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 […]
Weedeaters, or weed whackers, can chew away at headstones and cause irreparable damage. Lawn mowers are the other big offender.
D/2 Biological Solution™ is firmly entrenched as the “gold standard” when it comes to biological cleaning of headstones in the United States. It is used extensively by various government departments for cleaning veteran headstones, buildings, and monuments. Atlas Preservation is one of, if not the largest, distributor of D/2 Biological Solution™. It is undoubtedly an […]
