Veterans to be honored on Memorial Day

The Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville will hold a Memorial Day Service at 9 a.m., May 31.

Masters of Ceremonies will be the new Veterans Cemetery Director Larry Carmer and Ft. Leonard Wood Veterans Cemetery Leah Piland. Boy Scout Troop 98 of Cairo will post the colors of the flag. Larry Page, Northern Missouri Patriot Guard Chaplain will speak and Carmer and Piland will read the names of those interred from June 2009-present. The ceremony will close with the releasing of butterflies by Carolee Hazlet and a solo, God Bless America, sung by Wanda Burnett.

For further information on the upcoming ceremony, feel free to call the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at 660-295-4237 or e-mail them at www.mvc.dps.mo.gov.

VFW

The American Legion will host a Memorial Day Service at 11 a.m. at the Moberly VFW Post 2654 on South Morley. Military and veteran organizations will be recognized and Art Latson will serve as the featured speaker. Light refreshments will be served after the service.

Cemetery flags

Approximately 150 flags are flying in Oakland Cemetery to honor veterans. Volunteers have covered Memorial Park Cemetery placing over 300 flags on the graves of veterans.