Oak Grove Cemetary

Sunday nights extreme wind storm took out one of the very large trees on the fence line at the cemetery.
A HUGE THANK YOU to Jason Snuggs and his crew from Precinct 2 for cleaning up the downed tree!

Regarding all the Veterans in the cemetery. There have been some wonderful ladies working hard to find veterans and to honor them on December 14th.
Please read the article. They have even discovered some “lost” veterans.
Here’s the article

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 265, Lake Kiowa, is humbled to participate in the National Wreaths Across America, honoring the military by placing a fresh balsam veteran wreath on the graves of our military and to do so in a way that has never been done before. The common practice when honoring veterans is to walk through a cemetery and place a flag or wreath on all graves that have a military headstone. Veterans who do not have a military marker are not honored. Our genealogist has identified hundreds of veterans in Cooke County who have no military headstones, and she has marked the grave locations with GPS. For the first time ever, the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 265 will place wreaths on the graves of ALL military veterans in the Estes Cemetery and the Oak Grove Cemetery. A large number of these veterans do not have a military marker of any kind. To name a few, in the Estes Cemetery are Rowland Cadwallader who fought in the Civil War, George Newton Brown who served in World War I, and Will Ingram who served in World War II. Of the many without military stones in Oak Grove Cemetery are Orren Harrison (Civil War), Leon Barron, a U.S, Navy veteran, and Lester Headrick, a U.S. Army Veteran. As we place the wreaths on all veterans’ graves, we will say their names. There is a well- known saying: “A soldier dies twice: once when they die, and once when their name is never said again.” It is our mission to ensure that the memory lives on of all our local veterans. We will have a ceremony at Estes Cemetery on December 14 at 10:00 am, followed by placing wreaths at Estes and Oak Grove cemeteries. Please join us for this memorable event. If you can’t attend the ceremony, you can assist us in honoring our veterans by purchasing wreaths. Go to www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TX1443P and click “Sponsor Wreaths.” Make your tax-deductible donation of $17 for one wreath or the most popular donation of $85 for five wreaths. If we get extra wreaths this year, we will use them to honor veterans in other local cemeteries. Thank you for helping us with this mission. Starting this year, “Gone but not forgotten” will finally be true.

Check-out the Wreaths Across America Page that I Support! Wreaths Across America ("WAA") coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies every December to "Remember, Honor, and Teach" about the sacrifices made by our veterans and their families. Please check out this page to learn how you can help by sponsoring Veterans Remembrance Wreaths or by joining us on Decembe...

Here is our wreaths across America page.

http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TXOKGC

I encourage everyone to look through this website about the cemetery and share it in and effort to have all the wreaths covered so we can honor them and have their names said.

Thank you for helping us honor veterans.

Thank also to Deb Cochrain for finding and setting all this up! If you have any questions, comment or send a message.

Check-out the Wreaths Across America Page that I Support! Wreaths Across America ("WAA") coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies every December to "Remember, Honor, and Teach" about the sacrifices made by our veterans and their families. Please check out this page to learn how you can help by sponsoring Veterans Remembrance Wreaths or by joining us on Decembe...

Here is another thanks to Tara!

Andrew Elias “Drew” Anderson (1927-2015) - Find a... Andrew was born on November 26, 1927 and passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2015. Andrew was a resident of Gainesville, Texas at the time of passing. Andrew was married to Peggy. A memorial service for Andrew Drew E. Anderson Sr. 87 of Lake Kiowa is set for 12:00 PM Wednesday September 16 2015 at....