Jason was born in Nashville. He graduated from Franklin High School. He met Ashley at ETSU. Then he joined the Army.
Jason and Ashley married and moved to Ft. Bliss. Jason had a boxer, Charlie. He rode motorcycles, played tennis. Jason and Ashley planned a formal wedding after he returned from Afghanistan.
Army Spc. Jason K. Edens was an infantry mortar soldier. At Laghman Province Afghanistan on April 15, 2012, his unit came under small arms fire. He was shot in the head while returning to a vehicle to get mortar. He was flown to Germany then Walter Reed but the wound was fatal. Jason died when 22 years old, eleven days after he’d been shot.
His funeral processional cut through Franklin. The town froze as long parade of motorcycles, police, and vehicles slowly, loudly, and deafeningly silently halted traffic for about a half hour as Jason’s friends, family, and a massive, powerful line of motorcycles moved slowly by. Bystanders and pedestrians stopped, stood at attention.
Today, as we remember all sacrifices, we single out Jason. Take a few minutes and read about him here. He was and is the best of us. –The NSWX Team
After quite the busy day yesterday, we are left with a dry and warm work week.
No rain expected thru at least Friday. We’ll experience some cool mornings towards the end of the week.
Rain chances (of course) return just in time for next weekend. No severe weather expected as of right now tho. Enjoy the quiet weather!
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