HE COMMANDED THE U.S. NAVY'S PRESTIGIOUS TOPGUN SQUADRON. HE HAD ALMOST 6,000 HOURS AS AN AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIRCRAFT FIGHTER PILOT. HE COMMANDED TWO FIGHTER SQUADRONS, A CARRIER BASED AIR WING, AND SHIP.
HE WENT THROUGH THE VIET NAM WAR WITH A LIST OF COMMENDATIONS FOR SHOOTING DOWN ENEMY PLANES. HE RETIRED WITH THE RANK OF NAVY CAPTAIN, AFTER COMPLETING A THIRTY YEAR CAREER. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL, AND MADE HIS FAMILY PROUD.
THIS MAN, ROY CASH, JR., WAS ALSO A SONGWRITER.
HE AND HIS UNCLE, JOHNNY CASH WROTE
"I STILL MISS SOMEONE" IN 1958.
WHILE CAPTAIN ROY CASH WAS AWAY SERVING HIS COUNTRY, HIS WIFE, BILLIE CASH, WAS RAISING THEIR DAUGHTER, KELLYE. BILLIE WAS A GOSPEL SINGER,
BIBLE TEACHER AND SHE WROTE A BOOK.
WITH TWO MUSIC-ORIENTED PARENTS, KELLYE FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. IN 1987, THEIR DAUGHTER WON THE TITLE OF MISS AMERICA. SHE IS A GOSPEL SINGER AND DOES CONCERTS. WHEN HER DAD CAME HOME TO RETIRE, KELLYE AND HER DAD SANG HER FAVORITE SONG, "I STILL MISS SOMEONE."
