Navy Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Jason B. Dwelley, 31, of Apopka, Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, based in Jacksonville, Fla.; killed April 30 when his military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while traveling in a convoy in Anbar province, Iraq. He was the recipient of numerous Navy awards, including Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, five battle "E"s and two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons. He is survived by John and Quennell Dwelley; two sisters, Dara Delaney and Amanda Dwelley; three half sisters, Teresa Senn, Brenda Martin and Diana Bichard; grandmother Nancy Dwelley.
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The following was provided by Contributor Robin Knowles Miner (47614397):
Loved ones remember Seabee killed in Iraq at Dixie funeral
ALICE WALLACE Special to The Sun
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley's parents, Quenell, left, and John Dwelley comfort one another after being presented with their son's Purple Heart during his funeral at Rock Sink Baptist Church cemetery in Old Town on Saturday. His youngest sister, Amanda Dwelley, 19, watches at right. After nine years in the Navy, Dwelley, 31, recently re-enlisted in the Navy Reserve.
OLD TOWN - Three staccato rifle shots followed by the solemn notes of a bugle player sounding "Taps" broke through the silence Saturday morning in this eastern Dixie County town.
It was eight days after Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley, 31, was killed after an explosive hit the vehicle in which he was riding in the Al-Anbar province of Iraq.
Outside Rock Sink Baptist Church along State Road 349 at about 11 a.m., family, friends and military personnel honored his death and said their goodbyes to the man who spent nine and a half years of his life in the Navy.
Dwelley was born and raised in Apopka, but his extended family calls Dixie County home. His mother, Quenell, was born and raised in Old Town, and many of her relatives still reside there. His family - including his mother, Quenell, his father, John Dwelley, and his sisters, Dara Delaney, 30, and Amanda Dwelley, 19 - held a memorial service earlier in the week in Apopka in the Orlando area, and then came to Old Town so he could be buried in the cemetery beside the Baptist church.
Despite the intense mid-day heat, almost a hundred people huddled around a tent over Dwelley's grave, as two pastors and a Navy chaplain gave moving eulogies. "The ironic thing was, they (the military) were over there to bring peace. They were over there to care for the land and the people," said Capt. Glen Busby, a chaplain with the Naval Reserve.
There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd as the American flag upon Dwelley's casket was folded and handed to Dwelley's mother, followed by the presentation of Dwelley's Purple Heart to his father.
According to Dara Delaney, her brother had served six years of active duty in the Navy, but recently re-enlisted in the Naval Reserve because he was working toward a civil engineering degree at the University of Central Florida and was looking for financial assistance.
"He knew there was a chance he might go to Iraq," Delaney said.
Steve Delaney, Dwelley's brother-in-law, said Dwelley never talked about his reasons for joining the Navy, but always had great things to say about his travels.
"Jason was kind of a man of few words," Delaney said. "When he came home he talked about where he traveled and that was about it."
Dwelley originally worked as a welder and hull technician, later becoming a steelworker in the Seabees of the Navy. But, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Connell, Seabees have little to do with the sea.
"It's spelled S-E-A-B-E-E,' but it stands for the initials C.B., for construction battalion," he said.
Connell said the motto of the Seabees is "We build, we fight," and he said the Seabees are in charge of much of the rebuilding, including restoring buildings and utilities, that is currently going on in Iraq.
Connell said he had only spent limited time with Dwelley, but had nothing but good things to say about the fellow Seabee.
"He did work hard," Connell said. "He always had a great attitude."
The Gainesville Sun May 8, 2004
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The following was provided by Contributor Robin Knowles Miner (47614397):
Loved ones remember Seabee killed in Iraq at Dixie funeral
ALICE WALLACE Special to The Sun
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley's parents, Quenell, left, and John Dwelley comfort one another after being presented with their son's Purple Heart during his funeral at Rock Sink Baptist Church cemetery in Old Town on Saturday. His youngest sister, Amanda Dwelley, 19, watches at right. After nine years in the Navy, Dwelley, 31, recently re-enlisted in the Navy Reserve.
OLD TOWN - Three staccato rifle shots followed by the solemn notes of a bugle player sounding "Taps" broke through the silence Saturday morning in this eastern Dixie County town.
It was eight days after Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley, 31, was killed after an explosive hit the vehicle in which he was riding in the Al-Anbar province of Iraq.
