At one of the funerals I was sounding "Taps" at for the Metamora Legion Post, there was a gentleman there that belonged to Bugles Across America.

And he said, "Becky, why don't you belong to Bugles Across America?"

- Did you even know about it?

- I did know about it and I looked into it and then my mom got sick.

- Oh.

- So whenever I would have to go down to help with my mom, it was three and a half hours down and three and a half hours back.

And I had four kids in school and I just didn't have the extra time.

- At that point.

- At that point.

And so when we knew that mom was getting to the end of her life, this was right after that gentleman told me that.

- Uh huh.

- And so I thought, "You know what?

I know that eventually I'm not gonna be going out."

So I contacted them and I auditioned.

And so I get numerous bugle requests every week and it's within I think 120 mile radius.

- That was my next question.

- Yes.

Yeah.

And sometimes I can take the ones further away and sometimes I can't.

And now that my husband is retired, he likes to drive me.

And so when I know that we have the time, I will take some that are further away and he goes with me and then we make a date day out of it.

- [Christine] Okay.

- And now that I have done it so much, number one, I'm part of the Tazewell Military Rites team.

And secondly, a lot of the funeral directors know me now.

And so they have my name and number and when families specifically request for a live bugler, they will give me a call.