Patriot Guard Missions

I thought this may be a good idea. If you know of a PGR event, post it here.


The Family of William Douglas has requested that the Patriot Guard stand in honor of their loved one.
Mr. Douglas served in the US Army and also in the Merchant Marines,
Mr. Douglas served in both England and Germany during WWII.
We will stand a flagline during the visitation at Radney Funeral Home from 12:45pm-2:00pm. The Funeral will begin at 2:00 and following the funeral we will escort our hero to his final resting place at Mobile Memorial Gardens.

STAGING INFO:
Baldwin County Staging:
Location: Scenic Overlook Park - Located on Hwy 98 just north of I-10 in Daphne, AL
Time: 11:20am
Briefing: 11:30am
KSU: 11:40

Mobile County Staging:
Location: Radney Funeral Home - 3155 Daphin Street - Mobile, AL
Time: 12:15pm
Briefing: 12:30pm

Fellow Riders, It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that America has lost another True American Hero... The Family of Chester Gunn has requested that the Patriot Guard stand in honor of their loved one. Mr. Gunn served in the US Marines. Mr. Gunn served in Okinawa, Guam, and Guadalcanal. We will stand a flagline at Petty Funeral Home in Atmore, AL from 12:40 -2:00pm. The Funeral will begin at 2:00 and following the funeral we will escort our hero to his final resting place in Bratt, FL

STAGING:**** Please Read**** Baldwin County and Mobile County Riders will come together at the Mcdonald's Parking Lot in Bay Minnette. We will then continue on together down Hwy 31 to Atmore. At this time I do not have a RC for the Mobile Riders... So please be sure and leave your location by the KSU time and meet us in Bay Minette at McDonald's. For KSU Times please read below..... STAGING INFO: Baldwin County Staging: Location: Love's Truck Stop Parking Lot - On Hwy 59 just north of I-10 in Loxley, AL Time: 10:30am KSU: 10:50am

Mobile County Staging: Location: Pilot Truck Stop - on Hwy 43 just east of I-65 at exit 19 Time: 10:40am Briefing: 11:am

Bay Minette Staging: Location: McDonald's Parking Lot - 98 Mcmeans Ave. Bay Minette,AL -( Corner of Hwy 59 and Hwy 31 in Bay Minette). Time: 11:20am Briefing: 11:45am RCIC: Greg Brown 251-209-0266

Chester Gunn stood many a hard day and night fighting on the Islands of the South Pacific for us so that we might be safe and free.... ..Now it is our turn to stand for him. Ride safe.

6 June 2012 Wednesday
SSgt. Tommy Carlton
US Army
Vietnam Combat Veteran
Bay Minette, AL



Fellow Riders,
It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that America has lost another True American Hero...
The Family of SSgt. Tommy Carlton, US Army (ret) has requested that the Patriot Guard stand in honor of their loved one.
SSgt Carlton was a Combat Veteran in the Vietnam War.
We will stand a flagline from 9:00am - 10:00am at the
Norris Funeral Home
402 E. 2nd St. (Hwy 31)
Bay Minette, AL
The funeral will begin at 10:00 and following the funeral we will escort our hero to his final resting place in Whitehouse Fork.
STAGING INFO:
Mobile County Staging:
Location: Pilot Truck Stop - located on Hwy 43 at Exit 17 on I-65
Time: 7:40am
KSU: 8:00am

Baldwin County Staging:
Location: Love's Truck Stop - Located on Hwy 59 at exit 44, just north of I-10 in Loxley, AL
Time: 7:40am
KSU: 8:00am
RCIC: Greg Brown

Both Groups will leave their staging areas at the KSU Time and ride to the Funeral Home:
Norris Funeral Home
402 E. 2nd St. (Hwy 31)
Bay Minette, AL
We will meet each other there.

What is the date for this funeral.

Sorry copy&paste skills lacking

6 June 2012 Wednesday
SSgt. Tommy Carlton
US Army
Vietnam Combat Veteran
Bay Minette, AL

I know what you mean. I went back and looked at mine and there are no dates. I have to remember to post dates also.

