I found her on Find A Grave. She has no one left. Her parents died in 1980 and 1978 and she had two sisters who passed in 2010 and 2018. It seems as if there are distant family members though. Rebekah passed from a Cerebral Hemorrhage. 😢 Thanks for taking care of her resting place. ❤
And a brother who died in 2021 at the age of 84. He was a military veteran who was also an attorney who had 2 master's degrees. Plus, her mother was 46 and her father was 48 when Rebekah was born, which also makes me wonder if she had Down syndrome or some other genetic disorder.
I can't begin to tell you how much I love and appreciate all the kindness that you do !. But this particular cleaning touched me. the most. ... We also lost our dear daughter "Rebecca" , suddenly 9 years ago this coming July.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Awwww .... thank you Christopher. In fact, I was just at the cemetery 2 weeks ago to "trim up". Our Rebecca was only 30 years old when she passed away suddenly. She was married just 2 years (actually their wedding was 11 years ago today, May 20th) ...she is buried with her husband Kevin, who sadly took his life 4 months after her passing. We lost a whole family it seems. She was our only daughter, of three kids. ......But on a happier note, I LOVE all that you do !! And I'll bet you, someday, when you get to heaven they will all there with a BIG smile thanking you.
I love how you take your own time and do this for people you don’t even know. The gentleness of lifting it up and releveling the monument speaks volumes about your character. I know you are a police officer and veteran. To those I say thank you and never forget. ♥️♥️🇺🇸
Thank you for what you do cleaning off forgotten hea stones. Your son is learning a lot about character and caring for your fellow man, by learning from you. I salute you.
She was just a little older than me. I was born at the end of 1955. She may no longer have family left to visit her grave. May she rest in eternal peace.
I can't thank you enough. I'd like to tell you that I take photo screen shots of the restored headstones and add them to family search for the Deceased individual and for their family to see how wonderful the headstones are restored. God bless you.
Your effort brought Rebekah Carol Miles’ name back for everyone to see, and say a little prayer for her. Bless you for all you do for those who have passed on so they aren’t forgotten.
I have observed something like this in the cemetery where most of my dad’s family is buried. When families gather the first of June every year for a major cleanup (this cemetery does not have perpetual care) people will clean graves that have been left unkept because the family has all passed away. They will even put up an inexpensive marker if they know enough about the person buried there to create something factual. People do care
I know other do not agree. But when you unbury and reset these stones on top the ground I believe it is Gods work. You are so amazing for going the extra mile for the souls of the bodies that lay there. Thank you!
This one didn’t look as heavy as lifting the little girl’s stone…twice…after finding the Quartz Crystal to put back on to of the casket and under the headstone😊I’m still very happy you and your son came back and found that crystal 💎♥️ on the other stone. It’s amazing how the D2, and elbow grease cleans the stones so well!! Beautiful!
Any headstone of an infant or child is sad. Rebekah's was especially poignant for me as 1955 is the same year that my only sibling (younger brother) died of a congenital heart defect just two years-old. His grave is located 1300 miles away from where my late parents moved in the 1960s and where I am living now.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Thanks for that. I just looked on the “find a grave” website. Nothing there. No results searching for for an obit either. However, I have that information somewhere among the papers in my late parents' house. I can still visualize the approximate location of his grave site though. As long as no one has removed the marker--a bronze plaque I think--I should be able to locate him. I'd like to place some his parents' ashes at my brother's grave before I am gone too. I don't think anyone has visited since 1967 or 1968 at the latest.
When I was a little kid we used to visit the cemetary where my grandparents and great grandparents were buried. I remember there were some small tombstones like this one or standing planters that people would paint and it looked a lot like white wash. I remember wondering why did they do that also. I never got a direct answer just "it was something people did". Maybe they thought they were protecting it or improving it. Not sure. Either way, thank you for cleaning and leveling her tombstone. You made it look so much better overall.
