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Scenes from the Work Day in the Allred-Trogdon Cemetery
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Picture Perfect Weather for our cemetery work day. Everyone showed up
around 10am and
immediately got to work. There were two very large but very dead
trees in the middle of the
cemetery that needed to come down so the men set about doing just that.
Many Thanks to all who helped! Harlan Sexton, Becky Allred Sexton,
Franklin Allred, Eddie Clay Allred, Nancy Judd Martin,
Linda Allred Cooper, Jean Covington-LaCoss, Raleigh LaCoss, and Ron Kirby & Ryan
Kirby who came all the way from Alexandria, VA to participate!
 The
two arrows point at the two dead trees in the middle of the cemetery. You
can see one is missing a lot of bark,
probably destruction from pine beetles.
Surveying the problem and deciding how to bring the first tree down.
Then, as the tree began to fall, it was caught by a neighboring tree. So
Ron and Ryan used a wench and rope to guide the tree's path and Franklin cut a 5
foot chunk of the trunk from the base of the tree - and down it came. I
never would have believed it - but the tree did NOT hit a single tombstone!!!!
It came close - but managed to miss them all!
While some chopped up the tree and removed it from the cemetery, others hauled
off limbs and branches that had fallen during past storms and over the winter.
 We
were enjoying lunch and rest when Doug Vuncannon showed up for a visit.
Doug owns the cow pasture and land on the north side of the cemetery - where
William Trogdon (died 1805) home was located.
 And
the 2nd tree came down - again without hitting a single tombstone!!
 At
the end of the work day, Jean Covington LaCoss showed us where William Trogdon's
(died 1805) home had stood. Look at that view!!!
Roses are still growing at the old home site.
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