Confirmed mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral service for MSgt John Stewart Barron, a 20 year veteran of the US Marine Corps. He joined the Marine Corps in 1962 under the delayed entry program and graduated Boot Camp in June 1963, training in Helicopter avionics 1966 to 1967. His long service included deployment to Vietnam.
More about his life can be read here.
Date/Time: Wednesday, 17 July 2024. Funeral service begins at 10 am.
Location: Beck Funeral Home, 1700 E. Whitestone Blvd. Cedar Park, TX 78613. We will stage at the funeral home.
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/uUEiaM78twRPhepJ8
Timeline:
9:00 – 9:20 am – Staging
9:20 am – Briefing
9:30 am – Flag Line
Wx: Sunny, high 98 deg F
Notes: Be advised there is a visitation prior to the funeral service. Friends and family will be arriving during our staging period. Following the start of the funeral service we will strike the flag line and depart quietly. Interment is scheduled for 9:00 am, 18 July at CTSVC in Killeen. Centex PGR have been invited.
Ride Captain: Patti Hutto, patti.donlon@gmail.com, (512) 636-6374
Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson
Please attend to honor the long service to our country of this USMC veteran.