Community pays respects during Sterling Wyatt motorcade

July 19, 2012 | 1:36 p.m. CDT

Several community members watched the Sterling Wyatt motorcade pass the First Baptist Church.

Patriot Guard Riders follow police in a motorcade Thursday through Columbia in honor of fallen soldier Sterling Wyatt. | Carrie Durkee

Renee Mayhan cries while standing with her children Thursday as the Wyatt family passes by the First Baptist Church in Columbia. | Carrie Durkee

Sue Hammann is comforted by her husband, Ken, on Thursday after the motorcade carrying Sterling Wyatt's body passed by the First Baptist Church. Sue and Ken Hammann knew Sterling Wyatt and his family from church. | Carrie Durkee

Patty Cornell, front right, hugs a fellow onlooker Thursday after the Wyatt motorcade passes the First Baptist Church. Many community members came out in honor of Sterling Wyatt's sacrifice for his country. | Carrie Durkee