Residents stand in support of Sibley on Hwy. 98. (Photo by Mat Pellegrino | SSRN)
Pensacola State College South End Campus students and faculty stand in the median of Hwy. 98 to honor Sibley as his motorcade drove down the road on the way to Pensacola on Tuesday. (Submitted Photo)
Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley’s body was transported down Hwy. 98 Tuesday morning. (Photo by Mat Pellegrino | SSRN)
Kim Dekorver places flags in the median near the foot of the Navarre Beach Bridge before the motorcade drove by. (Photo by Mat Pellegrino | SSRN)
Tyler Morris and her dog Copper came out to show support to the fallen soldier at the foot of the Navarre Beach Bridge. (Photo by Mat Pellegrino | SSRN)
South end residents gathered along Hwy. 98 Tuesday morning to pay their respects to Staff Sgt. Forrest Sibley, of Pensacola, as his funeral motorcade was driven through the area on the way to Pensacola.
Sibley, 31, was gunned down Aug. 26 at a vehicle checkpoint in Afghanistan. Capt. Matthew Roland was also killed in the ambush.
Sibley was laid to rest with full military honors at Barrancas National Cemetery.
