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30th of May At Antioch By Col. Carlis B. Wilson "30th of May" At Antioch Cemetery For many years family and neighbours gathered here on the 30th of May to honour those gone on, by decorating their graves. In those days the women made beautiful home-made flowers, most were made from crape paper and wire. Many hours was spent in the creation of the assortment of flowers on the graves. It was many years later that I came to know this special day as Memorial Day. If my memory serves me right it used to be celebrated on the 30th of May regardless what day of the week it came on. Antioch Church Decorated Grave I still get back to Antioch Cemetery from time to time and have fond memories of those early years. The cemetery is much larger now than then. I only remember graves being on the right of the entrance and the old section near the church. The brick school house that stood at the end of the cemetery next to the Akin Furniture Shop was still there in those days. _CarlisThis story was posted on 2003-05-22 14:40:05
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