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Historic Humble Cemetery to undergo restoration
BY HANNAH ZEDAKER
the organization has done what work it physically can by resetting 23 small headstones and cleaning each of the cemetery’s 300-400 headstones at least twice. However, for the bigger headstones, Grubbs said a professional would be needed, so she began working with city ocials to make it happen. At its March 10 meeting, the Humble City Council approved a general services agreement with Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC for the restoration, repair and leveling of 34 monuments at the Humble Cemetery in the amount of $9,939.75. Grubbs said she selected the monuments that were in most need of repair to be included in this rst batch. “There’s even more work; I mean that’s just a drop in the bucket of what we still need to do, so we do want to continue working with y’all,” Grubbs said. According to Mayor Norman Funderburk, of the 34 selected monuments, 13 belong to military veterans, including ve who fought in the Civil War—both Union and Confederate soldiers—and eight who fought during WorldWar I. “We’re thankful that together, all of us, we can be good stewards of this cemetery, and it’s worthwhile,” Funderburk said. “We talk so much about how fortunate we are to have the rich history that we have in our community, and so much of that is embodied right here in the cemetery.”
The Humble Cemetery will soon be getting a facelift following the unanimous approval of a nearly $10,000 general services agreement between the city of Humble and Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC. Located at 391-405 S. Houston Ave., Humble, the Humble Cemetery is believed to be the town’s oldest with the earliest documented burial taking place sometime between 1867-79, according to a Texas His- torical Commission marker, which was awarded to the cemetery in 1992. Owned by the city of Humble, the cemetery is the nal resting place for several Civil War andWorldWar I military veterans. In 2017, the James Tull Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution chose the cemetery as its historic preservation project. “Probably 90% of the cemetery, if not more, needs something [done],” Historic Preservation Chair Connie Grubbs said. “I’ve had a few [headstones] fall since we started this in 2017, but because they’re too big, I can’t do anything about it.” In 2018, Grubbs said she received a quote that it would cost $50,000 for a company to professionally reset, clean and level the entire cemetery. “It’s an extremely expensive job,” she said. Despite obstacles such as Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Grubbs said
The Humble Cemetery is located at 391 405 S. Houston Ave. (Hannah Zedaker/Community Impact Newspaper) PRESERVING HISTORY Restoration eorts will soon begin on the Humble Cemetery, which is believed to be the town’s oldest cemetery with the earliest documented burial taking place between 1867-79.
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