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good afternoon . Ladies and gentlemen ,
welcome to Fort Sam Houston National
Cemetery . At this moment , please
silence or turn off your phones for
duration of the ceremony . As a
reminder to our honors portion , please
place your hand over your heart or
salute . If you veteran or current
military at this time , we'll turn the
ceremony over to our chaplain .
Thank you . And please be seated
to the family . Let me say that you
have done everything that you can do to
show your love for your
dad , for your grams , for your great
grands . And today you've
honored him so very beautifully .
And now you have gone as far as you can
go with him this side of the grave .
I'm comforted by the truth from
scripture that tells us to be absent
from the body is to be present with the
Lord .
So today as we lay the body of Chief
Gaylor to rest , we do so with absolute
confidence that he has just made the
greatest P CS move of his life
and he's reunited with the ones that he
loves so very much .
Chief Gaylor , ask that I share these
words with you . You remember me
saying that he took a great interest in
this day and uh wrote out everything he
wanted to happen , including the
scripture that I will share with you
now . So Chief Taylor didn't write
these words , but he loved them .
These were his most cherished words
from scripture that I'm about to share
with you . I think he loved them so
much because they described his life .
They just captured his life so well and
his faith as I thought about
these words and how they were written
by King David .
I thought of how much chief and King
David had in common . Both
military men both rose to
the top rank .
And their stories are strikingly
similar from humble beginnings in a
small town
beginning as a shepherd boy and to rise
to the highest rank . And my
chief Gaylor , King David had a
wonderful way with words as you'll hear .
Then whenever he was an old man , he
looked back on his life and he
remembered his time herding sheep for
his father .
And he saw a great truth .
He saw that a quality of a sheep's life
is directly related ,
directly , totally dependent on the
shepherd that he follows . He realized
we're so much like sheep , totally
dependent on the shepherd for provision
and protection . And sometime we go
astray and the shepherd comes to bring
us back
the quality of our lives is determined
by who we choose to follow . Jesus said
I am the good shepherd , follow me .
So now I want you to listen to David's
song we know is Psalm 23 . And
see if this doesn't describe Chief
Gay's life and his faith . Exactly .
And I hope that Chief Gaylor and King
David will give me some grace for the
liberties I take with the text
because the Lord was my shepherd . I've
had everything I've needed . He made me
to lie down in green pastures and he
led me beside quiet waters . So many
times he restored my soul .
He guided me along right paths in life
for his name's sake . And even
when I walked through the valley of the
shadow of death , I was not afraid for .
He was with me .
It's Rod and his staff . They comforted
me . He prepared a table before me in
the presence of my enemies . He
anointed my head with oil . And then
the next words are my favorite . I
think it's the most beautiful picture
of a life . Well lived a life blessed
of God , my cup
overflowed my cup , overflowed .
Surely his goodness and mercy have
followed me all the days of my life .
And now I will dwell in the house of
the Lord in the father's house forever .
Many of you were stationed in
Washington DC . And you remember how
that city is filled with beautiful
monuments .
The Korean war memorial is one of my
favorites and I have so many memories
of ceremonies at the beautiful women's
memorial and the World War I , I
memorial , driving from
bowling over to the Pentagon . I would
pass by the Washington Monument each
morning , 555 ft , the tallest
structure in Washington DC . A tribute
to our great first president .
And then of course , down the road a
little further , there was the
Jefferson memorial and Thomas Jefferson
standing tall under the dome .
Well , I tell you , Chief Gaylor was an
air force hero worthy of such a
monument .
Let me suggest a monument to you .
It's better actually than anyone carved
in stone . And I'm absolutely convinced
that Chief Gaylor would approve this
monument ,
Carol Elaine and Ken the grands and the
great grands . Listen to me the
greatest monument you can raise to the
memory of your dad and your grams . Is
this a life well
lived
living , joyfully living faithfully ,
living lovingly living fully .
Nothing would please him more or honor
him better than you living as pillars
in your families , in your community ,
in your church . That would
be the greatest monument we can raise
to Chief Gaylor . I ask you now
to join me in prayer . As I conclude
my remarks , Lord ,
knowing how much you love this Gaylor
family . Lord I entrust them to your
tender loving care . I ask you to
guard and guide each one so that
Chief's le legacy of integrity and
selfless service and faith will
continue for generations to come .
And now father together we ask you to
bless our United States Air Force as
they serve as a force for good
so that we can continue to live safe
and free . It's in your name . We pray .
And all the people said , amen . Amen .
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as a final tribute to the chief .
The honorary pallbearers will come now
and place their bouton on the casket .
Ladies and gentlemen , this concludes
our service this afternoon . On behalf
of the Fort Sound Cemetery director and
staff , we'd like to extend our
condolences to the family and two
friends who came out this afternoon
upon ex in the cemetery . The
processional party will take route up
the Kason route which will take you to
Fredericksburg road behind me . We'll
be exiting from our back gate which
will lead into Richmond road . We ask
wherever you are , wherever you end up ,
please arrive to your final destination
safely . Thank you .
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