Firefighters from surrounding communities joined family and friends Saturday morning to mourn the death of a colleague.
The funeral for Orange Rural Fire Department chief of training and safety Jeffrey Holden was held at New Horizon Church.
A procession of about two dozen fire trucks honored Holden’s memory as they traveled from downtown Hillsborough to the church outside of town. Firefighters from Orange Rural began the procession as they carried Holden’s flag-draped casket on Engine 4 from Clements Funeral and Cremation Service to New Horizon Church. Fire trucks from Durham, Chapel Hill, Cedar Grove, Morrisville, Carrboro, White Cross, Eno, North Chatham, New Hope, Lebanon, Pleasant Garden, Orange Grove and Bahama joined ambulances from South Orange, Duke University Hospital Life Flight and UNC Hospitals in the procession.