{Williamsburg, Kentucky}...Sunday, more than 450 people attended the funeral of former Republican state lawmaker 50 year old Dewayne Bunch, who died Wednesday. Bunch suffered a severe head injury in April 2011 while trying to break up a fight against two boys at Whitley County High School in Williamsburg, where he was a teacher. The teens were charged with one count each of first-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault. Whitley County Commonwealth's Attorney Allen Trimble says he expects the charges to be changed. Bunch had spent 20 years in the Kentucky National Guard before being elected in the fall of 2010 to the legislature. He also served in Iraq as a first sergeant, and earned numerous honors. Governor Steve Beshear did not attend, but, at the start of the funeral service, it was announced that he had posthumously awarded the Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal to Bunch. The attendance included 35 members of the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of veterans who often provide motorcycle escorts at the funerals of service men and women. On the way to Highland Park Cemetery, the funeral procession passed beneath a large American flag hung from the ladder of a fire truck.Sunday, July 15, 2012
Hundreds Attend Bunch Funeral
{Williamsburg, Kentucky}...Sunday, more than 450 people attended the funeral of former Republican state lawmaker 50 year old Dewayne Bunch, who died Wednesday. Bunch suffered a severe head injury in April 2011 while trying to break up a fight against two boys at Whitley County High School in Williamsburg, where he was a teacher. The teens were charged with one count each of first-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault. Whitley County Commonwealth's Attorney Allen Trimble says he expects the charges to be changed. Bunch had spent 20 years in the Kentucky National Guard before being elected in the fall of 2010 to the legislature. He also served in Iraq as a first sergeant, and earned numerous honors. Governor Steve Beshear did not attend, but, at the start of the funeral service, it was announced that he had posthumously awarded the Kentucky Distinguished Service Medal to Bunch. The attendance included 35 members of the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of veterans who often provide motorcycle escorts at the funerals of service men and women. On the way to Highland Park Cemetery, the funeral procession passed beneath a large American flag hung from the ladder of a fire truck.