served as a United States Marine in Desert Storm, was on the Honor Guard and medic in the Marine Corps and received the Elegance Award while serving. He also was a sniper on the N.C. Department of Corrections PERT Team and helped with Hurricane Katrina disaster relief in New Orleans and in Thailand after the tsunami. At Deputy Brown’s funeral, Troopers carried him to his final resting place. They were members of the Highway Patrol’s Caisson Unit. The Caisson Wagon dates back to the Civil War days. It was an artillery piece, a wagon used to carry heavy loads such as a cannon ammunition. One of the troopers participating in the service was the only trooper walking her horse, which was used as a Capison horse which is insignant of the last ride for the fallen officer. He was not ridden and the boots were turned backwards in the stirrups to signify his last ride looking back at his ride. It’s an honor once reserved for fallen generals. When a general would fall on the battle field, his men would remove his boots and turn them backwards in the stirrups and send that horse back to camp to signify and to show that the general had fallen while serving in duty. As Brown’s casket was carried from the Senator Bob Martin Agricultural Center, two Martin County deputies led his K9 partner, H2, behind the casket. The processional to the burial site was led by dozens of K-9 units. Approximately thirteen hundred people attended his funeral.
Pace had a couple of larceny convictions back in the 90’s in Craven County and served his time.
