Cemetery Project

 The cemetery for Davis Chapel Methodist Church is on land donated by my great grandfather at the same time when he donated land for the church.  This was in about 1865.  The church is now gone, but the cemetery continues to be cared for by the community and is the final resting place for many of my ancestors.

On a recent trip Trish and I discovered how very much the Davis tombstones needed to be cleaned.  There is a lot of lichen growth and other biological signs of aging. So, on this trip, we began that process.

A lot of time was spend working on the stone marking the grave of my Daddy’s baby sister, Ruth.  Ruth was a student at Berea College when she died of a brain tumor in 1932.  Daddy remembered her as a magical girl who could collect the honey from the bees without using smoke or ever being stung.  She was said to be one with nature itself.

We also worked on the marker for my great-great-grandfather, Philip Davis.  

This is a project that will continue for quite a while.  We discovered both how much work is involved and how we need some different materials to use. We need to find a way to take water to the cemetery to do this work effectively and seriously.  It is a dear privilege of love to be able to do this and remember those who gave us our lives.