Dear Ronin and Christopher, I hope you don't mind a suggestion that would make your work more enduring. Instead of using any removed sod or other organic material to raise the ground level under a headstone for re-setting it, back-fill to bring the level up with clean construction sand. It won't decompose like sod will do; thus, leaving the reset stone raised and level for a longer time. You should also find the process of leveling the headstones to go easier and smoother using sand. Just overfill a little bit before replacing the stone, then work it down with a twisting back-and-forth motion like you're trying to drive a big old truck without power steering through a slalom course 😁(There are a lot of grades of sand; all that's needed for your purpose is "reject sand" that is relatively inexpensive at most any sand, gravel and aggregate supplier. In fact, I'll bet there are many firms who would be happy to donate the product to your project after seeing one or two of your videos!)
Sand! That's a great tip for me! If I can carry it, of course. The cemetery where my father is buried is a little neighborhood cemetery near me. When I visit him, I try to pick up and tidy the area. If I'm cleaning his stone, I clean the others nearby that look like they need it. I don't do any of the heavy lifting, moving, or anything like Ronin & Christopher do, but I could distribute sand to kind of level things out here & there. Thanks for the tip!
@@bkitteh6295 Glad you find it helpful. For more details directed toward your use, there are several videos on TH-cam that demonstrate lawn topdressing and leveling techniques using sand -- just don't use ocean beach sand (too salty) for the process.
Thanks a lot 😊 It actually looks a bit better now that’s the D2 solution has had a few weeks to work its magic. Sometime I will take new updated photos from this area to show how things look now that this kids section is all cleaned
Some older cemeteries definitely don't have staffing, so we just kinda go to those and work and hope for the best. The larger ones that are actively burying people, we ask. Some have told us no, but I also try to track down any living family members and ask their permission. That is much more of a challenge, but all that have responded have been very positive and even given me some personal stories about their loved one. It is kind of amazing.
What is the deal with water? The cemetary where my father is buried had water spigots located around the grounds, but now the water is off. I've noticed that Ronin & Christopher have to bring their oen water as well. It makes it really hard to clean headstones, to bring flowers, and to just rinse off your hands. I realize water isn't free, but it's not like parents are going to bring their kids to Slip'n'Slide free on the grounds, either.
This cemetery has spigots all over….none work. So I usually keep a large tote on the back of my truck with the lid off and just collect rain water for our wash bucket. I have a rain barrel in the backyard that we use for the spray pump. It’s very annoying that large, city run places like this don’t have running water.
Probably didn’t know how to clean it so they tried to cover it. Idk. I wonder if you can take paint thinner or a sand paper to it? It looks good now that you cleaned it! Just thinking of ideas to get the paint off
Question:: when you remove the headstone out of it’s hole. Shouldn’t you put stone or dirt down ( tap it down) grass would break down. From my experience But thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️✝️✝️✝️✝️
Yes I have put pea gravel down in a few, but I ran out and since all of the stuff we do comes out of my very shallow pocket….I do what I can with what I can. I’m not a professional at this my any means. Just enjoy spending my little free time helping how and where I can.
It’s a biological solution that places like Arlington National Cemetery use for all of the white head stones to keep them so pristine. It’s not the easiest to find as it’s not sold in regular stores. I get mine from a company called Atlas Preservations.
Is this a concrete headstone? I’ve noticed in our old cemeteries that the painted headstones are always concrete and not the natural stone ones. I wondered if it’s because over the years the concrete began to look stained and darkened? Perhaps a loved one thought a coat of paint would spruce it up? Similar to people who paint concrete bird baths, planters and garden pieces?
Pretty sure it is concrete. I’ve seen a few like this now also, but it definitely doesn’t last very long. Part of me wants to redo it, but that may be overstepping things.
Maybe I'm going crazy but I have to ask does anybody else here at about 17 or 18 seconds into the video you can hear a voice yell out "young man!!" I just want to make sure that I'm not going crazy. 🫣 Any how you do wonderful work and such beautiful selfless acts of kindness ❣️
Ok….Ronin and I both heard it! I genuinely don’t recall anyone being in this area while I was doing this. I’m pretty good about being aware of my surroundings as a police officer….very odd indeed.
