A casket covered in an American flag sat at the front of the sanctuary inside Homewood Church of Christ early Wednesday afternoon.
It held the body of John Alan Bresnan, Homewood’s longtime fire chief who passed away unexpectedly last Friday while on duty.
He was 58.
"He was a guy's guy. He was a firefighter's chief,” Mayor Scott McBrayer said. “He knew exactly what the men and women of Homewood Fire Department needed in order to do their jobs."
Family, friends, coworkers, municipal leaders and firefighters from across Alabama attended Wednesday’s funeral. Fire trucks representing those statewide departments surrounded the church as Chris Hodges, pastor at Church of the Highlands, led the service.
After an honor guard presentation and opening prayer, Bresnan’s daughter, Lexi, sang “Amazing Grace.”