From Staff Reports
The Piedmont Area Veterans Association had a down year during the pandemic, a year that ended in the sudden loss of longtime association member and treasurer, Leon Meyer.
Burt a fundraiser by the Piedmont Roundup Club last year has helped. Proceeds of $2,000 raised by the Roundup Club’s pumpkin patch sales in October have been donated to the veterans’ association, said President Hoss Cooley.
The Piedmont Area Veterans Association Event Center is located at 240 Edmond Road N.W. in a building next to the Veterans’ Museum, 170 Edmond Road N.W.
The association raises money by renting out the events center for weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries or other uses, Cooley said. In 2020, most events and outings were canceled.
Meyer, 72, died on Sunday, Dec. 20. Cooley said association members have decided to keep the museum and the events center closed for now until COVID-19 cases are on the decline.
Meyer had owned Overland Express Realty Company, and he developed Eastwind addition in Piedmont at N.W. 164 and Sara Road. Cooley said Meyer, an Air Force veteran, will be greatly missed in the community. Cooley said the donation from the Roundup Club will help offset the losses in funds due to the downturn in activity at the events center.
