Whitley presents gift to Veterans Honor Guard
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, November 14, 2018
- Bill Lane, left, a chaplain for the Rowan County Veterans Honor Guard, shakes the hand of Vietnam combat veteran Cecil Whitley, who presented the honor guard with the fallen soldiers memorial behind them. Looking on is Bill Anderson of the Honor Guard. The presentation occurred Sunday at Wittenberg Lutheran Church in Granite Quarry. Submitted photo
GRANITE QUARRY — Salisbury attorney and Vietnam combat veteran Cecil Whitley presented the Rowan County Veterans Honor Guard with a bronze fallen soldiers memorial sculpture Sunday.
The Veterans Day presentation came during Wittenberg Lutheran Church’s luncheon for the honor guard at the church.
The bronze grouping will be permanently displayed at the Rowan Veterans Honor Guard’s new headquarters at West End Plaza.
Accepting Whitley’s gift were Bill Lane, honor guard commander and chaplain, and honor guard adjutant Bill Anderson.
