Before & after

A Final E-Mail from Owen - Date:  Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Good Morning
This is my finally report on the progress of the Gleaves-Clements Cemetery Fencing Project.
I am happy to say as you may already know that this project is finished.  It has taken some hard work and determination.  We had a good crew on Saturday. George Wilkerson, his  brother Gary and Dave Velheim were there to lend us a hand.  Everyone worked hard to get this job done.  It was muddy and a cool north wind was blowing but we worked through it.
I just cannot say enough about my friend George so I will leave it at that.
A special thanks to Dave for taking time out to help us. He could have went fishing or just chilled out in front of the TV and stayed warm, but instead he chose to give us a hand.
We enjoyed your company Dave and here is a special thanks from yours truly.
Also a big thank you to Dollie and her husband for furnishing our meal. We enjoyed having everyone there to take part in whatever way they could.
Frances has blessed us all with numerous pictures which are important. Without her the only pictures we would have would be the before and after as we could not work and take pictures too.
I have attached more pictures of the final fence that correspond with the before pictures that were sent when the project was first started.  You may notice the kink in the bottom of the fence on the right side next to the huge sugar maple tree. We moved the fence line one foot towards the right-of-way to try and get past a big tree root but we still had to fence over it. It's the best we could do.
The only thing left is to purchase a good brush killer and spray around the fence to keep the vines and tree sprouts, etc. from taking over our new fence. Dave has offered to keep it sprayed if necessary but we need to purchase the herbicide.
Thanks to everyone who donated money or played any part in getting this completed.  I bet our ancestors had a party Saturday night and admired their new fence and just knowing that someone cares and they have not been forgotten.
Owen C. Gleaves