This weekend we celebrate the creation of this country, friends and family filled a Dallas church to say “thank you” for the life and service of Homer Hogues.
at the age of 96 and was one of the final surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price described the service not as a funeral, but as a ‘legacy of history’. “This gentleman went against the odds when the odds were clearly against him but he performed,” Price said. “He was a staple in this community.” Hogues' passing means there is only one surviving Tuskegee Airmen still known to be living in North Texas.Alyssa Seyfried says she realized the significance of her grandfather’s life and legacy for as long as she can remember.
“I grew up with these stories, it’s something I’ve heard my entire life through my parents, through my grandfather directly,” Seyfried said.
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