OUR ANNUAL OPERATION HONOR GUARD
DAY OF GIVING..
KRISTIN
WE'RE PROUD TO HELP SUPPORT THE
VOLUNTEERS... WHO GIVE VETERANS
THE
FAREWELL THEY DESERVE... AN
HONOR GUARD AT THEIR FUNERALS..
THE ANNUAL DAY OF GIVING.. THE
PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR
OPERATION HONOR GUARD... AND THE
LOCAL HONOR GUARD UNITS IT
SUPPORTS...
BO
TONIGHT WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
W-A-T-E'S EFFORTS.. ACROSS EAST
TENNESSEE .. TO HELP RAISE MONEY
FOR OPERATION HONOR GUARD...
KRISTIN
LET'S GO NOW TO SIX ON YOUR
SIDE'S DON DARE... WHO IS LIVE
AT THE ROSE MORTUARY MANN
HERITAGE CHAPEL
ON KINGSTON PIKE ..
OUR ANNUAL OPERATION HONOR GUARD
DAY OF GIVING IS BACK AND
RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND THE
VOLUNTEER HONOR GUARDS ACROSS
EAST TENNESSEE.
OPERATION HONOR GUARD IS A
PROGRAM THAT GIVES OUR COUNTRY'S
HEROES THE FAREWELL
THEY DESERVE, AN HONOR GUARD AT
THEIR FUNERALS. VOLUNTEERS
COMPRISE THOSE HONOR GUARDS, WHO
PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT GARY LEACH, BETTER
KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AS
BOO, WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY IN A
FARMING ACCIDENT. LEACH WAS
KNOWN
FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE
AMERICAN LEGION HONOR GUARD IN
JELLICO AND SERVED AT 1,000
MILITARY FUNERALS. HIS PASSING
LEFT A
VOID IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT
THEY'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE HIS
LEGACY.
"WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP HIS
WORK ALIVE, AND DO WHAT HE WOULD
WANT US TO DO, HE DID HIS PART,
AND
NOW, IT'S UP TO US TO DO OUR
PART,"
SAID KEVIN WALDEN, DIRECTOR OF
VETERAN AFFAIRS FOR
CAMPBELL COUNTY.
OUR EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE
VOLUNTEERS LIKE LEACH WHO
DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO
SERVING FELLOW VETERANS, WILL
HAPPEN DURING THE ANNUAL
OPERATION HONOR GUARD DAY OF
GIVING ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2.
BO
THANKS DON---AND IT'S BEEN A
BUSY DAY FOR THE HONOR GUARD OUT
IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
KRISTIN
ERIN BARNETT AND CAMERON JACOBS
OUT AND ABOUT COLLECTING THOSE
CAMERON JACOBS OUT AND ABOUT
COLLECTING THOSE DONATIONS AT
THE
CLAIBORNE OVERHOLT FUNERAL HOME
IN NEW TAZEWELL. THAT'S JUST OFF
HIGHWAY 33. ERIN WHAT'S IT BEN
LIKE OUT THERE TODAY??
OUR ANNUAL OPERATION HONOR GUARD
DAY OF GIVING IS BACK AND
RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND THE
VOLUNTEER HONOR GUARDS ACROSS
EAST TENNESSEE.
OPERATION HONOR GUARD IS A
PROGRAM THAT GIVES OUR COUNTRY'S
HEROES THE FAREWELL
THEY DESERVE, AN HONOR GUARD AT
THEIR FUNERALS. VOLUNTEERS
COMPRISE THOSE HONOR GUARDS, WHO
PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT GARY LEACH,
BETTER KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AS
BOO, WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY IN A
FARMING ACCIDENT. LEACH WAS
KNOWN
FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE
AMERICAN LEGION HONOR GUARD IN
JELLICO AND SERVED AT 1,000
MILITARY FUNERALS. HIS PASSING
LEFT A
VOID IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT
THEY'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE HIS
LEGACY.
"WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP HIS
WORK ALIVE, AND DO WHAT HE WOULD
WANT US TO DO, HE DID HIS PART,
AND
NOW, IT'S UP TO US TO DO OUR
PART,"
SAID KEVIN WALDEN, DIRECTOR OF
VETERAN AFFAIRS FOR CAMPBELL
COUNTY.
OUR EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE
VOLUNTEERS LIKE LEACH WHO
DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SERVING
FELLOW VETERANS, WILL HAPPEN
DURING THE ANNUAL
OPERATION HONOR GUARD DAY OF
GIVING ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2.
KRISTIN
THANKS ERIN.
