Max Maurice Minor

MR. MINOR WAS BORN IN MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS TO MILDRED AND LYMAN MINOR ON FEBRUARY 21ST , 1934. HE MARRIED ROSE MINOR IN CORNER BROOKE, NEWFOUNDLAND ON NOVEMBER 13, 1958. TSGT, MAX MAURICE MINOR I SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR TWENTY YEARS AND BECAME A STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND CONTROLLER DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR. AFTER RETIREMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HE SERVED AS A LETTER CARRIER FOR THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE RETIRING IN 1978. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. MAX WAS AN AVID SCUBA DIVER UNTIL HE BATTLED AND SURVIVED CANCER. HE ENJOYED TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE AND DAUGHTER IN THEIR R.V. SPENDING SUMMERS IN MICHIGAN.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, OF ALMOST SIXTY YEARS, ROSE MINOR OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, SON, DOMINIC (AND WIFE, JESSICA) MINOR OF RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA, DAUGHTER, TRICIA LYNN MINOR, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, JASON TILLY, MICHELLE TILLY, MAX MAURICE MINOR III, ASHLEY (MINOR) GOINS, BRITTANY MINOR, SARAH ACABA-GRAU, AND DENISE SOTO-GRAU. THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN TRISTEN JACKSON, TAYLOR JACKSON, AND MAX MINOR IV.

A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD AT ST. MATTHEWS CHURCH 1773 BLANDING BLVD. JAX. FL. 32210, AT 11AM THURSDAY MAY 4, 2017, FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT WITH FULL UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HONORS AT JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT 2:30PM.

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