12 Responses to “A good start at Evergreen Cemetery”

1. posted by Carver & Jackson Ward News » Cemetery clean-up rescues history from the forrest - Richmond, Virginia at November 7, 2009 4:57 pm [#]:
   

   [...] of the graves reclaimed from the forrest during a clean-up today at Evergreen Cemetery in the East End was that of A.D.Price, who founded the A.D.Price Funeral Home. Maggie Walker and John Mitchell Jr. [...]

2. posted by deanna at November 8, 2009 7:08 am [#]:
   

   Thanks to all of you that came out. You and MC Hernandez’s crew were amazing.

   A little slide show of the day – look close for our hero, John Murden taking on one section.

   http://studiowolf.jalbum.net/evergreen3/

3. posted by john_m at November 8, 2009 7:37 am [#]:
   

   The RTD today has a piece on the clean-up and a slide show of images from around the cemetery:

   Evergreen’s majority owner, Isaiah Entzminger of UK Corp., could not be reached late last week, but he has previously called the cemetery a bad investment and said it’s the responsibility of families to maintain it.

   Lewis said she and others are stepping in because the arrangement clearly isn’t working.

   “It’s essentially mowing somebody else’s front yard,” she said, “but it’s a yard they can’t handle.”

4. posted by deanna at November 8, 2009 10:04 am [#]:
   

   Great pictures from the day from Mike Lynaugh Photographer:

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikelynaugh/sets/72157622633062871/show/

   http://www.flickr.com/groups/evergreen_cemetery/pool/show/with/4084081506/

5. posted by tvnewsbadge at November 9, 2009 11:00 am [#]:
   

   Wasn’t the Maggie Walker site already reclaimed last year by another volunteer group?
   They deserve a shout out too.

6. posted by deanna at November 9, 2009 12:00 pm [#]:
   

   Agree – they deserve a BIG shut out. John Shuck, David Darnell plus scores of volunteers have been chipping away at the cemetery for a couple of years.

   Maggie Walker’s site was the nicest I’ve seen it since I’ve been going there. They did an incredible job out there the weekend of the 24th.

7. posted by chuck at November 10, 2009 11:44 am [#]:
   

   The photos are incredible. Many, many thanks to all of those folks who are taking on the herculean task of cleaning up Evergreen. I hope more people will help!

8. posted by Kim at November 11, 2009 11:36 am [#]:
   

   I like to thank John, David and all of the volunteers for their efforts. My great-great grandparents, W.I. Johnson are buried in Evergreen.

9. posted by john_m at November 14, 2009 7:23 am [#]:
   

   The follow-up cleanup scheduled for today is cancelled because of the weather.

10. posted by Ramzi at November 16, 2009 4:37 pm [#]:
    

    There are companies that will pay for timber, it might be worthwhile looking into that, it may defray some of the cost.

11. posted by david at January 7, 2010 11:47 am [#]:
    

    My memory is that another group wanted to take this over, and demanded that the Penny Cemetary Fund back away. Has any work been done since then?

12. posted by Veronica A. Davis at July 27, 2010 10:35 am [#]:
    

    Reply to comment #11 “another group wanted to take over. . . and demanded that Penny Cemetary Fund back away.” I would like to know who this group was. As coordination or the restoration efforts any gruop that approaches must speak and get approval from us. In addition, any group that is claiming to raise any monies on behalf of the cemetery must submit a proposal for our approval. This is standard policy within any governmental, or non-profit organization. We have yet to receive a proposal from the Penny Fund on their intent and purpose for any monies that they are claiming to raise on behalf of the cemetery.

    Regarding comment #10 we have had timber companies to come out and inspect the timber, they had a species name for the wood, but as you can see it is still there.

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