I found her on Find A Grave. She has no one left. Her parents died in 1980 and 1978 and she had two sisters who passed in 2010 and 2018. It seems as if there are distant family members though. Rebekah passed from a Cerebral Hemorrhage. 😢
Thanks for taking care of her resting place. ❤
I saw that today myself while updating things on there. Very sad indeed.
And a brother who died in 2021 at the age of 84. He was a military veteran who was also an attorney who had 2 master's degrees. Plus, her mother was 46 and her father was 48 when Rebekah was born, which also makes me wonder if she had Down syndrome or some other genetic disorder.
Thank you for that research! ❤
@@IrishAnnie you’re welcome!!
The one son lived a long time.Those late in life babies are called "menopause " babies.@@sarah2.017
Rebekah is my 9th cousin four times removed. Rest in peace Peace little one. Prayers 🙏 🤲
Thanks again Christopher.
I can't begin to tell you how much I love and appreciate all the kindness that you do !. But this particular cleaning touched me. the most. ... We also lost our dear daughter "Rebecca" , suddenly 9 years ago this coming July.
I’m very sorry to hear about your daughter. Thank you for watching our little channel though. I’m glad our work didn’t offend you like it had some.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Awwww .... thank you Christopher. In fact, I was just at the cemetery 2 weeks ago to "trim up". Our Rebecca was only 30 years old when she passed away suddenly. She was married just 2 years (actually their wedding was 11 years ago today, May 20th) ...she is buried with her husband Kevin, who sadly took his life 4 months after her passing. We lost a whole family it seems. She was our only daughter, of three kids. ......But on a happier note, I LOVE all that you do !! And I'll bet you, someday, when you get to heaven they will all there with a BIG smile thanking you.
Thank you, Mary Beth
I love how you take your own time and do this for people you don’t even know. The gentleness of lifting it up and releveling the monument speaks volumes about your character. I know you are a police officer and veteran. To those I say thank you and never forget. ♥️♥️🇺🇸
Thank you for what you do cleaning off forgotten hea stones. Your son is learning a lot about character and caring for your fellow man, by learning from you. I salute you.
She was just a little older than me. I was born at the end of 1955. She may no longer have family left to visit her grave. May she rest in eternal peace.
My mom was born October 55 herself.
I can't thank you enough. I'd like to tell you that I take photo screen shots of the restored headstones and add them to family search for the Deceased individual and for their family to see how wonderful the headstones are restored. God bless you.
I love that! I add before and afters on the individuals Find and Grave profiles myself….but we can always use more help! 😊
What a lovely thing for you to do. So thoughtful.
Your effort brought Rebekah Carol Miles’ name back for everyone to see, and say a little prayer for her.
Bless you for all you do for those who have passed on so they aren’t forgotten.
She was born the same day I was....wow! Thank you for cleaning the headstones you do. The forgotten are no longer forgotten!
I have observed something like this in the cemetery where most of my dad’s family is buried. When families gather the first of June every year for a major cleanup (this cemetery does not have perpetual care) people will clean graves that have been left unkept because the family has all passed away. They will even put up an inexpensive marker if they know enough about the person buried there to create something factual. People do care
I absolutely LOVE that! Such a beautiful idea.
Even if she is forgotten by people on this earth. You are a. Kind person to do this. Thank you.
Absolutely great job so much love ❤thankyou for the job that you do God bless you ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
I know other do not agree. But when you unbury and reset these stones on top the ground I believe it is Gods work. You are so amazing for going the extra mile for the souls of the bodies that lay there. Thank you!
I agree with you.
The headstone looked so much better. Bright and readable.
This one didn’t look as heavy as lifting the little girl’s stone…twice…after finding the Quartz Crystal to put back on to of the casket and under the headstone😊I’m still very happy you and your son came back and found that crystal 💎♥️ on the other stone.
It’s amazing how the D2, and elbow grease cleans the stones so well!!
Beautiful!
Tammy Marie’s may have been the heaviest I’ve handled so far. Don’t think my broken body could have handled much more. Hah.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Yeah it was 179 pounds if I’m not mistaken! That would break me in two for sure!
