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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">Joseph "Joe" Lloyd Grooms<br></span></span></span></b></i></span></div><div id="gmail-m_5762551107643113708m_-6855870025895771869m_4922049895838948297gmail-m_-4447116292314147277gmail-m_5668843835800798902gmail-m_-8191205610733073804m_981593670135236889line_space" dir="auto"><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"></span></b></i></span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span>U.S. <span class="gmail_default">Air Force</span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b>Gulf War Era Veteran</b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><b style="height:20px"><i><span class="gmail_default">24 & 25 </span><span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">June</span> 2020</i></b></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">Brownsville</span><span class="gmail_default">/ Bentleyville,</span> PA</span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The
Patriot Guard Riders have been invited by the family of<span class="gmail_default"> Joseph "Joe" Lloyd Grooms, </span><span class="gmail_default">U.S. Air Force veteran</span>, to<span class="gmail_default"> stand in silent honor for his service then escort for his interment at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.</span><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default">Joe
served during the Gulf War Era from December of 1990 to November of
1994 then transferred to the U.S. Air Force Reserves until honorably
discharged December of 1998.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default">Joe received the National Defense Service Medal and the Air Force Achievement Medal.<br></span></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default">Joe</span><span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="height:91px"> </span>served our country<span class="gmail_default"> </span>with honor, it's now our turn to honor him.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default">Wednesday</span>, <span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"> 24 June 2020</span></a></span></span></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></a></span></span></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default"></span> </a><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px">Stagin<span class="gmail_default">g: </span></span></b></i><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">5:00 PM</span></span></span></span></span><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Malden Christian Fellowship Church</span><br></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">343 Old National Pike, Brownsville, PA 15417</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/FRAEhBKiJvk3phF98" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">https://goo.gl/maps/FRAEhBKiJvk3phF98</span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">Briefing: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></span></span></b></i><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">5:15 PM</span></span></span><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><br></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b></i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></span><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default">Flag Line: </span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default">5:30 PM<br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default">Family arriving <br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default">Service at 6:00 PM<br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default">
</span></b><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default"><span><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><div><div style="text-align:left"><span><span><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Ride Captain<span>:</span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"> <font color="#000000">Leonard Cole</font></span></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="mailto:harleybum49@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span>harleybum49@yahoo.com</span> </a><br></span></p><span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(412) 496-7582</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default">
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<div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default">Thursday</span>, <span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"> 25 June 2020</span></a></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></a></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><a><span class="gmail_default"></span> </a><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px">Stagin<span class="gmail_default">g:</span></span></b></i><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"> </span></span></b></i><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">9:30 AM</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b>Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home, Inc.</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b>
</b></i>809 Main St, Bentleyville, PA 15314
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/LURBEBTAgyBr1jiw6" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/LURBEBTAgyBr1jiw6</a></span></div><div>
</div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i style="height:20px"><b style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default">Briefing: </span></span></b></i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></span><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">10:00 AM</span></span></span><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><br></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b><span style="height:20px"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></span></b></i></span></span></div></div><div><div> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default">KSU, Escorting to: </span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default">10:15 AM</span></span><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default">
</span></b></span></span></span><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">
<i><b>National Cemetery of the Alleghenies</b></i><br></span></i><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">1158 Morgan Rd, Cecil Township,PA 15017<br><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/PJYsN" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/PJYsN</a> </span><i><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></i></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></i></span></p></div></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default">Interment at 11:00 AM</span></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></b></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Ride Captain: </span>Ken Thompson</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:theanimalx@hotmail.com" target="_blank">theanimalx@hotmail.com</a><i><b><br></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">(724) 986-0502</span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Mem<span class="gmail_default"></span>bers
can attend all of a mission <span class="gmail_default">or</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">a</span>ny part of the mission. PGR sets no
time for a member to escort and or stand a mission. We Thank you for
whatever time you give us and the families of our heroes appreciate your
time.
<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="height:20px"><span style="height:20px"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-style:italic"><span class="gmail_default">
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<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><i><b>Remember that the <span>National</span> <span>Cemetery</span> is a Federal Reservation and NO WEAPONS are permitted. Also
grab your masks, they need to be worn while social distancing during the service and interment.
</b></i></span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><i><b><span>Please
be aware & alert of your surroundings. Also before heading out,
please watch the weather, dress accordingly<span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">and</span> bring your 3 X
5 handheld American flags.<br></span></b></i></span></div></div>
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