We had the unfortunate task of attending the funeral, of the brother, of a dear friend. Oddly, his burial was in Whitwall, which was about 40-45 minutes away via Suck Creek Mountain. What a coincidence he was going to be buried about 7-8 minutes from my grandmother (my dads mother). So we stopped for a visit and I was so mad I forgot my flowers at home. However, I wanted to pop in since I was in the neighborhood. When we first buried her in October 2010, we pulled into this driveway. Since we were family we were close to the front of the funeral procession behind the hearse, I said, we are lost and they are just turning around, "do not follow them." That was only a wish. We were in the correct location.
I took this photo today (I think I was to traumatized the last time) and the the first picture shows the house/driveway you pull into for the cemetery. The next photo is the back of the house and the photo really does not do the cemetery justice since the graves are much closer to the house than the photo represents. I can't really say anything nice about this cemetery. It was mowed this time but has been heavily vandalized int he past and they had burned brush in the back corner. I am sure my family is the only one tending any graves. None of the other graves had any flowers, stones were toppled and it does not appear that any care is taken when mowing.
My grandmother's parents and possibly grand parents are buried here along with her brothers. She also buried her second husband at this cemetery. Her first husband is buried at the National Cemetery, yes, the National Cemetery. I assumed she would be interned with him, but nope, she wanted to be near her parents. Sad, that in a few years and probably when her daughters and remaining sibling pass this cemetery will be lost forever.
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