Monday, September 21, 2009

Burying One of Their Own - Jimmy Brisco Put to Rest


I returned a little while ago from attending the Celebration of the Life of Jimmy Brisco.  The service was moving, the tears flowed and the church building overflowed as expected.  There were fire trucks everywhere and after the service, men and women from fire departments across the area were standing and waiting for the casket to be loaded onto the fire truck. 

Friends and relatives filled the parking lot as they waited on the casket to leave.  Old times were remembered by those that hadn't seen each other since the last funeral; babies were introduced; and homecoming plans discussed.

Then the church doors opened and a hush came over the masses.  The firemen carried the casket at a slow march, an eerie kind of slow, down the walk to the first step of hefting it up onto the top of the scrubbed clean, shiny fire engine draped in funeral black.


As the firemen saluted, standing at attention, the casket was set in place and Brisco's fire helmet, set in remembrance of his service, just behind the casket.  Two firemen donned their "bunker gear" and took a place of honor on the back of the truck, protecting their precious cargo.



As the truck pulled away, the faces of these brave men and women showed that it was all they could do to hold it together. 




For all of the brave acts of heroism that these people do, it is a hard thing to bury one of their own. 
Rest in peace, Jimmy Brisco.

..................Sharon

2 comments:

  1. Sharon this is truly beautiful. Thank You for bringing a calm and wonderful memory to such a great beloved man. - Cambra

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  2. Sharon,
    Thank you for your beautiful words and pictures. I will print these and our family will always cherish them. Jimmy was a wonderful Daddy, Son, Brother and friend. I Miss him dearly but I know where he is and I know how to get there - praise God!
    Jimmy's big siser,
    Ada Brisco Pickett

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