Cemetery Clean up Transformation! Gravestones Restored

[@davidwamsley5749]

I just found this and you are my kind of man. I am a genealogist and have walked through many cemeteries that needed help. I shot photos of headstones and entered all the data into our library's computer for public access. One cemetery had just seven stones, and one had over 17,000. Thank you so much for caring for these complete strangers. We need more like you.

[@helenroman2702]

Thank you. I can see your huge respect for those buried so humbly. Invite the local press to come visit, discover who were interred there and prompt the community to tending the cemetery regularly. This is the kind of thing churches used to do. A good project for school kids or boy scouts, or retirees. Great touch - flower plants!

[@christinerosenquist7657]

Why is it, that every single one of your videos, it rains on you. I think you are the best at trimming trees and bushes. The end result is always perfect the way you make the properties look in the end. This video has me in tears. You are so kind.

[@Toppslawncare]

Your so sweet. Thank you!

[@mygrammieis]

Yessir Tissues Please 🙏 🕊️💐✌️

[@JoanFonda]

I am so glad that he is doing to clean up this cemetery for the people who are buried in it for sure

[@arocketgal]

This was over the top. Cleaning the headstones, flowers, soil....WOW! You deserve every subscriber. Good for you!

[@bernadetteknight3666]

I am finding it hard to find the words that describe how watching this video made me feel. You did not just do a wonderful clean up but those added touches of the flags ,flowers and cleaning the head stones with such care are what makes this and you so special. God Bless you. Ontario Canada

[@CAROLHAITH523]

This might be the final resting ground of the entire family, and to know that somebody cared enough to make it beautiful once again on behalf of that family is truly heartwarming. This is one transformation that will be appreciated by many. Beautiful job from beginning to end! The flowers and flags are a special addition.KUDOS!!!

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you for watching

[@barb-ft2xr]

What a precious thing to do. Cleaning the cemetery and planting flowers, too. Shows your great character and gives praise to your mother for raising you right. God bless you.

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you so much!

[@mygrammieis]

Be A Blessing and Blessed-That’s Secred Ground-🕊️💐🦅🙏-

[@glendahubert2576]

Oh my. How kind. Love that you made the babies bed of flowers. ❤

[@YTmama-c1o]

Cemeteries have always been dear to me. They hold those who have gone before us...they paved the way for us. And there is so much history there. You are a dear person for honoring these dear souls who are gone. It warmed my soul to see you add the sweet flowers and then clean the markers off. It was so loving and respectful

[@valeriacamposdasilveira2735]

The souls of these people are happy today! Precious job you did!🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@suzannejohnston-g8t]

Never watched a cemetery clean-up before Scott. Bless you for doing the right thing for these people that passed over a century ago. Absolutely love the baby cradle like stone too. Thanks for an incredible video. From - Illinois - hi. 👋 😊

[@pinkladybikermamma3603]

THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE PAST LIFES OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you for watching

[@janwade1383]

For a first time stone cleaner, you did a pretty good job. So glad you made the effort to do the research! Many well meaning efforts have caused a lot of damage. Please use a very soft plastic putty knife, never metal. In addition to using a soft bristle brush, use a light touch when scrubbing. Also, you can scrub less and use less D2 (it looks like that is what you are using, good choice!) by applying once and scrubbing, rinse, re-apply and walk away. Over time - weeks, months - the stone will continue to clean up! Please use a guard on your weed eater to avoid abating the stones. Bless you for making the effort to show respect for this little graveyard.

[@patriciabrown6471]

Awesome Job 👌🏽, So carrying to add that special touches with the flowers 💐

[@johnmclaurin]

Thank God for people like you!

[@terrileyda5346]

A beautiful and kind gesture in caring for this place of rest and peace. Well done!

[@roseorosco154]

Thank you for putting the time and hard work in cleaning this cemetery. God bless you and your family. 🙏🏼🌟🌹😊

[@jamesburns3750]

Very good job.

[@131dyana]

Thank you for your kindness there. Love the flowers you left too. God bless.

[@Toppslawncare]

You are so welcome!

[@kat8canary77]

I am so glad you focused on the baby grave. Thanks for all the hard work you put in.

