Chris Trainor
The State
(TNS)
Funeral services have been announced for one of the two Saluda County volunteer firefighters who died Friday while responding to an incident during Hurricane Helene.
Firefighters George Chad Satcher, 53, Landon Cale Bodie, 18, of the Circle Fire Department, were killed Sept. 27 when a tree fell on their fire engine en route to a structure fire near Batesburg-Leesville.
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In a release posted to Facebook, the Saluda County Fire Service said the funeral for Satcher, who was a chief, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Batesburg-Leesville High School Fine Arts Center, with interment to follow in Ridge Crest Memorial Park. The family will receive family and friends from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, October 4 at the Milton Shealy Funeral Home of Batesburg.
Funeral service information for Bodie was still pending as of Sunday night.
“We would like to thank our community, state and nation for the outpouring of comfort and support during this difficult time,” the Saluda County Fire Service said in the release. “Please continue to keep our firefighters and families in your thoughts and prayers as they begin to heal from this loss.”
Satcher and Bodie are believed to be the first in their department’s history to have died in the line of duty, according to Saluda County Fire Services Coordinator Mark Lybrand.
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