The annual Memorial Day observance in Pricetown was held Monday, May 31.
The services included a march from the church to Barker Cemetery on state Route 131.
County salutes Memorial Day
By Jeff Gilliland - jgilliland@timesgazette.com
Former U.S. Marine Shaun Stevenson spoke at the cemetery during Greenfield’s 2019 Memorial Day ceremony. World War II veteran and grand marshal of the parade, Ed Robinette, was seated third from the right.
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Times-Gazette file photo
While some Memorial Day observances in and around Highland County will still not be quite what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, several are returning to a full schedule activities.
Following is list of what several communities reported to The Times-Gazette:
In Hillsboro, VFW Post 9094 Commander Rick Wilkin said this year’s Memorial Day observance will still be modest, but no less important. Thirty-nine new bricks containing the names of honored veterans were recently installed at the Highland County Veterans Memorial at the courthouse, where the annual observance will be held Monday, May 31.
Habitat turns over 6th local home
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Pictured (l-r) are Habitat for Humanity Highland County board members Daryl Mount and Chris Osborne; executive director Kelli Rosselott; new homeowners Kathy and Myles Burns; Habitat Board President Richard Warner; David Collins CPA;and Habitat board members Steve Conrad and Dave Minton. Not pictured are Habitat board members Denny Kirk and Marc Bayless.
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Habitat for Humanity welcomed the Burns Family to their new home in Lynchburg at a celebratory key presentation on Jan. 23.
Habitat for Humanity is a global, nonprofit Christian housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.