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Bearwallow Memorial Day: Spirit the same, but customs change Writer Margaret Acree talks about a generations old tradition of visiting with family and friends and maintaining the memories of those who have gone before. But she misses an old custom: Making artificial flowers at home Comments re photo 40595 Remembering Memorial Day Tribute to his Mom and DadBy Margaret Acree I also made a trip to Columbia this weekend along with my family. For generations it has been a tradition to visit our love ones resting site, which for my father's family it is Bear Wallow on 206. Today I met four of my cousins, Aunt Lula Sapp's,children, there. I wrote about her before. We were talking and reminiscing about how things have changed. In the fifties about two weeks before the 30th. Mom would go to town and get beautiful bright colored crepe paper. We would go to the home of my aunt Bert Burton, who lived at Purdy, and they would make beautiful bright flowers, and Mom taught us girls how to make the petals (came in handy later as a teacher); after they had enough made they would dip them in paraffin to help protect them in the rain. The we would spent most of the day at they cemetery placing flowers and visiting with family and friends. Now we just go buy an arrangment, but I miss the little part of ourselves that went into each one of those paper roses. Dad was very strict about us always honoring our loved ones that had passed on,that is why I will go every year as long as I can. Thanks Jimmy, Douglas, Patty and Louise for an afternoon of remembering good memories as well as remembering our dear departed. -Margaret Acree This story was posted on 2011-05-30 05:49:45
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