Funeral Held for Fallen Soldier
Posted/updated on: April 25, 2012 at 9:26 am
ALBA — A fallen East Texas soldier is remembered. Area law enforcement, firefighters and more than 75 Patriot Guard Riders on motorcycles escorted the body of Sgt. Tanner Higgins, 23, from Sulphur Springs to Yantis Monday. His funeral was held yesterday afternoon Lake Fork Baptist Church in Alba. The U.S. Army Ranger from Yantis died April 14 in Afghanistan. According to KETK, he completed four deployments to the Middle East.
