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Photo by Angela Cutrer / WGC President Dixie Thornton speaks to the crowd.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Family members, club members and visitors listen as Wesson Garden Club member Joy Wesbrooks introduces the program in Wesson Walking Park & Playground April 29.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Club members plant the Crimson Queen Japanese maple in honor of four deceased members of the Wesson Garden Club members.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Club members and family members gather April 29 for the Wesson Garden Club Arbor Day Memorial and Dedication Ceremony.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Wesson Garden Club members reveal a plaque announcing the dedication of a mature tree at the Wesson park in honor of all the members since 1934.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Family members of the honored garden club members who have recently passed away gather near the newly planted Crimson Queen Japanese Maple tree and plaque in Wesson Walking Park & Playground April 29.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Katelynn Palmer and DeAnna Edwards stand with their mother, Mandy King, whose mother-in-law, Mrs. Beverly King, was honored during the event.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Sonya Cowen of Wesson, whose mother-in-law, Belle Cowen, was honored during the event. She stands with Joy Phillips, another WGC member.

Photo by Angela Cutrer / Vickie Martin, Pam McLemore and Debbie Smith at the Wesson Garden Club Arbor Day Memorial and Dedication Ceremony April 29.

On Friday the Wesson Garden Club planted a tree at the Wesson Walking Park & Playground to celebrate National Arbor Day and honor four past deceased members.
The club’s president, Dixie Thornton, told those gathered for the event that those honored “will be with us always and we will remember them fondly.”
She then spoke to the family members of the four beloved garden club members now memorialized by the maple tree, describing each deceased member and the numerous qualities that made her stand out. “We decided on a Crimson Queen Japanese maple tree because all of these women were queens in their own ways,” Thornton said.
The four women were Mrs. Belle Cowen, Mrs. Marjorie Cox, Mrs. Beverly King and Mrs. Dottie Mercier.
The club also dedicated an established tree in memorial to the many Wesson Garden Club members from 1934 to 2021.
They are as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Rea, Mrs. J.J. Wesson, Mrs. Katy Furr, Mrs. Dot Furr, Mrs. Desima Rea, Mrs. Dan McGert, Mrs. Farris Anderson, Mrs. Bonnie Anderson, Mrs. J.W. Curtis, Mrs. W.N. Williams, Mrs. John Coleman, Mrs. Lee Broome, Mrs. H.I. Mullican, Mrs. W.F. Williams, Mrs. R.E. Middleton, Dr. Modena Peterson, Mrs. G.E. Cowen, Mrs. Lucy Assink, Mrs. Lenora Hunter, Mrs. Ruth Slay, Mrs. Sars Johnson, Mrs. Evelyn W. Oswalt, Mrs. Allene Williams, Mrs. Gladys Stringer, Mrs. Helen Mullen, Mrs. Betty Martin, Mrs. Louise Ray, Mrs. Myrtis Leonard, Mrs. Peggy Castilaw, Mrs. Margaret Farmer, Mrs. Minnie Smith, Mrs. Dorothy See, Mrs. Thelma Lusk, Mrs. Belle Cowen, Mrs. Marjorie Cox, Mrs. Beverly King and Mrs. Dottie Mercier.

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