Hayweed if you make it to either one.....Thanks brother, I am still in Fourchon LA but I will be glad to meet ya at a ride when I get home....I have met Very few from SAMS but I think this is a great site and a fantastic group of people!!!

I don't think I will make it Wednesday. I will be at work.

I'll try and make as many as I can, if work permits.

I am on the last day of my hitch, will be off to ride

Be safe, on your way back.

Could I be any later with this??? My bad..

HOTH Mission
William F. Green State Veterans Home
300 Faulkner Drive
Bay Minette, Alabama
Saturday, 16 June 2012

http://www.patriotguard.org/ALLForums/tabid/61/forumid/132/postid/1815498/view/topic/Default.aspx

Fellow PGR Members,
It is time again to honor our HEROES OF YESTERYEAR. The residents of William F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette always look forward to our visits. We brighten their days when we show up. The sound of the motorcycles, the warm smiling faces, all mean so much to our veterans. Many of the 149 residents have no family to come visit them - we are their family. A lot of the veterans would love to share their service experiences with you. Even just a few minutes spent with these HEROES provides a lift to their spirits that can not be measured. Whether you spend time helping with bingo, visit the veterans in their rooms, or sing songs for them, it is time well spent. These HEROES stood for us in WW II, Korea, Vietnam, and other conflicts. Lets honor them.
Mark your calendars for Saturday 16 June 2012.

Staging
Location: The old Tom Thumb, 2001 US Hwy 31 S, Bay Minette, AL (across from Faulkner State Community College)
Time: 9:00 am
KSU: 9:15 am
RCIC: Greg "Big Daddy" Brown - 251-209-0266

With Respect,
Bob "Yoda" Johnson
PGR HOTH Captain SW Alabama
PGR Ride Captain
251-648-5744
Yoda56@mediacombb.net

I got that one a couple of days ago. For some reason I thought it was next weekend. I will be at work tomorrow. I was planning on making it next week. Oops.

hayweed wrote:I got that one a couple of days ago. For some reason I thought it was next weekend. I will be at work tomorrow. I was planning on making it next week. Oops.

Yea I got home2 days ago and I am trying to get my s*it togeather...still working on it, I am not going eather....

What does one need to volunteer? I tried looking on the website, but it is a bit archaic and can't seem to find any info. Do you need to mount flags, or have specific setup for the flag-line?

No. All u need to do is show up. When you register they will send you an email detailing everything. They also have a forum that is very helpful. But you have to sign up.

Well because of all the vets that came before me and after me I was one of the lucky ones that didn't get called to "nam.
My only blood brother spent about fourteen months there in 68 or so, He stayed two extra months because they said he had Malaria or something but in the real world him and a few others had a agent orange shower. When he got back he told my dad (served in germany at the end of the war there) and me that no way he would allow me to go. just when my lottery number came up ol tricky dickie stopped the travesty there. So no im not a veteran but i am one that was damn proud of our guys going there and even though i was a free wheelin hippie i damn sure wasn't no damn flag burner. Buried my parents and brother january 04 after loosing all three in 18 days parents from heart break having to watch my brother slowly dying from the after affects of nam (liver cancer ) he did finally get his benefits from uncle sam 5 years before his health went down and he fought like a real soldier enduring liver transplant and all that went with it. He turned 57 the day our dad passed and seventeen days later my mom and him died 8 hours apart. Both parents said when he was first diagnosed terminal they couldn't handle him passing before them ...
Wait im so sorry for babbling about myself when there is so many still suffering from there own tragedy.

not sure how they handle funeral processions in alabama but here they all have police escorts and try to enforce everyone to show respect by stopping when it passes and not long ago someone actually gestured at me because i stopped and stepped off my bike while it passed by and i suppose they had more important things to do with that one minute of there life. Maybe they was one of the flag burners ? that has cost so many families grief fighting for their right to be assholes.

To All Veterans and families here LUMI beachbum_

If no one told you today thanks for serving THANKS

Mr. Larry Joe Holland(66) U.S.A.F. (Vet) Sat, June 23,2012 (11:00am) Landmark Baptist Church(Dothan) 2008 John D. Odom Rd.

Visitation at 10:am at the Church

The family of Mr. Larry J. Holland has requested the presence of the Patriot Guard. Mr. Holland served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He also work at Ft. Rucker as a helicopter mechanic. It will be an Honor to stand for this great Veteran.

