William Edward Cameron

Funeral Services will be held at an 11:00 am Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, July 22, 2011 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Maurice, Louisiana, for William Edward Cameron, 53, who passed away suddenly on Monday, July 11, 2011, in Tallil, Iraq while employed by ManTech International. Reverend Wayne Duet will be Celebrant of the Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Burial will take place in the Hebert Family Cemetery on Sweetbay Road Southwest of Perry, LA. Mr. Cameron was the son of the late Kenneth Eugene Cameron of Alapaha, Georgia and the former Helen Hebert of Abbeville, Louisiana. Bill joined the US Air Force in 1976 and spent 4 years maintaining the A-7D Corsair Attack Aircraft and then 6 years in Cryptographic Communications Maintenance and Support . Bill's career was marked with numerous deployments around the world where he was responsible for installing, maintaining and supporting the most sophisticated and advanced encryption technology of the time. Bill was honorably discharged in 1986 and then spent two years working as a military contractor on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. It was there that Bill became an expert scuba diver and further indulged his love of sport fishing. Bill returned to Louisiana in 1988 where he started his own hearing aid repair business, Assured Sound. In 2007, Bill joined the military contractor ManTech International and was deployed to Al Taqaddum Iraq where he acted as the lead technician for advanced surveillance technology used to ensure the security of the soldiers in the field. As the troop surge waned, Bill was transferred to Tallil Air Base in Iraq where he was put in complete charge as the Site Manager of Mantech's Regional Service Center. Bill was just finalizing the preparations to move to a new base in Iraq for his next duty assignment. Bill studied for many years in the martial arts achieving a black belt in Karate-Do and a brown belt in Aikijujutsu. Bill was also an avid gun enthusiast and enjoyed collecting and shooting a variety of weapons. He is survived by two sisters, Bonnie C. Trahan and husband Henry P. of Mesa, AZ and Deborah Lyn Cameron of Brentwood , TN; one brother, Gregory James Cameron, Sr. and wife Angel of Abbeville, LA; nieces and nephews, Gregory James Cameron, Jr., Ashley Cameron, Meagan Cameron and Zachary C. Trahan and one great nephew, Trason J. Cameron. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, David Richard Cameron. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Delhomme Funeral Home of Maurice on Thursday from 4:00 pm until 8:30 pm and will continue on Friday from 8:00 am until the time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 pm on Thursday evening in the funeral home. Personal condolences may be sent to the Cameron family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 200 Chief H. Fred Avenue, Maurice, LA, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

William Edward Cameron

February 21, 1958 - July 11, 2011