Lt. Col. Luther B. True, a U.S. Navy and Air Force veteran, served in World War II and Vietnam, ultimately landing a job in Oak Ridge at the K-25 gaseous diffusion plant. He played trumpet —including quite a few years as a member of the Babahachie Community Concert Band—and was an avid music lover.Lt. Col. True, who died this year at 93, was also kind enough to make a bequest to the Joy of Music School in his will! He left us a beautiful, gleaming silver Sonare trumpet, two excellent mouthpieces, an assortment of mutes, two first-rate trumpet cases, and a modest cash gift to help pay for music programs for kids who need it most.Lt. Col. True learned about our mission in retirement and came to visit the School back in 2012. That was when he told JoMS Executive Director Frank Graffeo about his will. Frank gratefully made a note of it, and carried on. “I’d never gotten such a message in such a way,” Frank recalls. “He knew exactly what he wanted to do. You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes. He didn’t appear frail or ill back then. I expected him to outlive me! I was surprised to learn his age when he passed.” An American hero named Luther B. True did well by the School in his passing. We are charmed, thankful, and honored. If you’d like to leave the School anything in your will, we’d also be honored! Feel free to call Frank Graffeo at 865-525-6806 and he’ll be happy to talk it over with you.