thedrifter
05-04-08, 08:30 AM
Marine Casanova killed by Iraq bomb
Posted: Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:14 PM CDT
A 22-year-old McComb woman who served with the U.S. Marines in Iraq was killed around 11 p.m. Friday Iraq time by a roadside bomb, a family friend reported Saturday.
Casey Casanova was a lance corporal in radio communications. She and three other U.S. Marines were in a transport when the roadside bomb went off, killing all four.
Casanova’s former youth minister, Nathan Wells of New Heights Baptist Church, said her mother, Paula Carruth, was taking it hard.
“She was a single mom, and Casey was an only child,” Wells said. “To get that message was really tough on her.”
Wells said Marines informed Carruth of Casanova’s death around midnight Friday.
“It’s hurting, but she accepts the fact that God’s going to turn this into something good,” Wells said. “She said, ‘There are still other kids there that need our comfort and prayers.’ ”
Casanova was featured in a March 24 Enterprise-Journal Page 1 article.
Ellie
Posted: Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:14 PM CDT
A 22-year-old McComb woman who served with the U.S. Marines in Iraq was killed around 11 p.m. Friday Iraq time by a roadside bomb, a family friend reported Saturday.
Casey Casanova was a lance corporal in radio communications. She and three other U.S. Marines were in a transport when the roadside bomb went off, killing all four.
Casanova’s former youth minister, Nathan Wells of New Heights Baptist Church, said her mother, Paula Carruth, was taking it hard.
“She was a single mom, and Casey was an only child,” Wells said. “To get that message was really tough on her.”
Wells said Marines informed Carruth of Casanova’s death around midnight Friday.
“It’s hurting, but she accepts the fact that God’s going to turn this into something good,” Wells said. “She said, ‘There are still other kids there that need our comfort and prayers.’ ”
Casanova was featured in a March 24 Enterprise-Journal Page 1 article.
Ellie