Area firefighters and first responders turned out in final support of one of their own on Friday.
Danny Joe Hurt, 63, of Bloomburg, Texas, had long been a teacher of fire classes and a volunteer fire department member of Emergency Service District 3 centered at Smyrna, Texas.
A long line of fire equipment vehicles and automobiles followed the Hanner Funeral Home Service lead vehicle to his graveside service in the Queen City Cemetery.
Hurt's casket was borne atop a fire engine, having been placed there and removed for burial by pallbearers and other assistants.
The graveside service was dignified by the presence of Dr. George English of Texarkana in the full regalia of a Scottish piper, playing his bagpipe as a solo. All other music was by A cappella.
Two members of ESD No. 2 also stood by a real firefighters' alarm bell and struck it to end the service.