We start our new project, Cole Cemetery, Saturday the 12th beginning at 12:00 noon and probably working until about 5:00 or darkness, whichever comes first.
Directions: From Washington take Old Highway 100 (at South Point) east roughly two and a half miles. When you get to the entrance (signed) for Washington Methodist Cemetery, which is also the entrance to Riverbend Bible Chapel (the old Ming place), turn around and come back west about a hundred yards or so. There is periwinkle everywhere on the north side of the road, this is the cemetery site. A word of caution: there is an old fence along the road frontage which you will have to jump or climb over. In some places it’s almost down completely, so it shouldn’t be an issue. I think most of us can safely park along the shoulder of the old highway but there’s a chance you may have to park and walk a short distance.
I will try to be there a bit early so you can look for my truck and the trailer.
Please remember: We will NOT be removing brush, weeds, etc. Last Saturday, a visit to the site revealed that the entire place is covered in periwinkle, and there are sporadic trees of various sizes. The only heavy brush work we might want to do is moving already fallen trees or limbs so that we can work safely. Weed eaters may be helpful to temporarily cut the periwinkle to better enable us to search for fallen stones.
Notes: There are two large headstones down that I think we can put back up with enough muscle. One broken stone has a base that may be usable. A small stone was found but no base yet. Also, an intact footstone was found. We will do what we can Saturday and see what happens next! Thanks, Marc
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