It’s the memory of Army Sgt. Will McLawhorn that, for many who reside here, will never be erased from their minds and hearts.
Now the very date on which the young soldier’s life was claimed will be set aside as a time of honor and remembrance for the town of Conway.
The Conway Board of Commissioners proclaimed December 12 as Sgt. Willie Atlas McLawhorn Jr. Day. McLawhorn, along with five of his comrades, was killed while serving in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.
The Conway Board of Commissioners adopted the proclamation on Feb. 1. Simultaneously, Conway Mayor Brian Bolton presented the Rev. Willie McLawhorn and his wife, Dianne, with a framed copy of the measure.
For the McLawhorns it was a meaningful gesture by the town to honor their son’s life.
“We’re pleased because a proclamation will remember him from now to eternity. That was special to us,” said Rev. McLawhorn. “The outpouring of love at that time and then for them to do that just topped it off.”
The proclamation notes the 23-year-old was raised in Conway after his family relocated from Whiteville. McLawhorn was a 2005 graduate of Northeast Academy and “touched the lives of countless people through his zest for life,” the document states.
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