{"id":54392,"date":"2019-06-26T15:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/26\/service-members-honor-5-year-old-army-man-at-his-funeral\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:46:51","slug":"service-members-honor-5-year-old-army-man-at-his-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/06\/26\/service-members-honor-5-year-old-army-man-at-his-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Service members honor 5-year-old  \u2018Army Man\u2019 at his funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dozens of service members attended the funeral of 5-year-old River \u201cOakley\u201d Nimmo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/25\/us\/oakley-nimmo-arkansas-funeral-cancer-trnd\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a>. 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He often talked of being an &#8216;Army Man,&#8217; as he called it, when he grew up.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The obituary also said the family invited anyone who served or had served in the military to attend the funeral \u201cin honor of Oakley\u2019s dream to serve his country.\u201d Nimmo\u2019s mother Shelby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shelby.dickeynimmo\" target=_blank>said in a post on Facebook<\/a> that her son died in her arms, and also shared photos of him in camo holding toy guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, dozens of men and women in uniform from Arkansas honored Nimmo\u2019s life at his memorial service at the Cullendale First Baptist Church in Camden. The Arkansas National Guard also named him an \u201cHonorary Colonel\u201d with a duty title of \u201cARMY MAN,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arkansasnationalguard\/?__tn__=kCH-R&#038;eid=ARA3urO07LkGTJjPwsTmX_0J9wJZ6nVxlUlzi7PCprAAylzAPbqJ_LQ4m0hyKxstoRinA6nDYVs3n3I7&#038;hc_ref=ARTmLz24JN3tGwPcnR58pmSgdwSQv4jOZDxz0Ewbeyt2IUu50Ty-gNRoKQlMRJiZeMc&#038;fref=nf&#038;__xts__[0]=68.ARB3El_IendWQvCtwD9uIKV2UBD5NAmbpgcBmvCkb3qAmkO6zRGelHhcMmQEuqS2mbPEmmsCEDoRvGEHlz2CvqIc07wF0_mNkdSuPLOsLDa_gindtzKn1qjtPtY16dh0oOMQoAjDVVKIrj28rpJe7ZLk2VTWmeRYWWTNfUoIimLyKam2yIqCaL3yLkNk-1akDxZXJ1671HfKSirvphwp-JWBo6EKfWHgkl4LFgK8CeHO82OxG8YFWR0bUIsWEeAblE_Y0iSkqp9o4lVgnzE05xG1EM4RQHxcbAfsWPVRAXzfWkf9MDxk4DVtOCChFuNOfuzgOt-7fS2pBeEHUTsmrlzv5nM5UUN6BTllhqSjhEMMrp4x86n9f0Qocj2mtLBdQl6HlkxDD99VW8h1_gz1FDFFaLk1QJoF0YXukSN2bHUnVwkTh8j8PP6-ypbYXjvwt_ISFloqboaqLi9jfOPhkLAwN4CQ9PdgT-7ut90RgXo3uCnS\" target=_blank>according to a Facebook post<\/a> from the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The certificate authorizing the move was signed by the by Maj. 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