does anyone know any of the board members of the pilgrim's rest cemetery at ware, MO? i was recently there and the stones are being damaged apparently by mowers. no repairs are being made when these damages occur. during the past year, my gr. grandfather's' stone has been hit, it appears repeatedly, and the last letter of the last name is almost unrecognizable. i have many other cousins with ancestors buried there and we are all extremely distressed over the condition of the cemetery so if anyone has names and addresses of the board members please e-mail me privately Deborah Bass

----- Original Message ----- From: <Springwl96@aol.com> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:29 PM Subject: [MOJEFFER] cemetary damage > does anyone know any of the board members of the pilgrim's rest cemetery at > ware, MO? i was recently there and the stones are being damaged apparently > by mowers. no repairs are being made when these damages occur. during the > past year, my gr. grandfather's' stone has been hit, it appears repeatedly, > and the last letter of the last name is almost unrecognizable. i have many > other cousins with ancestors buried there and we are all extremely distressed > over the condition of the cemetery so if anyone has names and addresses of > the board members please e-mail me privately > > Deborah Bass > You bring up a very good point. I have noticed this at other cemeteries as well. The real tragedy is the headstones that have beautiful oval pictures of the interred. I have seen one destroyed by what had to be a flying rock from mowers. The problem seems to be, that they wait until there is a huge amount of grass that needs to be cut, then objects cannot be seen to avoid them. It just depends on how much these perpetual care cemeteries care about preserving the past. Some do outstanding work, while others? Desoto Joe/The Record Man