More detail on this person: Anchorage Daily
News (AK) - Friday, October 1, 1993
Former Alaska resident Burdette Aldrich Bacon Jr.,
61, died Sept. 24 at his home in Gastonia, N.C.
Services were held at Carothers Funeral Home in
Gastonia, N.C., with burial in Gaston Memorial
Park.
Mr. Bacon was born in Ponca City, Okla., the son
of the late Elvie and Burdette Swelling Bacon Sr.
He was a retired U.S. Air Force major after 20
years as a flight instructor for various types of
helicopters. He was stationed at Elmendorf Air
Force Base for 10 years. Mr. Bacon was a Vietnam
War veteran with various campaign citations. He
was also a Scout Master with various Scout troops
while in the Air Force and while a civilian, and
devoted much time to single-parent children. He
also owned Bacon Refreshment Service.
Mr. Bacon was a member of New Covenant Church
of Gastonia and was also a former deacon, elder
and church administrator at various churches.
He is survived by a son, Hua Ba Bacon of
Anchorage; three daughters, Terri Johnson of
Jemison, Ala., Wendelin Hyde of Wetunpak, Ala.,
and Tanya Sumerel of Huntersville, N.C.; former
wife, Verna Lynndelle Roberts; a sister, Edna
Joyce Hill of Ponca City; five grandchildren and
one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by
a brother, Martin.
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