Mooresville Fire-Rescue captain dies after being hospitalized due to illness

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Mooresville Fire-Rescue Capt. Brian Yon has died from an illness, officials said Friday.

The fire department said Yon was recently hospitalized due to an illness and died at Atrium Health CMC Main in Charlotte Wednesday.

Yon had served with Mooresville Fire-Rescue since July 2007.

The department will have a procession staring at 4 p.m. Friday to escort Yon from the hospital in Charlotte to Mooresville Fire-Rescue, and then on to Whitley’s Funeral Home.

The honor procession will start at Blythe Boulevard before getting on Interstate 277 North. It will then exit onto Interstate 77 North and merge into the toll lanes. The procession will travel to Exit 33 and get off on Highway 21 North before stopping at the Mooresville Fire Station, the Atwell Fire Department and the Enochville Fire Department. It will end at Dale Earnhardt Boulevard.

No other details have been released.

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