Audience members are guided in for the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Sheila and Reno McCormick provide music during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Craig Hartley portrays Henry ‘Red’ Hedges during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Hedges, born 1917 and died 1978, was the town’s self-appointed clean-up man. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Shondra Jepperson portrays Nettie Van Deren during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Van Deren, born 1875 and died 1939, was most remembered as the town’s midwife and home-remedy expert. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Teri Bays portray Sedona Arabella Miller Schnebly during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Schnebly, born 1877 and died 1950, is the City of Sedona’s namesake. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Shondra Jepperson portrays Nettie Van Deren during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Van Deren, born 1875 and died 1939, was most remembered as the town’s midwife and home-remedy expert. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Dev Ross portrays Margaret Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pirtle during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
James Ball portrays James Andrew Jackson Sr. during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Jackson, born 1869 and died 1944, was a farmer and cowhand that built the first school in the Yavapai County side of Sedona. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Michael Peach portrays Jesse Elmer Purtyman during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Purtyman, born 1879 and died 1942, was the foreman of Coconino County’s road crew and built many area roads, including the road from Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
Michael Peach portrays Jesse Elmer Purtyman during the Sedona Historical Society’s Voices from the Grave presentation at Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery on Friday, Oct. 23. Purtyman, born 1879 and died 1942, was the foreman of Coconino County’s road crew and built many area roads, including the road from Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff. [David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers]
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