People pack church to pay last respects to area soldier
By Paul Wood
Sunday August 26, 2007
Rick Danzl
Christina Penrod, wife of Army Spc. Justin Penrod, who was killed Aug. 11 in Iraq, is presented with the flag from his casket during his burial Saturday at Danville National Cemetery.
URBANA – Urbana and Danville laid a hero to rest Saturday, with a line of dozens of cars and motorcycles following Spc. Justin Penrod's hearse from his funeral to Danville National Cemetery.
Spc. Penrod, 24, who lived in Danville, Rantoul and Mahomet before he was killed in his second tour of duty in Iraq, was remembered as a loving brother, father, son and husband Saturday at Urbana Assembly of God Church.
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