Gold Star family gets a makeover
Staff photo by
Patrick
McCallister
AJ Young, a
drummer with the St. Lucie County Fire District’s
Honor Guard, and Ryli Reback, prepare a large American flag to honor Gold Star parents Clay and Linda Schumann.
Believe With Me, a Palm Beach County group,
organized a complete
renovation of the couple’s home, along with getting them a new car.
For Veteran Voice
ort St. Lucie home. He attended St. Lucie West Centennial High School and joined the Army after graduating in 2006. He got married and was expecting his first child.
Two comrades and he were killed by a roadside bomb on July 7, 2011, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, while serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Schumann received the Purple Heart posthumously.
Fitting then that his parents, Clay and Linda Schumann, saw their completely renovated home on Purple Heart Day, Aug. 7. It’s the home Jordan grew up in. It’d fallen into some disrepair in recent years.
The couple didn’t just see the renovated home that Sunday afternoon — they saw it for the first time accompanied by dozens of well-wishers cheering, the St. Lucie County Fire District’s Honor Guard playing “Amazing Grace” on bagpipes and drums, and a mammoth American flag.