Doylestown Veteran To Be Laid To Rest During Unattended Service

UPPER MAKEFIELD, PA — Four Bucks County veterans, including a U.S. Army specialist from Doylestown, will be laid to rest during an Unattended Veterans Service at Washington Crossing National Cemetery on Thursday, Feb. 23.

The public is invited to attend the service, which begins at 2 p.m. at the cemetery on Highland Road. Unattended services are military burials held for veterans whose remains were never claimed by family.

“The community is invited to join the Bucks County Coroner’s Office at the service to honor these men who served our country and have them properly laid to rest,” said Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck, whose office was able to identify the four as being United States veterans who died in 2014 and 2015.

Being interred are George Collins, a U.S. Army (specialist) veteran from Doylestown Township; Victor L Judge, an Air Force (airman basic) veteran from Falls Township; Alvin Emmet Lyles, a U.S. Army (private) veteran, from Bristol Township and Augustus Tomlinson, a U.S. Army (sergeant) veteran, from Bristol Township.

Collins and Judge both passed away in 2014 while Lyles and Tomlinson died in 2015, according to the coroner's office.

During the ceremony, the names of the four veterans will be read aloud and the Pennsylvania Military Honors team will present the flag of the United States on the behalf of the veterans. A rifle salute and live Taps will be provided.

After the ceremony, the veterans will each be placed in their own niche in the columbarium, which will be engraved with the words, “Proudly Served."