A member of the motorcylce Patriot Guard salutes as an honor guard brings out the flag-draped casket of Cpl. Todd A. Motley from St. Athanasius Catholic Church in Harrison Wednesday afternoon. Motley, of Clare, died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad. After the funeral at the church, a funeral procession, Patriot Guard, police and other emergency vehicles made the slow journey through downtown Harrison and then north along the US-127 business loop to Pleasant Plains Cemetery where Motley was buried. Hundreds of schoolchildren and local residents lined the streets and waved small American flags as the procession went by. People from all the businesses lining the streets along the route stepped out to pay their respect to Motley.Residents line South Broad St. in downtown Harrison to pay their final respects to Cpl. Todd A. Motley of Clare, who died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.Hundreds of students, third through sixth-graders from Harrison's Hillside Elementary School, line South Broad St. in downtown Harrison to pay their final respects to Cpl. Todd A. Motley of Clare, who died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.Reflected in a downtown business, hundreds of students from Harrison's Hillside Elementary School and residents line W. Main St. in downtown Harrison to pay their final respects to Cpl. Todd A. Motley of Clare, who died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.Students from Harrison's Hillside Elementary School line W. Main St. in downtown Harrison to pay their final respects to Cpl. Todd A. Motley of Clare, who died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.Harrison resident Pam Ronquillo wipes a tear as she watches Cpl. Todd A. Motley's funeral procession along W. Main St. in downtown Harrison. Ronquillo and hundreds of other residents lined the procession route to pay their final respects to Motley, of Clare, who died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.Harrison residents Dave and Judy Merritt watch Cpl. Todd A. Motley's funeral procession along W. Main St. in downtown Harrison Wednesday afternoon. The Merritts and hundreds of other residents lined the procession route to pay their final respects to Motley, of Clare, who died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.A flag flies over one of many signs honoring Cpl. Todd A. Motley along his funeral procession route in Harrison Wednesday afternoon. Motley, of Clare, died September 14 with three other soldiers during combat operations in Baghdad.
