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Anita Jackson, Rochelle Walker Adrianne Felton-King and Curtis Jay Conrod sing a traditional Negro Spiritual “Every Day Will be Sunday Bye and Bye (When I Reach That Home Beyond the Sky)

Traditionally, fans in the African American Church have featured a wide range of spiritual and family images.

Freddy Jefferson is a loyal volunteer at Washington Park Cemetery. In “A Veteran Volunteer” Freddy talks about, not only how he has cleared some of the cemetery, but his thoughts on finding the tombstones of many veterans – dating all the way back to the Spanish American War.

Singers of The Samaritan United Methodist Church Men’s Choir: Sherwin Reed, Raymond Alexander, Terrell Walker and Preston Bosley sing the traditional Negro Spiritual “Walk in Jerusalem.”

Molly Kodner is the head archivist at the Missouri History Museum Library. In “Off-Site Assistance” she shows us the burial cards of all of the documented sites at the Washington Park Cemetery. All of the archivists provide on-the-phone or in-person assistance for people looking for the burial sites of family members.

In “Home Going”, Nya Brown offers a soulful interpretation of “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” It brought tears to many of the people in the audience.

Sarah Cato at the gravesite of Baby Lee in “Gone But Not Forgotten.” Sarah was the Griot of the cemetery for the day as she uncovered tombstones and relayed personal information about various people buried there.

The tools for hunting and uncovering a gravesite that has been swallowed by trees, bush and time. Using the phone to speak with archivists at the MO History Museum Library, Wanda Brandon notates the names and burial sites of various people near her mother’s gravesite.

We spent the morning filming “Searching for a Mother's Lost Burial Site” as Dan Newman assisted Wanda Brandon in finding her mother, who died when Wanda was 5-years-old.

Zella Jackson sings professionally at funerals. The words of the song and her rendition of “I Bowed on my Knees and Cried Holy (A City Called Glory)” perfectly match the splendor of the rolling hills and beautifully carved tombstones at Washington Park Cemetery.