PGR_NTX Patriot Guard SHORT NOTICE - SSGT Anthony Luke Mason

[Mission Information For North Texas PGR]

FINAL ITINERARY

SSGT Anthony Luke Mason

Texas Army National Guard

Killed in Helicopter Crash near Kallil, Iraq

 

October 2-3, 2008

 

Ride Captain:  

 

Ted "Mudder" Beauchamp, 254-522-5141 (c); tedb at classicnet.net 

 

 

Part 1 - Visitation, Thursday, October 2, 2008, 4:00 - 8:00 PM

 

Staging:  3:30 PM in the funeral home parking lot.    

 

White's Funeral Home 

401 N. Main  

Springtown, TX  

 

Map -    <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl>
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl 

 

We will stand a flag line at the funeral home.  Due to the length of the
visitation we will stand in shifts, depending on the number of riders that
turn out. 

 

 

Part 2 - Funeral and Interment Service, Friday, October 3, 2008, 1:00 PM

 

Staging:                        11:30 AM in the church parking lot.

Rider's meeting:            12:00 Noon

Flag line in place:          12:30 PM

 

First Baptist Church

500 N. Main

Springtown, TX

 

Map -  <http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl>
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl 

 

We will proceed after the funeral to Springtown Cemetery, approximately 1.5
miles or less, for the graveside ceremony.

SSGT Anthony Luke Mason is survived by his wife, Melanie and 4 children,
Sara age 4, twins Janie & Megan age 9 and Ashley age 13.

This was SSGT Mason's second tour of duty in Iraq.  He was assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, Task Force 34 of the Texas National
Guard.  Also killed in the crash were Chief Warrant Officer 2 Corry A.
Edwards, SGT Daniel M. Eshbaugh, 1st SGT Julio C. Ordonez, Chief Warrant
Officer 3 Brady J. Rudolf, CPL Michael E. Thompson and 1st LT Robert
Vallejo, II. 

 

 

Weather:  Sunny with a high temperature in the mid 80s.  Please hydrate
early and often.  It can still get very warm in the sun.  As always, one of
the keys to proper hydration is to start hydrating early.  The day prior to
the mission is not too soon to start.  It is, in fact, recommended by the
experts.

Flag/Water truck will be present both days.

Iron Horses if you can, cages are always welcome and appreciated.  

Please remember to ride tall and silent in honor of this American hero.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Ted "Mudder" Beauchamp

North Texas Ride Captain

 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://txpgr.org/pipermail/mission_txpgr.org/attachments/20080930/065f0ea6/attachment.html