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This man was from a small town about 7 miles from the small town I am from. It is possible my parents knew him when they were young, no one will ever know.

I went to his funeral this morning along with about 100 or 150 others. It was windy and cold, but it was something my best friend and I had to do. The Navy sent a burial detail and a firing squad. They did a very good job.

https://www.thecounty-chronicl...04/15/charles-brown/
 
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This man was from a small town about 7 miles from the small town I am from. It is possible my parents knew him when they were young, no one will ever know.

I went to his funeral this morning along with about 100 or 150 others. It was windy and cold, but it was something my best friend and I had to do. The Navy sent a burial detail and a firing squad. They did a very good job.

https://www.thecounty-chronicl...04/15/charles-brown/


'Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.'

Requiem, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
 
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Glad he got the burial he deserved.
 
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maxwayne, thank you sharing this story and thank you for attending this hero’s funeral.
 
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Thank you for going to the funeral.

News Gazette front page story in our weekend edition.

https://www.news-gazette.com/n...89-a11a8af03f83.html




 
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Very good. In all due time. Good of you to go Maxwayne.
Surely God's light is on you for ever more Mr. Brown



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An excellent article from the newspaper. And kudos to you for attending the services.


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maxwayne, thank you for honoring Mr. Brown.


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