Donations to the Highland Lakes Honor Guard
As a Section 501 (c)(19) under the Internal Revenue Code, all donations are tax deductible The names of sponsors and their web site links, if any, as well as and the names of donors, unless they request to remain anonymous, are posted here in recognition for their support of the Highland Lakes Honor Guard. Thank you for your suppor
A Word About Donations
The Highland Lakes Honor Guard provides full Military Funeral Honors for departed veterans as well as other services within the Highland Lakes area. We have never, and will never, charge a fee for this final tribute of respect and honor to our departed comrades. However, much as an army travels on its stomach, we, as a non-profit organization, survive through the generosity of others.
Unfortunately, there seems to be an ever decreasing number of organizations such as ours available to bestow final military rites upon our honored veterans. More often than not, we are the only working guard unit available even close in the area that provides full military honors. Without us, veterans in the area would more than likely be buried without full military honors. It is through your support and donations, in cash or in kind, that will prevent this from happening.
Please take another close look at our website and ask yourself how much we do is worth to the people we serve. Then ask yourself, “Howe much is it worth to me?” We have been told time and time again, both face-to-face and in writing from veterans’ families and friends that the full military honors we provide for their departed loved ones are “priceless.”
If after doing these things you feel led to help us and all the veterans we serve, please consider contacting our Commander or Vice Commander by telephone as indicated below or just send in your donation to the address provided. If you feel that ours is a worthy cause but are not in a financial position to help (even small donations of $5 or $10 are gratefully and thankfully accepted), try to think of someone you know who might like to help and tell them about our need.
Every dime of every dollar you give will be put towards honoring our heroic veterans with the utmost dignity and respect.
Send tax deductible donations made payable to the Highland Lakes Honor Guard to:
Commander Charlie Taylor
P.O. Box 106
Bluffton, Texas 78607
Or telephone:
Commander Taylor at 325-248-0450
Treasurer Lantz: 830-385-2862
Platinum: Donors who have contributed $1,000 or more
Ruthanne Hoagland in honor of Jeffery Hoagland
Craig and Adrienne Hughes in honor of Jon Bachman
Rachael and Karl Provost “In Honor of our Veteran Dad’s”
Cleola A. Fusilier in memory of Willis Rutledge “Rut” Fusilier with the following: “During a time like this we realize how much our friends and relatives really mean to us. Your expression of sympathy will always be remembered. Thanks for honoring Rut. It meant a lot to the family.”
Other family members and friends who have donated in memory of Rut Fusilier include:
- Charlene Rosencranz ($50.00)
- Audrey J. Cordell ($50.00)
- Janice K. Harbach ($50.00)
- Kay Baier ($120.00)
- Rita Baier (150.00)
- Amy, Steve, and Aaron Thomas ($50.00)
- Mary Janek ($25.00)
Mary Wimberly and behalf of her husband Bill Wimberly
Donation by Ken Johnson on behalf of his father, Patrick Johnson
Hochheim Prarie Insurance Co.
Nick Tabler, Assistant Chaplain and Bulgar, Highland Lakes Honor Guard
The Family of George Eddy
Anonymous Donor by Request #1
Anonymous Sponsor by Request #2
Gold: Donors who have contributed from $500 to $999
David C. Harden in honor of his father David Harden
Lyle Higdon in honor of his father Everett “Carl” Higdon
RuthAnne Hoagland in menory of Jeff Hoagland
The Family of James Walker
Betty Jones in Memory of Melvin Jones
Suzanne Klee in Memory of our Beloved Chaplain, Harvey Klee
The Jeffery Hoagland Family
Bullionstacker
Wheelers for the Wounded – hosted by Hidden Falls Adventure Park
Wheelers for the Wounded – hosted by Hidden Falls Adventure Park
The Family of Robert M. Garst, Jr.
The Family of Emmett Warren Sullivan, Jr.
The Disabled American Veterans, Highland Lakes Chapter 198 Kingsland
Wheelers for the Wounded
The Disabled American Veterans, Highland Lakes Chapter 198, Kingsland
The Family of Haroold Aulds
The Disabled American Veterans, Highland Lakes Chapter 198 Kingsland
The Familly of Lawternce “Larry” Fuller
The Family of George Eddy
The Family of Courtland Leroy “Coke” Logue
The Family of Clint A. Low, Jr.
