Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #45

BRIDE OF A MONTH EMMA CORNELIA WIFE OF B. FRANK SAYLOR DAUGHTER OF REV. DR. E. GREENWOLD AND HIS WIFE LAVINIA BORN OCT. 25, 1852 MARRIED JUNE 23, 1870 DIED JULY 23, 1870 Emma Cornelia’s earthly remains were entombed at Woodward Hill Cemetery one short month after her marriage to B. Frank Saylor, a photographer [...]

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Cemetery Hopping Way Off of 1-70; Green Forest, Arkansas

Since we were so close to Arkansas, there would have been no excuse not to see Scott and Wendy in Green Forest.  After all, it was only 2 1/2 hours away!  While there I had to get a “cemetery fix” and Scott knew it and suggested we go to Yocum Cemetery in Green Forest.  Wendy [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #44

My headstone of the week was found during our recent travels through the midwest. I found this headstone in Yocum Cemetery in Carroll County, Arkansas. This is indeed evidence that somebody misses their parents immensely! They miss them so much that they have even erected an iron rack to hold extra flowers! The rack is [...]

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Cemetery Hopping off of I-70; St. James, MO

What a quaint town St. James, Missouri is!  Too bad we weren’t there when things were open!  8:30 AM was even a little early for me, but we had to do it!  We were on our way to Saint Louie and our ascent up into the Arch!  Our first stop was the St. James City [...]

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Cemetery Hopping off of I-70; Vandalia, Illinois

As we headed to my cousin’s memorial service in Rolla, Missouri, we had to take a break now and then, and what better way to stretch than to find an old, historic cemetery!  The first day on the road had been an exercise in futility. the second day, wasn’t! We decided to stop in Vandalia, [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #43

On our way back from Arkansas and Missouri, we decided to take “The National Road,” Route 40, through part of Ohio.  This decision proved to be the right one when I found one of the nicest, best kept and well cared for cemeteries I had ever seen!  The morning was overcast and the grass was [...]

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Linda’s Headstone of the Week; Week #42

My headstone of the week for this week can be found in Lancaster Cemetery directly behind (or in front of, depending on where you are standing!) the monument of John F. Reynolds, the Civil War General who was killed on the first day of the Gettysburg battle. This headstone reads: JONATHAN FOLTZ BORN FEBRUARY 25, [...]

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Eight Minutes Out of My Day

I used to live just blocks from this cemetery and had never visited it until last week when we were early for a Doctor appointment in Lebanon.  As my husband pulled up to the gate he informed me that I had exactly eight minutes to photograph anything I wanted to!  I jumped from the car [...]

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