Memorial service planned at Waggoner Cemetery

| May 18, 2017

WEST LAFAYETTE – The Friends of Waggoner Cemetery will host its annual memorial service at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 20 in the cemetery located on Oxford Township Road 474.

The guest speakers will be U.S. Representative Bob Gibbs, 18th District and State Representative Larry Householder, 72nd District. The honor guard will be the Newcomerstown Veterans Organizations and the clergy will be Pastor Harold Sprague of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.

A covered dish luncheon will follow in the River Greens Golf Course banquet room. Coffee, light beverages and table service will be provided. In case of bad weather, the entire program will be held in the banquet room. Oxford Township residents, other community members and anyone with an interest in genealogy are welcome to attend.

The friends group was founded in February 1992 and the mission is to assist in the care and preservation of the cemetery. Members of the board of directors are Donis A. Emslie, M. Sally Emslie and Michelle Carpenter, all of West Lafayette.

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