Sandy Jones carefully scrubs years of moss and lichen from a headstone at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Wessington Springs. Jones began cleaning the cemetery’s aging markers last summer and has devoted more than 40 hours to the volunteer project this year.
For Sandy Jones, cleaning weathered headstones at Prospect Hill Cemetery is about more than removing decades of moss and grime. It's about preserving history, honoring lives and making sure no one is forgotten.
Beneath years of moss, lichen and weathering, a name slowly began to emerge from an unusual tree stump-shaped headstone at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
