
CARRIERE, Miss. — About 200 mourners packed a Baptist church here Wednesday to pay their respects to Staff Sgt. Larry Arnold, who was killed in Iraq earlier this month.
“This is not a final respect for this man,” said the Rev. Donnie Boutwell, pastor of Lee’s Chapel No. 1 Baptist Church in Carriere. “For every time a young child stands in the schoolroom and covers his heart and pledges allegiance to the flag, we continue to show our respect for him. Every time we stand at a ball game and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is played, we continue to show our respect for Larry and all the other soldiers.”
Arnold and Sgt. Terrance Lee, of Moss Point, died June 11 when their vehicle...