Local residents placed flags at the graves of the Natchez National Cemetery for the Memorial Day holiday. Troop 5606 Girl Scout Joy Gutter, right, and United Mississippi Bank employee Rebecca Caldwell help. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Natchez High School Air Force ROTC cadet Juan Carr places flags at the cemetery. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)
Cylynthia Mills looks out across the cemetery where her father Sherman Gaylor was buried in 2014. A Memorial Day service will be at the cemetery on Monday. (Ben Hillyer / The Natchez Democrat)