[Back] Web site of the Year awards for 2007 go to Mr. David Bancroft of AS Award Sites and  The Celebration of a Passoniate life. We thank our panel and those who nominated these sites. Both sites truly are those who can say " A life that made a difference". Click here .       Fallen Soldier  "A Life that made a Difference"                  On that Day, in a land so far away, A life made a Difference for freedoms flag that waves, For no greater is a love, then the sacrific he made, So young and full of life, to be taken in such a way, A Life that made  a difference , and your memory will never fade.  d.w. In Honor and Respect of Sgt. Mathew Hunter. This award is dedicated in his memory and in respect to his family, father and friends. Sunday family and friends of Sgt. Matthew Hunter of Wheeling, came together to pay their respects to the fallen soldier. So many people came out to Sgt. Hunter's funeral they all couldn't fit in the main room of worship, the church had to open a second room, downstairs, so people could say goodbye. A friend, a son, a soldier, that's how Sgt. Matthew Hunter was remembered at his funeral Saturday, at West Alexander Presbyterian church. In January a road side bomb exploded and killed Sgt. Hunter during a combat operation in Iraq. At Saturday's funeral a man who served with the 31 year old medical specialist said Hunter was living his dream. Edward Gunter explained, "I'm weeping not for Matt, I'm weeping for my grief, because Matt was doing what he loved to do." Hunter attended Wheeling Park High School. A longtime friend and classmate spoke at the service. Matt Paree described Matt as, "being genuine. Matt was one of the first upper classman I can remember talking to me." From the church a motorcade traveled to West Alexander Cemetery for burial.