Jose P. Cervantes, 58, USMC veteran, Austin, TX, 18 Feb 2025

[markwells]

Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral and interment services for Jose Pena Cervantes.  Mr. Cervantes served in the USMC for 6 years, leaving the Corps as a Corporal.  Additional details of his military service were not provided.

More about his life can be read here.

Date/Time: Tuesday, 18 February 2025. Funeral mass begins at 11 am

Location: Sta. Julia Catholic Church, 3010 Lyons Rd, Austin, TX 78702.  map link

Timeline:
10:00 – 10:20 am – Staging
10:20 am – Briefing
10:30 am – Flag line

Wx: High 64 deg F, cloudy

Notes: After the start of the funeral we will strike the flag line and standby to join the LEO escorted procession up to Cook Walden Capital Parks cemetery in Pflugerville where we will form a second flag line for the interment service.

Ride Captain: Gary Mayers, texanat6@aol.com, (512) 797-6613
Flag Wrangler: Calvin Story

Please attend to honor this marine’s dedicated service to our nation.

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[Gary Mayers]

The Patriot Guard was invited to participate in the funeral and interment services for Marine Corp Corporal Jose Pena Cervantes. It was a warm but wet day. We had 4 Patriot Guard riders at the Sta. Julia Catholic Church to stand with honors for Mr. Cervantes. After the Service started we broke up the line and retired the colors.

The procession would follow the service. One motorcycle made it into the procession. It rained most of the 13 miles so got a little wet. Once at the cemetery 3 of us formed another flag line. We had a light rain and a long wait as the bugler was late due to the Cemetery listing the interment for 1:30 and we were there before 1:00.
The service included playing of Taps and folding of the flag to be presented to the widow. Many family members and friends thanked us for our service.

Thanks to Calvin and Keith for setting up the flags at the church and cemetery.

Thank you Jose for your service to our country.

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