May God bless you and your...
Gary you are missed by your shipmates but not forgotten. We toast you every year at our reunion in Galveston TX.
Michael G Spencer
October 25, 2021 | Family


Portland, Texas
1947 - 2017
Gary ThurmondPortland, TXGary Ashley Thurmond, Sr, from Portland, Texas, passed away on October 29, 2017, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Gary was born on May 8, 1947 in Allendale, South Carolina to Ebbie Alanzo Thurmond and Annie Lee Linder Thurmond.At the age of 17 he joined...
Read MoreGary you are missed by your shipmates but not forgotten. We toast you every year at our reunion in Galveston TX.
Michael G Spencer
October 25, 2021 | Family
Great Sailings across the heavens, Master Chief,
We first met when you where a 1st Class in Corpus, in 1976, I was on the CGC Anvil as a 2nd class, My family and I lived below your family at Pharaohs Apartments. You where a great Bosn. and a great friend even though we were not stationed together. Thanks for your service In the USCG and as a Police Officer. May God Bless You and Your Family.
Jimmy Fairleigh
January 26, 2018
Remembered By
Jimmy Fairleigh
January 26, 2018 | Seabrook, TX
RIP Master Chief you will be missed by all who knew you. We first met in Galveston Texas and then later when you were Office in charge of the USCGC Mallet and I was the Bosn from District with survey equipment. Fair winds and following seas Gary, we have the watch.
Michael Spencer
November 03, 2017 | Carriere, MS

THE THIN BLUE LINE
Officer,
Even though I have never met you, I want to thank you with all my heart for Service(s). You spent 20 years protecting the Country in the Coast Guard and then followed with your Law Enforcement career. You have helped to maintain that Thin Blue Line. That line and Law Enforcement is the only thing that separates Civility from Chaos.
Your duty has been completed and now 10-7. Bless your Family and loved ones.
Larry Taylor
October 31, 2017 | Corpus Christi, TX