The following is a letter I wrote to the editor of our two local newspapers, but neither one has chosen to print it: Thomas Isaac Spease, his wife Cora Bowles Spease, and their two sons moved to North Wilkesboro in the early 1900s. Cora was a homemaker, and Thomas worked for the railroad, which was […]
I was recently asked to go out and look at a family cemetery in the beautiful hills of Hays, NC. The owner is in the process of restoring the cemetery which has been neglected for a number of decades. She is making excellent progress, so there was not much I could help with. Unfortunately, only […]
Cleaned: 30 Sept 2023Status: In progressFindagrave This one also needs to be re-centered on the base- will tend to that soon.
Status: In progress I’m hoping to get this headstone leveled and reset in the spring of 2024.
Cleaned: 30 Sept 2023Status: In progress This is probably the headstone in Greenwood Cemetery that is in the worst condition of those I’m cleaning. Let’s see what it looks like in the spring! January 2024 Update:
Cleaned: 30 Sept 2023Status: In progressFindagrave Hoping to get this spic and span for Memorial Day 2024. The photos on findagrave from 14 years ago show a much cleaner headstone. January 2024 Update:
Cleaned: 30 Sept 2023Status: In progressFindagrave This grave is at the back of Greenwood cemetery at the edge of the woods, and adjacent to a retaining wall. The headstone has fallen due to the base shifting, but it was never attached to the base at all. January 2024 Update
Cleaned: 30 Sept 2023Status: In progressFindagrave
Location: North Wilkesboro Town Cemetery, North Wilkesboro, NCCleaned: 22 Sept 2023Find a GraveStatus: In progress January 2024 update:
UPDATE: The land owners have placed onerous restrictions on anyone doing work in this cemetery…restrictions that will be impossible to bypass. The event therefore has to be cancelled. You’re invited! October 28th, 2023 at the Pennell Family Cemetery Come out and help us clean up this small but historic Wilkes County cemetery. Some of the […]
