That's what I was always taught. Did you ever hear your grandmother say, "I feel as though someone just walked on my grave." Gave me shivers then and still does. marge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Ann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: [AGS] Headstones > As long as the body is on the east side of the stone, and the > headstone, in reference to the body, is on the west, I would think which > way the headstone is facing would not matter. > There has to be some uniformity or one would not know where to walk, as > far as I know, it has been this way. I was taught to show respect in a > cemtery, and DO NOT WALK ON THE GRAVES! > > Barbara Ann McDougal Foster > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this list without the permission of the original author. > >

There is an interesting book called: Texas Graveyards: A Cultural Legacy, by Terry G. Jordan, (Available in paperback at Barnes & Noble and Amazon, under $15)and possibly in some libraries...that looks at East Texas and the cultural aspects of burying the dead...he looks at German, Southern Protestant and Mexican burials...all close to Arkansas. One of the reviewers wrote, "For anyone interested in rural graveyard history, this book has it all. Even though it is slanted toward Texas Germans (Jordan is a 6th gen. Texan) and their particular way of burying their dead, southern, black and Hispanic rituals are treated justly. Tidbits: -in the southern Texan tradition (East, Southeast), sinners and thieves are buried facing south. Everyone else faces east to receive the morning sun, and the second coming." Mynda -----Original Message----- From: Marge [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AGS] Headstones That's what I was always taught. Did you ever hear your grandmother say, "I feel as though someone just walked on my grave." Gave me shivers then and still does. marge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Ann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: [AGS] Headstones > As long as the body is on the east side of the stone, and the > headstone, in reference to the body, is on the west, I would think which > way the headstone is facing would not matter. > There has to be some uniformity or one would not know where to walk, as > far as I know, it has been this way. I was taught to show respect in a > cemtery, and DO NOT WALK ON THE GRAVES! > > Barbara Ann McDougal Foster > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this list without the permission of the original author. > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== ARKANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 2002 FALL SEMINAR and BOOK FAIR Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, 2002 Holiday Inn Airport-East, Little Rock, Arkansas I-440, Exit 3 (Airport Exit) For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/