Tributes Feb 11, 2008 SFC Rod Brewer Sergeant First Class Greg L. Sutton, 38, of Spring Lake, North Carolina. Sutton died June 6, 2007 while supporting Operation Iraqi freedom for the second time. He was assigned to the 212th MTT, 1st Bde, 1st Inf Div. God Bless... Christmas in Arlington... Rest easy, sleep well my brothers. Know the line has held, your job is done. Rest easy, sleep well. Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held. Peace, peace, and farewell... Greg, You Have Not Been Forgotten... To Gregs family and friends, my sincere condolences..... Greg, say Hooah to the others up there with you... Rod. July 24, 2007 Evette Connor Just wanted to say that I love you Greg and that i really miss you very much and that there have been times that i wish that you were here to get me through the my tough and rough times. But one thing that i do know that God is taking good care of you and daddy. i love you bud July 21, 2007 Shaimal and Ameera Sutton In Honor Of: = SFC Greg L. Sutton My uncle Greg was a soldier for life, just like my Granfather SFC Claude l. Sutton. We will miss him a lot. Words cannot express the loss that we have felt in our hearts. He was and still is our hero and we love him so much. Uncle Greg if you can hear us, we are very proud of who you are and of who you have become. Don't worry because we will take very good care of your family. evette connor In Honor Of SFC Greg L. Sutton SFC Greg L. Sutton a very special father, son, brother. everyone loved him and we will all miss and chereish every moment God let us have with him. God gave him on march 24, 1969 and took him home on June 6, 2007. may his soul rest in peace. we love you Greg nd miss you dearly. |
| SFC Greg Lamonte Sutton United States Army KIA 06 June, 2007 Iraq |
The sacrifices and hardships of war has hit home for one family in the East.
Sergeant First Class Greg Sutton was killed Wednesday morning when a roadside bomb exploded.
This was his second tour in Iraq - he deployed in January. Sutton was based in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and
has served in the army for nearly 15 years.
As his family tells us Sutton was born to serve and died doing what he loved.
With war comes sacrifice and heartache sometimes follows. But a family that lives through the tragedy
of war has to carry on.
Evette Connor says, "I screamed you see people on the news everyday about these guys dying
overseas when it hits home and it's your brother - your only brother- it took a toll."
Connor talked with her brother, Sergeant First Class Greg Sutton, just two days before he was killed.
Connor says, "we e-mailed each other on Monday and he told me to keep my head up."
She is from a military family. But she didn't want her brother to go to Iraq a second time, but he did. A
choice she says she'll always be proud of.
Connor says, "he loved the army, he was a soldier for life."
Carolyn Ward, says she wished her nephew didn't have to go either. Now the people who have to live
without Sutton, find comfort in the two children he left behind.
Ward says, "all I could think about is what kind of life are they going to have now."
But Sutton will never fulfill his dreams for his family. Connor says, "to live the life in the army he
wanted to retire with his kids and his wife and his main dream was to buy his mama a home to see his
kids go to college."
Sergeant First Class Greg Sutton was killed Wednesday morning when a roadside bomb exploded.
This was his second tour in Iraq - he deployed in January. Sutton was based in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and
has served in the army for nearly 15 years.
As his family tells us Sutton was born to serve and died doing what he loved.
With war comes sacrifice and heartache sometimes follows. But a family that lives through the tragedy
of war has to carry on.
Evette Connor says, "I screamed you see people on the news everyday about these guys dying
overseas when it hits home and it's your brother - your only brother- it took a toll."
Connor talked with her brother, Sergeant First Class Greg Sutton, just two days before he was killed.
Connor says, "we e-mailed each other on Monday and he told me to keep my head up."
She is from a military family. But she didn't want her brother to go to Iraq a second time, but he did. A
choice she says she'll always be proud of.
Connor says, "he loved the army, he was a soldier for life."
Carolyn Ward, says she wished her nephew didn't have to go either. Now the people who have to live
without Sutton, find comfort in the two children he left behind.
Ward says, "all I could think about is what kind of life are they going to have now."
But Sutton will never fulfill his dreams for his family. Connor says, "to live the life in the army he
wanted to retire with his kids and his wife and his main dream was to buy his mama a home to see his
kids go to college."
