Cleveland Mourns The Loss of Brian Gallaher After Exit 11 Tragic Wreck

CLEVELAND,TN, (WDEF)-Pastor Kelvin Page, Westmore Church of God,"A lot of people are asking why, why does this happen, how could this happen, in times like these we need to know there is a sovereign God".

An emotional Pastor Page choked back tears at Westmore Church of God, Friday morning.

"He built a youth orchestra from nothing to 37 or 40 kids, its a tremendous loss to our church but more importantly is the loss in the community".

Gallaher’s friends find it hard to believe he was killed in the multi-vehicle pile up in Ooltewah Thursday.

Jamie Harper, Friend of Gallaher,"It’s a tragedy and tragedies happen, but guys like Brian are hard to replace, you can’t replace them he’s a great guy, he’s a good family man, a mentor to students, he’s really going to be missed around here".

Gallaher was married with 2 young children.
He attended Lee University for both his under and post grad degrees.

David Holsinger, Lee Uni Music Professor, "I have kids right now in my university band who started in Brian’s beginning band and they still talk about him as their mentor they still talk about how they wouldn’t be where they are today if he hadn’t taken them under his wing."

Holsinger claims that Gallaher was one of his most gifted students turned teacher.
Gallaher was just 37 years old. Westmore Church of God are dedicating a special Sunday service in Gallaher’s memory.