BO
AND WE ARE REALLY ALL SPREAD OUT
AROUND THE AREA RIGHT
NOW---LAURA
HALM---OUT AT THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN
OPRY IN PIGEON FORGE.
KRISTIN
NOW LAURA---YOU POSTED ON
FACEBOOK EARLIER---YOU ALL HIT
FOUR THOUSAND AT JUST 2 O'CLOCK
THIS AFTERNOON--HOW MUCH HAS
THAT NUMBER GROWN SO
FAR??
OUR ANNUAL OPERATION HONOR GUARD
DAY OF GIVING IS BACK AND
RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND THE
VOLUNTEER HONOR GUARDS ACROSS
EAST TENNESSEE.
OPERATION HONOR GUARD IS A
PROGRAM THAT GIVES OUR COUNTRY'S
HEROES THE FAREWELL
THEY DESERVE, AN HONOR GUARD AT
THEIR FUNERALS. VOLUNTEERS
COMPRISE THOSE HONOR GUARDS, WHO
PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT GARY LEACH,
BETTER KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AS
BOO, WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY IN A
FARMING ACCIDENT. LEACH WAS
KNOWN
FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE
AMERICAN LEGION HONOR GUARD IN
JELLICO AND SERVED AT 1,000
MILITARY FUNERALS. HIS PASSING
LEFT A
VOID IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT
THEY'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE HIS
LEGACY.
"WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP HIS
WORK ALIVE, AND DO WHAT HE WOULD
WANT US TO DO, HE DID HIS PART,
AND
NOW, IT'S UP TO US TO DO OUR
PART,"
SAID KEVIN WALDEN, DIRECTOR OF
VETERAN AFFAIRS FOR
CAMPBELL COUNTY.
OUR EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE
VOLUNTEERS LIKE LEACH WHO
DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SERVING
FELLOW VETERANS, WILL HAPPEN
DURING THE ANNUAL
OPERATION HONOR GUARD DAY OF
GIVING ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2.
BO
THANKS LAURA---
KRISTIN
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING OUT
TO LOUDON COUNTY TO THE LOUDON
KRISTIN
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING OUT
TO LOUDON COUNTY TO THE LOUDON
FUNERAL HOME OFF OF
MULBERRY STREET.
THAT'S WHERE REPORTER BLAKE
STEVENS IS POSTED.
BO
HE JOINS US NOW WITH AN UPDATE
THERE.
LOUDON COUNTY HONOR GUARD
MEMBERS ARE STILL HERE OUTSIDE
THE
FUNERAL HOME ACCEPTING
DONATIONS.
TODAY WAS THEIR FIRST TIME
TAKING
PART IN THE DAY OF GIVING. THEIR
COMMANDER SAYING HE'S
OVERWHELMED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE STOPPED BY AND PITCHED IN
TO
HELP.
VO: BEFORE THE DAY OF GIVING...
MOST OF THEIR HELP HAS COME
FROM BUSINESSES AND DONATIONS
FROM MILITARY FAMILIES.
AND, THEIR COMMANDER TELLING ME
AT TIMES MONEY HAS
BEEN TIGHT.
BUT CHUCK PORTER, WHO ACTUALLY
SERVED IN THE HONOR
GUARD AT ARLINGTON, TELLS ME THE
QUALITY OF WORK FROM THIS
HONOR GUARD IS TOP TIER. CHUCK
PORTER
SOT: I WASN'T SURE BECAUSE I
CAME
FROM A TOP-NOTCH GROUP, BUT I
CAN
TELL YOU THESE GUYS DO AND CARE
EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS I DID WHEN
I
WAS IN THE AIR FORCE. THEY LOVE
THEIR JOB THEY LOVE HONORING
THESE PEOPLE THAT WE GIVE THEIR
FINAL HONORS TO THEM
WHEN THEY PASS AWAY. THESE
PEOPLE ARE AWESOME
AS LIVE OUT: IF YOU ARE A
VETERAN...
WITH A DD214 AND WITHOUT A
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE...
COMMANDER SHCACK HOPES YOU'LL
JOIN THE HONOR GUARD HERE.
HE SAYS HE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
PUT YOU TO WORK.
IN LOUDON, BS, WATE, SIX ON YOUR
SIDE.
BO
AGAIN THERE IS STILL TIME TO
DONATE.
KRISTIN
YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE WATE
DOT COM FOR THOSE LOCATIONS
SO GET OUT THERE!
KRISTIN
STILL TO COME TONIGHT AT 6 - WE
CAP OFF WEEK SIX OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON BY
AWARDING OUR BOJANGLES PLAYER OF
THE WEEK.
KEN
ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TODAY AND