Across the United States, Memorial Day is observed to commemorate the heroes who died serving the country.  In Clermont, our fallen heroes have been solemnly recognized at Oak Hill Cemetary by the Kiwanis Club of Clermont. Early Saturday morning, club members arrived at Oak Hill Cemetary to begin placing flags on the graves of fallen heroes. (Names of the Fallen Heroes listed below).

 

Chuck Seaver, a life-long resident of Clermont and an active member of Kiwanis, described the history of the flag program at the Clermont cemetery. “It started approximately 40 years ago, when my grandfather Oakley Seaver and his sister, Nelle Seaver, began walking the cemetery and placing flags on the resting places of veterans. Alone, they created the original map used for locating veterans for the flag placements”.

Seaver explains how to locate tombstones. Pictured L-R: Greg Amann, Chuck Seaver and Michelle Barnard Pines.

As the program grew, Oakley, a longtime Clermont Kiwanian, asked the club to take the program over. Since that time, the club has placed flags on the veterans’ final resting place annually on Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The flags are left in place for a period of one week. “I took the program over in 2018 and since then we have included first responders into the program as they are such an important part of keeping our community safe”, explained Seaver. “Many of the first responders recognized were actually volunteer positions for the city’s fire department back when the entire department was made up of volunteers”.The flags will be taken down on June 5. On Veterans Day, November 11, the flags will once again be proudly displayed.

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Seaver directs new Kiwanis member Candi Alexander, along with her family on where to place the flags
 
Club members traversed the cemetery to begin the task of placing the flags.
To learn more about the Kiwanis Club of Clermont, visit https://www.kiwanisclubofclermont.org
 

Below is a list of local heroes buried at Oak Hill Cemetary, located at East Avenue and Desoto St. Clermont. Visit the cemetery and pay homage to our Heroes.

