BETHEL — American Legion Auxiliary, Post 81, has named Jocelyn Crockett Miss Poppy 2022.
Crockett, who is 8 years old and is home schooled, is the daughter of Jarrod and Paige Crockett. The family lives in Bethel.
Miss Poppy 2022, Jocelyn Crockett, of Bethel, is pictured with Bethel Town Manager Loretta Powers and Barb Dion, president of American Legion Auxiliary, Post 81. Submitted photo
The Crockett family has a long history of serving in the Armed Services of the United States of America.
Jocelyn Crockett’s father was in the Army, serving a tour in Afghanistan, and achieved the rank of major, serving from 1995-2020. He is a member of American Legion, Post 68.
Her grandfather, Gordon “Butch” Crockett, served in the Navy from 1965-1968, including service in Vietnam. Her great-grandfather Jackie Pinard served in the Army in Korea, and her uncle, Ryan Stowell, served in the Air Force from 1996-2000 through the War on Terrorism.
Jocelyn’s aunt, Jennifer Stowell Norris, served as a technical sergeant with the Air Force, and her uncles Lee Norris served in the Air Force from 1993-2010 as a technical sergeant, and Caleb White and Rick Roy each served as staff sergeants in the Air Force, White serving from 1997-2008 and Roy from 1989-2000.
She also had great uncles serving the in Armed Forces, including Robert Crockett, an Army corporal from 1963 to 1965, George Crockett, a gunner’s mate in the Navy from 1963-1966, Howard Crockett, who served in the Navy from 1956-1960 during the Cold War, Andre Dupont, an Army corporal during Vietnam, and Albert Foster, who served as a private first class in the Army during World War II.
Miss Poppy 2022 will be collecting donations in support of Bethel area veterans and their families.
Donation cans will be placed in business locations in town. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary ask that people be generous and donate to help with this worthy cause.
Miss Poppy will be at the IGA in Bethel each Saturday morning through May to meet and greet the public. She will also be in attendance for the dedication of the Veterans Memorial at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 30, in Bethel.
According to the American Legion Auxiliary, “connecting the visual image of the poppy with the sacrifice of service made by our veterans has been an important goal of the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Program since its inception in 1921.” Each year on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, millions of red crepe paper poppies — handmade by veterans as part of their therapeutic rehabilitation — are distributed across the country in exchange for donations that go directly to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans in our communities, according to the Auxiliary.
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