Lance Blackwell, manager of the Goodwill Industries store in Brownwood, recalled his first paying job: mowing the Greenleaf Cemetery grounds the summer of his sophomore year, back in 1969. Blackwell earned $269 a month. Fifty years later, Blackwell — aware of the financial challenges the historic 100-acre cemetery has faced — sent the cemetery association board a letter and a check for $3,061. The check represented a portion of the money the now-closed Brady Avenue Church of Christ, where Blackwell was a member, received from the sale of its building and property...
