Head to head(stone)
Joan and Bill Cameron, co-superintendents of the Grove Street Cemetery, live among ghosts. After almost 56 years of marriage and 35 years at the cemetery (25 years as co-superintendents), they have seen, heard and tape-recorded the spirits of the dead. In their bustling office near the cemetery gate, the couple sat down for a rare interview with scene.
Q: Who digs the graves?
Joan: We have men out there. They dig by hand. Most of the places aren’t easy to get at with a backhoe.
Bill: If you use the backhoe you’ll do damage to the existing stones. So we dig by hand. She’s dug...
