Wreaths Across America holds ceremony at Smith Cemetery

  • Greg Smith and Tish Casbeer stand behind the newly installed Historical Texas Cemetery medallion that honors Smith Cemetery at School Creek. Smith is the great-great-grandson of Philip Smith who initiated the cemetery in 1854. courtesy photo
    Greg Smith and Tish Casbeer stand behind the newly installed Historical Texas Cemetery medallion that honors Smith Cemetery at School Creek. Smith is the great-great-grandson of Philip Smith who initiated the cemetery in 1854. courtesy photo
  • Tish Casbeer, at left, stands with her sister Mary Arnold at Smith Cemetery at School Creek. Casbeer serves as the local Wreaths Across America coordinator. Arnold is co-coordinator and also treasurer for the Smith Cemetery Association. Courtesy photo
    Tish Casbeer, at left, stands with her sister Mary Arnold at Smith Cemetery at School Creek. Casbeer serves as the local Wreaths Across America coordinator. Arnold is co-coordinator and also treasurer for the Smith Cemetery Association. Courtesy photo
A group of Lampasas County residents participated Dec. 16 in a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the historic Smith Cemetery at School Creek. Tish Casbeer, local coordinator for Wreaths Across America, read a list of those veterans buried in the cemetery and recognized their branch of service and area of conflict where they served. The cemetery bell was rung in memory of each veteran…

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