becker had played for thomas, as had his father dave and two brothers including scott who started as he falcons last season. attending the same church, the thomases and beckers had been family friends for more than 30 years. what difficulty is there in accepting the way it happened? >> if i did not have faith, i have no idea how a person would accept this or get through this. it's not for me to know god's plan. i just have to trust an believe that a lot of good is going to come out of this terrible situation. >> the service was close to camera -- closed to cameras. but pastor brad zinnecker remembers the words spoken by his oldest son, aaron. >> he gets up and he gives this passionate charge. you can mourn today, but tomorrow you get to it -- you get to work, you get early, you stay late and you live your life with a passion and that's how you honor my dad. >> i think it's hard for people to argue with me if i'm his only son. >> outside the church, hundreds line the street to the cemetery to say their final good-byes. >> a bunch of the local football teams had shown up in their own je

among those listening to the message was senior scott becker, the younger brother of the man accused of killing his coach. what concern did you have for scott being welcomed back and embraced by this team and this community. >> you know, to be honest, scott's a good kid. i didn't worry about it. we had a new student come in and i had scott show him around that. speaks to the kind of kid scott is. good block, becker! >> "e: 60" requested an interview with the mark becker's father. they declined in an e-mail that in part reads, "we do hope to share our story in the future about the mercy and the grace that the thomas family, our church family and our entire community has shown to our family." >> those players rallied around scott. i think that's what ed would have wanted them to do. we're going to stay strong as a team. >> ed thomas spent 37 years as a high school football coach, 34 at aplington-parkersburg where he won two state titles. thomas was honored as the nfl coach of the year in 2005. four of his former players are in the league, including the packers aaron campman and brad pea