Memorial service ends soldier's long odyssey

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<p>VFW members honored Peggy Strong last Thursday. Seated front row, from left: Peggy Strong and Joe Rasnick, commander, John Fox Jr. Post 5715 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Seated, second row, from left: Paul Bobrosky, Drew Mayberry, Verl Cassell, Jessee Moore, Douglas Collins, Fred Baldwin, Pete Ramey and Jerry Robbins. Standing, first row, from left: Anthony Willis, Barry Wells, David 'Spike' Perry, Mike Kilgore, Eugene 'Shang' Bentley, Jack Daugherty, Joe Toney and Gene Giles. Standing, second row, from left: Bill Cole, Glenn Flanary, Grover Branson, Thomas Scholl, and John Gilbert. Glenn Flanary and John Gilbert were not members of the James Perry Tucker honor guard but were at this gathering as members of VFW Post 5715 to honor Strong. The 2009 Funeral Honor Guard was comprised of members of John Fox Jr. Post 5715 in Big Stone Gap, Keith Maggard Post 4301 in Norton, and Mountain Empire Post 8652 in Coeburn.</p>