Martz remembers a few years ago when she and the Glenwood Cemetery Association hired James “Rusty” Brenner, owner of Texas Cemetery Restoration, to restore the headstones in the Glenwood.
Cemeteries are providing new services to encourage community involvement, rethink burial practices and double as places that promote knowledge of local history and outdoor recreation.
A churchyard was a burial site on church property. Since the 1600s, a cemetery has meant a large, open space where we can bury lots of people. So what’s a graveyard? “Graveyard” is a newer word, and ...