Honor Missions

  The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent honor and respect for Virgil Adkins of Barboursville, WV.  Virgil was a career U.S. Army Veteran who served one tour in Korea and two tours in Vietnam.  We will stand up a flag line one hour prior to the start of the funeral service, and we will be providing escort to the cemetery. If your bike/cage is set up to safely fly flags, please come prepared to do…

  The Patriot Guard Riders have been requested to stand in silent Honor and Respect for Larry Barnes, USMC Veteran, who went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, 10 July. Funeral services will be Saturday, 13 July, at Kimes Funeral Home, 521 5th St., Parkersburg, WV (https://tinyurl.com/n68lccu) beginning at 1300. Interment to follow at Lubeck Cemetery, Lubeck, WV (https://tinyurl.com/msswxao). Escort will be provided. WV RC Carl Spade (ace_gunsmith@hotmail.com) is the RCIC of this most honorable mission.  Staging will be at…

      The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent honor and respect for Paul D. Dillon, 71, of Branchland, WV. Paul was a U.S. Army Veteran who went to be with the Lord on 4 July, 2013. Paul also served with the Duvall Volunteer Fire Department and the Lincoln County EMS as a Paramedic. Staging time: 1130-1145, briefing at 1150, flag line in place by 1200. Location: Koontz Funeral Home, 238 Walnut Street, Hamlin, WV https://tinyurl.com/m8lrykd…

    The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for Sgt Anthony “Tony” Bailey, US Army Reserves, during his final services on Wednesday, 3 July 13.  Tony went to be with the Lord on 29 Jun 13.     He served for 13 years in the U.S. Army Reserves and he worked for 25 years for Ingram Barge Company, where he served as senior mate. Tony’s passion was riding motorcycles.  Tony is also the…

    The Patriot Guard Riders have been requested to provide escort and stand a flag line for Helen Clem O’Connor, 91, US Navy WWII Veteran, as she goes to her final rest in Palatine, WV.   Ms. O’Connor was one of the first 25 women ever to enlist in the Navy Waves and was a lifetime member of the Waves Association. Helen is also the Aunt of WV PGR member Marsha Myers.     Interment services will be in Bunner’s Cemetery,…

    The family of Larry W. Kallmerten has invited the Patriot Guard to stand in honor of Larry at his final services, this Thursday, June 6th. Larry was a US Air Force veteran who served during the Vietnam era. This mission will consist of flag lines at the church and cemetery, as well as an escort to the cemetery (Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens in Cross Lanes). If your bike/cage is capable of safely flying flags at procession speed, please…

     The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand in silent Honor and Respect for Kevin Ray Sees, 43, a Veteran of the United States Air Force, who went to be with the Lord on 29 May after a long and courageous battle with ALS. Kevin is the cousin of WV District 6 RC, Jerry Stanley.     Funeral services will be Sunday, 2 Jun 13, at the Leavitt Funeral Home, 403 7th St., Parkersburg, WV (https://tinyurl.com/k2wbhpl) beginning at…

  We have ben requested by the family of Charles R. Smith , U.S.Army, Rank- PFC, Infantry, Rifelman, World War II. . There will be no funeral home services, only the service at the cemetery.  After speaking to the son, we will meet him (he will have the ashes) at Charles Pointe, which is off of the Jerry Dove Drive exit 124 of I-79 at the Buffalo Wild Wings https://mapq.st/10SAzya at 10:00 am….safety brief at 10:15  We will escort him to the…