Community says farewell to Brock McCann, 8, who was hit and killed by a trash truck

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Bernadette McCann and son Jack, right, lead a New Orleans-style parade in memory of their son Brock on Saturday. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

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Murphy McCann hugs his wife Bernadette during a memorial service for their son Brock at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

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Photos and mementos adorn the stage during a memorial service Saturday for Brock McCann, a Newport Beach 8-year-old who was struck and killed by a trash truck on May 25. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

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Bernadette McCann reaches out to Brock’s best friend Hayden Ficht, 9, during the memorial parade on Saturday. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

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Bernadette McCann speaks during the memorial service for her son Brock at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Saturday. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

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Isabel Leveque, left, Murphy and Bernadette McCann and Tricia Sanchez sing “Amazing Grace” during a memorial service for Brock McCann at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Saturday. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

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Brock McCann’s parents, Bernadette and Murphy, center, lead a New Orleans-style parade in memory of their son on Saturday. ( Scott Smeltzer / Scott Smeltzer | Daily Pilot )

By Daily Pilot staff

June 4, 2016 5:58 PM PT

Friends and family members gathered Saturday in Newport Beach to remember Brock McCann, the 8-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a trash truck at a local intersection May 25.

The memorial service at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, with Brock’s parents, Bernadette and Murphy, leading a New Orleans-style parade, honored the child known for his athleticism and love of football, basketball and cake.

“As tiny as he was, he could fill this whole house with his belly laugh,” Brock’s mother, Bernadette, said Tuesday in an interview with the Daily Pilot.

Brock was riding his bicycle home from Newport Heights Elementary School when the trash truck hit him at 15th Street and Michael Place, one block north of Irvine Avenue.

Donations to help his family may be made to the Brock McCann Fund at gofundme.com/brockmccann. The fund had raised nearly $76,000 as of Friday evening.