Bear Creek Cemetery Association
P.O. Box 414
Euless, TX 76038
817-992-3684
817-939-6385 / 817-481-5405 / Fax 817-481-5405
www.bearcreekcemetery.com
April 1, 2011
President
Susan Ann Egerton
Trustees
Morris Taylor
Leon Wambsganss
Alan Egerton
Dear Members,
Please bring your family and join us at the 2011 meeting of the Bear Creek Cemetery Association. This year’s meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 2011. Our business meeting will be followed by a potluck lunch. Please bring a dish that may be enjoyed by all.
You may notice that we have made some improvements to the covered seating area. We have replaced the roof, extended the concrete flooring to provide more space for services, added guttering, a sound system and acquired eight antique pews. The pews came from the Green Valley Church in Aubrey, Texas; they were handmade by one of the parishioners from the old flooring of the church back in 1949.
We would like to sincerely thank all of the cemetery families who immediately sponsored the repairs and improvements to the pews. In appreciation, we have placed a small dedication plaque on each, in the memory of their loved ones, again, thank you so much.
We have made some adjustments to our maintenance program; in general we are pleased with the results while using the contract mowing service and received several positive comments from our members. We will therefore continue to mow the entire cemetery once a week during the summer months. The change will be during the winter, we will only mow as needed, this will reduce next years maintenance expenses.
We are fortunate that Roy Jeffery is still overseeing and maintaining the appearance of the cemetery. As I am sure you know, Roy does a great job, he really cares and is truly dedicated to the cemetery.
On of our greatest needs right now is to find some volunteers who are familiar with computer data entry. The outstanding cemetery record-keeping program (CIMS) has been setup on the cemetery’s computer (thanks to a great volunteer, Edward Jones). The members’ individual data must now be entered into the program. This is a very important project as these records must, of course, be extremely accurate so that we can keep them up to date. Please let us know if you can help.
Thanks to all of you who pick up the stray golf balls in the cemetery and place them over the fence in our inside storage area. The funds raised from golf ball sales go toward our cemetery equipment gas expenses.
We are still working on an electronic mailng list. Toward this end we ask (if you have not done so) that you please provide your name, phone number, mailing address and email address. This will help to reduce the associations mailing expenses and at the same time offer more regular cemetery updates. Please email the request information to our email address: admin@bearcreekcemetery.com.
For those who wish to, please find enclosed an envelope for donations that will go towards continuing cemetery improvements. Whether large or small, every donation helps us make our cemetery a more beautiful place of rest. It is only with your help, through your generous donations, that we can continue to make such improvements for all to enjoy. We truly thank you for your support.
We hope to see you at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 2011, at the cemetery. We encourage you to bring lawn chairs, if you have them. This is your opportunity to guide the Trustees in the direction that you would like to see our cemetery grow.
Again, we ask that you take this opportunity to send an update of your name, phone number, mailing address, and email address to: admin@bearcreekcemetery.com.
Yours thankfully,
Susan Egerton
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