Dixon News

Tears fall for Army Spc. David W. Taylor, the fallen soldier who was honored Tuesday in a funeral at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Henderson, Ky.

David W. Taylor at Roselawn Memorial Gardens were the wind blowing through the trees and the fluttering flags.

A nation's pride and a nation's pain took the form of small children, young men and women and older adults, some veterans, standing along Center Street, awaiting the arrival of the body of Dixon, Ky., resident, Army Spc.

Even expert storm chases would have struggled to decipher the difference between the tornado warnings sent last May before severe weather hit Joplin and, a few days later, headed again toward downtown Kansas City.

Two soldiers from Ft. Bragg have died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense said the two soldiers died on Thursday in Kandahar province.