Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Cemetery Roving part 2

Monday was beautiful, and Teresa and I did some hunting through local cemeteries.  See part 1 over at When I Was 69, my other blog.

To catch you up, we were looking for really old graves.  This is the second cemetery we visited.  Though it's listed as a cemetery, we've learned if it's attached to a church it can be called a graveyard.

Oak Grove (newer).  Mills Chapel Baptist Church is at the front and top of the hill, with plenty of parking.  There was a man with his little boy learning how to ride a bike on the parking lot, which wasn't exactly level...so more power to the kid!


The note above is inscribed in a ramp that leads into the grassy area off the parking lot...after going through a chain link gate.  I recognized the Mason insignia.


It's always nice to see a well tended cemetery.  But though it seemed big, we had another couple of big ones to come later.


a 1980 grave
I wondered if this Groce is related to my friend
We wondered if Charles Flack was related to Roberta.  I wondered if any blacks are in this cemetery.  I kind of doubt it.

My next post will be the older part of one of the big cemeteries, which is perhaps a combination of Black Mountain Cemetery and several named Mountain View Cemetery.  Tomorrow I'm posting back on When I Was 69.
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2 comments:

  1. MontanagirlJune 4, 2014 at 4:51 PM

    My husband and I go spiriting around cemeteries every now and then. We like to find the old country ones if possible.

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  2. Barbara RogersJune 4, 2014 at 5:09 PM

    We haven't even started on the little family ones up in the countryside (here mountainsides) which will sometimes require 4 wheel drive or walking. And we don't know how many of them will be open to public. Nor do we know where a nearby restroom might be in case of need. So th
    ere's a bit of hesitation about the "rural cemeteries visit."

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