You are doing Gods work. You have a great heart.
Never seen one painted like that. Thank you for caring for it.
Me neither
Happy Birthday, baby girl. She's one month younger than my husband.
Thank you Christopher for another job well done. Hey, at least it's a lot better than what it was.
You make a great point. Haha. At least we can read it now.
Beautiful job, thank you so much!!
Any headstone of an infant or child is sad. Rebekah's was especially poignant for me as 1955 is the same year that my only sibling (younger brother) died of a congenital heart defect just two years-old. His grave is located 1300 miles away from where my late parents moved in the 1960s and where I am living now.
I’m sorry about your brother. That is definitely a long way away and very sad. Do you know if he has a “find a grave” profile?
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Thanks for that. I just looked on the “find a grave” website. Nothing there. No results searching for for an obit either. However, I have that information somewhere among the papers in my late parents' house. I can still visualize the approximate location of his grave site though. As long as no one has removed the marker--a bronze plaque I think--I should be able to locate him. I'd like to place some his parents' ashes at my brother's grave before I am gone too. I don't think anyone has visited since 1967 or 1968 at the latest.
When I was a little kid we used to visit the cemetary where my grandparents and great grandparents were buried. I remember there were some small tombstones like this one or standing planters that people would paint and it looked a lot like white wash. I remember wondering why did they do that also. I never got a direct answer just "it was something people did". Maybe they thought they were protecting it or improving it. Not sure. Either way, thank you for cleaning and leveling her tombstone. You made it look so much better overall.
Thank you, Falltravels. I was just happy that it came as clean as it did and can now be read again.
Dear Ronin and Christopher, I hope you don't mind a suggestion that would make your work more enduring. Instead of using any removed sod or other organic material to raise the ground level under a headstone for re-setting it, back-fill to bring the level up with clean construction sand. It won't decompose like sod will do; thus, leaving the reset stone raised and level for a longer time. You should also find the process of leveling the headstones to go easier and smoother using sand. Just overfill a little bit before replacing the stone, then work it down with a twisting back-and-forth motion like you're trying to drive a big old truck without power steering through a slalom course 😁(There are a lot of grades of sand; all that's needed for your purpose is "reject sand" that is relatively inexpensive at most any sand, gravel and aggregate supplier. In fact, I'll bet there are many firms who would be happy to donate the product to your project after seeing one or two of your videos!)
Sand! That's a great tip for me! If I can carry it, of course. The cemetery where my father is buried is a little neighborhood cemetery near me. When I visit him, I try to pick up and tidy the area. If I'm cleaning his stone, I clean the others nearby that look like they need it. I don't do any of the heavy lifting, moving, or anything like Ronin & Christopher do, but I could distribute sand to kind of level things out here & there. Thanks for the tip!
I have used pea gravel a few times, but ran out of it. Sand is a great option.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival I think so. Kudos for your compassion and great work; please stay at it.
@@bkitteh6295 Glad you find it helpful. For more details directed toward your use, there are several videos on TH-cam that demonstrate lawn topdressing and leveling techniques using sand -- just don't use ocean beach sand (too salty) for the process.
You did a fantastic job thank you
It will clean up beautifully in a couple of months. Thank you Christopher! You’re a hero! ❤
Rebekah died from a Intracerebral Hemmorrrhage. Wonderful Job as always.
Thank you as always.
Poor little angel💔
Its beautiful. ❤
God bless you
Thanks a lot 😊 It actually looks a bit better now that’s the D2 solution has had a few weeks to work its magic. Sometime I will take new updated photos from this area to show how things look now that this kids section is all cleaned
Thank you for reviving this sweet little marker
Our pleasure!
The older we get, the better Fresh cut grass smells 🥰
😇 = YOU!! 🙏🏻❤️⭐️
Please turn on CC for deaf and hard of hearing 🙉
I’m so sorry! I have a deaf cousin, so I apologize for not thinking about that.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevivalTes,please turn on the captions.
So Sweet and caring Thank You.
Our pleasure!
