17173 EVEREST, EMMET TINLEY
28 September 1926 - 07 September 1983
Interment: Eureka Springs Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Aged 56 years.

EMMET TINLEY EVEREST was born 28 September 1926 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the youngest of three children, and the only son of Folsom and Elsie Pusey Everest. Having a father and an uncle, Charles B. Everest, both senior officers in the Iowa National Guard, who served with distinction in the U.S. Army in World War I and in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a second uncle, Frank F. Everest, USMA '28, who retired as an Air Force general in 1961, Emmet was inherently suited for a military career. From an early age, he felt a dedication to that lineage.

In preparation for entering West Point, "Em" attended Staunton Military Academy and enlisted in the Army Air Corps following graduation. He passed the West Point entrance exams with ease, entering the Academy with the Class of 1949. Besides meeting the daily challenge of academics, Emmet showed promise as a tumbler on the gymnastics team and was a cheerleader.

Following graduation, Emmet married Janice Shawler of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Following pilot training, and receiving his wings, he was assigned to a B-50 Air Refueling unit at Biggs Field, Texas, and, later to an Air Rescue unit at Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland. Emmet applied for, and was accepted by, the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for continuing education in aerospace engineering. This led to a maintenance engineering assignment at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, followed by attendance at the Air Command and Staff College. From an overseas assignment at Woodbridge RAF Station, England, he returned to Headquarters, Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, then joined the F-111 program at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada and deployed with the squadron to Southeast Asia. Emmet concluded his active duty tour at Headquarters TAC, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, retiring in 1970.

The Everests moved to St. Charles, Missouri to start a second career with the McDonnell Douglas F-18 program. After ten years of involvement in the development and acquisition by the Navy of the F-18, Emmet decided to retire and take up a long-dreamed-of plan. The family would move to the Ozarks, build a retirement home there, and then share in owning a tri-state midwestern wild flower nursery with Janice. But, as is so often the case, he died before he could complete the house or attain the nursery.

Janice and Em raised two sons, Emmet Tinley, Jr., and William. In 1980, they took in a ward, Jerry D. McCormack, upon the untimely demise of his parents who had become close friends of the Everest family. Emmet was a devoted husband and father. He dedicated the better portion of his life to his family and to a vocation he truly loved: flying.

R.L.M.

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