Big Bend Hospice plans Nov. 29 remembrance service

            Big Bend Hospice and the Franklin Advisory Council will host the annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. at Riverfront Park, 90 Water Street, Apalachicola.

            “I love the fact that the Service of Remembrance comes at the beginning of the hectic holiday season,” said Pam Raker Allbritton. “It gives me a chance to remember and reflect on the important people of my life who are no longer with us.”

            The service also features music, words of comfort and a special shell ceremony where the names of loved ones may be said aloud. The Trees of Remembrance are adorned, for a donation, with gold ribbons, porcelain bells and angels, each bearing a personal handwritten message, providing an opportunity to recognize and remember those who are close to our hearts.

            Refreshments will be available following the ceremony which is free and open to everyone in the community. Donations made go directly to providing care, comfort and hope to Big Bend Hospice patients and their families in Franklin County, and can be made at Apalachicola State Bank, in Apalachicola and Carrabelle, and Gulf State Community Bank, in Apalachicola, Carrabelle and Eastpoint. Donations may also be made the evening of the service.

            For more information, please contact Allbritton at (850) 508-8749 or pamal@bigbendhospice.org.