Name Section
Abate, Carmen Samuel 13-B
Abel, Karl Leonard 6.2-C
Adams, Charley 7-A
Addison, Harry L 5.2-C
Ahern, Joseph M 5.2-A
Alban, Dan J 5.1-C
Albritton, Leon T 5.2-A
Allen, Edmond John 6-A
Amann, Emil Jule 5.1-C
Anderson, Paul B 5.1-A
Andrews, Charles 7-B
Andrews, Ray Daniel 3.1-A
Antonucci, Anthony 6.1-C
Archer, Randy Jr 13.1-A
Ard, Bill 4-B
Ard, Susan 4-B
Arnett, William T 1-A
Attkisson, Robery Leroy 5.1-A
Baird, Leonard H Sr. 6-B
Bakeman, Frank V 4.1-C
Barnes, George 5-B
Baron, Leslie 5-B
Battersby, Robert H 5.2-B
Batts, Albert 6-D
Batts, Robert 5.2-C
Becker, Henry W 4.1-C
Becker, Rolland E “Ron” 5.2-A
Beckius, Thomas 6.1-D
Benton, Cornelius 4.1-C
Bernoir, Keith A 10-B
Bess, Herman 8-B
Beverly, Buddy W 6-B
Bishop, Clarence 3-A
Bishop, Doris 3-A
Bishop, Wallace T 6.1-D
Bisnette, Kenneth Sr 6.1-A
Black, E. Lamar 5.1-C
Blankinship, Joseph E. Sr 3.1-C
Blanks, David 8-B
Blanton, Gilbert M 6-C
Bobe, Vincent J 6.1-D
Bourquin, Donald F 5-C
Bowen, Paul Edward Sr 6.2-D
Bowen, Razz 5.1-C
Boyne, Allan 13.1-A
Brick, Isaac 6.2-C
Brinson, Louis T Jr. 5-A
Brooks, Callis William “Bill” 5.2-A
Brown, Chester G 6.1-A
Brown, Clarence L 6.1-A
Brown, Paul Hart 5.2-A
Brown, Varnam 1-A
Brouillette, Georges 5-D
Bukoutz, Charles 5.1-B
Burout, Charles J. Sr 4.1-A
Butkus, Zigmond Thomas 6-B
Butt, Clyde P 3.1-B
Butts, Robert W 2-D
Buyse, Leonard Jan 3.1-B
Cadaret, Paul L 4.1-C
Campbell, Franklin George 6.1-D
Cantwell, Eugene 4.1-A
Canty, James 7-A
Cape, Shamika Shunta 9.1-A
Cardona, Ulises 13.1-C
Case, Howard 4.1-A
Chamberlain, Edward F 9-B
Champoux, Sophie 10-A
Chase, Fred L 1-B
Christy, William J 5.1-C
Claggett, Albert 6.1-B
Clark, Alban L 13-B
Clark, Charles P 3.1-B
Coleman, Percy 8-B
Conforti, Frank 4.1-B
Conn, Gilbert John 5.2-C
Coocen, Albert Joseph Jr. 6.2-A
Cook, Charles 4-B
Cook, David Ross Jr. 5-C
Cook, Herbert 3.1-C
Cook, Willie C 7-C
Cook, Willie T 7-C
Cooley, E.G. 1-C
Cooper, Herman 7-B
Cooper, Israel 7-B
Cooper, Montgomery G 3-B
Cooper, Samuel W 7-B
Cooper, William 7-B
Corbett, Arthur J. Jr 2-D
Costello, James Joseph 9-A
Craven, Richard 5.2-D
Creech, Willie E. 6-A
Crews, Albert 7-A
Crews, John E 5.1-B
Croncich, Harold E 5.1-A
Crosby, Forrest J 6-C
Crozier, Charles E Sr. 5.1-D
Crozier, W.H. 1-B
Crumley, W.H. 3-B
Cruz, Valentino Osana Jr 5-D
Daffron, James T 6-B
Daffron, Warren 6-A
Dantley, Larrow P 7-B
Davis, Elwood 4-C
Davis, Johnnie 4.1-C
Davis, Ralph T 4-C
Dean, Billie L 8-C
Dean, Robert Louis 6.2-B
Dempsey, Virgil Jr 6.2-D
DiPaula, George 10-B
Driggers, Joe Harold 3-B
Dodd, Wesley 6.1-C
Dodds, Charles Augustus 5-B
Dormer, John C 5.1-C
Dorsey, Joe 7-B
Doto, Samuel Jerry 4-B
Douglas, Raymond W 5.1-A