Central Texas Metal Arts, Marble Falls
Silver: Donors who have contributed from $100 to $499
Organizations:
Clayton Funeral Home in Memory of Charles Murley
In Memory of Larry Headrick
In Memory of David Downing
In Memory of B. J. Shelton
The Moss Family
The J. Hammond Family
The Chapman Family
The Garner Family
The G. Vetrick Family – Sue Armstrong
The Woodyard Family
The Guzman Family by Jenkins Funeral Home
The Phillips Family
James Long Donation
The Heffington Family
The M. Wimberly Family
Jenkins Funeral Home in Memory of Parish, Vance, Heffington, and Wimberly
The Wagner Family
Double Horn Divas Lunch Group
Jenkins Funeral Home Burnet, Texas
Putnam Funeral Home and Crematory, Kingsland, Texas
Jenkins Funeral Home and Flower Shop, Burnet, Texas
Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 435
J & S Foodmart
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Llano Uplift Chapter . Georgi Brochstein, Regent.
Marble Falls Flower Shop by Jeanine Christian
Jenkins Family Funeral Home on behalf of Emmett Warren Sullivan, Jr.
Darst Funerl Home, Kingwood, Texas
Marble Falls Flowers and Gift Shop
First Baptist Church, Kingsland
Hawthorne Funeral Home on behalf of the Wesley Franks Family
Jenkins Family Funeral Home on behalf of Jerry Brooks
Edgar Funeral Home
Haynes Printing Marble Falls, Stanley & Debbie Cox
Wilson’s Automotive and Motor Sports, Kingsland
Klee’s Kaleidoscope, Llano County
M & K Gas, LTD. dba Bill Smith Butane, Marble Falls
Lee Hoffpauir, Inc. Chevrolet and Buick, Marble Falls
Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 6974
Buttery Company, Inc. Llano
Ace Hardware, Marble Falls
Families and Private Individual Donations:
Bernadette Lytle in honor of her husband, Lewis Lytle
The family of R. L. Bland
The Lloyd Nelson Family
Charles R.Seaver III
Maria Francis, widow of Guy Francis
The James family
In memory of Tommy Pfeifer from the Pfeifer family
In memory of Stephen Semrow from Denise Semrow, Stefanie Bunting & Family”
James P. Long
Ivan Graham Jr. Family, Jack and Sherry Youngblood
D E Crowley Family
Rudy Armentrout Family
Karen and Charles Seaver, III
The Greer Family
Randy Becker and Family – Gayle Merka and Family in Honor of Roy Becker
The Braun Family
The Family of Norma Jean and David Eugene McIntosh
From James Long, Sunrise Beach.
From the Sawyer-Chapman Family on behalf of Curtis A. Chapman
On behalf of the Family of Betty Garner
In memory of Gary Vetvick on behalf of the family and Sue Armstrong
From the Family of Theodore N. Phillips
From the Family of James P. Long
In memory of Mauro Guzman by Jenkins Funeral Home
In memory of Carroll Heffington from Martha Heffington and Family
Carlos Pena, friend of the Highland Lakes Honor Guard
In memory of Auda Ross by Della J. Gibson
In memory of Wilbert F. Schriefer from his wife, Jane Schriefer, and daughters Linda, Janet and Barbara.
In memory of Wilbert F. Schriefer from his daughter and son-in-law, Dennis and Janet Ottmers
In memory of my father, Jack Gilbert, from his son, David Gilbert.
In memory of Walter Nelson by the family.
