Korean war veteran Marine Lance Cpl. Rickie Miller is consoled by his great grandchildren after a moving keynote address Monday at the annual Denham Springs community Memorial Day ceremony at Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum. The children are Jaycee Taylor, 10, Jeanette Miller, 6, and Beatrice Miller, 4. Cpl. Miller related example after example of servicemen over the course of several wars who sacrificed their lives in battle, usually to save others.
Dennis Bauer holds steady a wreath placed on the flag-draped casket as part of a Memorial Day ceremony conducted jointly by VFW Post 7017 and American Legion Ellis Facundus Post 178 of Denham Springs. Others participating (from left) are Vi Singleton, Al Venseret, VFW Post Commander Joe Ray Smith and Tommy Shaffett.
Posting the colors for the Memorial Day at Evergreen Memorial Park and Mausoleum are (from left) Clem Pearson, Cylton Joe Mitchell and Al Venseret.
As Karen Caronna sings the National Anthem, veterans conducting the annual Memorial Day ceremonies in Denham Springs salute the flag. They are (from left) VFW Post 7017 Commander Joe Ray Smith, Quartermaster Vance Sutton and Trustee Charles Holdeman.
Parish President Layton Ricks reads an address to those gathered at the Denham Springs Memorial Day ceremony, relating the story of a cousin serving in Vietnam whose life was saved by a comrade who sacrificed his.
Bob Cargo helps conclude the program with a rendition of "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes.
