Nevada honors Missouri's fallen warriors

Joe Brooks, Vietnam Veterans of America member, reads from the list of names of Missouri's Fallen Heroes as fellow veterans listen somberly and wait their turn.

Family members of Jamie Huggins and Christopher Stark watch and listen as the names of Missouir's Fallen Heroes are read by area veterans.

He was a good son, brother and father, Kathryn Clay, Jamie Huggins aunt said Saturday morning. He graduated from Hume High School and named his daughter after his favorite high school teacher. His daughter was born March 2, 2003. He died when Mallory was seven months old. Clay said his wife died in 2007 of broken heart. "She never moved on."

Teresa Stark said that a week before Christopher was killed his team was disarming an explosive device that did not explode properly and did not injure anyone. When she talked to him afterwards he told her, "Mom I'm EOD. Bombs are what I do. I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing." Stark, who has only been in Nevada for the last three years, said that she wanted to tell the community how much the support they have given her has meant to her.

Members of the Monett High School ROTC post the colors while Ike Richmond sings the National Anthem during the opening ceremony for the "Remembering our Fallen" exhibit Saturday morning. Christopher Stark was a charter member of the Monett ROTC.

'"I'm not a veteran and don't have any veterans in my family," Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard said. "Looking at these pictures -- this brings it home to Nevada, Mo."