Saturday, March 5, 2022

Fannin County, Texas -- Our little band of volunteers could use some help to get the last pockets of tangled thorny brush cleared out from Shilo Cemetery.  This 170-year-old cemetery had been abandoned over 40 years before we stepped in to rescue it -- just as covid shut things down.

Most of the past work has been by hand and it’s been painfully slow, considering that Shilo covers almost two acres.  A couple of people with experience using weed saws (string trimmers with blades) to clear the brambles and saplings, and chain saws to cut up fallen branches and small trees, would go a long way.  And the more of us to gather and drag the debris out of the cemetery, the faster it will go.

Thanks to Preston Blackmon for allowing us to pile the brush outside the cemetery on his land for later removal by his crew, AND for installing a perimeter fence – so no more feral hogs and cattle trampling the gravestones.

Provided it’s not muddy, we’ll start at 8:00 a.m. and go until 5:00 p.m. -- any length of time you can help out will be greatly appreciated.

Please contact Marianne Jones at 1texjones@gmail.com or Larry Standlee at jcmoore1825@live.com for directions and to confirm. Hope to see you there!