A 12-year-old Kissimmee youth, John Calvin Calhoun Jr., was killed in a helicopter crash Friday night while visiting a relative in Saudi Arabia.
Born in Cocoa, he moved to Kissimmee five years ago and was a seventh-grade student at Beaumont Middle School, Kissimmee.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Calhoun; sister, Miss Robin, Kissimmee; paternal grandparents, John C., Cocoa, and Mrs. Mariam Springer, Cocoa, and maternal grandfather, Russel Thiel, Cocoa.
A 12-year-old Kissimmee youth, John Calvin Calhoun Jr., was killed in a helicopter crash Friday night while visiting a relative in Saudi Arabia.
Born in Cocoa, he moved to Kissimmee five years ago and was a seventh-grade student at Beaumont Middle School, Kissimmee.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Calhoun; sister, Miss Robin, Kissimmee; paternal grandparents, John C., Cocoa, and Mrs. Mariam Springer, Cocoa, and maternal grandfather, Russel Thiel, Cocoa.
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Dec 27 1963, beyond the sunset, July 31, 1976.
Jackie, killed in a helicopter crash in U.A.E. To see him was to see a child, but to know him was to be amazed by his adult ways. In only 12 years he grew to be a man. Jackie's life was that of adventure and was patterned after his Dad Jack and his Uncle Jerry. Rest son 'til we meet in heaven.
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