The Jacksonville Ladies volunteer to decorate more than 22,000 headstones at Jacksonville National Cemetery, making sure no veteran is buried alone.
have been the final resting place the past 15 years for men and women who have dedicated part or all of their lives to protecting America.Recommended Videos“I just love the rows,” she says, staring out at the scores of gravesites. “That’s how we used to stand in formation. This is the way, if you serve your country, this is the way you should be resting.
“We hadn’t seen each other in a while, and then we said ‘we’ll get together.’ So that let me know now to give them a call,” Harrelson says, grateful to have experienced that special moment.Then we watched another committal ceremony attended by just one family member.Curtis Nixon brought his brother Levie Bell’s ashes to be buried. He thanked Jacksonville Ladies member Linda Edell for being there for them.
“There has been a Lady to honor all of these people, and it’s --that one will give me goosebumps,” she laughs, proud of the unwavering support their group provides.When asked about her most memorable moment as a volunteer, she began to cry thinking about Joe Beckers, a World War II veteran who Cayton says was too ill to attend his wife’s committal ceremony at Jacksonville National Cemetery, and didn’t know what to tell the undertaker to bury his wife in.
For all three Jacksonville Ladies members we spoke with, these are cherished moments they shared with us, hoping they will encourage others in the greater Jacksonville area to join their volunteer group.The Jacksonville Ladies volunteer to decorate veterans gravesites at Jacksonville National Cemetery.They, and the Jacksonville National Ceremony invite the public to visit the Jacksonville National Cemetery this weekend for their annual Memorial Day ceremony.
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