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To: honeygrl
It would be nice if the *cough* NAACP *cough* would chalk up some money for some headstones. But I wouldn't hold my breath.

To continue my rant from post #12. I'm big time into genealogy and have visited cemeteries from Virginia to Texas and though we might have had to crawl through brambles to get to cemeteries, they've been in good shape. I know folks who either have family or are just kind-hearted who have made simple cement markers/blocks for unmarked graves. They have drawn in the wet cement the known info just so it won't be forgotten. Sometimes they'll put maybe a rock or cement curb around known family lots or at least mark the corners. It's not costly or rocket science, it just requires a little respect. Those family members of the Athens' cemetery should be ashamed.

16 posted on 09/13/2003 7:21:40 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: mtbopfuyn
"Those family members of the Athens' cemetery should be ashamed. "

You got that right. It seems like it would be a great project for some large church here to take on though. Aren't churches supposed to do good works for the community? I don't think many here do much. Most are more worried about their "building fund" than any community projects.
20 posted on 09/13/2003 7:45:29 AM PDT by honeygrl
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