
BURGAW, N.C. — Hundreds gathered here Wednesday to pay final respects to a soldier killed in a grenade attack in Iraq.
Cpl. Mark Anthony Bibby’s flag-draped coffin sat in the gymnasium where he played high school basketball, as mourners remembered the 25-year-old as a leader who wanted to serve his country.
Bibby, of Watha, was killed July 21 when his convoy was attacked on its way to a water treatment facility in Baghdad.
“Truly he was among the best we ever had,” Brig. Gen. Charles Davidson said. “He was willing to go and do what most young Americans are not willing to do — go in a hard place at a hard time. He was truly an uncommon man...