Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral and burial services for MSgt James Willard Smith. MSgt Smith served 26 years in the USAF, including a tour in Korea and two in Vietnam.
More information about his life can be read here:www.beckchapels.com/sitemaker/sites/BeckFu1/obit.cgi?user=09444553_JSmith
Date/Time: Monday, 11 December 2017. Funeral service to begin at 10 am.
Location: Beck Funeral Home, 15709 Ranch Rd 620 N., Austin. Texas 78717. We will stage at the funeral home.
map link: https://goo.gl/maps/1TWJmJ9BVP42
Timeline:
8:50 am – 9:20 am Staging
9:20 am – Briefing
9:30 am – Flag Line
Wx: Hi 70 deg, partly cloudy
Notes: Arrive fed, fully fueled, and hydrated. Bring a bottle of water for yourself and one for a friend. This is a flag line only at the funeral home. Following the start of the service we will strike the flag line and depart quietly. Interment service is scheduled for 1 pm the same day at CTSVC in Killeen. Centex PGR will be present for that portion. There is no LEO escorted procession planned between the funeral home and cemetery.
Ride Captain: Terry Ayers, (512) 925-6101, mototerry@sbcglobal.net
Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson
Please make plans to attend this mission to honor this veteran's long and brave service to our nation.
