The Polk County Memorial ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post #9116 is inviting the public to attend a special candlelight service in the evening of Nov. 11, 2014 in observance of Veterans Day. The purpose of the service is to remember and honor all the men and women of the Armed Forces who are serving or who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the nation.

The service will take place at the veterans Memorial Park in downtown Columbus beginning at 7 p.m. Members of the public and of the ladies Auxiliary will light candles in thanks and remembrance of those who have served and those who are serving our country. This is a wonderful opportunity for all our citizens to light a candle in honor of a special loved one or in honor of all our nation’s heroes. The list below represents those who will be honored at the service.

“5 Tour” Gunnery SGT Greg

“Beloved Father” George Ballard

“PimP C” AKA – Chavis Downey

“Tim” Floyd Lawerence – US Army

Admiral Randolph Ridgley – US Navy

Albert Campbell

Albert Terry York

Albert Tinsley

Andrew J. Stone

Arnold Dean Jones – US Army

Arthur Maxwell

AWF2 Kristopher Harvey

Ben Lawerence – US Air Force

Bevin Corbin – US Army

Bill Edney – US Air Force

Blayne McMurray – US Marines

Bob Naylor – Father

Bob Robb

Brian Corbin

Brian Lawerence – US Marine Corps

Bryan McDonough

Charlene Stroud – US Army

Chris Purdon

Chris Ruff

Christoff Benedicta Ferrante

Christopher Purdon

Christopher Purdon – USMC

Clifford H Condit

Clyde Jackson – US Army

Clyde Price – “Pop Pop”

Cody Orick

Cpl. Blair T. Ruth

Curtis Brooks Hill

Dana Johnson

David Blanton

David Bradshaw

David Gage – Korea

David Montgomery

David Souther

David W. Cooper – Father of Evan Cooper

Dean Gregory

Dexter Smith

DJ Greene

Don Cameron, Marine Veteran

Donald Greenawalt

Donna Butler

Donnie Tyler Kanupp

Douglas D Fisher

Drew Mazur – KIA

Drill SGT Matechawitcz

Edmund Michael Hughes – Friend

Elliott Butler – US Navy

Elmer “Doc” Wilson

Ernest C Ferguson

Ethan Feagan

Ferris Hall

For All Military

For Those Now Serving

For Those Who Served during the Cuban Missile Crisis

For Those Who Served in Bosnia

For Those Who Served in Cambodia

For Those Who Served in China

For Those Who Served in Cuba

For Those Who Served in Desert Shield

For Those Who Served in Desert Storm

For Those Who Served in Egypt

For Those Who Served in Grenada

For Those Who Served in Haiti

For Those Who Served in Korea

For Those Who Served in Operation Desert Fox

For Those Who Served in Operation Eagle Claw (Iran)

For Those Who Served in Operation Enduring Freedom

For Those Who Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom

For Those Who Served in Operation Just Cause

For Those Who Served in Operation Neptune Spear

For Those Who Served in Operation New Dawn

For Those Who Served in Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada)

For Those Who Served in Pakistan

For Those Who Served in Panama

For Those Who Served in Paraguay

For Those Who Served in Samoa

For Those Who Served in Somalia

For Those Who Served in the Afghanistan Campaign

For Those Who Served in the Fiji Islands

For Those Who Served in the Korean Conflict

For Those Who Served in the National Guard

For Those Who Served in the Persian Gulf

For Those Who Served in the Philippine-American War

For Those Who Served in the Reserves

For Those Who Served in the Revolutionary War

For Those Who Served in the Spanish-American War

For Those Who Served in The United States of America

For Those Who Served in the US Air Force

For Those Who Served in the US Army

For Those Who Served in the US Coast Guard

For Those Who Served in the US Marine Corps

For Those Who Served in the US Navy

For Those Who Served in Uruguay

For Those Who Served in Vietnam

For Those Who Served in WWI

For Those Who Served in WWII

For Those Who Served in Zaire

Frank Ortiz

Fred Zimmerman

Gary Looper, Air Force Veteran

Gary Walter Sain Jr.

