Reblog: A Surprising Cemetery — Sandra Merville Hart

Fellow author and friend Shelia Stovall shares about a family cemetery with us today. Welcome back to Historical Nibbles, Shelia! by Shelia Stovall Thank you for inviting me to share a story that might interest genealogists. Judy, my mother-in-law, loved genealogy. One of my deepest regrets is that I didn’t record her family stories. She […]

A Surprising Cemetery — Sandra Merville Hart

Grave Stories

There are a lot of stories that can be told from a cemetery and headstone cleaner Alicia Williams is just the person to tell them.

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She research old local newspapers looking for interesting stories. When she find them she then goes looking for their graves. Here’s one she found of a young girl tragically caught in a fire.

If tour stories continue to be told, a little bit of immortality comes your way.