It'll Soon Be Time to Visit the PROJECTS!

Spring is just around the corner, so buy some new work gloves and blow the dust off your back brace; it’s almost time to get cracking!

A trip to Finney Cemetery yesterday resulted in resetting the misplaced footstones and all of the rocks that had marked graves. Also, the smaller stones belonging to the two Finney infants were set up. Washington Monument Company has graciously volunteered to assist in putting the headstones back up whenever we set a work date. There are a number of cedar logs still scattered around the perimeter of the cemetery. If anyone wants these, please make arrangements to pick them up before the bonfire, otherwise they will be up in smoke!

Cheatham-Gibson-Coleman Cemetery: Our Campbellton project is awaiting completion. If we cannot locate bases, we will need to build and set about six of them. We will use our knowledge of the family relationships to determine the placement of the headstones. We may also have a burn day there to clean up the brush pile and we need to finish cleaning the headstones.

James Cemetery (working name): At Pacific, we have committed ourselves to an “early spring” day where we will observe as layers of earth are peeled back an inch at a time. Our job is to spot headstones or other markers as the earth is peeled back. Then, our assignment will be to repair and reset whatever is repairable. The city of Pacific will be maintaining the site.

St. Francis Borgia Cemetery: There are still a couple of iron crosses to be reset. The church’s volunteers will continue to straighten leaning and settling stones.

Wildey Odd Fellows: Some have expressed an interest in working here as time allows and perhaps in smaller groups, etc. There is much that can be done, including straightening, repair, and lots of cleaning.

St. John’s / Bem: We will be spending one work day at Bem in Gasconade County to help their cemetery committee with a few repairs and share our techniques.

Ebenezer “Stone” Church: Two of our repairs have failed, so we need to spend time there. One headstone is being replaced by Washington Monument Company. Thanks!!