Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 91, No. 213, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 2006 Page: 4 of 12
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PAGE KOI K — Sapulpa Daily Herald. Thursday. Ma> IX. 2IHM*
In Memoriam
Cvndi Quinton, the wife of Spc. Bryan Quinton, left, is comforted at Wednesday s grave-
side service Above, members of the Patriot Guard Riders line up at Green Hill Cemetery.
Below, left, flags wave in the breeze as the funeral motorcade enters the Green Hill
Cemetery. Hundreds of people gathered at the funeral at First United Methodist Church
and at the cemetery for graveside services.
Herald photos by Bob Sherrill and Heather Sleightholm
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Area residents, above, show their support of the Quinton family along Taft Avenue before
Wednesday's funeral services. At right, casketbearers carefully fold the flag that draped Spc. Bryan
Quinton s casket.
PATRIOTS: Veterans paid tribute to Bryan Quinton's sacrifice.
t hey also, however, provide a
shield between the family and
friends of the deceased and protest-
ers who often show up at soldiers'
funerals.
And Wednesday was no excep-
tion. Members of the Westboro
Baptist Church Religious Ministry,
of Topeka. Kan., protested
Quinton's funeral. Brandishing
signs that read “God Hates fags
and Thank God for ILIX the pro
testers were kept several hundred
feet away from the church.
The Westboro members claim
God is taking the lives of U.S. sol-
diers as punishment for America's
acceptance of homosexuals.
Patriot Guard executive director
Jeff Brown, a Broken Arrow native,
founded the organization in
November 2005 as a way to honor
fallen soldiers and veterans.
“It tears your heart out. the let-
leis and e-mails from family mem-
*- t»> mV' and appreciation."
■ghs very lieavily."
W ith more than 33.000 members
nationally, the Patriot Guard is an
entirely volunteer-based organiza-
tion whose members often take
time off work without pay to attend
the funerals and display their Hags.
“(The organization) is a micro-
cosm of America." Brown said.
“We have CEOs standing next to
car mechanics here.
“They do this because they
appreciate men in uniform and the
sat 'if' 'hi- * >milv makes and will
continue u, ..^c dido what-
ever we can to provide support loi
these families."
Sheila Moore and her husband
Dav id, of Bristow, are members of
the Christian Motorcyclists
Association as well as the Patriot
Guard.
"It's very humbling to know that
he (Quinton) died for us," Moore
said.
“As painful as it is for everyone,
he was serving his country." said
Vietnam veteran Edward Spencer,
who traveled from Manntord to
attend the funeral. "That’s what it
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was all about. It’s an honor for me
to be here."
"He died protecting the rights of
us today, just like we did back
then." said fellow veteran Gary
Callahan, of Tulsa.
“I know the sorrow and hurt the
family is going through.' Spencer
said. “We hope our presence may
take a little pain off the family."
Jam, Mattox 224-5185 Ext.200
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Stone, Greg. Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 91, No. 213, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 2006, newspaper, May 18, 2006; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1501104/m1/4/?q=Ardmore+ok: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.