Saturday, September 12, 2009

Hundreds pay last respects to Amesbury soldier who died in Iraq


Hundreds lined the route as the funeral procession, led by thundering motorcyclists, rolled under an American flag stretched across the road in Amesbury.


Hundreds pay last respects to Amesbury soldier who died in Iraq
September 12, 2009 01:40 PM


By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff

Hundreds of people lined the route from a Newburyport funeral home to an Amesbury church today, despite the pouring, cold rain, to pay their last respects to a soldier from the area who died last week in Iraq.

In the funeral service, which filled the church to capacity, Sergeant Jordan M. Shay was remembered as "a true and steady friend to all who crossed his path" by his mother, Holly.
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Hundreds pay last respects to Amesbury soldier who died in Iraq

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