Tuskegee Airman Dies, William H. Accoo, 93

Wednesday, September 03, 2008
By Randall Clark
rclark@sjnewsco.com
SALEM - In one of the largest funerals the city has seen in recent memory, several hundred people turned out Tuesday to pay their final respects to Tuskegee Airman and city icon William H. Accoo.

In a spiritual tribute, the congregation of friends and family who packed shoulder to shoulder at Mt. Hope United Methodist Church here ensured that their praise and love reached him in the heavens, where they said he soars higher than any plane could ever take him. More