10/28/2025
Please allow a little extra time to get to your appointment tomorrow afternoon as there will be brief road closures for a funeral procession.
Below is the route for the funeral procession honoring Fire Captain Raymond McElwee on Wednesday, October 29. All roads highlighted will be closed to traffic in both directions as the processional passes. It is estimated that the processional will leave Pleasant Valley Baptist Church at 3 p.m. and could take more than an hour to make its way through Liberty past Fire Station 2, where Captain McElwee was stationed, and on to Cowgill Cemetery in Cowgill, MO.
The route for the funeral procession is as follows -
From Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, turn right onto Rte 291
Turn right on Liberty Drive
Turn left on Kent Street (Fire Station 2 is located at 1040 Kent St.)
Turn right on Rte 291
Turn left on Leonard Street
Follow Leonard as it turns into Lightburne Street
Those not attending the graveside service will be directed to turn right on US 69 while the rest of the procession continues on I-35 north.
Thank you for your patience as we honor the longstanding tradition for fire funeral processions to go by the station where the fallen had served.