Fallen Eagle Scout

JEREMY BEGAN HIS SCOUTING AS A CUB SCOUT, PACK 144, WORKING HIS WAY through THE RANKS TO RECEIVE THE ARROW OF LIGHT. THEN HE TRANSFERRED TO TROOP 527. WHERE HE CONTINUED THE TRAIL OF AN EAGLE. EARNING THE EAGLE 8/26/97. AFTER RECEIVING HIS AWARD HE STAY WITH THE TROOP UNTIL AGE 18. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF ORDER OF ARROW

AFTER GRADUATION (CLASS 2000) HE BEGAN ATTENDING CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, NC IN DIESEL TECHNOLOGY. AFTER ONE YEAR OF SCHOOL HE CHANGED HIS CAREER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHERE HE WAS WORKING AT UNION COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF MAPLE STREET FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. WHERE HE WAS PART OF THE MUSIC DEPT. PLAYING THE DRUMS. JEREMY WAS A VOL. FIREMAN , STARTED OUT AS A JR. FIREMAN AT EAST ROCKINGHAM FIRE DEPT. LATER AS A FIREMAN. THEN HE JOINED STACKROAD VOL.FIRE DEPT. IN UNION COUNTY.

AT HIS FUNERAL THE CHURCH WAS FILLED, HONOR GUESS WHERE SCOUTS FROM ALL TROOP'S IN THE DISTRICT, MEMBERS OF EAST ROCKINGHAM AND STACK ROAD FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM RICHMOND AND UNION COUNTY'S. AT THE GRAVE SERVICE, AS WE ENTER THE CEMETERY WHICH TWO LADDER TRUCKS FORMED A FIREMAN'S BRIDGE WITH A AMERICAN FLAG FLYING IN THE CENTER. MARSHALL BROWN DDS. PLAYED AMAZING GRACE ON THE BAGPIPES, AND THE UNION COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE CONDUCTED, 21 GUN SALUTE, TAP'S AND PRESENTED HIS BROTHER WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG. ALSO EAST ROCKINGHAM FIRE DEPT. PRESENTED HIS MOTHER WITH A PLAGUE RETIRING HIS FIRE DEPT. NUMBER 829. AND PRESENTED HER WITH A AMERICAN FLAG.

I REMEMBER HIS FIRST SUMMER CAMP, IT STARTED OFF WITH HIS GRANDFATHER HAVING A HEART ATTACK ON THE SAT. BEFORE GOING TO CAMP ON SUNDAY. WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING JEREMY TO GO TO CAMP THAT SUNDAY. ON WED. WHICH WAS FAMILY NIGHT JEREMY STARTED CRYING TO GO HOME TO SEE HIS GRANDFATHER. WE KNEW IF HE LEFT, THIS COULD BE THE END OF HIS SCOUTING. ALSO HE WAS HURT BECAUSE OF DAVID ALLISON DEATH, WHICH WAS HIS DRIVER. WE PROMISED IF HE WOULD NOT GO HOME WE WOULD BUY HIM A DAVID ALLISON CAR AND TRUCK SET. FROM THAT DAY HE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH SCOUTING.

ONE YOUNG MAN TOLD HIS DAD ON THE WAY BACK TO COLLEGE AFTER JEREMY'S FUNERAL. "DAD I DID NOT KNOW IF I KNEW HOW TO CRY ANY MORE, BUT I FOUND OUT I CAN, ALSO HE SAID ONLY ONE PERSON I KNOW OF I WOULD LEAVE COLLEGE FOR TO ATTEND THEIR FUNERAL AND THAT WOULD BE JEREMY."

JEREMY WAS A PERSON THAT LOVED PEOPLE. TO BE SO YOUNG HE TOUCH SO MANY LIVES, YOUNG AND OLD.

IS FOR THE JOY YOU BROUGHT TO EVERYONE THAT WAS BLESSED TO HAVE KNOW YOU.
IS FOR YOU ARE NOW ENJOYING THE ETERNAL LIFE WE ARE ALL SEEKING.
IS FOR YOU ARE RESTING IN THE ARMS OF JESUS.
IS FOR EAGLE SCOUT.
IS FOR YOU WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW YOU.
IS FOR YOU. YOU WERE SO SPECIAL, YOU TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES.

IS FOR TAKEN FROM US TOO SOON
IS FOR THE IMPRESSIVE LIFE YOU LIVED FOR SUCH A SHORT TIME.
IS FOR MAN BECAUSE YOU WERE A SPECIAL MAN FROM GOD.
IS FOR OBEDIENT BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS OBEYED THE LORD.
IS FOR TALENT- YOUR TALENT WILL GREATLY BE MISSED.
IS FOR HALO - HOW YOU'RE RECEIVED YOUR OWN HALO.
IS FOR YEARN - HOW OUR HEARS YEARN FOR YOU.

IS FOR HEARTS - BECAUSE OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN BECAUSE YOU ARE GONE.
IS FOR ENJOYING THE JOYS OF THE LORD, AT THE FEET OF JESUS.
IS FOR NEVER FORGOTTEN - BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
IS FOR SALVATION - THAN GOD YOU WERE SAVED.
IS FOR ONLY ONE YOU.
IS FOR NEW LIFE - NOW YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE NEW LIFE WE HOPE TO RECEIVE WHEN OUR JOURNEY IS OVER TOO

BY: LINDA JORDAN