Ufford’s remains traveled more than 11 hours by air to be reunited with family. Jeffers, Ufford’s nephew, was the first person standing in line to reach out and touch the flag adorned casket when his uncle arrived. Cecil Jeffers (and wife), an 84-year-old Cary, North Carolina resident and Ufford’s only surviving relative, attended the funeral. Scott Fuller presided over a funeral service for Ufford held at the National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina on July 16, 2021. A police and veteran motorcade escorted Ufford’s remains to Powles Station Funeral Home on Main St. He was ceremoniously honored with a water canon salute.
The NOSC’s funeral honors team, consisting of eight sailors, met Ufford’s remains at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on July 15, 2021. Seaman 2nd class is a rank from the early 1900s and is known today as seaman apprentice, the second-lowest enlisted rank in the Navy, directly above seaman recruit.
Ufford was killed in action during the attacks on Pearl Harbor Sunday, December 7, 1941. Sailors assigned to Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Raleigh rendered honors to a WWII veteran identified earlier this year as Navy Seaman 2nd Class Russell Orville Ufford of Kansas City, Missouri.
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