February 7, 2009

Brad Skelton Memorial

More than 70 people converged atop a Gordonville hill to honor and remember SSG Brad Skelton one year after he died from an IED blast in Baghdad, Iraq.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Carrie Skelton, right, dabs at her eyes while standing with her husband Charlie at the grave of their nephew Bradley Skelton Friday afternoon, February 6, 2009, at Christ Lutheran Church cemetery in Gordonville. More than 70 people attended the memorial service for Skelton, who died when hit by an IED while serving in Iraq one year ago. Skelton's cousins Bryan Skelton, left, and his father Keith Skelton.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Carmen Robinson, right, shows her cousin, Pearla Smith, the headstone that Robinson designed for her only brother, Brad Skelton, Friday afternoon, February 6, 2009, at Gordonville Grill in Gordonville. Skelton's friends and family gathered a his former watering hole following a memorial service at the cemetery marking one year since his death in Baghdad.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com VFW Post 3838 guard members stand at attention during a memorial service for Brad Skelton Friday, February 6, 2009, in Gordonville.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Friends shared drinks over memorial magnets for Brad Skelton Friday afternoon, February 6, 2009, at Gordonville Grill in Gordonville.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Family and friends of Brad Skelton talk in small groups following a memorial service for him at Christ Lutheran Church cememtery in Gordonville.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Charlie and Carrie Skelton have a memorial to their nephew, Brad Skelton, at their Gordonville home.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com David Hitt, left, reads during a memorial service for Brad Skelton Friday afternoon, February 6, 2009, in Gordonville.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com Jason Crowell speaks about honoring fallen soldiers with Heroes Way Friday, February 6, 2009, at Gordonville Grill, following a memorial service for Brad Skelton.

KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com VFW Post 3838 guard members browse the Christ Lutheran Church cemetery prior to a memorial service for Brad Skelton Friday afternoon, February 6, 2009, in Gordonville.

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More than 70 people converged atop a Gordonville hill to honor and remember SSG Brad Skelton one year after he died from an IED blast in Baghdad, Iraq.

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