Gene Hroncictt – WWII

George Buckson

George Miller III

George W Denton Sr.

George W. Lindell – US Navy

Glenn Johnson – USMC

Glenn Jolley

Goeff Tenant

Goeff Tenant USAF

Grady Jackson – US Army

Gunnery SGT Greg

Hailey Wilkie – US Army

Harrison Arledge

Homer McLaren – US Navy

Horace Greeley Cook

Howard Wells

In honor of Richard Hopkins – US Army

In memory of CPL. Cade – KIA

In Memory of Daniel King – US Army

In Memory of James King – US Army

In Memory of Roger Ogle – US Navy Seebees

In Memory of Those Who Served

In Memory of Those Who Served in the Marine Corps

In Memory of Those Who Served in the Marine Corps – Semper Fi!

In Memory of Those Who Served in the US Air Force

In Memory of Those Who Served in the US Army

In Memory of Those Who Served in the US Coast Guard

In Memory of Those Who Served in the US Marine Corps

In Memory of Those Who Served in the US Marines

In Memory of Those Who Served in the US Navy

In Memory of Wallace Worthy – US Army

J Bear Streat

Jack Greenwood

Jack Jolley

James A. Killian

James Bevell

James Buell

James F. Edwards

James L. Killian

James Tanner – Dad – Served in Vietnam

Jay Hill

Jeff Gibbs

Jeff Vance, Marine Veteran

Jerry Gillie

Jerry Nelon

Jessie Cassada

Jim Murphy

Jim O’Sullivan

Jim Plucker

Jimmy Arledge

Jimmy Nix

John Dan Mills

John Houston

John J. Catalano Sr

Joseph John LaFromboise

Joseph Placak Jr.

Joseph Placak Sr.

Justin L. Blanchard

Katrina Shambaugh

Kenneth Deaver – US Navy

Kenneth Nixon

Larry Butler

Lcpl. John P. Ruth

Leo Lowry – US Navy

Linda P. Burgess – US Air Force

Llyod Killian

Lonnie Haynes

Lonnie Henderson – US Army

Lowell Eichhorn

Michael Evan Sain

Michael Feagan

Michael Finley

Michael Fischer

Michael Fisher

Michael Purdon

Michael Rossi – Semper Fi

Michael Vranich

Mickey Fowler – US Navy

Nicole Fowler – US Navy

Obet S. Jones, Jr. – US Navy

Pamela Turnball

Paul E. Rogers

Paul Jackson – US Army

Paul Jolley

Paul Michaud – US Army

Peter LaPlaca

PFC Anthony J. Saustu – KIA – Iraq May 10, 2007

Phillip Placak

POW

R. Glenn Burgess – US Air Force

Ray O’Sullivan

RB Jones – US Army

Richard Sucharski, Army Veteran, deceased

Rick Placak

Ricky McCallister

Robert “Bob” Smith – US Navy

Robert Corbin

Robert Kramer – US Marines

Robert Michaud – US Army

Robert Ormand

Roger Butler

Ron Diaz

Roy J Vehorn

Russell Jones

Scott Hamby

Scott Monroe Clark – USMC

SSG Edmund Michael Hughes – Loving Husband & Father

SSG Michael C. Reid

Stephen Land

Steven Adams

The Veterans of the Columbus Police Department

Thomas William Smoak

Tom Tucker

Tracy Naylor – Brother

TSGT Robert E Burnett

Tyler Carter – US Navy

Van Butler

Van T. Green

Vaughn Haynes

Veteran

Walter Jones – US Army

Wayne Higgins

Willard Bradshaw

Willard Jolley

William A. Mills Jr.

William Arledge

William Harry Pool

Zach Johnson Scott

-Submitted by Devon Gosnell