Help protect endangered Cemeteries!

I have been clearing the once encrusted area of the Brick Mill Cemetery (Richlands, N.C.) where Exline Sanders/Saunders was laid to rest. Exline's final resting place is now cleared, presentable & her headstone is upright. Surrounding excessive foliage & briar bush have been cleared as well. Ta... See More

An Elder of the community visited the Brick Mill Cemetery while I was working there yesturday. She came to locate her Ancestors. To her surprise, I provided her with a long list of genealogy. I also showed her, two other Ancestors. To date, 80% of the cemetery is stabilized. On a weekly bases, unma... See More

Thank you, Teresa Smith-Bythewood, for asking if I need a new lawnmower for this season of work through Resurrection Mission--protecting endangered cemeteries. Here is a link to updated images of the Historic all African American, Brick Mill Cemetery; est. ca.1900, in Richlands, Onslow County, Nort... See More

Shelia Blue, dir/descend. of Slaves George Washington & Cecilia White Petteway (Onslow County, N.C.) has located an image of the 19th Cent. all African American: Edney Prim. Bapt. ch.. school house The church & school house was built by George Washington Petteway after he lead talks, to local Whi... See More

Update: After over 2 1/2 yrs of service.\; O' Blue retires. Her final task as the official Resurrection Mission field vehicle is to take a load of logs and stone to the Petteway family cemetery; the largest all African American family cemetery in Onslow County, North Carolina. Est. ca.1880. She... See More