Andrew Lumish owns a mobile cleaning service in Tampa, Florida. ย While that might not be that big of a deal, what he does with that service in his off time is. ย Lumish restores the tombstone’s of veterans to their former glory by painstakingly cleaning each one by hand. ย On days when most of us are taking it easy, he can be found doing what he feels he was called to do. ย Why does he do this?
“If you properly restore the monuments you can begin an entire conversation and potentially, in a figurative sense, bring that person back to life…If I could do this every day, I would.”
The Tampa Bay Times reported back in 2015ย that heย had already restored over 300 tombstones. ย As you can see fromย the photos belowย he does a heck of a job.
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Some of these tombstones are unreadable, the elements have taken their toll on them so badly. ย But, that doesn’t deter Lumish who will spend as much time as he feels is necessary (anywhere from 20 minutes up to 2 hours per tombstone) to complete the job.
But, he doesn’t just clean the tombstones. ย Mr. Lumish actually researches many of them to learn about the person behind the monument. ย He then shares their story on his Facebook Page; The Good Cemetarian. ย CBS Sunday morning did a story on him last November, which we have included below.
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H/T to Sarah Forsythe for making us aware ofย this man’s story.