Noble Wyatt continued as Commander this year, and there was a continual
increase in membership as he worked to make the Camp more active. In July
of 1980 Jimmy Dee Woods III was elected Commander, and Devin Day served
as Adjutant. By the end of the year they boasted a membership of 39, as
follows:
Charles H. Andrews
Lowell C. Bankhead Jr.
Paul Bennett
H. Jackson Bradley III
Dr. Phillip Brumbaugh
James L. Buckley Jr.
William K. Gardner Jr.
T. C. Carlin
J. D. Cooper
Emory G. Craig
Devin F. Day
Judge Ivan Lee Holt Jr.
J. Allen Huddleston Jr.
Col. D. H. Hundley
M. Alexander Jones
Maury F. Jones
I. A. Long
Joseph M. Menius
John J. McDermott
E. D. Mitchell
A. Wellborne Moise
Clint Murphy
Frederic Niemeyer
James C. Patrick
C. Lee Pope
Scott H. Radcliffe
Donn L. Gayler
Courtney Shands Jr.
Courtney Shands III
Charles S. Via
William J. Winetroub
Jimmy Woods
Noble K. Wyatt
Stanley D. Wyatt
Thomas I. Wyatt
Dan Yancy
Don S. Schomburg
Glenn Cassidy
David L. Guise
Jim Woods served as Camp Commander til July of 1983 when Devin Day was
elected Commander.
Commander Devin Day served as Camp Commander from July 1983 til 1987. Camden l. Cherbonnier served as Adjutant, and they held regular meetings at the Episcopal Church of St. Michael and St. George on Wydown Boulevard. During this time money was raised for a monument to the Missourians at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, five Confederate General’s and four Congressmen’s graves were marked, the Sterling Price monument was re-engraved, and the Camp was completely reorganized although the membership had dropped to 29 members, as follows:
C. Frederick Barbee
Paul Bennett
Bill Bowden
Philip Brumbaugh
Camden Cherbonnier
J. D. Cooper
Devin F. Day
William k. Gardner
Ivan Lee Holt Jr.
Thomas C. Howard
Col. D. H. Hundley
M. Alexander Jones
Charles E. Lee
I. A. Long
Ed Mitchell
A. Wellborne Moise
Clinton A. Murphy
Clinton J. Murphy
Fred Niemeyer
William Osborne
James C. Patrick
Gary A. Powell
Courtney Shands Jr.
Charles Via
Frank P. Wilfley
Noble Wyatt
Stanley Wyatt
Jimmy Woods
John Zilliken
The membership continued to dwindle til by the end of 1986 there were
only 15 members left in the Camp. Toward the end of 1987 Compatriot Patrick
Gaylord O’Connor served briefly as Commander. He was also serving on the
staff of the newly reorganized Missouri Division.
In 1988 John Karel was elected Camp Commander, and under his guidance and
leadership the Camp began to rebuild. Commander Karel re-instituted many
of the Camp traditions, and began to have regular monthly Camp meetings.
The membership slowly increased, and a Camp Newsletter “The Army Argus”
was began. Mike Pierce was elected Lt. Commander, and Gene Dressel was
elected Adjutant. Mike Pierce had a monument to the Confederate dead erected
at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, and was honored by the Missouri
Division for his efforts. The Camp attended “Sterling Price Days”
in Keytesville, Missouri in September which was addressed by Commander
Robert l. Hawkins III. In January of 1989 Commander Karel was the keynote
speaker at the United daughters of the Confederacy’s General’s Luncheon,
and the Camp attended the Lee/Jackson Dinner in Columbia, Missouri.