❤❤❤
Just wanted to know if you're allowed to do the cleaning. Do you get permission from the cemetery. I am new here.
Some older cemeteries definitely don't have staffing, so we just kinda go to those and work and hope for the best. The larger ones that are actively burying people, we ask. Some have told us no, but I also try to track down any living family members and ask their permission. That is much more of a challenge, but all that have responded have been very positive and even given me some personal stories about their loved one. It is kind of amazing.
What is the deal with water? The cemetary where my father is buried had water spigots located around the grounds, but now the water is off. I've noticed that Ronin & Christopher have to bring their oen water as well. It makes it really hard to clean headstones, to bring flowers, and to just rinse off your hands. I realize water isn't free, but it's not like parents are going to bring their kids to Slip'n'Slide free on the grounds, either.
This cemetery has spigots all over….none work. So I usually keep a large tote on the back of my truck with the lid off and just collect rain water for our wash bucket. I have a rain barrel in the backyard that we use for the spray pump. It’s very annoying that large, city run places like this don’t have running water.
Probably didn’t know how to clean it so they tried to cover it. Idk. I wonder if you can take paint thinner or a sand paper to it?
It looks good now that you cleaned it! Just thinking of ideas to get the paint off
Oh I am definitely leaving it as is now. Don't want to take the risk of doing any damage to it.
@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival yeah for sure!
Question:: when you remove the headstone out of it’s hole. Shouldn’t you put stone or dirt down ( tap it down) grass would break down. From my experience But thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️✝️✝️✝️✝️
Yes I have put pea gravel down in a few, but I ran out and since all of the stuff we do comes out of my very shallow pocket….I do what I can with what I can. I’m not a professional at this my any means. Just enjoy spending my little free time helping how and where I can.
Thank you for answering me. 👍🏼❤️🥰✝️
You said you use D2 to help clean the stones. I don’t know what that is.
It’s a biological solution that places like Arlington National Cemetery use for all of the white head stones to keep them so pristine. It’s not the easiest to find as it’s not sold in regular stores. I get mine from a company called Atlas Preservations.
Why would someone paint the stone?
Not a clue. It definitely didn’t hold up over the years sadly.
Is this a concrete headstone? I’ve noticed in our old cemeteries that the painted headstones are always concrete and not the natural stone ones. I wondered if it’s because over the years the concrete began to look stained and darkened? Perhaps a loved one thought a coat of paint would spruce it up? Similar to people who paint concrete bird baths, planters and garden pieces?
Pretty sure it is concrete. I’ve seen a few like this now also, but it definitely doesn’t last very long. Part of me wants to redo it, but that may be overstepping things.
Christopher look at your numbers - congratulations!
Yeah it’s kinda gone crazy in the last 6 days.
What would take paint off? I wonder why they painted it? Weird. So young. 😔I love the smell for fresh cut grass too! Thank you for cleaning her stone!
It’s been painted at least since 2009 when the last photo of it was taken. Not sure.
Perhaps it was turning color and they thought the paint would “ Fix” it.
@@IrishAnnie Oh right.
Every time I see you lifting one of these stones, I want to yell, "BE CAREFUL!" So here it is without the yelling. Be careful.
Love your videos but these long advertisements are so annoying. Can’t even skip over them.
Unfortunately I have no control over what advertising gets put into them. I had no clue long, unskippable ones are being put in there.
So you ever say what area you are working in? I understand why you wouldn't say the exact site but just the county ir city??
I usually say which city I’m in most of our videos the beginning. Maybe I didn’t in this video. It’s Portsmouth, Va.
Maybe I'm going crazy but I have to ask does anybody else here at about 17 or 18 seconds into the video you can hear a voice yell out "young man!!" I just want to make sure that I'm not going crazy. 🫣 Any how you do wonderful work and such beautiful selfless acts of kindness ❣️
Well now I’m going to have to rewatch this one and listen harder. Lol.
Ok….Ronin and I both heard it! I genuinely don’t recall anyone being in this area while I was doing this. I’m pretty good about being aware of my surroundings as a police officer….very odd indeed.