00:00The community responded in a way that you just don't see very often.
00:05Community members gathered to honor U.S. Navy veteran Lonnie Weyman.
00:12Now, Lonnie passed away, served our great country,
00:16but actually had no family to come attend his funeral.
00:21Oh, no.
00:22Yeah.
00:23Officials announced he had no known family.
00:26Oh, my gosh.
00:26And more than 200 people responded to the public invitation
00:32from the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services
00:35and attended the service to pay their respects.
00:38Wow.
00:38I love these kinds of stories.
00:40We had one earlier this week about a little girl, a nine-year-old,
00:42and nobody showed up to her birthday party.
00:44Her mom put it out on social, and the whole community showed up.
00:47I love that community.
00:49Donnie, you're right, because a lot of the times,
00:51you have to put yourselves in the shoes of others, right?
00:54How would you feel if this was your family, this was your daughter,
00:58this was your dad, your grandfather, whatever it might be,
01:01and especially when you're talking about service in military.
01:05So Weyman was laid to rest with full military honors,
01:08surrounded by residents and local officials who came together
01:11to ensure he had received a dignified farewell.
01:16That's incredible.
01:17Yeah, I love that.
01:18It takes a lot to make a great community,
01:21but that a lot starts with just a couple people.
01:23That's what's so incredible.
01:25So to the Gallatin Police Department, who also attended the funeral,
01:28thank you.
01:29They shared a message on social media.
01:31That's how we got in touch with this story.
01:33And he was laid to rest at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery.
01:36And to that community, big shout-out.
01:39And to that community, big shout-out.
01:42And to that community, big shout-out.
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