United States Army

A Funeral Mass for Orin N. Covell, 64, of Richmond, Texas will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 5, 2010 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Richmond where Fr. Howard Drabek will officiate the services. Interment will follow at Morton Cemetery in Richmond.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, November 4, 2010;at Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Chapel in Rosenberg.

Orin was born February 12, 1946 in Rosenberg to Milton Orin and Falba May (Buchholz) Covell. He served 6 years in the U.S. Army Reserve with the 463rd Engineer Detachment (Fire Fighters) and attained the rank of Sgt/E5 as a crew chief. Orin served as Mascot of the Richmond Fire Department in 1952 and has been an active volunteer member for over 30 years.

Bill Sutherland

I first met Bill Sutherland in 1967 when he pledged our fraternity, ATO, at Sam Houston State.

In a fraternity, you naturally gravitate to people who you relate to and those who share common interests. Bill and I became great friends instantly. Eventually I was in his wedding to Elaine and he traveled to Illinois to be in my wedding to Susie.