St. John’s U.C.C. at Bem

On Saturday, April 2 we will be joining members of St. John’s U.C.C. at Bem (Gasconade County) at their annual cemetery work day. As you may remember, we agreed last year to assist the congregation with one work day at which we would train them in the proper methods of cleaning and stone repair. Overall, the cemetery is in excellent condition, but there are perhaps a half dozen headstones that need our help. The church is a member of the Grape Country Cluster, which is a member of our society.

FINNEY CEMETERY WORKDAY COMING SOON

At our January meeting, it was also decided that work would be done as soon as practicable at the Finney Cemetery. We will attempt to replace the unmarked rocks in their proper places. Some of the smaller headstones may go back up rather easily, with just a little bit of ‘manpower’. We'll have to assess the rest of the damage to determine how best to proceed.

There are one or two trees that still need to come down and be burned. We might as well do this type of work before things green up again. Watch for emails regarding work dates at Finney.

FINNEY Cemetery Averted Tornado, Not Vandals

Marc checked out Finney Cemetery, since the tornado hit Robertsville a couple of weeks ago. The tornado missed the cemetery, but vandals have knocked over every single headstone. Even some of the rocks marking graves have been kicked over. Footstones were pulled completely out of the ground. It’s a horrific and extremely disappointing site.

The incident has been reported to the Franklin County Sheriff. Even if he finds them, they will probably end up doing it again.