Bringing back their names: Restoring headstones at Gainesville’s Alta Vista Cemetery - Gainesville Times

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Bringing back their names: Restoring headstones at Gainesville’s Alta Vista Cemetery

Chip Wells, co-owner of Gainesville Marble and Granite Company, scrubs away dirt and debris off a polished granite headstone. Wells said that using any brush with stiff, non-metal bristles is the perfect tool for scrubbing headstones. - photo by Adriana Cascio

10XX HEADSTONE 8 — Chip Wells, co-owner of Gainesville Marble and Granite Company, scrubs away dirt and debris off a polished granite headstone. Wells said that using any brush with stiff, non-metal bristles is the perfect tool for scrubbing headstones. - photo by Adriana Cascio

For centuries, headstones have marked the final resting places of loved ones, honoring and celebrating their lives now lost.