Mourners Say Final Farewell As Anderson Soldier Laid To Rest
Soldier's Funeral
Video from your local news source. (more)Published: April 04, 2009
A young hero is laid to rest on Saturday. Friends and family said a final goodbye to Staff Sergeant Raphael Futrell at Civic Center of Anderson.
Futrell was serving as an explosive detector dog handler in Iraq. He died in a
non-combat related incident early this month.
Family friends say the 26 year old died doing what he loved. “It was going to be a career for him like his brother and grandfather it was going to be a career for him," Veronica Beaty said. “He was a pleasant soul,” she said.
Futrell leaves a young son.
He was buried at New Light Cemetery which is only a few miles from where he graduated at Pendleton High School.
The military is still investigating the cause of his death.
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