Each headstone represents a story to be told, a past to be remembered. They are not gone who live in the hearts of those they leave behind. We understand death for the first time when He puts His hand on the one we love. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. Death does not intervene in God's overall plan.
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
I can face tomorrow. And sweetly, gently, to pass away From earth's dim twilight into day. 1LT Fournet, a native of nearby Lake Charles, heroically and gallantly gave his life to save his fellow man in the Republic of Vietnam on 4 May 1968. The flags are proudly flown to honor the memory of those who served, sacrificed, suffered, bled, and, in some cases, died for their country. Additionally, a small American flag is displayed at the grave of each veteran buried in the cemetery.