Outside Rock Sink Baptist Church along State Road 349 at about 11 a.m., family, friends and military personnel honored his death and said their goodbyes to the man who spent nine and a half years of his life in the Navy.
Dwelley was born and raised in Apopka, but his extended family calls Dixie County home. His mother, Quenell, was born and raised in Old Town, and many of her relatives still reside there. His family - including his mother, Quenell, his father, John Dwelley, and his sisters, Dara Delaney, 30, and Amanda Dwelley, 19 - held a memorial service earlier in the week in Apopka in the Orlando area, and then came to Old Town so he could be buried in the cemetery beside the Baptist church.
Despite the intense mid-day heat, almost a hundred people huddled around a tent over Dwelley's grave, as two pastors and a Navy chaplain gave moving eulogies. "The ironic thing was, they (the military) were over there to bring peace. They were over there to care for the land and the people," said Capt. Glen Busby, a chaplain with the Naval Reserve.
There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd as the American flag upon Dwelley's casket was folded and handed to Dwelley's mother, followed by the presentation of Dwelley's Purple Heart to his father.
According to Dara Delaney, her brother had served six years of active duty in the Navy, but recently re-enlisted in the Naval Reserve because he was working toward a civil engineering degree at the University of Central Florida and was looking for financial assistance.
"He knew there was a chance he might go to Iraq," Delaney said.
Steve Delaney, Dwelley's brother-in-law, said Dwelley never talked about his reasons for joining the Navy, but always had great things to say about his travels.
"Jason was kind of a man of few words," Delaney said. "When he came home he talked about where he traveled and that was about it."
Dwelley originally worked as a welder and hull technician, later becoming a steelworker in the Seabees of the Navy. But, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Connell, Seabees have little to do with the sea.
"It's spelled S-E-A-B-E-E,' but it stands for the initials C.B., for construction battalion," he said.
Connell said the motto of the Seabees is "We build, we fight," and he said the Seabees are in charge of much of the rebuilding, including restoring buildings and utilities, that is currently going on in Iraq.
Connell said he had only spent limited time with Dwelley, but had nothing but good things to say about the fellow Seabee.
"He did work hard," Connell said. "He always had a great attitude."
The Gainesville Sun May 8, 2004
Navy Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Jason B. Dwelley, 31, of Apopka, Fla.; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, based in Jacksonville, Fla.; killed April 30 when his military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while traveling in a convoy in Anbar province, Iraq. He was the recipient of numerous Navy awards, including Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, five battle "E"s and two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons. He is survived by John and Quennell Dwelley; two sisters, Dara Delaney and Amanda Dwelley; three half sisters, Teresa Senn, Brenda Martin and Diana Bichard; grandmother Nancy Dwelley.
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The following was provided by Contributor Robin Knowles Miner (47614397):
Loved ones remember Seabee killed in Iraq at Dixie funeral
ALICE WALLACE Special to The Sun
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley's parents, Quenell, left, and John Dwelley comfort one another after being presented with their son's Purple Heart during his funeral at Rock Sink Baptist Church cemetery in Old Town on Saturday. His youngest sister, Amanda Dwelley, 19, watches at right. After nine years in the Navy, Dwelley, 31, recently re-enlisted in the Navy Reserve.
OLD TOWN - Three staccato rifle shots followed by the solemn notes of a bugle player sounding "Taps" broke through the silence Saturday morning in this eastern Dixie County town.
It was eight days after Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley, 31, was killed after an explosive hit the vehicle in which he was riding in the Al-Anbar province of Iraq.
Outside Rock Sink Baptist Church along State Road 349 at about 11 a.m., family, friends and military personnel honored his death and said their goodbyes to the man who spent nine and a half years of his life in the Navy.
Dwelley was born and raised in Apopka, but his extended family calls Dixie County home. His mother, Quenell, was born and raised in Old Town, and many of her relatives still reside there. His family - including his mother, Quenell, his father, John Dwelley, and his sisters, Dara Delaney, 30, and Amanda Dwelley, 19 - held a memorial service earlier in the week in Apopka in the Orlando area, and then came to Old Town so he could be buried in the cemetery beside the Baptist church.
Despite the intense mid-day heat, almost a hundred people huddled around a tent over Dwelley's grave, as two pastors and a Navy chaplain gave moving eulogies. "The ironic thing was, they (the military) were over there to bring peace. They were over there to care for the land and the people," said Capt. Glen Busby, a chaplain with the Naval Reserve.
