Fallen Service Members Honored in Texas Memorial Day Ceremony

Naeco Jones, four months old, is held by his grandmother, Misty Reeves, next to his great-grandfather U.S. Navy veteran Billy Reeves’ grave at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. The family visited the grave after attending the Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

U.S. Air Force Honor Guardsmen from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, wait for the Memorial Day ceremony to begin at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. Memorial Day is a national holiday honoring all fallen members of the U.S. armed forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington speaks at the Memorial Day event at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day has become a national holiday honoring fallen U.S. service members and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

U.S. service members, veterans and civilians bow their head in prayer during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. The local community came together to honor the legacy of service members who have died while serving in the armed forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

U.S. Navy veteran Mitch Haney places a penny on a fellow veteran’s gravestone at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. Putting coins on service members’ gravestones symbolizes that a living veteran or service member has visited the grave. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

Coins lay on the gravestone of U.S. Navy veteran Billy Reeves at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. Per tradition, placing a penny symbolizes a fellow veteran has visited the grave, a nickel symbolizes having gone to basic military training together, a dime symbolizes having been in the same unit together and a quarter symbolizes the visitor was there when the service member died. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

U.S. Retired Master Sgt. George Spindler is comforted by Marie Duncan at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019 after a Memorial Day ceremony. Mickey Spindler, wife of Master Sgt. Spindler, passed away from cancer in October of 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

Patsy Daniel, wife of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Maurice Daniel, places her hand on her husband’s headstone at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019. Tech. Sgt. Daniel served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)

Flags placed at gravestones honor the fallen at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, Texas, May 27, 2019 during a Memorial Day ceremony. The ceremony included live music from the city band, a flag presentation from the Dyess Air Force Base Honor Guard and U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington as the guest speaker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Susan Roberts)