Residents line streets to welcome fallen WWII soldier home [a gallery]
Published 5:58 pm Saturday, May 11, 2019
The funeral procession for 2nd Lt. Walter "Buster" Stone travels down East Three Notch.
A Patriot Guard, mostly from Florida, traveled to Andalusia to show its support
It was a gray, dreary Saturday morning, but that didn't stop locals from turning out to pay their respects.
Area residents braved the elements to participate in Lt. Stone's homecoming. Among them was O.J. Blount, who was drafted a year after Stone died, and retired from the military. He saw action in WWII and Korea.
Justin Davis, a former member of the Army, stands in the rain to pay his respects.
Members of the East Three Notch Chapter of the DAR used patriotic flags to protect themselves from the elements. (Courtesy photo)
David Carter, Molly and Jimmy Fowler, Elizabeth Carter Griffin and Caroline wore red, white and blue to welcome the fallen WWII solider home.
Fellow WWII Fletcher Jones watches the procession from his law office. (Courtesy photo)
Saturday morning dawned grey and dreary, but that didn’t stop area residents from braving the rain to pay their respects to 2nd Lt. Walter B. “Buster” Stone.
Stone was 24 when he died on Oct. 22, 1943, when his P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft crashed in northern France during a bomber escort mission. Because France was enemy-occupied territory at the time of the crash, search and recovery operations were not possible.
His remains were recently identified, and he was interred in the family plot at Pleasant Home Baptist Church in a ceremony will full military honors. [See related gallery]
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