A dedicated group of local citizens have undertaken quite the large task, that of cleaning up and refurbishing the Belmont Cemetery.
The project began in August after Ruth Touchton Jeffery got the ball rolling.
“My parents are buried there,” she said. “My son is also buried there, and we were lucky to be able to have him interred at the location.”
She noticed the state of many tombstones in the cemetery and that restoration and maintenance was needed to bring the final resting place of numerous Sabine Parish residents, including World War II and Confederate veterans, to its proper state.
The assembled group meets once a month and uses a Saturday to perform their duties.
“I just wanted to do something meaningful, but the more we work the more amazing everything becomes,” Jeffery said.
Not only is ground maintenance performed, but the group is leveling and resetting stones, cutting and clearing trees, and much more.