Kenneth Dale Hess
April 27, 1979 ~ April 11, 2006
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Sgt. Kenneth Dale Hess, 26, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, while serving his country in Iraq. He was a member of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 414th Cavalry, out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Sgt. Hess was born in Asheville and attended A.C. Reynolds High School.
He is survived by his wife, April T. Hess; his son from a previous relationship, Alex Nelson of Bluffton, IN; his mother, Kathy Helton Blackwell and her husband, Dannie, of Marshall; his father, Terry D. Hess and his wife, Robyn, of Asheville; his sister, Tandace H. Taylor and her husband of Fairview; and his paternal grandmother, Clara Hess of Aiken, SC.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Barbara Conner and his paternal grandfather, Dell Hess, Jr.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Eric Reece at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Baptist Church, 216 Shelburne Road, Asheville. Military honors will be provided for the interment at Fore Cemetery on Gorman Bridge Road.
His family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 100 Edgewood Road, Asheville, NC 28801.
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Terry I Used To Work For You At AAA On Merrimon Ave. And i Just Wanted To Say I Am So Sorry For You And Your Family In This Time Of Sorrow,God Bless You And The Family. Donald Woods And Family.
Dear,Family
Our Love & Prayers To You And Your Family,He Serve Our Country Well,He Was A Hero,God Bless Each Of You,
Mary & Linda
our prayers are with everyone.
we love you Kathy&Danny our prayers are with the whole family.
We are deeply sorry for the loss of your beloved son. At this difficult time your family is in our prayers.
Sis,
Iam so sorry to here about your Grandson. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.
Joyce Jones Branks
Sis,
I am so sorry to here about your Grandson . I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Marie Jones Angel
Terry&Kathy I am so sorry for your loss know I am with you both in my heart.Kenneth will be missed.
Terry & Kathy I am so sorry about Kenneth it breaks my heart.But Know he is with god.He will allways be with you all ways.
To the mother of Mr. Hess
First I want to say God Be With You during your time of sorrower. I know your pain, I to lost a son and I know the pain that you are filling. The pain never goes away but with Gods help it will be bearable. Just think of the day when you will meet him in Heaven. Don’t lose the faith. It does not get easy, but with God all things are bearable.
Our prayers are with you.
Your friends at Napa Auto Parts.
To All the Hess Family,
Our deepest sympathy goes to all of you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
The Family of Dan Jenkins,
Debbie Jenkins DeBruhl,
Katrina DeBruhl Covan &
The Angel Food Ministry
of Reed Memorial Baptist Church
You are in our thoughts and prayers. We are so saddened by your loss, but are thankful for the freedoms that we have because of men and women like you loved one. May you feel and sense God’s love and abundance during this difficult time. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Even though we have never had the opportunity to meet Kenneth, we wanted to take a moment to thank him for his sacrifice and his willingness to serve for our country. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time. May God Bless and Comfort You!
Dear Hess Family and Loved Ones,
We thank Kenny and all of you for the service and sacrifice that you have given on our behalf. We pray that you may feel the presence and comfort of the Savior Himself today and in the days ahead.
LoveinHim,
Bill and Suzanne Cole
I am so sorry about Kenny. I appreciate Kenny and all our service people who are fighting to protect us. Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you.
With deepest sympathy to all the family in the loss of a loved one.
Most sincerely,
Willie Glance, Chaplain
Dear Hess Family,
Our prayers and sympathy to all your family for loss of your loved one and the ultimate sacrifice that Kenny made. May God bless you all.
Bruce & Lois Ramsey
Yorktown, VA
To the family:
Our son served with your loved one in Iraq, I cannot express to you the deepest sympathy that we have for you and your tradgic loss. Please know that we will hold you all up in prayer, and pray that God will give you the strength that you need. We have planted a special tree in our yard in memory of Kenny. May God keep him and hold him. May God’s grace and mercy shine upon all of you and hold you high. With love, The Davidson Family
Terry and Family,We bus drivers at Valley Springs and TC Roberson are very saddened by your loss. Some of us knew Kennenth and some didn’t, but we all know if he’s anything like his father he had to be a great person. Our prayers go out to all the family and we will keep you close to our hearts. Terry if we can do anything for you guys feel free to let me know.
