Subject: Old WITHERINGTON Cemetery near the Sepulga River in Conecuh County, AL Cemetery Trip Scheduled for May 6th _______________________________ Hello All, The trip to Conecuh County, AL and the WITHERINGTON gathering to go out to the old cemetery (north of Evergreen) has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 6th. We are hoping to have a large group of Witherington descendants on hand and plan to take a picnic lunch in with us so that we can all enjoy the cemetery visit. Wayne & Diane King (my brother & sister-in-law from Pineville, LA) will be coming with Lynn and me. Eugenia & Dan Brown are scheduling the visit with a Mr. Ward who controls access to the property. There are also WARD graves in this cemetery, some reportedly with gravestones. The earliest Witherington graves had been marked with wooden "houses" above the graves. I understand that all the wooden markers are now gone, destroyed by fires thru the years. It is believed that this is the location of the graves of William Witherington, Jr. (1773-1837) and Sarah 'Sally' Stanley (1777-1845). In addition, it 'could' also be the site of the grave of William Witherington, Sr. (1740-1819). To date, however, we have seen no actual proof of the actual place of death of "Sr.", but family tales indicate that he possibly made the journey from Feliciana Parish, LA to Conecuh County, AL with his son in 1819. On your Conecuh County maps, the location of this old cemetery is: Section 10, T.7N, R.11E. It is just south of where the East & West Sepulga Rivers run together, NE of Cooks Crossroads, off Hwy 83. Please let Eugenia or me know if you plan to join us, so that transportation in to the cemetery site can be arranged. A time and meeting place near Evergreen will be arranged for Tuesday morning, May 6th, so that we might all meet and share a cup of coffee 'before' the trip back into the deep woods to the cemetery. Please pass the word along to your family members and to other WITHERINGTON descendants on your list and invite them to join us for this special event. Hope to see you all on Tuesday, May 6th! Please let us hear from you if you think you might be able to attend and share the WITHERINGTON FELLOWSHIP and RESEARCH TRIP!!!! Bill King [email protected] Houston, TX 281-493-6767 & Eugenia & Dan Brown [email protected] Evergreen, AL 251-578-2242 ___________________________________________