Six-and-a-half decades after what would have been his final year of high school, a local Korean War veteran received his diploma. The Effingham County Board of Education presented a Rincon High School diploma to Eathen “Deke” Davis, 81, whose Marine Corps Reserve unit was activated in 1950 as he was set to begin his senior year at RHS. He had just turned 17 years old at the time. “I’ve looked forward to this for years,” Davis said.
Diploma is worth the wait