Dugan, John L 5.2-D
Duncan, Joseph Dudley 6.1-C
Durkee, Lawrence 6.2-D
Durkey, Laurence 6.1-D
Durrance, Emory B 6.1-D
Dyer, James 13-A
Eaton, Cecil 6.2-C
Eavenson, Wm 2-E
Eckstein, Gregory 10-A
Edwards, Charles H. 4-A
Egan, Gerald J 1-C
Egan, William E 1-C
Elliot, Robert 5.2-D
Ernst, Walter L 6-D
Fairbanks, Hazel Marie 6-A
Fairbanks, Robert Euger Sr 6-A
Faulkner, William 5.1-C
Fenlon, John H 13-C
Fling, Robert 6.1-C
Floyd, Asbury Jr 9.1-B
Flynn, Raymond 6.1-A
Foster, Howard E. Sr 1-B
Fraser, Leroy 6.1-C
Freeman, James C 8-C
Freeman, Leon Thomas 8-C
Frisz, Charles Doald 4-A
Gaddy, Oscar Houston 5-C
Gano, Joyce H 5.1-A
Gardiner, Robert 6.1-B
Giachetti, Christopher 10-A
Gifford, Harry 5.2-B
Godwin, Joseph 7-C
Godwin, Roscoe 8-A
Goff, Jasper K Jr. 5.1-A
Gormley, John 5.1-C
Green, W.F. 2-C
Gridley, Richard L 5-B
Griffith, John 6-C
Guyton, Carolee Marie Blevins 4.1-B
Haines, Charles Jr 4.1-A
Halbert, Jon 1-C
Hammond, Cassius R 4-B
Hanks, James Henry 5.1-C
Harmon, W.B. 1-C
Harper, H.M. 2-C
Harris, Arnold 5.2-D
Harris, Leonard 5.1-B
Harris, Robert Preston 3.1-B
Hart, Edward Frances 5.2-C
Hatcher, Daniel J 2-C
Hatton, Thomas C 1-B
Haymes, Robert Ray 10-C
Heard, Curtis 5.2-A
Heard, Edward D 9.1-A
Henderson, Cernel Lee 6.2-C
Henderson, Donald 6.2-B
Hendrix, Charles M Jr. 6-B
Herda, Mathias 5-B
Herda, Robert T 5-B
Herrschaft, Ralph L 5.1-C
Hickam, Don 3.1-A
High, Waymon Jr 8-C
Hildreth, Clifton Donald 4.1-A
Hill, Anthony August 9.1-A
Hill, Willie 9.1-A
Hillyer, William V 5-A
Hilton, Carl 7-C
Hite, Joseph 9-B
Holmes, Joseph Wade Sr 6.2-B
Holt, Edward 9.1-B
Holt, George 5.2-D
Holt, Joseph Griffin 6-C
Hooten, Clinton 6.1-D
Horton, Donald D 5-B
Hoskinson, James 4-C
Hoskinson, Jerry Emmett 4-C
House, Russel 2-C
Hubbard, Robert Louis 5.2-A
Huertas, Ralph A 5.2-B
Huff, Leonard 5.1-D
Hunt, James B Sr. 6.1-A
Hylton, Herbert Lee 10-D
Hypes, Tommy 6.2-D
Irvin, Eddie Frank 7-C
Isom, Herbert St 9.1-B
Isom, Sherman Jr 9.1-B
Jackson, Jimmie Lee 8-A
Jarvis, Tom 6-C
Johnson, James 8-C
Johnson, James Miller Sr 7-A
Johnson, Leslie E 2-C
Johnson, William Carmon 6.1-D
Jones, James 7-B
Jones, James Byrd 1-C
Jones, Julius 7-A
Jones, Kenneth E. Jr 6-B
Jones, Warren 6-B
Jones, Wesley B 6.2-C
Jordan, Bruce Leland 8-C
Jordan, Glen C 6-C
Jordan, Gregory Melvin 8-C
Jozsa, Johnny Lee 10-D
Kamanar, Joseph 5.2-C
Kane, Joseph J 5-A
Kelley, William A 5.1-A
Kelly, Lawrence 6.1-D
Kennedy, Thomas D 5.2-C
Kern, Alex 1-B
Keys, Griffin 8-A
Kidder, Orville 5.2-B
Kidder, Robert F 10-D
Kivelowitz, Gary 13-C
Klenke, Henry 5-B
Konsler, Charles E 3-B
Konsler, James Ellis 3-B
Kreutter, Edward 2-B
Lapin, Ronald 10-E
Lassiter, Richard Jr 3.1-A
Lawson, William 6.1-A
