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Unique Tombstones and Cemeteries. (Spooky Stories Welcomed)
« on: February 14, 2021, 12:43:53 pm »
This is where my GGG Grandmother is buried.

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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2021, 01:40:36 pm »
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2021, 06:32:49 am »
Here's a spooky story for you. In 2003,  I was going into my office to work. My husband's uncle had passed away in 2001 and we were in the middle of working on adoption paperwork to adopt from Ukraine. As I head into my office, a man passed by me who looked just like our uncle. I turned around and he was gone.  I thought maybe he had gone into the law office next door to us but they weren't open yet. Later that day, we got word that we would be traveling to go to Ukraine to adopt. I always thought he was sending a message that way.
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2021, 10:01:08 am »
Quote from: Texas Pete on February 17, 2021, 08:05:02 am

Someone from the family probably made that one, eh? Looks like it anyway.
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2021, 10:01:24 pm »
As kids we used to explore old graveyards in the hills.
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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2021, 10:30:45 am »
Quote from: Cygnus-X1 on February 17, 2021, 10:01:08 am
Someone from the family probably made that one, eh? Looks like it anyway.

Homemade for sure.
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« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2021, 01:00:38 pm »
Quote from: Texas Pete on February 21, 2021, 10:01:24 pm
As kids we used to explore old graveyards in the hills.

In the daytime....never at night! 😂
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« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2021, 11:19:55 am »
Quote from: _Blue Bird_ on February 22, 2021, 01:00:38 pm
In the daytime....never at night! 😂

My dad told me once at my great grandmothers burial. I was telling him the cemetery was spooky, he said, they won't bother you, they're dead. It's the live ones you have to worry about!
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« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2021, 11:24:43 am »
Due to economic circumstances in the black community, there was man here who made concrete markers at a much reduced cost. All the family paid for was the materials.  Here's an example.

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« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2021, 11:34:04 am »
Quote from: Cemetery Walker on March 08, 2021, 11:24:43 am
Due to economic circumstances in the black community, there was man here who made concrete markers at a much reduced cost. All the family paid for was the materials.  Here's an example.
Interesting and understandable being blacks were always kept dirt poor at the time. Nevertheless, those blacks that did this for the black community had a heart when others were heartless.
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2021, 01:52:28 pm »
I've spent countless of hours surveying and photographing black cemeteries and the common denominator with them all is the poor condition of the cemeteries and numerous, most of the time the majority, of unmarked graves.  Even in active cemeteries.  It's really sad.
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« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2021, 02:19:21 pm »
Quote from: Cemetery Walker on March 08, 2021, 01:52:28 pm
I've spent countless of hours surveying and photographing black cemeteries and the common denominator with them all is the poor condition of the cemeteries and numerous, most of the time the majority, of unmarked graves.  Even in active cemeteries.  It's really sad.
I’ve noticed this myself. Truly sad.
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« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2021, 03:24:19 pm »
Quote from: Cygnus-X1 on March 08, 2021, 02:19:21 pm
I’ve noticed this myself. Truly sad.

Local black cemetery in the heart of town. It's active and on the National Register of Historic Places. Sad

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« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2021, 03:33:55 pm »
Quote from: Cemetery Walker on March 08, 2021, 03:24:19 pm
Local black cemetery in the heart of town. It's active and on the National Register of Historic Places. Sad
Damn. Very sad. Hopefully it’ll be restored to it’s former glory.
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2021, 11:35:05 am »
Quote from: Cemetery Walker on March 08, 2021, 11:19:55 am
My dad told me once at my great grandmothers burial. I was telling him the cemetery was spooky, he said, they won't bother you, they're dead. It's the live ones you have to worry about!

He is absolutely right! 👍 But....I’m still a chicken...so you’re not gonna catch me in a cemetery after dark! Lol! 😂
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