Road March Honors Slain East Cobb Marine

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Dozens of community members participated in a ’road march’ up and down Kennesaw Mountain to honor an East Cobb Marine who was killed in the line of duty last week.

LCpl Skip Wells was shot and killed at a joint Navy-Marine training center in Chattanooga by a lone gunman on Thursday. The 2012 Sprayberry High School graduate was one of five servicemen who were killed by the gunman before the gunman himself was killed.

Wells’ longtime friend Nolan Opp organized the road march up and down the mountain to recognize ’what troops do’ at a spot the two men frequented often due to their shared love of military history, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. Around 60 participants gathered at the mountain on Saturday to join the march. Some active duty participants marched up and down the mountain in a full pack, the MDJ says.

Following the march, Opp led a prayer service for the slain Marine and his family. The MDJ reports that donations were taken up to benefit Wells’ family, who was not present at the march.

Members of the community who wish to honor the life of Skip Wells are invited to attend a public memorial at Sprayberry High School at 7 p.m. Tuesday.