Meadows was killed putting out traffic cones outside a church

COMMUNITY IN MOURNING WITH THIS GIANT AMERICAN FLAG HANGING IN HIS HONOR. OUTSIDE, OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER POURED INTO THE CHURCH OF THE HIGHLANDS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO LIEUTENANT MARK MEADOWS. JUST FOUR DAYS EARLIER, HE LOST HIS LIFE OUTSIDE THE SAME CAMPUS, DIRECTING TRAFFIC RELATIVE SPENCER SUTTON TOLD THOSE AT THE SERVICE, MOSTLY IN UNIFORM. OUR GREATEST MOMENT OF SORROW HAS BEEN MET WITH HIS GREATEST MOMENT OF JOY BEFORE THE SERVICE. IRONDALE MAYOR JAMES STEWART REMEMBERED A RECENT MEETING WHEN MEADOWS OFFERED SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S DIRECTION. A MAN OF VERY FEW WORDS, VERY ENCOURAGING, AND WE ARE REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM AT THE CITY OF IRONDALE. DURING THE SERVICE, STEWART READ QUOTES FROM A LETTER MEADOWS SENT HIM FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, WHERE HE WROTE, I LOVE WORKING FOR THE IRONDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I’M HONORED TO PLAY A SMALL PART IN ITS GROWTH. THE MAYOR WRAPPED UP HIS COMMENTS BY SAYING, I ONLY HAVE SIX WORDS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO MARK. WELL DONE, WELL DONE, WELL DONE. MOMENTS LATER, A FELLOW IRONDALE OFFICER REMINDED EVERYONE THAT MEADOWS LOVED TO ASK, NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? AFTER A SETBACK? SO THE OFFICER’S MESSAGE TO MEADOWS FAMILY WAS, HOLD FAST TO THE MEMORIES, HOLD FAST TO YOU KNOW WHAT? HE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE WRECK, WHICH CLAIMED MEADOWS LIFE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT STATE TROOPERS TELL US THE DRIVER INVOLVED IS FULLY