To mark Memorial Day 2024, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6441, volunteers, and Boy Scout Troop 127 placed flags on the graves of service members at the Wimberley cemetery. Under the guidance of VFW Post member, Mike Lukowiak, and Scoutmaster Aaron Jones, volunteers placed more than 400 flags using names and maps provided by the Wimberley Cemetery Association.
The Wimberley VFW Post, officially known as the Oldham-Cummings Post 6441, was named in honor of two Wimberley men who lost their lives in WWII.
Charles Oldham, Jr. was a Marine second lieutenant who died while undergoing flight training in Florida on May 21, 1943. He was 21 years old at the time. Volunteers placed flags on his grave in the Oldham family plot.
James Cummings, for whom the post was also named, was killed in action in Germany on November 29, 1944.
He was also 21 years old when he died.
Five veterans with the surname of Wimberley— Andrew, Homer, Leon, Pleasant and Samuel—also received flags.
VFW MEMBER, MIKE LUKOWIAK, INSTRUCTS SCOUTS AND VOLUNTEERS DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY FLAG RITUAL AT THE WIMBERLEY CEMETERY PHOTOS BY TERESA KENDRICK
TROOP 127 SCOUTMASTER AARON JONES, LEFT, AND ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER TRAVIS BROWN HELPED COORDINATE THE ACTIVITY.
A VFW POST VOLUNTEER PLACES FLAGS ON THE GRAVES OF THE OLDHAM BROTHERS. THE WIMBERLEY VFW OLDHAM-CUMMINGS POST 6441 WAS NAMED IN PART FOR CHARLES OLDHAM, JR. WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN 1943.
SCOUTS USED MAPS AND LISTS OF NAMES PROVIDED BY THE WIMBERLEY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION TO LOCATE THE GRAVES.
