Soldier's body returns to Southeast Texas

Residents and businesses along his arrival route are asked to honor U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony R. Maddox as he returns home to Southeast Texas Friday from Afghanistan, where he was killed last week in a fueling accident.

Maddox's coffin will arrive at Jack Brooks Regional Airport on a 9 a.m. flight Friday, and a procession will accompany his body to Gabriel Funeral Home in Port Arthur.

"We ask that individuals that live or have a business along this route display an American flag in Sgt. Maddox's honor," said Jefferson County Deputy Rod Carroll in an email.

Maddox's funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church, 3920 West Cardinal Drive, in Beaumont.

Maddox, 22, was a 2009 Nederland High School graduate and Bulldogs football star whose fearsome field presence earned him the nickname "Mad Dog."

After graduation, he found his calling in the Army, where he was promoted to sergeant within 2 1/2 years.

In his last call home on July 19, Maddox told his mother, Glenda Key, he would be returning stateside, possibly by Aug. 15, and would be at Fort Drum in northern New York state for the rest of the year before being posted for four years in Hawaii.

On July 20, Glenda and Roy Key, Maddox's step-dad, got word that he had suffered second- and third-degree burns over 97 percent of his body. He was flown to Germany for medical treatment, but succumbed to his injuries July 22.

The accident is still under investigation.

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Anthony R. Maddox funeral procession route:

Leave Jack Brooks Regional Airport

Left on U.S. 69 Service Road

Right on Spurlock Road

Right on 18th Street (pass in front of Nederland High School)

Right on Canal

Left on 20th Street

Right on Helena

Left on 21st Street (pass in front of Nederland Bulldog Stadium)

Left on Nederland Avenue

Right on Twin City Highway

Right on Gulfway Drive

Left on Woodworth

Right on Proctor

Arrive at Gabriel Funeral Home, 2500 Proctor

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Source: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Soldier-s-body-returns-to-Southeast-Texas-4701815.php

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