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    2. Sharon when we were there it was 5 or 6 ft high in grass and soon to be trees.The fence was tore down the Gunn property still had a fence the lane was between there garden and the cemetery we couldn't tell how big it is. I can send a picture of what we found if anyone wants to see it.My brother was a twin named Franko William Cooksey he died shortly after his birth in 1942. Thanks Linda > You are right on the directions to the cemetery. I dont remember the road > name either but think it may be Arkansas street. There are several old > timey fenced in graves with the old wrought iron fence if no one has tore > them down, you can tell they do gun practice and lots of drinking there cans > everywhere, there is a small road in the middle of the cemetery as it is a > pretty good size cemetery when it was taken care of , on the right side of > the lane is the Gunn family which owned the land and lots of property in Van > Buren, they were nice new kind of looking headstones on the other side is > some real old headstones i believe the oldest one i saw was dated 1866. > Around the 1920's there was an epidemic of fever in the bottoms and there > were lots of people buried there but headstones have been damaged and thrown > around. The cemetery is listed in the " History and Headstones" book but > not all buried there are in the book. Thanks Sharon >

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