On November 5, 2009, a gunman opened fired at Fort Hood, Texas killing 13 people including a Washington County woman. Ten years later, November 2, 2019 has been proclaimed ‘Lt. Col. Juanita Warman day’ in Washington County. County Commissioners on Thursday issued the proclamation with members of Warman’s family present. An official ceremony is planned for November 2 to officially name a portion of Route 50 in Avella in her honor. Warman attended school in Avella and was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. She was a psychiatric nurse practitioner who specialized in the care of those recovering from post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. She was stationed at Fort Hood awaiting deployment to Iraq. Officials say she died shielding another soldier who was sitting nearby when the shooting broke out. Her daughter, Melissa Papst tells WJPA news the proclamation “means a lot” and that “she loves that people are remembering her and how she lived and the sacrifices she made.” The ceremony next month will be held at the Avella Volunteer Fire Department.