Riders, please see update below.
Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral and burial services for Mr. Paul Brooks. Mr. Brooks served in the US Army from 1984 to 1992 and was a veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. He participated in the Liberation of Kuwait and was part of the First Brigade Battle Task Force, Dragon Battalion, First Brigade, First Calvary Division, leaving the Army as a SPC E-4.
Paul was also a close friend of former Austin Ride Captain Andy Lough.
More information about his life can be found here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/georgetown-tx/paul-brooks-8227354
Date/Time: Friday, 05 April 2019. Funeral service set to begin at 10 am.
Location: Cook Walden Funeral Home Chapel of the Hills, 9700 Anderson Mill Rd, Austin, TX 78750. This locations is one block west of the Hwy 183/Anderson Mill Rd intersection. We will stage at the funeral home.
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/GJdskNZT6Vu
Timeline:
8:50 am- 9:20 am Staging
9:20 am – Briefing
9:30 am – Flag Line
Wx: Hi 81, cloudy.
Notes: Bring a bottle of water for yourself and one for a friend. This is a flag line only at the funeral home. After the start of the funeral service we will strike the flag line and depart quietly. Mr. Brooks will be buried at a later date in his hometown in Alabama. The Alabama PGR has been contacted.
Ride Captain: Keith Longacre, keithlongacre@att.net, (512) 751-8955
Flag Wrangler: Don Ferguson
Please attend to honor this veteran's brave sacrifice a half a world away in the defense of freedom.
