Quilts for Heroes
Fourteen of the quilt recipients gathered for the yearly group photo. Thank you for your service! Front Row (L-R): Terry Strothers, David Kenneth Zurmehly, Jeffrey Wood Ervin, Dennis Edwards, Lloyd Hodges, Ronnie Franklin; Back Row (L-R): Dayton Anthony Milby, James Avery, Lonnie Hodges, Stanley Harbison, Clay Turner, Teddy Pedigo, Guy Perkins, and James Buddy Gibson. Photo | PJ Martin
By PJ Martin
Editor
The Herald-News
This is the 6th year that the wonderfully talented ladies of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild have created beautiful patriotic quilts to be distributed to veterans. This year, 18 veterans were selected.
Members of the community nominate veterans each year, and those are presented with a beautiful quilt in a ceremony held at the Edmonton-Metcalfe Fire Department building on Veterans’ Day at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Each year, a few are unable to participate in the ceremony, so Candie Shirley and Becky London go to them at the Metcalfe Healthcare Center (MHCC) and deliver their quilts.
MHCC Activities Director, Tammy Harper, welcomed the guests to the Veterans’ Day Celebration. Tammy recognized all the Veterans in attendance, presented them with a small gift, and everyone was treated to cake and punch.
Quilts were presented to Floyd Wayne Grider and Steven Hutchison. Rockne Scruggs also received a quilt, but he was unable to attend the presentation.
No doubt the quilts that are made with so much love and compassion will be a forever keepsake.
The ladies who make the beautiful quilts are members of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild. Front Row (L-R): Becky London, Julene Johnson, Candi Shirley, Ellen Shirley, Denise Wilkinson, Joyce Grissom, Charlotte Atkins; Back Row (L-R): Bonnie Froggett, Cathy Nunn, Rosalee Jeffries, Betty DeLong, Marsha Jeffries, Teresa Hapney, and Loretta Hurt. Photo | PJ Martin
In memory of a member of the Piecemaker’s group who recently passed away, a plaque with a photo of Mary Morrison was presented to her daughters, Denise, Anita, and Ellen, by Candie Shirley. Photo | PJ Martin
