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Small Tx Town to Honor Their Fallen Marine
Richard Longoria
Story Created: Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM CDT
Story Updated: Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM CDT
PARIS, Texas (AP) - Officials in an East Texas town plan to line
the streets with American flags to honor a Marine who died in
Afghanistan.
A hearse carrying the body of 24-year-old Marine Sgt. Jay
Hoskins is expected to make the six-mile journey Thursday from a
local airstrip to a funeral home in Paris, about 90 miles northeast
of Dallas.
Hoskins died last week with two fellow Marines when a roadside
bomb exploded in Farah province.
The city's Kiwanis Club is distributing 500 large flags on
10-foot poles, and the football coach at the local high school told
The Paris News that he expects hundreds of students to line the
route.
The funeral procession is expected to include all local law
enforcement agencies and Patriot Guard motorcycle riders.
Small Tx Town to Honor Their Fallen Marine
Richard Longoria
Story Created: Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM CDT
Story Updated: Aug 13, 2009 at 11:39 AM CDT
PARIS, Texas (AP) - Officials in an East Texas town plan to line
the streets with American flags to honor a Marine who died in
Afghanistan.
A hearse carrying the body of 24-year-old Marine Sgt. Jay
Hoskins is expected to make the six-mile journey Thursday from a
local airstrip to a funeral home in Paris, about 90 miles northeast
of Dallas.
Hoskins died last week with two fellow Marines when a roadside
bomb exploded in Farah province.
The city's Kiwanis Club is distributing 500 large flags on
10-foot poles, and the football coach at the local high school told
The Paris News that he expects hundreds of students to line the
route.
The funeral procession is expected to include all local law
enforcement agencies and Patriot Guard motorcycle riders.
