Short Notice Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral service for Col Rex Ethan Cloud. Col Cloud served 30 years including flying combat missions in SE Asia. He went on to become vice commander of an F-16 Fighter Wing. Throughout Rex’s career he received many commendations including the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
In 1991, after 30 years of honorable service in the United States and Europe, Colonel Rex Cloud retired with nearly 4,300 flying hours.
More about his life can be read here: https://www.ramseyfuneral.com/obituary/rex-cloud
Date/Time: Saturday, 24 April 2021. Funeral service begins at 11 am.
Location: Ramsey Funeral Home, 5600 Williams Drive, Georgetown, TX 78633
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/NuHneeWskwPVc39N7
Timeline:
9:50 – 10:20 am – Staging
10:20 am – Briefing
10:30 am – Flag line
Wx: High 80 F. sunny
Notes: This is a flag line only mission. Please maintain social distancing protocol. After the start of the service we will strike the flag line and depart quietly.
Ride Captain: Warren Longacre, longacre@austin.rr.com, (512) 755-4163
Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson
Please attend to honor this airman’s long and faithful service to our country.
