2024 Golf Outing!

We are excited to announce the 11th Annual Bryant J. Luxmore Golf Outing this year!

This year’s event will be Saturday, August 3rd at the Fyre Lake Golf Club, Sherrard, IL with a 9 am shotgun start.

We are working closely with the Fyre Lake course and like last year they will be handling team registrations through their website. They will again take on most of the responsibilities for the event, which makes administration of our day so much easier.

We keep looking for new and better ways to make this event an amazing day for everyone and in a way to honor and remember B.J.

Stay tuned for more on team registration through the Fyre Lake website. We will update the Outing Details page with that info in the next few weeks. Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you at the course!

2024 Student Athlete Scholarships

2023 Student Athlete Scholarships

This year’s B.J. Luxmore Foundation student scholarships have been announced. The award winners are Jackson Long and Kellen King from Mercer County High School and Isaac Novitske and Walker Anderson from Sherrard High School.

These annual scholarships for each school are chosen by their coaches and staff. Congratulations to all our recipients!

2023 B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive

The 10th Annual B.J/ Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive was held on February 23, 2023.  The Sherrard High School All School Senate members organize this blood drive that students, staff & community members support in honor of BJ.

We are so grateful for everyone who contributes to this drive! A special thanks to Mrs. Mary Bischoff who bakes all the sweet treats each & every year!!

August 20, 2022, Belt Buckle

This commemorative Belt Buckle is given to the New Windsor Fair & Rodeo Bull Buck champion. Lane Luxmore accepted the award for the winner.

June 10, 2022, 10 Year Anniversary

Along a shaded path stretched across a grassy field in Fort Stewart, Georgia are more than 450 Crape Myrtle trees, each signifying the ultimate sacrifice of a soldier of the 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart/ Hunter Army Airfield, who served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. It is a place representing tremendous loss yet immense honor.

Ten years ago today, our beloved Bryant earned a spot along this sacred place when he was killed in action in Panjwai, Afghanistan.

Today, at the end of a week full of sunshine and cherished memories in Hilton Head, SC, our family gathered at Fort Stewart to honor B.J. and stand together after an entire decade of navigating such a devastating loss.

What a painfully beautiful parallel our family seems to find in those Crape Myrtle trees. Each tree may stand alone, small and in a weeping form, but together they grow, creating an archway over the sidewalk known as Warrior’s Walk. Forever protected, forever connected.

For the past ten years, we have each mourned alone and in our own way, but we have also grown even stronger together during a truly trying time. Our family branches have extended further with new relationships and additions, and we take comfort in the fact that through despair and grief, love and happiness continue to show up when we need them most.

So today, Beej, we honor you. Ten years feels like yesterday and yet a lifetime ago.

And we will continue to honor you in the best way we know how— by filling our lives with the good stuff that you fought so hard to protect…family and laughter, baseball and good old country living, and so much more.

It is the greatest privilege of our lives to carry you with us, to share you with each new generation, and to love you earthside until we meet again.

2022 Student Athlete Scholarships

The Bryant J. Luxmore Foundation student scholarships have been awarded for 2022. The Sherrard recipients are Clayton Matkovik for Baseball and Dylan Russell for Football. The Mercer County recipients are Ryan Rille and Damian Martinez.

The Foundation is proud to award yearly student scholarships to those individuals who exemplify B.J.’s high standards in athletics, academics and character. Congratulations to our 2022 recipients.

September 11, 2021, Jersey Retirement

Each year on the Anniversary of 9-11, we reflect on how all of our lives were FOREVER changed as a result of that devastating day, we learn about the lives lost, their families left to grieve, the heroic efforts made by so many. We honor those we lost on that day and those we lost because of that day…those who fought to protect our country from this happening again .

This year on 9-11, Bryant was honored at the Sherrard High School with the Retirement of his #5 SHS Football jersey! What does this mean…it means he is FOREVER #5, he is FOREVER honored, he is FOREVER remembered and we are FOREVER grateful

Thank you Sherrard High School and everyone who had a part in honoring B.J. with this dedication! What a GRRREAT “game day” it was for Luxmore #5.

“Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose”

August 2021, Belt Buckle

The New Windsor Fair & Rodeo Association presents a commemorative belt buckle to the winner of this year’s Bull Buck contest.

2021 Student Athlete Scholarships

The 2021 B.J. Luxmore Foundation student scholarships have been awarded. One of the Sherrard recipients is Will Franck. The Mercer County recipients are Matthew Gray and Tyler Bridgford.

Congratulations to this years athletes!

2021 B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive

Covid didn’t stop the Sherrard All School Senate members to host their annual B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive!!! Thank you Fryre Lake Golf Course for hosting the drive at your facility due to Covid restrictions at the school.

Mrs. Mary Bischoff made sure everyone had plenty to eat after they donated! Thank you to everyone who continues to make this such a successful blood drive!

2020 B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive

The Sherrard High School All-School Senate held their 7th Annual B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive.  What a great event this is and what a great way for our students to truly make a HUGE difference in our community! You rock!

Thank you to all our wonderful, caring students and staff who helped make this another success. And a special thanks to Mary Bischoff who provided all the food for our donors.

Scoreboard Dedication

The Bryant J. Luxmore Foundation was very pleased to be able to provide a new memorial to the Sherrard High School baseball program. A new scoreboard was dedicated this Spring to honor our fallen hero. Thank you so much to our sponsors and those behind the scenes who helped make this possible.

2019 Student Scholarships

2019 “Remember the Fallen” in the QC

The Remember the Fallen Traveling Memorial was recently in the Quad Cities. This memorial honors all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. It is a national photographic memorial, with over 5,000 of our nation’s Fallen heros since 9/11/2001.

2019 B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive

Sherrard, IL:  The Sherrard High School All-School Senate held their 6th Annual Blood Drive in honor of B.J.  We couldn’t think of a better way to honor him.  We’re grateful to all those who participated.  Thank you for such wonderful, caring students and staff! And a special thanks to Mary Bischoff who provided all the food for our donors.

July 21, 2018, Thank the Seals

Bettendorf, IA, Bettendorf Convention Center:  We are humbled that this amazing group has chosen B.J. to honor in 2018.  Each year Thank the Seals works to promote awareness and raise funds for the families of one Navy Seal and one other individual from another military branch—that have lost a loved one in battle. 

This year they have chosen Navy Seal Ryan Owens and Corporal B.J. Luxmore. For more information you can visit thanktheseals.com or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/thanktheseals/

April 28, 2018, Beautiful Day for an Auction

Each year the Thank the SEALs (TTS) organization honors two military families who have lost loved ones in service to our country.  This year they have chosen B.J. as one of the honorees.  TTS helps organize fund raising events to support their group’s mission.

Enter Brian and Cindy Lindsey of Blackhawk Electric.   They are very community minded and wanted to help.  And help they did.  They organized an amazing auction with many high quality donated items.  They also had jump houses and exotic animals for the kids.  Thank you to Calsyn and Sons, East Moline, IL, for all the work they did helping prepare for this family fund raising event.  And thanks also to Smokey’s Country Diner BBQ, East Moline, for providing everything for the luncheon.  There was also an appearance by Navy SEAL Sonny Manson who was in the 2012 movie “Act of Valor”.  It was an amazing day.  Thanks so much to everyone! 

March 25, 2018, The Bataan Memorial Death March

White Sands, NM:  We’d like to express our appreciation to Alan Angel for his participation in the Bataan Memorial Death March in B.J.’s memory.  The New Mexico high desert terrain along with the sand, sun, and wind make this an extremely challenging event.  Participants come from all over to participate in this annual march to commemorate the men of the U.S. and Philippine armies who became prisoners of war and forced to march 70 miles after the surrender of Bataan in 1942.  

March 18, 2018, Hall of Fame Recipient

Rock Island, IL:  The Quad City Hitmen youth baseball organization has a storied history in their over 25 years of existence.  They play at the highest level and have earned 15 national championships

On March 30th B.J. had the honor of being inducted into the Quad City Hitmen Hall of Fame.  It is truly an honor to not only be able to play at this high level but to also be recognized as one of the best.  

