This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sgorin Surnames: Dougherty, Smith, McQuown, Breeden, Dassow, Hensgen, Nelson, Underwood Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.barren/21102/mb.ashx Message Board Post: NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. GLASGOW - Col. Joseph M. Dougherty [photo], Ret. USAF, husband of Shirley Smith Dougherty, died Sept. 18 following a lenghty battle with brain cancer. Born Feb. 10, 1931 in Glasgow, he was a son of the late Mark Alden and Kathleen McQuown Dougherty. After graduating from Glasgow High School, he joined the United States Air Force. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was Chairman of the Honor Committee and graduated in 1956. There he formed lifelong bonds of friendship with his classmates. In order to pursue his passion for flying, he chose a career in the Air Force. He earned a master's degree in English at Vanderbilt University and served as an English professor at the U. S. Air Force Academy. When his former students began to be assigned to combat duty in Vietnam, he and other West Pointers on the faculty volunteered for duty there in 1966. Joseph flew C123s as a member of the Ranch Hand squadron. On Oct. 31, 1966, he was shot down and rescued and was awarded the Purple Heart. After returning from Vietnam, he was assigned to the NATO staff in Germany. While there, he took great joy in touring Europe with his family. He later completed an assignment at the Pentagon and then returned to Kentucky to head up the Air Force ROTC program at the U.K. Following retirement, he helped develop a family farm in Metcalfe County and finally bought the Cessna airplane he had always talked about. In 1999, he flew his plane to a national aviation record for touching down in each of the 48 contiguous states in five days, five hours, and eleven minutes. He was a founding member of Tates Creek Presbyterian Church where he served as a trustee and he was on the advisory committee for the Francis Schaeffer Institute at Covenant Theological Seminary. For over 30 years, he met monthly with members of "Henry's" Men's Dinner Group. In his latter years, he took great delight in engaging in the lives of his grandchildren for whom he wished to create enduring childhood memories like those so precious to him. Besides his wife of 55 years, he is survived by four children and their spouses: Dr Mark and Natasha Dougherty, Lenore and Dan Breeden, and Amy Dougherty, all of Lexington; and Drs. Jeanie and Paul Dassow, Chattanooga, Tenn.; a brother, William R. (Joan) Dougherty, Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Louise D. Hensgen, Raleigh, N. C.; 15 grandchildren, Joseph (Laura) David, William, Julia, Pauline and Michael Dougherty, Kathleen (Joseph) Elaine and Caroline Breeden, Amy, Ben, Laura, Anne, Maria and Daniel Dassow and a great-grandson, Hunter Dougherty. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Jeanette Nelson and Marjorie Underwood. Services are 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Tates Creek Presbyterian Church followed by a reception. Visitation is at the church Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. Burial will be at the Lexington Cemetery. Milward-Broadway Funeral home in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers,k memorials to Deacon's Mercy Fund, Tates Creek Presbyterian Church, 3900 Rapid Run Dr., Lexington, or to L'Abri Fellowship General Fund, 1465 12th Ave., NE, Rochester, MN 55906-4383. Glasgow (KY) Daily Times, Tuesday, 20 Sept 2011, p. A3 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.