[@Toppslawncare]

You are so welcome

[@mygrammieis]

Yessir especially with the Baby one - Tooo Touching 🕊️💐🙏💯

[@susansterling8252]

I watched this video. I'm so glad to see you did clean the tombstones. I have used the solution for my great grandparents' stones in Indiana, and I was so pleased with the outcome. I watched a video of a gentleman who cleans the Graves of soldiers, and you are correct, cannot use harsh chemicals. You have definitely earned an extra STAR!❤

[@arlenemitchell5207]

Job well done. Thank you

[@SandraBaker-b1x]

All I can say is God bless you. Just another stone in your crown. God is good!

[@brendaeberly676]

Thank you for your compassion. Looking at old graves makes me wonder about their lives.

[@Toppslawncare]

You and me both!

[@lillypad9960]

Thank you for spending your time with your own dime. Your kindness is appreciated. BLESSINGS FROM MICHIGAN.

[@Toppslawncare]

Hey there!! Thanks for watching . I’m enjoying these 60 degree winter days!! 😀😀

[@dolliemaesone]

What a good thing to do for the families of this cemetery! 😊The baby’s grave is so beautiful now !

[@dianeblott6076]

YOU ARE A VERY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL SOUL. THE GATES OF HEAVEN WILL DEFINITELY BE OPEN FOR YOU....❤❤❤❤❤

[@kathiebeardsley4247]

Wow, what an awesome transformation!! Thank you so much for the respect you paid these departed ones … I was not expecting the flowers. I’m sure their families would thank you as well. ❤

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@lia-liz2012]

There were several cemeteries in my hometown. My brother was like you...cleaned them up but one was hidden in a wooden area behind a gas station. That one held a horse thief according to my other brother's genealogy research 😂 One was near a place where the only doctor in our family lived. They even named a road after him. He actually treated Jesse and Frank James for gunshot wounds. Frank James is buried down the street in back of our childhood park. Write-ups in the local paper proved all of these findings. The one big cemetery was just like this one you cleaned except 3x the size. My brother just mowed it but it was great to see the big headstones with our family names chiseled in. Thanks for doing this hard work 🙌 💪 🙏 💜

[@Pauline-h3u]

What a lovely thing to do, now they are not forgotten ❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jazzquebec2847]

Hook Family Cemetery also named Mathias-Hook Family Cemetery in West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina. There would remain about 20 tombstones in this family cemetery reserved for the Hooks. There is also an avenue called Hook nearby.

[@chrismartin5652]

I looked up D Kinsler Hook and they have him listed in another cemetery on Find A Grave. I contacted the person in charge of the FAG profile to let them know where he is.

[@royparker9509]

Thank you for the kind and respectful gesture that you made for these families. God Bless you, your family and your business.

[@crestinamartinez5196]

You brought tears to my eyes happy ones that was so loving of you to do that kind decoration on those Graves GOD IS WATCHING YOU AND BLESSING YOU IN JESUS NAME AMEN

[@Toppslawncare]

Bless you!

[@eyeniceitup]

Honourable!! Looks SO much better!! Await seeing if any family members...will maintain it now...!!

[@Toppslawncare]

Hope so

[@OtisDarnell]

Thank you for being so thoughtful, respectful and caring for this area. You are a blessing to your family and community. We live in western Colorado and enjoy your videos. ❤

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you so much!

[@randywolff580]

Thanks for the flowers, it looked so desolate without, wish there was grass. I like graveyards, I like to wander through and wonder about different people as I read their stones. Someday someone may wonder over mine.

[@DBruner-cf1qp]

God Bless you. for caring. I hope there are others that are family Thank you.

[@Toppslawncare]

You are so kind

[@kristineguetschow9134]

It’s likely there are no living members of the families buried in the cemetery left in the area. They pass away, they move far from the area in search of employment, but mostly, they just don’t care. They never knew any of the deceased, Great Uncle Ned tended to the cemetery until he no longer could do so, there is no reverence for the deceased, and a lot of the people today believe that the land is for the living, not the dead. Thank you for honoring the people who have been laid to rest here.

[@paulettesherry7366]

God bless you for doing this.

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you for watching

[@Momvon1]

❤❤ Awesome thing you did. I have always taught my children to respect graveyards, because those people even though we didn't know them were someone's son, daughter or Mom or Dad.

[@pjsmith3380]

Great job and nice touch putting in flowers.

[@aliciataylor4820]

You are truly amazing, I really hope you are appreciated every day. Beautiful job!!!❤❤

[@jeanneburns-sloan1471]

Great, great job. I loved every second of it!

