Brownsville VFW Post 6937 Elects New Officers

Post Officers being sworn in by Post Commander Edwin Vincent. New slate, right to left: Post Commander - Floyd Houston, Senior Vice Commander - Kevin Engel, Junior Vice Commander - Gary Lindsey, Quartermaster- Donna Engel, Chaplain - Paul Vincent, Judge Advocate - Wil Cannon, Surgeon - Bennie Durbin, 1st Year Trustee - Bennie Durbin, 2nd Year Trustee - Morris Blanton, Adjutant - Richard Shull, Service Officer - Mike Stoyonovich, (Commander Vincent was also elected to become our 3rd Year Trustee).

Edmonson Voice Staff Report: 
On April 16th the Brownsville VFW Post 6937 elected and swore in their 2018-2019 slate of officers during their meeting at the Edmonson County Public Library.  Post Officers were sworn in by Post Commander Edwin Vincent.  

Floyd Houston was named the new Post Commander as Edwin Vincent prepares to become the Department of Kentucky Commander.  In a statement from the local VFW Post, they said that Vincent will remain active in Brownsville Post’s activities but needs to focus on his increasingly important responsibilities within the state organization.

The following Officers are the new slate: Post Commander - Floyd Houston, Senior Vice Commander - Kevin Engel, Junior Vice Commander - Gary Lindsey, Quartermaster- Donna Engel, Chaplain - Paul Vincent, Judge Advocate - Wil Cannon, Surgeon - Bennie Durbin, 1st Year Trustee - Bennie Durbin, 2nd Year Trustee - Morris Blanton, Adjutant - Richard Shull, Service Officer - Mike Stoyonovich, (Commander Vincent was also elected to become our 3rd Year Trustee).

​“The VFW is America's largest organization of combat veterans," said Floyd Houston, new Post Commander of the Brownsville VFW Post 6937.  "The importance of the VFW is that the VFW is strong and organized in every community, in every city, and every state throughout the United States.  Through the local Post, we come together as equals - women and men forged in the fires of war, from all different backgrounds and ethnicities, to remember our fallen, help the living, and do good works in the community.”