Bear Creek Cemetery Association
P. O. Box 414
Euless, TX 76039
817-992-3684
972-255-2350 / 817-481-5405 / Fax 817-481-5405
www.bearcreekcemetery.com
April 10th, 2009
President
Susan Ann Egerton
Trustees
Morris Taylor
Leon Wambsganss
Alan Egerton
Dear Members,
Our annual meeting is scheduled for 10:30am Saturday, May 9th 2009. We certainly hope that you and your family will attend. Once again, it will be a potluck lunch, so please bring a dish that can be enjoyed by all. Prior to the meal we will conduct the business meeting.
We certainly look forward to you seeing the developments within the cemetery for yourself. However, I will take this opportunity to bring you up-to-date with some of the news and projects that have been completed or are planned for the year.
We have now completed all of the cremation areas in the Cemetery, the Rose Garden, Cedar Garden and the Rock Garden. These cremation gardens have been placed in areas that cannot be used for full burials. The improvements inside of the Cemetery have now been completed with the exception of replacing the three trees that were lost last year.
As you know, DFW Airport had granted us permission to install an electric gate out by Hwy. 360; this gate is auto controlled and will be closed only at night for security. This project is almost complete thanks to the funds that we received from the DFW gas lease.
We are very proud and fortunate to be located within the City of Euless. Our wonderful Mayor Saleh and City Manager Gary McKamie have always been extremely supportive and helpful towards our Historic Cemetery. We have asked the City if they would again help us by resurfacing the entryway road that was damaged during construction, if they can that will complete this project.
Our prayers have been answered by one of our members Mr. Edward Jones. Edward is a computer expert and has volunteered his time to help us convert the Cemetery records and plat into a modern computer program. This is very technical, time consuming work, certainly, a project that we have needed to do for many years and unfortunately we lacked the expertise. We cannot thank Edward enough for accepting this challenge.
Along the same lines please note that we now have a web site bearcreekcemetery.com we would also like to establish an email list of our members, if you could provide us with your name, address and email we could certainly reduce our mailing expenses and send out more regular Cemetery updates. Please email your information to our new email address admin@bearcreekcemetery.com
I think that you will agree that our maintenance workers have again done an outstanding job over the year taking care of our cemetery, many thanks to Roy and Salesi for all of their hard work - they just keep getting better and better.
The ongoing projects for the rest of the year will be to improve the landscaping along the entryway road and repack the parking lots.
It is only with your help, through your generous donations, that we can continue to make these improvements for all to enjoy. We truly thank you for your support.
Should you wish to do so, please find enclosed an envelope for donations that will go towards funding future improvements. Also, please remember, whether large or small, every donation helps us make our cemetery a more beautiful place of rest.
We look forward to seeing you at 10:30am, Saturday, May 9th 2009 at the cemetery. If you have them please bring your lawn chairs. This is your opportunity to guide the Trustees in the direction that you would like to see our cemetery grow. Also again, please take this opportunity to update your contact address, email and phone number.
Yours thankfully,
Susan Egerton
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