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you very much!

[@beckylavine5486]

Wonderful transformation

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@NitroEthiopia]

You are simply awesome human being who cares for the fallen ones!!! I’m sure their family members would appreciate this !!!

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@kathleen.rogers1442]

Wow, this looks amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you for clearing and cleaning this cemetery 🥰

[@Toppslawncare]

My pleasure 😊

[@crestinamartinez5196]

You did a very beautiful thing and it looks wonderful and a whole lot better thank you sir for what you did its beautiful GOD BLESS YOU

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you very much!

[@marietjievanrensburg-fy6pm]

Look what u did...u are one heck of an amazing guy...lots of respect for you...

[@deborahsteele9185]

Awesome love’s a cemetery clean up 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you for watching

[@19Bmiller]

Above and beyond. Great work

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you!!

[@lindahagan8568]

You are very kind! Wish you could find a basket full of blueberries for your lunch! You’re doing an awesome job! Bless you!

[@tonid3268]

I have always loved cemetery's and found them peaceful. I used to walk around in them reading the names and dates too. I was only like 12, and I remember seeing graves that were neglected and looked so sad with weeds all over. I would pull the weeds and clean them up as best I could, then this will sound terrible, but I would see graves that had lots of flowers, and I would take a few off them and put them on the sad ones. Thank you for doing this. This one really touched me! 😊❤

[@patwyatt7776]

You were a person after my own heart. I did many things the same. Cemeteries are always a peaceful place for me and when I go and visit my parents and leave flowers for them I leave lots around for folks that I knew or that I didn’t know and no one was there to leave flowers for them. I also bought the cleaning supplies so that I could clean up stones that looked neglected.

[@Toppslawncare]

That is awesome!

[@janeylivingston3702]

Bless you.

[@lynwilliams4201]

You are a good man, Sir. You are special to clean up this grave yard!!! God Bless you!!! Work of an angel!

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you kindly

[@lmbclm4]

Thank you for caring for cemetery. D-2, soft brush, and plastic scraper, water. Make the difference. Great job

[@Toppslawncare]

Yes, thank you

[@juliehamel8225]

Good Souls takes care of each other 🎉❤

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@juliehamel8225]

I did the same as you last year and was talking with my family. 🌟

[@PatL-t4u]

Thanks for doing this. The flowers & marker cleaning was very special.

[@brey1720]

That truly looks like a family plot in someones backyard. Sad how in disarray it was, but you did such a great job in giving it a much needed cleanup 🙏

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you so much!

[@brey1720]

@@Toppslawncare and thank you for giving the resting place for those buried there some love 🙏

[@bonnievance685]

Awesome transformation. Thank you. ❤

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you! 🤗

[@lyndanorton6705]

Another beautiful job at the cemetery…I have watched 3 of your videos today and it rained in all 3! Weird. Your are a wonderful giving man. God bless you.

[@cindyhubbard4803]

What a beautiful and thoughtful gift you have given to this family ❤ It would it be wonderful if some of their descendents saw your video. You just never know.

[@Toppslawncare]

I hope so too!

[@suebrown3917]

The little angel is not forgotten. The flowers hit the spot for the forgotten. You are a blessing. 🙏❣

[@darleneroe3994]

Many blessings to you. Thank you for your time and work into your care of others.

[@traceewales8422]

Such a thoughtful thing to do. You did a great job. 👏👏

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you so much!

[@maggiebonin4765]

You are a Good Man ❤️ thank you for doing this.

[@Toppslawncare]

I appreciate that

[@annjustus]

Thank you for cleaning up the trimming debris and leaves. It made it look so much better. And thank you for going the extra mile with the flowers. There's no telling how long it's been since those graves have had flowers on them. It's a shame a lot of the younger generation don't do that any more.

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you!

[@annknee-f3f]

Wonderful thing you have done here,you could always get a bag of wild flower seeds and throw them around ,only need cutting back once a year after they have set their seeds.

[@brummiebird1960]

Oh what a wonderful person you are, love the fact you planted flowers for them especially on the babies grave, it would be nice for more people to do this , even if its only 1 old grave pick 1 to care for as long as you possibly can, I’m inspired to see if this can be arranged in the grave yards by me

[@KladyCor]

What a lovely thing to do

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@yolandagreer8039]

That was a beautiful job you've done for these families I'm sure that they is very appreciative for your kind and wonderful job that you have done!also for taking the time to help out anyone's that's in need of help!!god bless you and your family!

