Cemetery restoration project continues at Drayton City Cemetery

  • Several grave markers sitting on new bases at the Drayton City Cemetery. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp

    Several grave markers sitting on new bases at the Drayton City Cemetery. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp

    Several grave markers sitting on new bases at the Drayton City Cemetery. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp
  • The base of one of the older markers has been rebuilt and is just waiting for the marker to be remounted. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp

    The base of one of the older markers has been rebuilt and is just waiting for the marker to be remounted. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp

    The base of one of the older markers has been rebuilt and is just waiting for the marker to be remounted. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp
  • A family plot with the markers removed and the form in place for new concrete. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp

    A family plot with the markers removed and the form in place for new concrete. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp

    A family plot with the markers removed and the form in place for new concrete. VNV Photo by Lyle Van Camp
An ongoing cemetery restoration project here is close to eighty percent complete according to Peter Anderson of the Drayton Cemetery Association. The project has been underway for several months and will have a total cost of over seventy thousand dollars. The firm doing the actual restoration work has been paid about fifty thousand dollars to date. At this point another twenty thousand dollars…

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