2023
- Selected as one of five cemeteries for the Constellation of Living Memorials pilot program.
- Received a $5,000 matching grant to plant native plants from the Texas Historical Foundation via Constellation of Living Memorials.
- Headstone mapping with database and GPS locations completed by Texas Cemetery Restorations.
- Headstone photographs, grave research, and four-source database reconciliation and merge completed by Steve and Patti Erickson.
- Cemetery-wide Veterans Day observance reinstituted.
2024
- A $15,000 grant from Summerlee Foundation, via Constellation of Living Memorials, allowed all stones to be professionally cleaned and their condition logged ($8,000), historical research done in preparation for Landmark status filing ($2,000), and stones to be professionally repaired ($5,000).
- First annual Descendants Day event held.
- Cemetery-wide Memorial Day observance reinstituted.
- Memorial Plaza dedicated.
- “Missing” markers rediscovered.
- Families mapped, descendants identified and contacted.
- 1,000 volunteer hours completed on landscaping.
- 800+ volunteer hours completed on documentation and historical research.
- First annual Volunteer of the Year Award presented.
2025
- All places of birth and all causes of death researched by Peggy van Wuunik.
- Grid section guidepost built and installed by Eagle Scout David Dwyer.
- $600 grant received from local chapter of Native Plant Society of Texas to create monarch butterfly habitat.
- Western Heights Cemetery Association bylaws written and Board empanelled.