There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd as the American flag upon Dwelley's casket was folded and handed to Dwelley's mother, followed by the presentation of Dwelley's Purple Heart to his father.
According to Dara Delaney, her brother had served six years of active duty in the Navy, but recently re-enlisted in the Naval Reserve because he was working toward a civil engineering degree at the University of Central Florida and was looking for financial assistance.
"He knew there was a chance he might go to Iraq," Delaney said.
Steve Delaney, Dwelley's brother-in-law, said Dwelley never talked about his reasons for joining the Navy, but always had great things to say about his travels.
"Jason was kind of a man of few words," Delaney said. "When he came home he talked about where he traveled and that was about it."
Dwelley originally worked as a welder and hull technician, later becoming a steelworker in the Seabees of the Navy. But, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Connell, Seabees have little to do with the sea.
"It's spelled S-E-A-B-E-E,' but it stands for the initials C.B., for construction battalion," he said.
Connell said the motto of the Seabees is "We build, we fight," and he said the Seabees are in charge of much of the rebuilding, including restoring buildings and utilities, that is currently going on in Iraq.
Connell said he had only spent limited time with Dwelley, but had nothing but good things to say about the fellow Seabee.
"He did work hard," Connell said. "He always had a great attitude."
The Gainesville Sun May 8, 2004
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The following was provided by Contributor Robin Knowles Miner (47614397):
Loved ones remember Seabee killed in Iraq at Dixie funeral
ALICE WALLACE Special to The Sun
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley's parents, Quenell, left, and John Dwelley comfort one another after being presented with their son's Purple Heart during his funeral at Rock Sink Baptist Church cemetery in Old Town on Saturday. His youngest sister, Amanda Dwelley, 19, watches at right. After nine years in the Navy, Dwelley, 31, recently re-enlisted in the Navy Reserve.
OLD TOWN - Three staccato rifle shots followed by the solemn notes of a bugle player sounding "Taps" broke through the silence Saturday morning in this eastern Dixie County town.
It was eight days after Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Bosley Dwelley, 31, was killed after an explosive hit the vehicle in which he was riding in the Al-Anbar province of Iraq.
Outside Rock Sink Baptist Church along State Road 349 at about 11 a.m., family, friends and military personnel honored his death and said their goodbyes to the man who spent nine and a half years of his life in the Navy.
Dwelley was born and raised in Apopka, but his extended family calls Dixie County home. His mother, Quenell, was born and raised in Old Town, and many of her relatives still reside there. His family - including his mother, Quenell, his father, John Dwelley, and his sisters, Dara Delaney, 30, and Amanda Dwelley, 19 - held a memorial service earlier in the week in Apopka in the Orlando area, and then came to Old Town so he could be buried in the cemetery beside the Baptist church.
Despite the intense mid-day heat, almost a hundred people huddled around a tent over Dwelley's grave, as two pastors and a Navy chaplain gave moving eulogies. "The ironic thing was, they (the military) were over there to bring peace. They were over there to care for the land and the people," said Capt. Glen Busby, a chaplain with the Naval Reserve.
There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd as the American flag upon Dwelley's casket was folded and handed to Dwelley's mother, followed by the presentation of Dwelley's Purple Heart to his father.
According to Dara Delaney, her brother had served six years of active duty in the Navy, but recently re-enlisted in the Naval Reserve because he was working toward a civil engineering degree at the University of Central Florida and was looking for financial assistance.
"He knew there was a chance he might go to Iraq," Delaney said.
Steve Delaney, Dwelley's brother-in-law, said Dwelley never talked about his reasons for joining the Navy, but always had great things to say about his travels.
"Jason was kind of a man of few words," Delaney said. "When he came home he talked about where he traveled and that was about it."
Dwelley originally worked as a welder and hull technician, later becoming a steelworker in the Seabees of the Navy. But, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Connell, Seabees have little to do with the sea.
"It's spelled S-E-A-B-E-E,' but it stands for the initials C.B., for construction battalion," he said.
Connell said the motto of the Seabees is "We build, we fight," and he said the Seabees are in charge of much of the rebuilding, including restoring buildings and utilities, that is currently going on in Iraq.
Connell said he had only spent limited time with Dwelley, but had nothing but good things to say about the fellow Seabee.
"He did work hard," Connell said. "He always had a great attitude."
The Gainesville Sun May 8, 2004
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