My deepest sympathy to the family of SGT Hess. It was an honor to have served with SGT Hess. He will be missed. You will all be in my prayers. God Bless
I am sorry to hear of the loss of Kenny. I met him through his cousin Michael Letterman years ago. He was a guy you could always talk to or if you needed somebody to cheer you up he was always there. He was such a sweet guy. My prayers goes out to you.
Your family is in my prayers, knew him years ago and he was a great friend. very loving, giving person.
To April,
Our thoughts and prayers our with you. Kenny was a great friend of ours as well as you April(from Fort Knox)and he will greatley be missed. May GOD be with you at this time April and know that we are praying for you!!! God bless you Kenny!!!!
Terry and Robyn, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. May God be with you and your family. Your family will be in my prayers.
Terry and Robyn, We are sorry to hear of you loss.May God be with you and your family. You and your family will be in our prayers.
April,We are sorry to hear the loss of your husband.you and your family are in our prayers.
To the Hess Family:
This is to express our Love , thoughts and prayers with your Family.
Thanks for the dedicated service to us and our country that Kenneth so willing gave us.
May your family find comfort in knowing our Country has the freedoms we enjoy today because of the dedicated Men & Women of our Armed Forces who serve and are willing to make the Ultimate
Sacrifice that Kenneth has made.
GOD bless your Family,
The Hall Family
I am so very sorry for you lose. I am sending my condolences because I noticed that he was buried in Fore Family Cemetery on Gorman Bridge Rd. I am a member of the Fore Family buried there and wish to send my deepest sympathy to all his family even tho I do not know any of his family.
Kathy,Terry and families I have fond memories of Kenny.He use to come to my house and hang out with my sons.I have a picture of Kenny holding my granddaughter shortly after her birth.He was always a nice young man.During one of the times he was there we figured out that we were cusins somewhere down the line.So the boys grew even closer.you are in our thoughts and prayers.May God be with you and guide you.If we can do anything Please let us know.With Love And Prayers Floyd and Janice
I will always remember the fun times we had growing up on ‘the hill’. Kenny is a part of many of my happiest memories as a kid and will always have a special place in my heart. I cannot begin to understand the pain you all are feeling, but I pray that God will grant you the peace that passes all understanding to get you through this. I love all of you dearly.
I knew Kenny from school. He always had such a good heart. Please know that your family is in my prayers. May God be with you & lift you up in this time of need.
Your family has my deepest condolences. I am sorry for your loss. ~Jason
To the Hess Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Pam Fourtenbary
Our condolences and thoughts go out to your family. You have been in our thoughts and prayers and know that God will pull you through this.
My Prayers are with you. May God give you His peace and His strenth to carry you.
Only you knew all the joy of having your child and only you know all the pain of your loss. But anyone who has ever loved must yearn to bring you comfort.
Kenny was an amazing man; patient, brave and understanding. He would have done anything in the world for April. We will always have love in our hearts for him as he is in God’s care watching over us.
Thinking of your family with love,
April’s Family
my prayers and thoughts are with you at this sad time:
sincerely:
pat(used to work with dale hess sr.at C&H auto parts/hope TERRY still remembered me?)
Terry & Robyn and Family
I was so shocked to here of your loss.
Our Thoughts and prayers are with you and your Family.
Lynn Taylor (Reynolds)
Jeantette Bryson (Reynolds & AshevilleTransit)
We have never met but our hearts go out to the family in the loss of your loved one. We have a grandson and a grandson-in-law now
serving in the Armed Forces , one in Kuiwat and one a nurse at Ft. Sill Okl. Military Hospital. We lost our youngest daughter fourteen months ago and know the pain all of you are going through, We lived in Asheville many years and still keep up with the news via the computer. Our children attended A.C. Reynold High School and even though we have been gone may years the people there are still dear to our hearts even if we never met.
My thoughts and Prayers are with you you loved one is safe with the Great Commander of us all may God Bless Donald Ramsey Chaplain American Legion Post 2 Asheville,NC
I worked with Kathy several years ago at TDP Electronics. I remember Kenny when he was young man. My thought and prayers are with each and everyone of you during this time.
