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     After being missing for about 3 weeks, Ben's body and car were discovered at the bottom of a 500 foot embankment off the Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood Co., in North Carolina on December 19, 1997. Ben Johnston Trigg was born on 21 December 1975 at Galveston, Texas. He was the son of David Campbell Trigg and Ann Redmond Corey. Ben Johnston Trigg died on 19 December 1997 at Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, at age 21.

     John Bartholomew Ferchaud III was born on 14 June 1912 at New Orleans, Louisiana. He married Sarah Gertrude McCafferty Skinner, daughter of Joseph Edward Skinner and Margaret Rose McCafferty, on 8 November 1947 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL. John Bartholomew Ferchaud III died on 19 October 2002 at St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO, at age 90. He was buried on 31 October 2002 at Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL.

     John Bartholomew Ferchaud IV was buried at Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL. He was born on 29 July 1954 at New Orleans, Louisiana. He died on 30 July 1954. He was the son of John Bartholomew Ferchaud III and Sarah Gertrude McCafferty Skinner.

      John Bartholomew Ferchaud V also went by the name of Bart. He was born on 25 February 1956 at El Dorado, AR. He was the son of John Bartholomew Ferchaud III and Sarah Gertrude McCafferty Skinner. John Bartholomew Ferchaud V died on 12 January 2009 at DesPeres Hospital, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO, at age 52 , and was buried on 15 January 2009 at Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO; following a funeral mass at St. Richard Catholic Church.

As a young man Bart began bicycling for exercise and frequently rode 100-mile routes his whole adult life and and rode annually in the 100-mile marathon for MS in Columbia, MO. He was a Yondan (4th degree black belt) in Aikido, Chuden in Mind and Body Unification, and Assistant Ki Lecturer teaching certification from Ki Society international. Bart Sensei began training in April, 1989. He successfully tested for the the rank of Chuden in Shinshin Toitsu Do in June 2007 with Ki Society International President Shinichi Tohei Sensei. By recommendation of Midland Ki federation Chief Instructor Koichi Kashiwaya, he was awarded Yondan (4th degree black belt) from Ki Society International. Bart has been an engaged and engaging member of Saint Louis Ki Society since the beginning of his training. He served as a teaching assistant and regular teacher. Bart served for a time on the Saint Louis Ki Society Board of Directors. He also helped the organization with his computer graphic skills.

Early in his training, Bart was an assistant to Kate Theis when she taught children's classes. He was an athletic uke and could put on a flashy and engaging show of attacking and falling for the kids, who knew him affectionately as "Bad Bart". This title was especially funny because no one could ever think of Bart as bad in any way. Bart went on to be an assistant to other instructors, including Hemi Mistry and Sue Shepard. He became the regular Sunday morning teacher about four years ago. Bart was also a regular teacher at Meramec Valley Ki Society in Fenton, Missouri.


Bart was a graphic designer with extensive experience in both print and interactive media. He worked with clients like Hewlett-Packard, Ford, GM, Lucent and Avaya to produce websites, mass e-mails, and tradeshow booths.

      Patricia Jean Skinner was also known as Tricia Skinner. She was born on 31 January 1947 at Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Donald Joseph Skinner and Mary Katherine Kessler. Patricia Jean Skinner died on 23 August 2008 at Livonia, Wayne Co., MI, at age 61.¹

     John William Henry Hill was born on 25 April 1814 at Culpepper, VA. He was the son of Major Thomas Hill and Fannie Russell Baptist. John William Henry Hill married Mary Bates, daughter of Jehu Bates and Jannet Barnes, on 20 June 1837.