Ever since Angela Justice of Mathews lost her mother in 2019, she’s been aware of the value mementos and keepsakes hold for family members. When she went to yard sales or flea markets, she began paying attention to items that looked like they might have special meaning to a loved one, and she even began volunteering for the organization Grave Finders, helping family members from out of state find a loved one’s burial site and taking pictures of the cemetery and headstone for them. “Honoring our ancestors, and their love that lives on, has always been the reason I try to help in my own little way,” she said. A year ago, Angela was at a yard sale in Deltaville and saw a shadow box that contained a presidential memorial certificate and a military burial flag for a man named Lacy Mitchell Ford Jr. who died in 2013. Understanding that the items had been in recognition of a man’s military service, she felt sure that there was a heartbroken family somewhere that would like to have them back. ...
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