[@Lougan44]

I noticed when you cleaned the third time it wasn’t nearly as dirty. Lovely job you did!❤

[@Toppslawncare]

Yes! Thank you!

[@rosekathrein1119]

Thank you for caring about and respecting these people. You took the time to put flowers, soil, etc. tried to clean the headstones. it makes it look so much better. Not too many would do this. They just can’t be bothered. I’ve seen Kevin clean up two graveyards as well. So nice of him as well. Great job, God bless you and keep doing these wonderful jobs that nobody else wants to do without big $$$$$

[@manny4686]

You did an absolutely great job. Thank you so much for sharing. And thank you for doing what you do God bless you 👍🇺🇸🙏🏼

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@billiehuskins8129]

Put sticks in the flower pots to keep the squirrels from digging in them,....bless you

[@Toppslawncare]

Thanks for the tip!

[@avrilpeters5900]

What you are doing there is beautiful planting flowers cleaning the grave stones because it's sad to think there might not be anyone of the family living.

[@Toppslawncare]

Well said

[@dorisMamucha]

you are a angel on earth

[@carolineschulze344]

You made yourself a little place in heaven for doing that clean up. What a difference!

[@dianaviselli3136]

I don’t know which direction the graves are facing but around here I’ve been told that graves generally face east. I have no sense of direction so you may know how that works where you are. In North and South Carolina many older families had family graveyards and everyone in that cemetery was kin in one way or another. However that particular graveyard may have been for that purpose or, as you said, there might have been a church in that area. In any case, you have done a respectful and lovely job in looking after this group of graves. May you always be blessed and respected as well! Thank you!

[@phyllishobbs1695]

Beautiful flowers!!

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@teresae7235]

I want to thank you so much for doing everything you did for these people. Generation after generation move away then they get forgotten. Much rather see this kind of video than doing a vacant house, even if it is helping the “neighborhood “.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Toppslawncare]

Your right. Thank you for watching

[@ramonahallick3331]

Amazing dedication to honor them. Beautiful work. Flowers topped it off.

[@BJK-h8v]

SWEET!!!!!!!

[@lindaneuman4801]

❤ thank you

[@Toppslawncare]

You're welcome 😊

[@evanagy]

That clean up was a very kind and thoughtful thing to do! ❤️🙏🏻

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@lindalaflamme8904]

Just beautiful

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you! 😊

[@anitakvinta1669]

Beautiful work and respect

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mygrammieis]

Awesome

[@cowboy73386]

Thank you for your caring attitude. Wonderful job and God bless you. Flowers, soil, cleaning headstones, it all makes huge difference. Thank you so much for doing these wonderful jobs. You have a great heart. Subscribed and gave you a well deserved big thumbs up.

[@Toppslawncare]

Wow, thank you

[@marybyrd9639]

I have watched a lot of mowing videos I have to say this one truly touched my heart. Your the bomb. God Bless you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@RetiredCasper2023]

Well done! Hopefully a family member will see this and take over the care of their relatives! Be Safe!

[@phillipaull1055]

Live right down the street from here you did a great job Thanks from all of us!

[@Toppslawncare]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@selinabroussard7461]

Such an amazing and respectful gesture. Great job

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you

[@carolhenderson7144]

Thank you so much for taking the time to clean this cemetery and honor the memories of these folks.

[@phyllisrounds9184]

The 3 or4 inch square stones, about 6 or 7 inches tall, are called corner stones, to mark the family plot. Great job 👏

[@MrJeep75]

Awesome job

[@Toppslawncare]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@michaelromines7531]

God loves those that have this kind of respect for the dead. Wish there were more people like you in this world

[@vikkishirey9587]

I came across your videos about a week ago. You are doing an awesome job on these transformations. I have learned a lot since watching, to do my own yard. I actually live about 5 minutes from there.

[@Toppslawncare]

Awesome! Thank you! It’s always cool to hear from someone local!!!

[@jewellperkins5136]

The community should put gravel over the dirt to keep it clean

[@sueannsmith7720]

Lovely job, thank you for caring enough to clean up the cemetery. Were there no graves in the latter half? God bless you friend. 🙏🏾🤗

[@maritzamcnair8859]

You are so sweet• thank you for all u do• god bless

[@Toppslawncare]

You are so welcome