The Family of Toby Blaylock
On behalf of David Fisher from Helen Fisher and Family
Randy Ward
The Family of Richard Claude Helms III
The Family of Richard Claude Helm III
The Family of Bryan Britton
The Family of Dennis Louis Davis
Pat & David Weaver on behalf of the Family of Hudson Long
The Family of Don Bandy
Suzanne “Suzy” Lantz
The Family of Charles Neely
The Family of Shelton Darwin Phillips
The Family of Donald Myer James
The Family of Donald Brien
The Family of Charles Edward Guice
From the family of Eugene Earl “Jim”: Ness
From Harold Goehmann in memory of his son Russell Goehmann
From Mary Berlin in memory of her husband
From James L. Blackmon and Lori R. Baran in memory of their father, James Loen Blackmon
From Gene Vollman as a general donation to the Highland Lakes Honor Guard
From Jeff and Jill Moddle, Pam and Roger Fields, Laura and Mike Bass in memory of Gregory Lynn Moddle
From the Smathers Family in memory of Charles W. “Pee Wee” Smathers
From Dr. Kim Murray in memory of Dan Scott
From Wendell and Kathy Nault in memory of their father, Ralph Nault
The Family of Benny Heffington
The Family of Richard Olson
The Family of Rex “Doug” Douglas Michel
The Family of Gordan R. Schlagel
The Family of John Landon
The Family of Bill Evans
The Family of Logan Berry
The Family of Charles Hooks by Cynthia “Cindy” A. Smith
The Family of John E. Silva
The Family of Billy Law Cardwell
Friends of Jesse Scott
The Family of Billy Wade Cardwell
The Family of Leo A. Delisle
The Family of Theodore Bruns
The Family of Joseph Robert “Bob” Holmes
The Family of Burle C. Hawthorne
The Family of Carl Barnes
The Family of Riley Lee Felps
The Family of Marvin Royce Nitzinger
The Family of Herbert A. Ross
Additional family members of the Jesse Scott Family
The Family of Robert Dunn, Jr.
Additional family members of the Jesse Scott Family
The Family of Jesse Scott
The Family of Roger Daniell
The Family of Patrick William Sullivan (additional donation)
The Family of Carlos Carrol Ashley
The Family of John Kert Goode
The Family of James Leon Baily
The Family of Patrick William Sullivan
The Family of Arthur Ross Buckner
Ada Heffington and Family
The Family of James Short
The Family of Joe Paul Escamilla
The Family of Clarence McMillin
The Family of Ronald Newton Banks
The Family of Leroy Bowles, Jr.
The Family of Vernon Leroy Sodomek
The Family of Alton Ray Mullen
The Family of Raymong Leroy Bearden
The Family of Floyd Edward “Pete” Randall
On Behalf of the Family of Michael “Mike” Dennis Bos
The Family of Robert R. Smith
The Family of Cecil Simpson
On behalf of the Family of Johnnie Dee Reed
The Family of Mathew Allen Cain
The Family of Wesley Shaw “PorkyP Franks
The Family of Delton Brooks Ross
The Family of M. B. Zimmerman
The Family of Donald G. Smith
The Family of Gene Tabb
James P. and Merrel A. Long
The Family Of Vernon Grant Hollingsworth
The Family of Murl G. Story
The Family of Lloyd Waymon Baker
The Family of Richard Louis Parsons
The Family of Dewey Baker
The Family of Jack “Jackie” T. Wheeler
The Family of Jerry Wayne Ross
In Memory of Elmer H. Carlsen
The Family of Larry Myers
The Family of Ed Willis
The Family of David Ray Francis
The Family of Ervin Earl Freitag
The Family of Thomas Howard
The Family of Leslie Berg
The Family of Benjamin David Woodley
On behalf of the Family of O. Leroy Hale
The Family of James D. Vollmar
The Family of Robert Bruce Dines
The Family of David Rainey
The Family of Dayton Warden
The Family of Haskell Keith Bagley
The Murray Ellis and Lawrence Family
The Family of Dave Laird
The Family of Santos Contreras
The Family of Raymond Earle Getzie
The Family of Hal Eric Stafford
The Family of Billy Joe Guthrie
The Family of Alfred Wayne Wood
The Family of Herman Cauddell
The Family of James Long
The Family of Roberrt Lincoln Booker
The Family of Theodore “Ted” Skeen, Jr.
The Family of Lewis Najar
The Family of Walter Preston West
The Family of Henry Maurice “Jiggs” Giddens
The Family of Richard Fisher
The Family of Paul A. Stingel
The Family of Ronald “Ron” Cunningham
The Family of George Eddy
The Family of William “Willie” Melton
The Family of I.C. “Sug” Mazurek
The Family of Lester Leon Harris
The Family of Robert “Sonny” Henry Spears
The Family of Eugene H. McDonald
The Family of Judge D. C. “Chester” Kincheloe
Ther Family of David H. Filmore, Jr..
