Deployed dad surprises daughter

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss. – Abbey Carter, a new West Lauderdale High School student got a big surprise at band camp July 23 when her deployed-father, Command Master Chief Jonas Carter, who had at sea since April and not due back until late fall, showed up unexpectantly when his ship, USS Harry Truman, returned home earlier than anticipated. For his efforts, the master chief got an enormous hug from an emotional Abbey. The whole class cheered. The surprise was kept under wraps by family and WLHS Band Director David McKinney. "Abbey’s a new student to us this year so (her classmates) are very excited about her. They actually didn't know until he walked in so it was pretty cool," he says. (Source: WTOK 07/23/18)