Thank you
for your prayers for little Mark Allen, Jr.
I am passing along all of your messages to the Family and Fire Department.
Today - one week to the day - we have received word
of the passing of another member
of our Fire Fighting Family.
Eddie Hatfield
Assistant Chief
of the
South East Bullitt Fire Department,
Bullitt County, Kentucky
passed this morning, after a long battle with cancer.
Last Sunday, all of the departments in the county, including some from surrounding counties,
held a parade for Eddie in front of his home -
a last 'Goodbye' that Eddie could see and participate in.
He will be laid to rest in the same cemetery as our smallest Firefighter.
When I am called to duty, God
Whenever flames may rage,
Give me the strength to save some life
Whatever be its age,
Help me embrace a little child
Before it is too late
Or save an older person from
The horror of that fate
Enable me to be alert and
Hear the weakest shout
And quickly and efficiently
To put the fire out
I want to fill my calling and
To give the best in me,
To guard my every neighbor and
Protect his property
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
Please bless with your
protecting hand
My children and my wife.
Thanks so much to all of you. Your prayers and thoughts are truly appreciated and will be forever remembered.
Just Kimberly