Enterprise Staging: Chevron Station / Hwy84E /BWC Times: 8:30am / KSU 8:40am / meet at Dothan Staging RC: Butch

Burial will at Sunset Memorial Park.

Dothan Staging: Brannon Stand / Shell Station /Hwy 84W. Times: 9:30am / KSU 9:40 am / Flag Line at Church / 10:00am / per RCIC RCIC: Donald Dexter 334-477-6368

I have been fighting with myself to make that ride, not alone that is a long way......

hayweed wrote:Mr. Larry Joe Holland(66) U.S.A.F. (Vet) Sat, June 23,2012 (11:00am) Landmark Baptist Church(Dothan) 2008 John D. Odom Rd.

Visitation at 10:am at the Church

The family of Mr. Larry J. Holland has requested the presence of the Patriot Guard. Mr. Holland served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He also work at Ft. Rucker as a helicopter mechanic. It will be an Honor to stand for this great Veteran.

Enterprise Staging: Chevron Station / Hwy84E /BWC Times: 8:30am / KSU 8:40am / meet at Dothan Staging RC: Butch

Burial will at Sunset Memorial Park.

Dothan Staging: Brannon Stand / Shell Station /Hwy 84W. Times: 9:30am / KSU 9:40 am / Flag Line at Church / 10:00am / per RCIC RCIC: Donald Dexter 334-477-6368

Mr. Lee "Skid" Skidmore U.S. Army (6 yr. Vet) Friday, June 22, 2012 (11:00 am) Visitation at 10am Cloverdale Baptist Church Dexter St, Dothan, Al

The family of Mr. Lee Skidmore has requested the Patriot Guard to stand in Honor of their loved one. It will be an Honor to show our Respect to this great American Veteran.

Enterprise Staging: Chevron Station / BWC / Hwy84E. Times: 8:25am / KSU 8:40am RCIC: Willie Gnopsky 334-389-3738

Enterprise will join up at Dothan Power Sports in Dothan.

Dothan Staging: Dothan Power Sports in Dothan Times: 9:25am / KSU 9:40am Flag Captain: James Martin.

Burial will follow at Memory Hill on Hwy 52W beside Ward Wilson Funeral Home. No escort, except for 1 bike, per RCIC.

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Jimmy Shiver (Ala.Rider) Senior Ride Captain Wiregrass Area Ala. Patriot Guard Riders ala.rider@gmail.com Cell: 334-714-2170 Work: 334-793-8774 SUPPORT OUR VETERANS

AMHC Joseph William Nothaft Jr., 74
Pensacola, Fl.
June 29, 2012
The Patriot Guard has been requested to escort and stand in honor for Chief Joseph W. Nothaft Jr.. We will escort Chief Nothaft from Trahan Funeral Home to Barrancas National Cemetery for honors. Services are scheduled for 09:30 AM on Friday, June 29, 2012 at Barrancas National Cemetery. Trahan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Chief Nothaft served honorable for 18 years, 2 months on active duty. He was discharged on 1 April 1974. Awards earned include Four Good Conduct Awards; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Vietnam Campaign Medal; Navy Unit Commendation Medal; and the Navy Achievement Medal.

We will stage at McDonald's, 7198 Pensacola Blvd. (Hwy. 29), one block south of I-10 and across the street from Bob Tyler Toyota.


Itinerary:

07:30 AM - Staging (McDonald's, 7198 Pensacola Blvd.)
08:15 AM - Mission Briefing
08:30 AM - KSU
08:45 AM – Meet procession at Trahan Funeral Home (No flag line)
09:00 AM - Depart Trahan Funeral Home for Barrancus National Cemetery
09:30 AM – Honors at Barrancus National Cemetery
REMEMBER: Base regulations REQUIRE long sleeve shirts, long pants, long fingered gloves, and leather footwear (covering the ankles) in addition to helmets. Come prepared.

If you have any questions contact the mission Ride Captain.


