The cemetery cleaners who are retired met on Wednesday the 18 th for our final work day for 2015. We added about 2 yards of tree branches and leaves to the 4 that had been piled up on our last visit February 14, no pick up yet. The 84 degree day did not help us at all.
Jim Meeks and Larry Thornton reinstalled the north side of Baby Bertha Faber’s fence that Larry gad straightened. Between these 2 auto body repairers they have rebuilt the gate and the north fence – they were in very poor condition. Work on the fence will continue on site with needed welding, rust removal and painting. We have sort of adopted Bertha’s grave  site, she died at age one year in 1890. Robert Meeks has identified her parents and her father was a Federal veteran. The parents are not buried locally. Someone visits the grave every year, who?

We also temporarily placed concrete head and foot markers on 7 uncovered graves marked
only by 3X6 concrete slabs that were overgrown and covered with thatch. We will easily find
them in next year’s cleaning and grout the markers.
We have done some hard work this year and the results are outstanding. The bulk of the heavy overgrowth has been removed, 7 markers placed, ornamental fence partially refurbished and recording of site data started. Our 2 confirmed CSA soldiers are ready for their Iron Crosses and we need to order a VA stone for Albert Sidney Wilson whose stone is illegible to order a VA stone for Albert Sidney Wilson whose stone is illegible