LeBlanc, J.H. 2-E
Ledden, Robert B 4.1-A
Leddon, Edgar B 5.1-B
Lee, Chester J Sr. 6.1-C
Lee, James L Jr. 5.2-C
Lewis, George A 6.2-D
Lewis, George T 4.1-B
Lewis, George W 4.1-B
Lichlyter, James 10-B
Line, Rose Marie 2-B
Lofgren, David 6.1-A
Logan, Robert Lee 8-B
Logan, Sandy 8-C
Long, William A 6-D
Lukasik, Leo 6.1-A
Luquis, Carlos 13-B
Luttrell, Maurice 10-B
Lynn, John 6-B
MacDonald, James F 5-C
Madden, Jesse L 3.1-C
Maddox, Luther Lee 5.1-C
Makin, Clarence 4.1-B
Makin, Myrtle P 4.1-B
Mallory, Willis 5.1-B
Marra, Nicholas 6.1-C
Marshall, Albert D 3.1-A
Marshall, Walter 3.1-A
Martinez, Omar 10-D
Mason, Burl Clint 5.1-C
Maysonet, Rafael 13-A
McClanahan, Herbert B 1-B
McCown, John Robert 5.1-C
McCrary, Earl F 4-A
McDonald, Jeffrey 5.2-D
McDonnel, John 3.1-B
McDuffie, William E 6-B
McDuffie, William E. Jr 6-A
McGrady, James 5.2-B
McGriff, Walter 9-B
McKay, Tump 4.1-C
McKinney, William N. Jr 8-B
McKinney, William N. Sr 8-B
McLean, Gerald J 9-A
Mclin, Charles I 6.2-D
McMaster, Howard Thomas 5.2-C
Mcquire, John F Jr. 3-B
Mead, James M Sr. 3.1-A
Messina, Carmen 10-C
Metz, James George 4.1-A
Mickler, William J 6-D
Miranda, Antonio Julio 9-C
Mitchell, Ann Di Staola 6-D
Mitchell, John B 6-D
Montiverdi, Robert A 3-C
Moore, David H 3.1-C
Moore, John D 5.2-A
Moore, Lewis M 9-B
Morrison, Roy 6.1-B
Morse, Roger 3.1-B
Mosher, Virgil E 5-A
Munson, K.E. 2-D
Murphy, James B 5.1-A
Neavin, Robert Keith Jr 9.1-B
Newborgh, Arthur W 4.1-A
Nichols, Thomas 6.1-A
Nitti, William Burton 4.1-A
Norton, Leonard E 5.1-D
Noun, Christ M 9-A
Nyhuis, Frederik 5.2-B
Oakley, E. Duane 6.1-C
Odams, George 3.1-C
Odum, Jacob T 8-C
Odum, Stuart B 8-C
Odum, Willie Henry 6.2-C
Olivenbaum, Axel 3-C
Olivenbaum, Edward 3-C
Orr, Albertus 4-C
Osborne, Marvin 6.1-C
Osborne, Shirley P 4-B
Osorio, Juan 9-B
O’Toole, William 6-A
O’Toole, William Spencer Sr 9.1-A
Pairan, Frank 3.1-B
Panting, James 7-A
Papetti, Barbara Jeanne 10-B
Papetti, Clarence J 10-B
Parks, James M 9-B
Patterson, William John 5.2-D
Peeler, W.M. 5.1-A
Pendergrass, Cecil 6.1-A
Perry, Benjamin F 2-C
Person, Henry 5-C
Phillips, John W 5.1-A
Phillips, Sally 2-C
Phipps, Ike C 3.1-A
Pierce, John E. Jr 4-B
Plummer, William W 6.2-D
Poe, William 6.1-D
Porter, James 3-C
Post, Coman J 5.1-A
Pottorff, Melvin C 6.1-B
Powers, L.L. 3.1-B
Poynter, Derow 5.2-C
Pratt, Donald 13-A
Predmore, Erven C 5.2-B
Premdass, Samaroo 10-C
Price, Douglas Rudolph Jr 5.2-B
Quirk, William A 5.1-A
Ragland, Robert B 6-C
Rahill, Cecelia Elizabeth 10-D
Rambo, Drury G 3.1-C
Rauenzahn, Oliver 5.2-C
Reaves, James Emmitt 7-C
Register, Purmanant Avery 6-A
Reitz, Bernard R 5.2-C
Renew, Eugene Crawford 9-C
Rhodes, Henry 7-B
Richards, Steven 9-A
