MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) — For decades, nurses have cared for people during some of the happiest and most difficult moments of their lives. Now, a group of nurses in Central Alabama is making sure those caregivers are honored after death.
The Central Alabama chapter of the Nurses Honor Guard, formed about a year and a half ago, provides memorial tributes for deceased nurses at funeral services. The chapter is part of a national organization that honors nurses through ceremonial “Nightingale Tributes.”
“We provide memorial tributes at fallen nurses funerals, so very similar to a military tribute,” said Shayna Parlette with the Central Alabama Nurses Honor Guard…