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Obituary
Westview Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Gene Phillips
Thursday, March 30, 2006 John Destry Horton Flags across Oklahoma will be flown at half staff on Thursday, March 30, 2006, as family and friends gather to remember fallen Chickasha firefighter Destry Horton. Horton, 32, died Friday at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, three weeks after being severely burned on March 1, 2006, while fighting a fire near Duncan, Oklahoma. Horton, who was volunteering for the Acme Fire Department, was with another firefighter when they entered a smoke-filled area near Duncan and their fire truck got stuck. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Grand Assembly of God Church, at 102 W. Almar, in Chickasha. Gov. Brad Henry issued an order Tuesday mandating that all flags on state property be lowered Thursday to remember Horton. The governor said he plans on attending the funeral. "Our brave and heroic firefighters routinely risk personal safety for the sake of their fellow Oklahomans," Henry said. "Destry Horton paid the ultimate price for his selflessness, and for that we honor his sacrifice and cherish his memory." Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, said television sets will be set up at two nearby churches to accommodate overflow spectators. The TVs will carry a live feed of the service. Horton's body will be escorted from Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home in Rush Springs to the Chickasha church by Chickasha fire trucks, a police trooper and Oklahoma Highway Patrol car. That procession leaves Rush Springs at 1 p.m. Following the service, Horton will be buried at Westview Cemetery, just west of Rush Springs. Destry Horton is survived by his wife, Brandy, two daughters, Kylie, 6, and McKenzie, 3, and his parents, Johnny and Rita Horton. |
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