The first burial at Veteran Memorial Park at Druid Ridge occurred Tuesday when George Otis Bell, an Army veteran and beloved brother, was laid to rest.

“We are a band of brothers,” said Charles Kratz, World War II veteran and founder of Veteran Memorial Park at Druid Ridge. “He was one of those brothers.”

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