The link is only active for two weeks, then they move it to their archive. Sorry.
It has been a long project, I think hubby and son did a great job.
In case you can't get the site to load, here is the article.
Three years ago, a farmer uncovered a 166-year-old headstone in his cotton field. The name on the headstone is Valerien Gremillion.
KALB
"He chose to dig up whatever he was hitting,” said David Gremillion, Valerien’s lineage. “Without that curiosity, we would still not have this wonderful stone."
Thursday, a group of friends and family gathered at St. Paul the Apostle cemetery, to restore the headstone to its rightful place. A similar ceremony took place 166 years ago.
"A stone is forever; life is forever," said Father Irion St. Romain.
An unknown number of headstones disappeared after they were removed to make way for maintenance work in the 1950s. It is believed townspeople took some of them to create sidewalks.
"The record keeping was not what we would call up to standard," said Kenneth Gremillion, also Valerien’s lineage. “That's something that we find very distasteful."
Discovering the headstone encouraged the Gremillion brothers to learn more about their history. It was through this process that they joined “Sons of the American Revolution.”
"His father fought in the American Revolution," said David.
David said understanding the difficulties their ancestors lived through serves as encouragement.
"A grounding that sees us through the difficult times of our lives," said David.
The Gremillions believe other headstones are still lost in the Avoyelles area. If any are found, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church hopes to restore those headstones as well.
P.S. Sorry. Didn't realize I'd done the link wrong.
P.P.S. I wanted to add a picture of the headstone.