To kathy,Dannie,Tandise and all of Kenny’s family; We Love you so much and are praying for you. There are no words to let you know how deeply we regret the loss of your loved one. Know that your family at Anderson Branch Baptist Church is with you in thought, prayer, and love even when we are not with you our thoughts of you never leave our hearts and minds. As my sister in Christ and As my brother in Christ your grief is our grief and we will always be there for you it is hard to see you in such pain and we wish we could bear it for you if just for a little while. God has a reason for all things which we surely do not understand but know he is still the strength from whom we can depend on in these saddest of times. Look to God for your strength and know your sisters and brothers love you so much. God Bless and keep you always. We Love you; Chris and Denise Shelton
Terry & Robyn,
We have you and the entire Hess family in our thoughts and prayers.
Terry & Robyn & Family,My thoughts & prayer’s are with you at this most sorrowful time.With deepest and most heartfelt condolences,Ms.Jerri Scott(Erwin High School<,Busdriver#52)
To all of the family memebers,
Your son, husband and father served with our son, in Iraq, and was a friend and neighbor in Fairbanks AK. I cannot even begin to imagine the loss that you are feeling. There has not been a moment that each and everyone of you have not been in our thoughts and in our prayers. May the good Lord comfort each and every one of you during this time of grieving. We will continue to pray for all of you, April, Alex, Kathy and Dannie and Terry and Robyn and Tandace. No words will ever make the pain go away, but our prayer is that you will take rest and peace in knowing that people all over are praying for all of you, time will heal, but only God can give you the peace you will need. We have planted a tree in our yard in memory of Kenny, so that we may always remember him. May all of you be comforted in the arms of our Lord and Savior.
Cathy,
Ive been shocked and iam sad by the news of kennys death.I remember so well sitting with kenny and your mom so many nights laughing, playing donkey kong and having a great time.
Barbara knew kenny was special and had lots of great things to offer and give to this world, and now the world knows what you both knew already..he is a hero.
God bless you and your family,
~Mark Powell~
My thoughts and prayers are with you as you try to deal with this sudden tragic loss. Kenneth is a true American hero. I know you are so sad but also very proud of him. We maintain our freedom because of soldiers like him.
May God be with you now and in the days ahead.
God Bless you.
Jan Banks
Aunt to Staff Sgt Joe Ray
Our thought and prayer go out to his fanily and friends. We have freedom because of this young man.
Be proud.God will give you strength
and love for this sad time.Our love
to all.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Kenny’s parents and family. My grandson, Sgt.Darick Pennell serves with the 414th Cav, 272nd Stryker in RaWah, out of Ft Wainwright and served with Kenny. These boys are proud of their mission and of what they do and we are proud of them. May God bless you all during this trying time.
Terry, My prayers are with you and your family. Just know that your son is truly ‘AT Home’ now and that you WILL see him again. May God bless and comfort all of you.
Terry and family, I am so sorry for your lost. Kenneth was a great guy. You will all be in my thoughts and prayers.
To the Hess Family.
We wanted to send you our deepest sympathy in your loss. Our prayers are with you in this difficult time.
Your Friends,
Cintas Corp.
9B National Ave.
Fletcher, NC 28732
April,
Our hearts go out to you at this very trying time in your life. You and Kenny’s family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Dear Terry, Tandace, Kathy and Clara
Horace, Gary and I were truly saddened by the news of Kenny’s death.
One of my fondest memories includes the Hess Family. In 1989, Kenny must have been about nine years old–and probably a year before Terry and Kathy joined the choir–Bethesda Choir presented the Christmas Cantata, ‘Hope Was Born’. Throughout the cantata we had a family portral of Christmas morning. The father, and narrator, was Roger Yates, Kathy was the mother, and Kenny, Tandace and LeAn were the children. There are pictures of this event in the ‘Choir History’ album in Bethesda’s Archives Room.
Our prayers are with all the famiy. We are truly blessed to have Jesus ‘go to prepare a place’ for us.
God bless you!
We wish to send our sympathy at this time. Our prayers are with all of you. Just lean on God and He will get you through. He got us through Bobby’s death, 29 years ago the 6th of April.
Terry hang in there, we love you and your family.
Every year my friend. You’re not forgotten and you never will be.
Still miss you brother! Rest In Peace Kenny.
After all this time .. but we have a hope, not as the world gives.
❤️🏆✝️🏆❤️
Still miss you every day, brother.