A 24-year-old soldier who died in Iraq was remembered at a service as a family man and a role model.
Sgt. Glenn Richard Allison, who died Dec. 18 while undergoing physical training, was buried Dec. 27 with full military honors at Pittsfield Cemetery.
He “held high the flag for all of us, even in Baghdad, Iraq,” the Rev. Charles E. Pratt Jr. said at the service at Dery Funeral Home.
Pratt described Allison as “Pittsfield’s own Time magazine ‘Person of the Year,”’ referring to the magazine’s choice of the American soldier for the annual recognition.
“He was a family man, a good father, a wonderful brother, a product of our own Pittsfield West Side neighborhood,” said Pratt, the pastor of Victory Temple Church of God.
Pratt said Allison’s rank of sergeant was “testimony in itself that he was a leader and role model for men. We need leaders and role models in this world today.”
After the service, the flag-draped casket was borne out of the funeral home by soldiers from Allison’s own 10th Mountain Division, The Berkshire Eagle reported.
At the burial site, Allison’s mother, Vanessa Allison of Pittsfield, his father, Kenneth Beatty of Greensboro, N.C., his sister and his 7-year-old daughter, sat in the front row of seats. His daughter held a teddy bear with a red Santa Claus hat.
A rifle squad fired three volleys and a lone bugler played taps. The flag from the casket was presented to Allison’s mother. Flags were also presented to his father and daughter. Mourners at the close of the ceremony placed roses on the silver casket.
Sgt. Glenn Richard Allison, who died Dec. 18 while undergoing physical training, was buried Dec. 27 with full military honors at Pittsfield Cemetery.
He “held high the flag for all of us, even in Baghdad, Iraq,” the Rev. Charles E. Pratt Jr. said at the service at Dery Funeral Home.
Pratt described Allison as “Pittsfield’s own Time magazine ‘Person of the Year,”’ referring to the magazine’s choice of the American soldier for the annual recognition.
“He was a family man, a good father, a wonderful brother, a product of our own Pittsfield West Side neighborhood,” said Pratt, the pastor of Victory Temple Church of God.
Pratt said Allison’s rank of sergeant was “testimony in itself that he was a leader and role model for men. We need leaders and role models in this world today.”
After the service, the flag-draped casket was borne out of the funeral home by soldiers from Allison’s own 10th Mountain Division, The Berkshire Eagle reported.
At the burial site, Allison’s mother, Vanessa Allison of Pittsfield, his father, Kenneth Beatty of Greensboro, N.C., his sister and his 7-year-old daughter, sat in the front row of seats. His daughter held a teddy bear with a red Santa Claus hat.
A rifle squad fired three volleys and a lone bugler played taps. The flag from the casket was presented to Allison’s mother. Flags were also presented to his father and daughter. Mourners at the close of the ceremony placed roses on the silver casket.
A 24-year-old soldier who died in Iraq was remembered at a service as a family man and a role model.
Sgt. Glenn Richard Allison, who died Dec. 18 while undergoing physical training, was buried Dec. 27 with full military honors at Pittsfield Cemetery.
He “held high the flag for all of us, even in Baghdad, Iraq,” the Rev. Charles E. Pratt Jr. said at the service at Dery Funeral Home.
Pratt described Allison as “Pittsfield’s own Time magazine ‘Person of the Year,”’ referring to the magazine’s choice of the American soldier for the annual recognition.
“He was a family man, a good father, a wonderful brother, a product of our own Pittsfield West Side neighborhood,” said Pratt, the pastor of Victory Temple Church of God.
Pratt said Allison’s rank of sergeant was “testimony in itself that he was a leader and role model for men. We need leaders and role models in this world today.”
After the service, the flag-draped casket was borne out of the funeral home by soldiers from Allison’s own 10th Mountain Division, The Berkshire Eagle reported.
At the burial site, Allison’s mother, Vanessa Allison of Pittsfield, his father, Kenneth Beatty of Greensboro, N.C., his sister and his 7-year-old daughter, sat in the front row of seats. His daughter held a teddy bear with a red Santa Claus hat.
A rifle squad fired three volleys and a lone bugler played taps. The flag from the casket was presented to Allison’s mother. Flags were also presented to his father and daughter. Mourners at the close of the ceremony placed roses on the silver casket.
Sgt. Glenn Richard Allison, who died Dec. 18 while undergoing physical training, was buried Dec. 27 with full military honors at Pittsfield Cemetery.
He “held high the flag for all of us, even in Baghdad, Iraq,” the Rev. Charles E. Pratt Jr. said at the service at Dery Funeral Home.
Pratt described Allison as “Pittsfield’s own Time magazine ‘Person of the Year,”’ referring to the magazine’s choice of the American soldier for the annual recognition.
“He was a family man, a good father, a wonderful brother, a product of our own Pittsfield West Side neighborhood,” said Pratt, the pastor of Victory Temple Church of God.
Pratt said Allison’s rank of sergeant was “testimony in itself that he was a leader and role model for men. We need leaders and role models in this world today.”
After the service, the flag-draped casket was borne out of the funeral home by soldiers from Allison’s own 10th Mountain Division, The Berkshire Eagle reported.
At the burial site, Allison’s mother, Vanessa Allison of Pittsfield, his father, Kenneth Beatty of Greensboro, N.C., his sister and his 7-year-old daughter, sat in the front row of seats. His daughter held a teddy bear with a red Santa Claus hat.
A rifle squad fired three volleys and a lone bugler played taps. The flag from the casket was presented to Allison’s mother. Flags were also presented to his father and daughter. Mourners at the close of the ceremony placed roses on the silver casket.
