Dillard Funeral Home/Hillcrest Memorial Park and the Liberty Mortuary each held their annual Christmas candlelight services of remembrance on Saturday. Hundreds were in attendance at both locations. Loved ones got the chance to hear beautiful music along with inspirational messages as they gathered to light candles at their loved ones’ places of rest.

Top left: Families gathered to light candles at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Bottom left: Michelle and Aubrey Moore light a candle at the grave of Michelle’s mother and father, Weldon and Jean Porter, in Liberty. Bottom right: The Carolina Boys Quartet performed at the Liberty Mortuary event.

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