Honoring the fallen: Annual service remembers county’s 17 first responders who gave all

  • Mollie Burch, the mother of fallen Florida Forest Service Ranger Josh Burch, was escorted by Forest Ranger Ryan Rehberg to place a rose in honor of her son during Tuesday’s Public Safety Memorial service at First Baptist Church. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
    Mollie Burch, the mother of fallen Florida Forest Service Ranger Josh Burch, was escorted by Forest Ranger Ryan Rehberg to place a rose in honor of her son during Tuesday’s Public Safety Memorial service at First Baptist Church. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

    If there was any confusion as to why First Baptist Church was filled Tuesday night, Wilton Simpson summed it up with one sentence.

    “We’re gathered here today to pay tribute to the heroes who answered t…