Each month the Jackson Parish Heritage Quilting Guild honors a U.S. Armed Forces Veteran with the presentation of a special, hand-made quilt. This month’s recipient is Forest Haven Nursing Home resident, Cecil Ford. 

For eight years Ford served in the Army Reserves where he was stationed at Fort Sill, OK and Fort Chaffee, AR. While he was being trained to be a Gunner he reached the rank of Staff Sargent.

The Heritage Quilt Guild meets at 9:30 am on the 1st Wednesday of each month  at the Jonesboro-Hodge Methodist Church, located at 402 4th Street in Jonesboro. The non-profit charity organization provides a means for quilters and guild lovers to promote the appreciation and preservation of quilts and share the art so it can be handed down to others.