Candlelight vigil remembers ConAgra employees
Local clergy and officials remembered killed and injured ConAgra Foods employees during a candlelight vigil Friday night at Wake Baptist Grove Church, at 302 E Main St.
Posted — UpdatedCurtis called the service “closure.”
“We feel the pain and we cannot be the same ever again,” said Rev. Dr. T.K. Leathers, pastor of Mount Vernon Christian Church in Clayton.
“I pray you will find peace and healing,” the letter stated.“You’re not alone in your sadness.”
“We will grieve together. We will heal together,” Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams said.
ConAgra Foods plant manager Mark Rauendahn also spoke at the service.
Second District Congressman Bob Etheridge toured the plant site before attending the community vigil. He looks forward to a day when employees are back on the job.
"There is a great market for the product they made and we want it made right here," Etheridge said.
About 300 employees were in the ConAgra Foods plant at the time of the Tuesday morning explosion, which blew out a wall and punched holes in the roof, sparked small fires and ruptured the plant's ammonia lines.
One of the critically burned patients was identified Thursday as Anthony Elliott, but no other information about him was released.
Williams will also lead an observance at Lake Benson Park Amphitheater at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Garner officials said.
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