Flag Day: East Tennessee couple builds wooden American flags by hand
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Dennis and LaNelle Fawver don’t wave a fabric flag. They build them by hand out of wood. Six years ago, the couple made their very first wooden American flag — not to sell, but to give to Dennis’s younger brother, who had just been diagnosed with stage four cancer. “So, we were [...] The post Flag Day: East Tennessee couple builds wooden American flags by hand appeared first on News Pub . The post Flag Day: East Tennessee couple builds wooden American flags by hand appeared first on News Pub .
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Dennis and LaNelle Fawver don’t wave a fabric flag. They build them by hand out of wood. Six years ago, the couple made their very first wooden American flag — not to sell, but to give to Dennis’s younger brother, who had just been diagnosed with stage four cancer. “So, we were in the middle of making our very first one when we got a call that my younger brother had stage four cancer and he was about to pass,” Dennis Fawver said. They finished that flag, put his name on it and a cancer awareness ribbon and took it back to him for a surprise. …
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