Ride Captain
Kerry Sasso

Pvt. Billy Jo Bivens, 55
Pensacola, Fl.
June 26, 2012
The Patriot Guard has been requested to escort and stand in honor for Pvt. Billy Jo Bivens. We will escort Pvt. Bivens from Trahan Funeral Home to Barrancas National Cemetery. Honors at Barrancas National Cemetery are scheduled at 11:45 AM. Pvt. Bivens served honorable in the U.S. Army. Awards earned were not available. Trahan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

We will stage at McDonald's, 7198 Pensacola Blvd. (Hwy. 29), one block south of I-10 and across the street from Bob Tyler Toyota.

Itinerary:

09:30 AM - Staging (McDonald's, 7198 Pensacola Blvd.)
10:15 PM - Mission Briefing
10:30 AM - KSU
10:45 AM - Meet procession at Trahan's Funeral Home (No Flag Line)
11:00 AM - Depart Trahan Funeral Home for Barrancus National Cemetery
11:45 AM - Honors at Barrancus National Cemetery
REMEMBER: Base regulations REQUIRE long sleeve shirts, long pants, long fingered gloves, and leather footwear (covering the ankles) in addition to helmets. Come prepared.

If you have any questions contact the mission Ride Captain.


Ride Captain
Tim Byrnes

3 July 2012 Tuesday CW2 Warren Henderson US ARMY Korea and Vietnam Veteran Prattville, AL

It is with Heavy Heart ,I inform You on the Loss of another American Hero. The family of CW2 Warren Henderson have invited the Patriot Guard Riders to stand in honor of their loved one. Mr. Henderson served during the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts as well as many duty stations around the world. His daughter Kim stated that he was a very good dad that gave his children the chance to see many different countries during his service and not many children have that opportunity. Mr. Henderson will be transferred by hearse from Monroe, LA to Prattville Memorial Chapel and Memory Gardens where he will lay in rest with visitation on Monday, 2 July 2012 from 5:00 - 7:00pm. Services will be held Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 10:00 am.

STAGING INFO: Tuesday 3 July

STAGE TIME: 8:30 am FLAGLINE BEGINS: 9:00 am SERVICE BEGINS: 10:00am We will re-assemble at Pratville Memory Gardens with a flagline for Military Honors following the Service.

RCIC: Rickie Waldrop - Montgomery Area RC -334-349-9339

9 July 2012 - Monday SSgt. David Harper US Navy and US Air Force Mobile, AL

http://www.patriotguard.org/ALLForums/tabid/61/forumid/11/postid/1831213/view/topic/Default.aspx Fellow Riders, It's with a heavy heart that I inform you of the loss of another Great American Hero, SSgt David Harper Retired USAF. SSgt Harper served 20 yrs. in the military, 3 yrs in the Navy and 17 yrs in the US Air Force. The family of SSgt Harper has requested the Patriot Guard to stand in honor of their loved one. It will be an honor to show our respect to this Great American Hero. The services will be at Serenity Gardens on Old Pasagoula Rd. on July the 9th ,2012. Family and friends visation will be from 10:00 am to 12:00noon and services will began at 12:00noon.

STAGING INFO: Baldwin County Staging: Location: Scenic Overlook Park - On hwy 98 just north of I-10 in Daphne, AL Time: 8:00am KSU: 8:20am **Note - At this time, I do not have a RC for Baldwin County. You guys just be sure and leave to go to Mobile at the KSU time and join with Mobile PGR at that staging location.

Mobile County Staging: Location: Walmart Parking Lot - corner of Rangeline Rd. and Halls Mill rd. -Mobile, AL Time: 8:45 KSU: 9:15 RCIC: Gavin "Butch" Lott - 251-455-4687

Fellow riders,
We have been requested by the family to stand in silent Honor and respect for Bill Gaddie. Mr. Gaddie served his country for 23yrs in the USAF. After his service in the Air Force he started a career at Tyndal AFB. and retired from there. He was a civil Engineer.

Grave side services will be held Monday July 9th at Barrancas at 1145.

STAGING............Hardee`s, 805 Navy Blvd.

TIME.................0900

BRIEFING.......1000

KSU..................1030

The funeral home, Panama City, has requested we meet them at 1100. We will escort Mr. Gaddie from the main gate to Barrancas for internment.

RIDE CAPTAIN
Doc