ED HOFFMAN 1937 - 2010

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." - Matthew 5:3-9

From the Ed Hoffman family: "Ed passed away last evening at 8:40 pm. He was resting peacefully when he passed. He will be missed by many."

Services for Ed Hoffman, 73, of Tyler, will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Stewart Family Funeral Home with Rev. Lanny Bridges officiating. Visitation is scheduled for: Friday, March 26, 2010 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy, Tyler, Texas 75703. Memorials in honor of Virgil "Ed" Edward Hoffman may be made to: Hospice of East Texas Foundation 4111 University Blvd. Tyler, Texas 75701 

On November 22, 1963, President John Kennedy was murdered in front of hundreds of people in Dealey Plaza. Ed Hoffman saw the man who fired the fatal shot that killed the President — and it was not Lee Harvey Oswald. His eyewitness account destroys the government’s version of a lone gunman shooting from the Texas School Book Depository

Ed Hoffman is a most important eyewitness in the murder of President Kennedy. He should have been embraced for coming forward but instead was crucified by the electronic and print media. He is the only witness who can “speak” to the fundamental events of November 22, 1963. The conspirators were hoping that no one would see the activity behind the picket fence, but someone did. The irony is that the only eyewitness to their activity that afternoon has a hearing disability. In 1989, Jim Marrs wrote,

Why seek the truth about President Kennedy’s death? The answer is simple. Unless we, as a nation, come to a truthful understanding of what happened to our chief elected official in 1963, we obviously cannot begin to correctly understand the events that are affecting us today.