War zones second home to Simonton

by IDA HOLYFIELD • Editor
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Army Lt. Col. John R. Simonton gets a kiss from daugher Alexandra, 12, as son Bobby, 17, looks on following the day he was commissioned in 2007. Married to the former Lori Tipton of Big Stone Gap, he is the son-in-law of Angie Tipton and the late Dave Tipton.


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