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By RACHEL MAHONEY The News & Advance BEDFORD — One by one, the headstones in Bedford’s cemeteries have started looking a little brighter. As she has painstakingly scrubbed off the moss and lichen, one local woman has found intriguing stories in the lives they memorialize — and her passion has recently attracted acclaim online. It usually starts with a gentle scrape of some of the most caked-on growth. Then, Alicia Williams spritzes the stone with a special solution and uses a soft-bristled brush to scrub it down, sometimes repeating the process multiple times. Old h...

RACHEL MAHONEY The (Lynchburg) News & Advance One by one, the headstones in Bedford’s cemeteries have been looking a little brighter. As she’s painstakingly scrubbed off the moss and lichen, one local woman has found intriguing stories in the lives they memorialize — and her passion has recently gone viral. It usually starts with a gentle scrape of some of the most caked-on growth. Then, Alicia Williams spritzes the stones with a special solution and uses a soft-bristled brush to scrub it down, sometimes repeating the process multiple times. And voila! The visual re...