Hospice hosts remembrance services in county

Big Bend Hospice and the Franklin Advisory Council, Apalachicola, will host a Service of Remembrance on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. at Veteran's Park, 201 Water Street, Apalachicola.

The following weekend, Big Bend Hospice and the Franklin Advisory Council, Carrabelle, will host a Service of Remembrance on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2:30 p.m. at Tillie Miller Park, 102 NW Avenue F, Carrabelle.

"We decided to have two services in Franklin County this year in an effort to accommodate as many people as possible," said Pam Raker Allbritton, community resources coordinator for Franklin and Wakulla counties. "Both services will be much the same and will feature music, words of comfort, and a special candle lighting ceremony where the names of loved ones may be said aloud as the candle is lit."

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, 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 Banks, in Carrabelle and Apalachicola; Gulf State Community Banks, in Carrabelle, Apalachicola, Eastpoint and St. George Island; and Superior Bank, in Carrabelle.

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