Community attends funeral service for Florida veteran with no immediate family. 'This is a sure show of true humankind and compassion.'
It was an emotional day for hundreds of people who turned out to honor and say final farewells to a U.S. Army veteran many had never met.
Pearson had no immediate family and died Aug. 31, according to ABC News affiliate WFTS-TV in Tampa Bay Pearson served from 1962-1964 and was honorably discharged, the Legacy Options Funeral and Cremation Services said. He was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, according to WFTS-TV, and had lived in Naples for the last 25 years.
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