Wreaths Across America was observed Saturday in Brownsburg as community members gathered at the cemetery of Asbury United Methodist Church, the rural African American Church established over a century ago, to lay wreaths on the graves of 19 veterans. Participants included (above, from left) Doug Stevenson, Harry Schoultz, Jonathan Newhall, A.J. Newhall, J.R. Rife, Roberta Anderson and Agnes Porterfield. (Bill McGough photo)
AT LEFT, Doug Stevenson and J.R. Rife lay a wreath at a veteran’s gravesite. ABOVE, Agnes Porterfield lays a wreath on the grave of her father, Charles Porterfield, a World War II veteran who served during the Normandy invasion. Veterans from World War I through Vietnam are buried at Asbury. (Roberta Anderson photos)
