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| 1st LT Timothy Cunningham Escort |
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| Wednesday, 30 April 2008 | |
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Wow. What an incredible escort home for this fallen soldier. Galveston County LEO's always do a fantastic job of showing our soldiers respect. This time they combined with Brazoria County LEO's and police from all of the small cities from Galveston Island up Hwy 6 to Hwy 35 to Beltway 8. These missions are always filled with both sadness and joy. Sadness when you look in to the eyes of family members grieving for their loved ones. Joy knowing that America isn't totally lost and is still producing outstanding young men and women. As you can see from his mom's testimony, Tim was a Christian man, as was his family. Solid, mature Christians do not fear death and you can see the difference at the funerals. There is grief yes, but not too much. There is joy, yes, but not too much. A lot of smiles from memories past and a lot of smiles from the sure and certain knowledge that they will meet again. His mom is obviously a very strong believer. She took the time to walk down our flag line and should every single members hand. As did her daughters and 1st Lt. Cunningham's wife, Amber. With tears in their eyes, they thanked us with strong, firm grips. As we wound our way through all of the small towns, people lined the streets to welcome this man home and to honor his service. Bayou Vista, Hitchcock, Sante Fe, Arcola, Algoa, Alvin and Pearland. Santa Fe had their entire high school student body lining the street. Business after business stopped the daily grind of commerce and joined us on the street. Cars pulled off the road, men and women of all ages standing in honor of Tim's service. A VFW hall had it's members lining the streets, men from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Afghanistan, Iraq and all the time in between honoring this young man's life. It was an honor today to escort this fine man home. His young wife and daughter need our prayers as they struggle without a husband and father. But I am confident that their faith will see them through because I was witness today to an entire family that knows that Christ is Lord of all.
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