The Family of Ronald S. Hibler
The Family of Barney Lee Haliburten
The Family of Shirly “S.A.” Landry
The Family of James Boies
The Family of Harold Charles Carothers
The Family of William Anderson
The Family of Col. Turbiville
On behalf of the Family of Jon W. Terrell
The Family of Dewey Halfacre
The Family of Gordon Cooley
The Shields Family
The Family of Jodi Seaver
The Family of Cecil Coberly
The Family of Weldon Taylor
Edgar Funeral Home of behalf od the Family of Lloyd Meyer
The Family of Albert Richard “A. R.” Kuykendall
The Family of Joe Berry
The Family of Leslie Turbaville
The Family of Earle David Funke
The Family of Tony Roger Wills
The Family of Robert Edward Scott
The Family of Frank Tristan Viola
Friends of J L Dave Davee
The Family of James Nations, Sr.
The Family of James May
Gene Vollman
The Family of Thomas T. “T.J.” Placker
The Family of Curtis Lightfoot
The Family of Hubert Lam
The Family of Harold Lever
The Family of Don A. Stone
The Family of Lynn R. Christy
The Family of Raymond Wendell Cox
The Family of Charles Thomas Williams
Tina Burnham
The Family of John Edward Dittrich
The Family of Billie M. Crafton
The Family of Dean Edwin Steele
The Family of Donald Dee Barnett, Sr.
The Family of Michael Foster
The Family of Larry Wayne Knox
The Family of Clyde Harding
The Family of Stephen Robert “Bob” Vickers
Opal Holland
The Family of Johnnie H. Allen
The Family of Edwin L. “Cotten” Bowen
Harvey H. Klee
Granite Shoals Women’s Club
Roy Massey
Peggy Whitt
The family of James Richard Ashley
Molly Bell
Max Lantz
James and Merrel Long
Bill Riddle
Nick Tabler
Charlie Taylor
Bronze: Donations who have contributed under $100
Organizations
A-1 Tire Service for Harvey Klee
Putnam Funeral Home for the James Foster funeral service
The City of Granite Shoals – 2017 Donation
The City of Granite Shoals – 2016 Donation
The City of Granite Shoals – 2015 Donation
Allergy Solutions, Inc., Marble Falls
Llano National Bank, Throughout the Hill Country
Tamale King, Buchanan Dam
The Ice Cream Parlor, Marble Falls
The Pizza Hut, Llano
Wisteria, Marble Falls
Hill Country Health Foods, Burnet
Individuals
Lily Higdon in honor of her father Everett “Carl” Higdon
Mrs. Gloria Daniels
Jim Nier in memory of Ron Hornsby
Victor Thum Family
Wendall and Barbara Brooks, Nick Brooks, Josh and Jennifer Buias
Marian Graham
Gary Crabtree
Jack and Sissy Butler
The Reichling Family
Jack and Cissy Butler
From the Family of Bryan Britton by his daughter, Gail Britton
From the Family of Edward Allen
From the Family of Lee Scott
On behalf of Bill Smith by his brother Hal Smith
Annual donation from Jack & Cissy Butler
Majorie L. Brink in memory of Robert “Bob” Kelly
Kim Murray on behalf of John Landon
The Family of John “Red” Cleveland
The Family and Friends of Hollis Wayne McClinton
The Family of Phillp Burl Chesher
Friends of Jesse Scott
Linda S. Baker, Friend of the Family of Robert M. Garst, Jr
Jesse Scott Friends of the Family
The Family of Robert Dunn, Jr.
Jesse Scott Friends of the Family
Jesse Scott Friends of the Family
Collective donation on behalf of the Family of Jesse Scott
Jesse Scott Friends of the Family
Jesse Scott Friend of the Family
The Family of Jesse Scott
The Family of Charles L. Howard
Jack and Cissy Butler – In appreciation and support of the Honor Guard
The Family of Wayne Graham Gentry
The Family of Carroll Ray Lewis
The Family of Johnnie Dee Reed
The Tommy Lee Crain Family
The Howard L. Channels Family
In Memory of Jerry Brooks
Jack and Cissy Butler
On behalf of the Family of Ervin Earl Freitag
The Family of Sherwood Steadman
The Family of Ed Barrack
The Family of Harold E. McAda
The Family of Robert Roland
The Family of Alvin J. McNabb
The Family of Kenneth Gerald Gallimore
The Family of Howard A. Trammell
Tim Birnham
The Family of McCartney
Peggy Bruneau
Ray Bronk
The Family of Jerry Teaff