Ronald Anthony Addison, 71, of Tyler went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday April 3, 2016 in Tyler. Funeral services under the direction of Ingram Funeral Home in Quinlan, Texas with Full Military Honors will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery. 

He married the former Miss Maria Carvone on April 11, 1994 and they made their home in Irving before moving to Tyler in 2014. Ronald had been a greeter at Wal-Mart store#1044 in Tyler at the time of his death. 

Ronald was born December 30, 1944 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is the son of the late Roland Addison and Patricia Burnhart Addison. He was raised and attended school in Dallas. He entered the United States Navy in 1963 and honorably served our country during Vietnam. He received numerous awards during his military career and retired after 23 years of service.

He is loved and will be missed by his wife Maria of Tyler. Daughters, Patricia Addison of Virginia, Maria Roomets of Maryland and Dawn Wingert & husband Mark of Ohio. Sons, Christopher Johnson and wife Savannah of Tyler and Donald Johnson of Irving. Seven Grandchildren and One Great-Grandson.

CVA-61 was named after "famous ships of the past" that had borne the name Ranger.

The first American Ranger was an 18-gun Continental Navy sloop, launched on 10 May 1777 by James K. Hackett, master shipbuilder, at Portsmouth, NH. Captain John Paul Jones in command.

Ranger vs. HMS Drake, 24 April 1778. Ranger captures the British sloop-of-war Drake, 20, Commander George Burdon, in an hour's action off Carrickfergus, Ireland.

Previous Rangers:

1. Continental Navy sloop.
2. An armed schooner.
3. A brigantine.
4. A steam-powered gunboat.
5. A steel-hulled patrol craft.
6. A wooden patrol craft.
7. A canceled battle cruiser, originally named Lexington.
8. A canceled battle cruiser, renamed Constitution.
9. The first American aircraft carrier designed and built as such from the keel up.