LOUIS W. SESSIONS, 1LT, USAF
Louis Sessions '51
Lucky Bag
From the 1951 Lucky Bag:
Louis Walker Sessions
Lake Village, Arkansas
Louis, known to all his classmates and friends as Lou, came to Navy via Marion Institute where he first donned a uniform . . . according to Lou . . . very good natured and slow to anger . . . anxious to help any who sought his counsel and aid . . . has been known to have many clutch subjects. . . good natural recipient of practical jokes by his classmates . . . aided materially in keeping us from breaking down under the strain when the academics were roughest . . . tempers his ready wit with a diligence which will prove to be in his favor as the years go by. . . will go far in his chosen field and will certainly always be an asset anywhere.
Louis Walker Sessions
Lake Village, Arkansas
Louis, known to all his classmates and friends as Lou, came to Navy via Marion Institute where he first donned a uniform . . . according to Lou . . . very good natured and slow to anger . . . anxious to help any who sought his counsel and aid . . . has been known to have many clutch subjects. . . good natural recipient of practical jokes by his classmates . . . aided materially in keeping us from breaking down under the strain when the academics were roughest . . . tempers his ready wit with a diligence which will prove to be in his favor as the years go by. . . will go far in his chosen field and will certainly always be an asset anywhere.
Loss
Louis was lost when the T-33 Shooting Star he was piloting crashed six miles southeast of Pilot Point, Texas, on May 24, 1953.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
Louis was an honor graduate of Lakeside High School, and he was a member of the Lakeside Methodist Church.
At graduation from the Naval Academy, he chose the Air Force and went to Greenville for pre-flight training. He then went to San Marcos and Waco where he was stationed at James F. Connally Air Base.
In June 1951, Louis and Lt. John Niven were ushers at the wedding of Lt. John Broadus Lewis in Blytheville, Arkansas.
His father Hal was a real estate broker. Besides his parents and grandmother, his three brothers survived him: Hal, Jr., a chaplain at Newport, Rhode Island; Floyd and William. All three served in the Navy during WWII; and Hal, Jr., was aboard Wasp when it was sunk in the Pacific.
He was survived by his parents, three brothers, and a grandmother; he is buried in Arkansas.
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