January 30, 2018, B.J. Luxmore Memorial Blood Drive

Sherrard, IL:  The Sherrard High School All-School Senate held their 5th Annual Blood Drive in honor of B.J. on January 30, 2018.  We couldn’t think of a better way to honor him.  We’re grateful to all those who participated.  Thank you for such wonderful, caring students! 

December 16, 2017, Wreaths for Warriors Ceremony

Ft. Stewart, GA:  This was the 11th year for the Wreath Ceremony on Warriors Walk at Fort Stewart, Georgia.  Wreaths were placed at 468 memorials representing the 468 3rd Infantry Division soldiers who have lost their lives in the Middle East.  It is a reminder to us all that their sacrifice for our country will never be forgotten.  

December 9,  2017, Army-Navy Game

Philadelphia, PA:  We are continually grateful for the support that Legacies Alive has shown to us and the many other Gold Star Families across the country.  They work to bring together Gold Star families from across the USA to enjoy this football competition and to also remember and honor their Fallen Heroes.  Thank you so much. 

And it was a win for Army, beating Navy 14-13.

October 28, 2017, Homes for Our Troops

Rutland, WI :  Finally, an opportunity to give a little something to a very deserving family.  We went to Wisconsin for the Homes for Our Troops Volunteer Day to help lay sod at the new home of SSG Russell Dennison and his family.  

We have a special place in our hearts for SSG Dennison as he volunteered to escort Beej home to us and then went back to Afghanistan to finish the fight and was severely injured.  They are such a deserving family to call this beautiful place home.  Thank you Russell.  

Highway Dedication Ceremony

The scene was the New Windsor Presbyterian Church on a rainy Wednesday morning in April 2016.  The overflow and standing-room crowd filled the church and fellowship hall for this historic event.  This was the dedication ceremony renaming a section of Illinois State Highway 17 in honor of B.J.  

The event was emceed by Illinois State Representative Don Moffitt.  Also speaking was Illinois State Senator Chuck Weaver, Rev. Mark Bedford, New Windsor Mayor Mike Peterson, Dr. Brian Anseeuw, Leonard Luxmore, and others.  It was a rather solemn morning as all reflected back on B.J.'s sacrifice and the sacrifices of all who have given so much to defend the freedoms that we enjoy today. 

To get further details that led up to this day just read on. 

Highway to be Renamed April 27, 2016

A section of Illinois Highway 17 will soon be renamed in honor of B.J.  The Illinois House and Senate have both unanimously passed a resolution that will rename part of State Highway 17 as the Cpl. Bryant J. Luxmore Memorial Highway. 

This section of highway will run from the Henry/Mercer County Line to the Village of Viola.  The date for the dedication ceremony will be 10:30 am, Wednesday, April 27th at Depot Park, New Windsor. 

The proposal for dedicating this section of highway was initiated through the Mercer County Board and then chairman, Dr. Brian Anseeuw.  The legislation was sponsored in the Illinois House by State Rep. Don Moffitt and in the Senate by State Sen. Chuck Weaver.  We appreciate the work of all those who helped make this happen.  What a wonderful and lasting way to honor our hero!

Here are news sources covering this story from:  Illinois State Senator Chuck Weaver,  Illinois State Rep. Don Moffitt,  the Rock Island Argus/Dispatch editorial staff,  WRMJ Radio,  WQAD TV,  the Galesburg Register Mail,  and The Aledo Times Record. 

Foundation Recipients

The B.J. Luxmore Memorial Foundation is dedicated to supporting our students, charities, non-profits, and the local community.  It is truly an honor to support them through the Foundation which is in turn possible through your generous support.  

Check out the Foundation recipients. 

Foundation Sponsors

The mission of the Foundation could not be done without the support of these fine businesses and individuals. Please recognize their efforts by supporting them throughout the year.  

Check out our Sponsors here!