Cartersville man’s jet was shot down in 1967; his mother held out hope for almost two decades By MARK DAVIS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday, October 08, 2008 On his last day alive, Lorenza Conner had a locket around his neck, a gun on his hip and his eyes on the sky. The prayers of folks back home followed him as surely as contrails stretched behind his fighter jet. Those prayers are finally answered. The remains of the Cartersville quarterback are returning home, 41 years after he vanished in North Vietnam. Conner, an Air Force captain shot down in 1967, will be buried with song and tears Oct. 25. He will be laid to rest at Oak Hill Cemetery beside his mother, Pauline Conner. She prayed until her last day for her only child. “This is our closure,” said Conner’s cousin, Terri Durrah. “We know now that he’s coming...
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