When i was a young teenager living in Fort Oglethorpe i had the pleasure of meeting Major Heflin, the first time we hung out ill never forget we went to Subway and we talked for hours! He use to come over or we would meet up with him. I could honestly just sit and listen to his stories all day. Fast forward several years later i had seen him again and i spoke to him to see if he remembered me and sure enough he remembered me as no time had passed and we spoke about my time in the military and again just chatted for hours. He and i rode together in the Fort O parade. I was the Native American riding on the back of the car! He was truly a gem and i will greatly miss him and his wonderful stories. May his memory and legacy live on forever! Until we meet again Major! Rest easy my dear friend.

As an adolescent grew up in Montgomery Al., where I met Joe Heflin Jr.  who was in my 5th grade class at Floyd elementary. Joe lived down the street in a duplex at the corner of Augusta & Audubon. It was through this relationship I met his dad Joe Sr.  and seems he had retired from his military service by then.  He was a real character, and I met him on several occasions. One summer he picked me up from Baylor Summer Camp when I was there in Chattanooga for 6 weeks, he and his female assistant took me back to his t-shirt factory where he made Boones Farm Wine shirts! Another summer Joe Jr. and I worked in Opelika, Al., in his beauty shop photo biz, called Gift Book Studios. One of the things I admired, was his ability to sing and dance well into his 90's. It was an honor to serve as pallbearer for Major Heflin at his military funeral, RIP.

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26 février 1924 – 30 août 2023

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