

CVMA® TN 18-1
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association®
Music City Misfits Chapter Nashville, TN


Our Fallen Heroes
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jim "Jop" Joplin
FM-4882
James retired as an E7 from the US Army where he served for 37 years and was a member of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Assoc. After retirement from the military, he was a furnace operator at Kenne Metal.
He is remembered and missed.

Bill "Lifer" Stayt
FM-2125
Mar 14, 1944 - Nov. 3rd, 2012
Husband, Father, Brother, Combat Veteran and Patriot. Bill proudly served 25 years in the Navy Seabees, and retired a highly decorated Builder Senior Chief Petty Officer. Spent three tours in Vietnam.

Sylvia "Sleepytime" Abernathy
AUX-1756
Sylvia "Sleepytime" Abernathy was known for her smile, open and loving to everyone. She never let her kidney disease (Focal Segmental glomerulosclerosis) stop her from enjoying life. Many will never know all that she did for 18-1,she will never be forgotten and will forever be missed!!

Gilbert "Cobra Gil" Acheson
FM-9937
Jim proudly served his country in the United States Army. He served with utmost honor and distinction for 30 years, reaching the rank of Colonel.

Thomas "Mayhem" Canady
FM-15576
Brandi Majerus presented him with the 2017 Chapter "Angle Coin".
He is remembered and missed.

James "Bull" Bachman
FM-3781
From 1965-1970 he served as a helicopter pilot, gunship team leader, AH-1 Cobra instructor pilot, and chief of flight standards, Cobra Training Center, Hunter AAF, GA.

John "Cochise" Bosch
FM-3254
June 26th, 1962 - February 28, 2011
Father, Son, Brother, Friend, Combat Veteran, Patriot--Army Ranger, 1st BN, 75th Airborne Infantry Made a Combat Jump during the invasion of Granada. CIB Recipient.

Jeffery "BBG" Wilson
FM-11525
Jeffrey “BBG” Wilson - Sergeant At Arms: Oct 2, 1958 - Oct 21, 2020. Served in the Navy (1977) as a Radioman aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), Army National Guard (1986) as a Combat Medic, Army (1993) as a Cavalry Scout, completing two tours of duty in Iraq. In 2010, he medically retired from the Army as a Staff Sergeant. He worked as a Health Tech at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System in Murfreesboro.