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How this man helps bring new life to old cemeteries

Rudy E. Mack Sr., left, and George Pirkle, talk about a headstone in the Stoney Point Cemetery in Forsyth County on Monday, Feb. 10. The cemetery is overgrown and is being revived. - photo by Layne Saliba

02152020 CEMETERY 3.jpg — Rudy E. Mack Sr., left, and George Pirkle, talk about a headstone in the Stoney Point Cemetery in Forsyth County on Monday, Feb. 10. The cemetery is overgrown and is being revived. - photo by Layne Saliba

He went to a few cemeteries around Oglethorpe County looking for his grandfather's grave but didn’t have any luck. In the process, though, he found a few cemeteries in need of some care.