|
LeClair rites to be
broadcast and live-streamed
From staff reports
©2006 Bonesville.net
Due to the anticipated turnout of mourners
who will be paying their respects to deceased former East Carolina baseball
coach Keith LeClair on Friday, WNCT-AM Talk 1070 and the ECU Athletic
Department have arranged to carry the memorial service over the radio and on
the Internet.
Talk 1070, operated by Hinton Media Group,
will broadcast the afternoon service, and the audio feed will be streamed
over the Web on
ecupirates.com and through the
facilities of Bonesville.net on the station's
talk1070.com Website.
The funeral service will be held Friday at
2:00 p.m. at Oakmont Baptist Church in Greenville. The family will receive
friends this evening between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. at S.G. Wilkerson and Sons
Funeral Home on 5th Street in Greenville.
The Hinton Media Group's local television
property, Cable 7, will air the service on tape delay on Friday at 9:00 p.m.
LeClair served as the Pirates' head
baseball coach from 1997 to 2002. He died at his home Monday following an
extended battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred
to as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He had been battling the disease for the past
five years.
An member of ECU's sports hall of fame,
LeClair was 40 years old.
©2006 All rights rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A report published on
talk1070.com contributed to this
article.
02/23/2007 11:24:50 AM |
