The Annual Evergreen Perpetual Care Cemetery and Mausoleum Luminary Service honoring loved ones and friends buried here was held Saturday, December 7.
PHOTO BY JOHNNIE DANIELS/THE DILLON HERALD

This is a special occasion planned to assist you in honoring your loved ones and friends buried and entombed here. The music, the meditation, and the lighting of the luminary candles are all designed to bring comfort and hope to you and your family as we celebrate God’s gift of memory.
We call ourselves to worship with a reminder that candles were made for light. “You will light my candle, O Lord, and will turn darkness to light.” Psalm 18:28
The prelude was by Ms. Becky Elvington followed by the “Welcome” by Rev. James Smith of East Dillon Baptist Church of Dillon, SC. A Christmas Melody was performed by Mrs. Terry Lane
The Christmas Meditation was by Rev. Smith who spoke from 1 Thessalonians, Chapter 4, verses 13-18.
The instructions for Lighting the Candles were given by Mr. Benny Cooper. As one lights a candle, one helps to dispel the darkness for others and help to remind each other that Jesus is the “Light of the World”. In John’s Gospel we read: Jesus said “I am the Light of the World, he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
The postlude was by Ms. Becky Elvington followed by the  Lighting of Candles.