Autumn 2011 - Grove Hill Cemetery
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Autumn 2011 - Grove Hill Cemetery
Grove Hill NEWS Volume 1, Issue 2 Autumn 2011 A Semiannual Publication for Friends of Grove Hill Cemetery It’s All About Our Friends In October Friends of Grove Hill (FGH) celebrates its first year as an auxiliary agent of the Grove Hill Cemetery board. With a little tooting of our own celebratory horns, we can say its been a grand beginning. We’ve also conducted a most successful monument restoration workshop that has resulted in the preservation of several of the stones that had fallen to the wears of time. (Additional workshops are noted on page 2 of this newsletter.) Thanks to the talents of Duanne Puckett and Mike Harrod we’ve enjoyed three successful tours of Grove Hill which nearly 100 people have attended. (Our popular wine and cheese tour is on the calendar again for October 18th, see page 2.) The tours introduce attendees to Grove Hill residents whose names and fame live on through the stories of their lives. FGH has also received some most appreciated (tax deductible) donations that helped us with the purchase of new trees and plantings and will help us in the future with the upgrade of the chapel. These photos give you before and We need more members and hope you will consider being a Friend of Grove Hill. Annual to lifetime memberships are available. after views of stone restoration work on three of the monuments Friends’ Forum, Grove Hill News This is the second edition of Grove Hill News. If you are currently a pledged Friend of Grove Hill (FGH), you will continue to receive this spring & autumn publication. Active Friends of Grove Hill are listed below. To become a Friend at the commitment level attractive to you, please call Duanne Puckett, 502-633-5959 or Bonnie Burks Gray, 502-6336941. FGH commitment information is also available on our website: www.grovehillcemetery.net or visit: www.facebook.com/pages/ Grove-Hill-CemeteryFriends/228711343816143. Thank you — Friends of Grove Hill James Vance Burnett Charles & Lucy Long James & Linda Clemmons, Duanne Puckett Deborah Estill Rosella Davis Rogers Bonnie Burks & Whitie Gray Mary Hardin Davis Stevens Gay Guthrie Michael Wade Harrod Ted Igleheart Any errors please notify through those listed above, thank you. Page 2 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 Page 2 GROVE HILL Friends of Grove Hill Monument Restoration Training & Workshop September September 24th & 25th—Two Day Training Event Learn how to preserve and restore stones, do genealogical rubbings safely, earn an apprentice certification and enjoy making a difference. Saturday 9:00 AM until we’re tired; Sunday 1:30 PM until we’re tired. Registration: individuals $60; couples $35; youths $15, age 10 or older; certified apprentices $10. Fees include Saturday lunch and beginners’ materials. Reservations, contact: Bonnie Burks Gray, 502-633-6941 or [email protected]. Deadline: Noon, September 21st. Bird Watch with Horace Brown Saturday, October 8th—starting at the Chapel at 8:30 AM. Wear your walking shoes, bring your binoculars and enjoy identifying birds and trees as you explore Gove Hill Cemetery. Duanne Puckett 2nd Annual Grove Hill Tour with Wine & Cheese — New Tour Sites, Same Great Fun Hosted by Mike Harrod &/or New Tours For Each Event October Tuesday, October 18th, 5:30 PM—Starting at the Chapel Tastings feature wines or juice by Talon Winery & cheese from Cloverdale Creamery. Refreshments & tour, suggested donation: individuals $15; couples $20; families $25. Reservations are not necessary but a nose count helps. Contact Bonnie Burks Gray, 502-633-6941 or [email protected]. November Assisted Living Facilities Welcomed Sore Knees Tour—A Sit Down Give-A-Show Tuesday, November 15th, 2:00 PM in the Chapel. Duanne Puckett & Mike Harrod present biographies of some of the historic figures who rest in Grove Hill. Reservations for available seating, contact: Bonnie Burks Gray, 502-633-6941 or [email protected]. Donations welcomed. Tentative 2012 Schedule: 2012 Cabin Fever Tour—Saturday, February 4, 10:30 AM Monument Restoration Training—April 21st & 22nd 2012 Additional Events & Details To Be Announced Check Our Website www.grovehillcemetery.net or visit: www.facebook.com/pages/Grove-Hill-CemeteryFriends/228711343816143 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 Page 3 Friends Photo Gallery Spring/Summer 2011 Above: Before Restoration Below: After Mike Harrod, upper left, and Gay Guthrie, work diligently to restore a footstone broken from the foundation. The process takes several steps: cleaning the stone especially at the break; straightening the foundation; attaching & stabilizing the broken pieces. Friends of Grove Hill Cemetery are adopting family plots without ancestors to restore and preserve stones that have succumbed to the ravages of time. Descendants whose family plots have stones that need repair can commission certified preservationists to restore their monuments. A donation to Friends of Grove Hill plus the cost of materials can preserve even broken monuments. Training workshops to learn how to preserve monuments are offered in September 2011 and 2012. Use the training to preserve stones in Grove Hill or a family plot elsewhere. All Friends of Grove Hill donations are tax deductible. Invite A Friend & Become A Friend of Grove Hill Invite a friend & become a friend of Grove Hill Friends of Grove Hill 458 Mt. Eden Road Shelbyville, KY 40065 Phone: 502-633-2750 Fax: 502-633-259 E-mail: [email protected] «AddressBlock» Become a Friend to receive future newsletters. Friends of Grove Hill Heroes Friends of Grove Hill (FGH) recognizes this season’s heroes: attendees of our summer monument restoration workshop: (l-r) Mark Brooks, Linda Clemmons, Lucy Long, Ann Johnson, Robert Spencer, Robin Barmore, Arlene Redinger, Whitie Gray, Bonnie Burks Gray, Gay Guthrie, Mike Harrod, Vance Burnett, Debbie Harrod, Duanne Puckett, Charles Long. Not pictured: John & Carla Gerding, and Don Bentley. Superheroes are: Gay Guthrie, Mike Harrod, and Whitie Gray who have completed restoration of several stones. Families whose ancestors’ stones are in need of repair are legally responsible to maintain them. A minimal donation to FGH to cover tools and materials will restore monuments for future generations to appreciate. To learn more contact Whitie Gray, 502-633-6941.