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Submitted: 10/11/21 • Approved: 10/13/21 • Last Updated: 10/16/21 • R1395151-G1395150-S3
Vesta Marie Fornash
Oct 28, 1935 - June 10, 2000
Jesse Wilmer
Feb 7, 1933 - June 6, 2015
*Obituary
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Jesse W. Huffman passed away June 6, 2015. He was born February 7, 1933 at Cleveland, Arkansas. He was the son of the late Henry and Annie (Scroggins) Huffman.
Jesse was an U.S. Army Nuclear Veteran, having served and participated in Operation Castle, a series of nuclear bomb tests carried out by Army, Navy, Air-Force, and the Atomic Energy Commission at Eniwetok Atoll in the Western Pacific Ocean. He was a Signal Corps cryptographer. He witnessed the largest explosion of any device that has been detonated by the United States. This was an eleven megaton bomb that exceeded the expected yield. It was believed to have been 18 megatons. This almost ended the series of tests. President Truman finally gave the okay to continue these tests. Five more nuclear bombs were tested in this operation.
Jesse returned home and entered college at Arkansas Tech, then later received his Master's of Education from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. After graduating, he began teaching school. During his career he was an elementary teacher, a coach, a principal and a superintendent. After 33 years he retired at Clinton, Arkansas, where he remained until his death. He was a member of the Clinton Church of Christ.
Jesse is survived by his son Scottie and his wife Amanda Huffman; grandsons Justin and his wife Chelsey Huffman and Conor Huffman; granddaughters Lacy and her husband Dave Robinson, Deja Huffman, Bailey Huffman, and Brittani Wohrman; great-granddaughters Hannah Robinson, Ashlyn Robinson, and Caroline Isabella "Izzy" Robinson; and great-grandsons Ross Huffman, Andy Wohrman, and his namesake Jesse Newt Huffman. Other survivors include: Two sisters Jerrell Boudra and Minnie Adams; brother in-law Robert and wife Doris Fornash; and a host of relatives and friends.
Jesse was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 48 years Vesta (Fornash) Huffman, his son Jesse Dennis Huffman, a grandson Warren Scott Huffman, and six brothers and five sisters.
Family visitation will be from 6-8 pm on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home Chapel in Clinton. His Funeral will be held at the Clinton Church of Christ at 10:00 am Wednesday, June 10, 2015 with by Forrest Smith and Richard McCormac officiating. His pall bearers will be Tommy Thompson, Rodney Haney, Bradley Fornash, Justin Huffman, David Robinson, and Tommy Adams. His honorary pall bearers will be Rocky Brewer, Sammie Brewer, Ross Huffman, Conor Huffman, Andy Wohrman, and Jesse Newt Huffman.
Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Clinton, Arkansas. For online guestbook, www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.
Contributed on 10/11/21 by hawkinsdonna48
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