For the second time, the community of Escalon will pay respects to a member of the Layton family with an Honor Guard escort from Deegan Funeral Chapel to Burwood Cemetery. Friends and family were reeling over the long Memorial Day holiday weekend with the news that Brent Layton, 47, passed away unexpectedly while attending a Gold Star Family event in Colorado. He lost his son, James Ray ‘Doc’ Layton – killed in action in Afghanistan – in 2009 and since then had been active in many Gold Star events around the country and was a dedicated advocate for returning veterans and helping them get the services they needed and deserved.