Remembering Veterans…

Posted in Events, Holidays by Gwen Sisson

Granville Pearson was my maternal grandfather who served in World War II.

Special thanks to the Joe H. Moorehead VFW Post 3806 for donating the flags used to remember veterans at Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery as part of their memorial services on Sunday. Those remembered for their service included: John C. McWhorter, William Nathan Bramlett, Rufus Granville Pearson, Fred K. Pearson, Victor Davis, Kenneth Boyce Woods, Angelo E. Peacock, Ben W. Pearson, Leon Carlton Peacock, Denton Talley, Woodrow Box and Robert Box. Continue reading →

3May2015

Remembering Veterans…

Posted in Events, Holidays by Gwen Sisson

Special thanks to the Joe H. Moorehead VFW Post 3806 for donating the flags used to remember veterans at Pine Forest Baptist Church cemetery as part of their memorial services on Sunday. Those remembered for their service included: David Estell Sellars, Charles Ivan Hancock, William Rex May, Woodie Laverne Tharp, William Ivan Peacock, Sr., William Russell “Peter” Hazzard, and Woody Harmon Davis.

See this photo in the May 27, 2015 edition of The Webster Progress Times at http://websterprogresstimes.com/2015/05/27/pine-forest-flags/

20Apr2015

Saturday BINGO

Posted in Photo Fun by Gwen Sisson

Freddie Pate calls the numbers for Bingo on Saturdays at 6 p.m. at the Joe H. Moorehead VFW Post 3806. I made my annual trip to the VFW to pick up flags for veterans at local cemeteries. I usually get there before BINGO starts. I have never caught them in the middle of a game! Continue reading →

Eupora’s Veteran’s Day Ceremony 2014

See some of these photos in the November 19, 2014 edition of The Webster Progress Times at http://websterprogresstimes.com/2014/11/20/honoring-heroes/

17May2014

Flags placed to remember veterans at North Union Cemetery

Posted in Uncategorized by Gwen Sisson

In preparation for Memorial Sunday at North Union Cemetery, flags were placed on the markers of veterans in remembrance of their service.

Veterans remembered at North Union Cemetery include: Harold G. Shaw, Stanley Pepper, George Pepper, William Allen Sisson, Richard Calvin Spikes, Robert Cecil Skelton, James Imri Oswalt, Joe Carroll Evans, Billy Richardson, Bertram Neil Shaw, Donald Shaw, Joe Irby Fox, Joe Hood Wilson, James B. Weddle, T.U. “Hank “Pepper, William Leonard Moore, Robert D. Thompson, Edward M. Moore, William E. Moore, B.C. “Doc” Betterton, Grover C. Norwood, William Perry Sprayberry, Jack Bruce, Ralph Porter, William Eugene Porter, Floyd Shaw, John Everett Pepper, Claude Garnett, Oris Sisson, Rachel L. Mitchell, Marlowe Mitchell, Bill Finch Mitchell, Willard Aaron Pepper, John M. Moore, James Dobbs, Juanita Sugg Glisson, Leroy Taylor Spikes, Continue reading →