Rigdon, Glenn Barry 3.1-A
Rios, Guillermo Dejesus 9-B
Robertson, Caroline Mary 5-A
Robertson, Harold William 5-A
Robinson, James 7-A
Roe, Charles Brown 3-B
Rolland, Jack Mosher 4.1-B
Russell, Bob J 6.1-B
Sanger, Johnie L 1-C
Santiago, Rafael 10-E
Sawyer, William 5.1-B
Schuster, Burnell 5.1-C
Seaver, Judd 2-B
Seaver, Charles Robert 6-D
Seaver, Max Leonard 5-B
Seaver, Robert Oakley 6-D
Seyer, David R 6.2-A
Schopmeyer, John 4-C
Schultz, Jesse Junior 5.2-C
Shaffer, Roy 3.1-C
Shaffer, Ruth 3.1-C
Shaw, Manning F 5.1-A
Sheldon, Albia 3-A
Shepard, Gerald 4-A
Shepherd, James 6.1-D
Silva, Gregory Jr 5-A
Slevin, John 5.1-A
Skipper, Brett Lee 4.1-B
Skipper, Hubert P Sr. 4.1-B
Smith, Daniel G 1-B
Smith, Donald G 6.1-C
Smith, Fay Charles 5.2-C
Smythe, Robert Eugene 6.2-C
Sowders, Laverne 9-A
Staley, Lester 8-A
Stalnaker, Harry Lee 6-D
Starling, Eddie 6.2-C
Staten, Lonnie Sr 8-B
Stewart, Allen Keith 5.2-B
Stewart, Howard 5-B
Stewart, Lonnie B 5.2-A
Stewart, William L 5.2-B
Stinson, William 6.1-D
Stinson, William Alfred 2-D
Stoddard, Thomas 3.1-C
Stokes, Sammy 8-C
Stutler, Richard D 6.1-D
Swanson, Herbert 5.2-B
Swearingin, Roger 6.2-A
Sweet, James Hoke 4-B
Tautiva, Isidro Maura 10-A
Taylor, Charles C 5-C
Teal, Clarence 6.2-C
Terrell, John P 1-C
Thiell, Norman 10-C
Thigpenn, Arlin 5-B
Tidd, Francis Lasher “Frank” 5.1-A
Tilson, William 5.2-B
Todd, Raymond Victor 6.1-B
Tryon, J. Kingsley 3.1-A
Turville, Harold S 5.1-D
Tyndal, Prentice 6.1-B
Underwood, James D 2-B
Vinson, Arthur T 3.1-C
Vinson, Michael G 3.1-C
Vinson, William Oliver 3.1-B
Viti, Garibaldi 1-A
Un-named Concrete 7-A
Wade, Robert Sr 6.1-B
Walp, John Hampton Jr 6-D
Waltrip, Madison 4.1-C
Warren, E. Eugene 3.1-A
Warren, W.A. Gus 4-A
Watson, Bill Russell 10-E
Watson, James H 10-C
Waxler, James K 10-E
Weaver, Herman 5-C
Weaver, Thomas Dewitt 5.2-A
Welborn, James 6-C
Werner, Alebert August 5.2-B
West, Earl 4.1-B
West, Lorenzo 2-C
Westberg, John 6-B
Westbrook, Albert T 2-C
Westbrook, Daniel J 5.1-C
Wiggins, Mitchell 5.2-A
Williams, George Lamar 3.1-C
Williams, James 6.2-D
Williams, Richard B 8-B
Willis, Benjamin 7-A
Wilson, Lee Erick 6.1-C
Wilson, Marvin E 10-E
Winston, George P Jr. 2-D
Winston, George P (Sgt) 2-D
Winston, Paul G Jr. (Lt) 2-D
Winters, Carl 6.1-A
Wolf, Francis X 5.2-C
Wolfe, Lawson L 4.1-B
Wood, V.E. 4.1A
Worstell, John W 5.1-A
Wright, Charlie 8-A
Wright, Chester 4.1-A
Wright, David Jr 8-B
Wright, David Sr 8-B
Wright, Julius 8-A
Wright, Martin Sr 8-A
Wright, William L 8-A
Wrightam, Donald D 5.1-A
Wrightam, Roy Dale “Buck” 5-C
Yarbrough, Billy Joe 9.1-A
Zeigler, Glenn 5-B
Zelazo, Alfred 4-B
 

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