Ida Eugenia Sisk Deal, 69, went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2018, at her residence in Fayetteville, NC just after midnight.
Burial in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens & Funeral Home in Nashville, TN.
Ida was born on October 18, 1948, in Clarksville, TN, daughter of Bailey Eugene Sisk and Frances Payne Sisk.
She studied one year at Freed Hardman University, but completed her Bachelor of Arts in Business Education at Austin Peay State University in 1970.
Ida met Virgil Thomas Deal Jr. at Madison Street Church of Christ. They married on September 7th, 1970, and had two children, Frank Wesley Deal and Amy Susanne Deal.
Survivors include her son Frank Deal and wife Ercy Deal of Kingwood, TX, and her daughter Amy Susanne Glass and husband Hunter Glass of Fayetteville, NC; her grandchildren, Patricia Deal, Kathleen Deal and Samantha Glass; and her sister Connie Diane Gates of Madison, TN.
Ida was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Stella Rosemond Sisk Hawkins, and brother Joe Clifford Sisk.
Ida served as a Girl Scout leader for 15 years, Army wife for 32 years, was an avid Master Gardner & genealogy enthusiast. Some of her hobbies included calligraphy, stained glass, photography and macrame.
Ida was a faithful and hard working Christian and will be always remembered for her loving, serving and giving heart and is resting now in the arms of our Father in heaven.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191437507/ida-eugenia-deal
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