View a eulogy for Alva Barlett Bundren, USMA '55, who passed away on October 9, 2006.
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Alva Barlett Bundren
West Point, 1955
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Bill Streett on October 16, 2006:
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Al and I were roommates during the first few weeks of Beast Barracks, in Old Central Area, in July of 1951. In those days we had to fold our mattresses and sheets each morning, and make up the bed at night before taps. Most of us just flopped the mattress down, threw the sheets on, and climbed in. Al, however, could not stand to sleep in an unmade bed, and he very carefully made up his bunk, hospital corners and all, before turning in. We all got a kick out of this. When I reminded him of this at our 50th Reunion, he replied, with a wry smile, "Well, Bill, I came from a priveledged background, where I was very well cared for, and I just could not sleep in an unmade bed." At one point, Al and Mike Garn challenged the strongest and toughest member of the Beast Detail, Lloyd Rhiddlehoover '52, to a push-ups contest. Lloyd did more with one arm than Al and Mike did with two, and they caught hell for weeks afterward. It was a high point of their Beast Barracks, and they thought it was great fun. I will always remember Al's wonderful sense of humor and his positive outlook on life. |
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