Hi Shelly, Thanks so much. It is hard to think of 1909 and 1959 as being that old. I guess I am used to New England cemeteries where stones are from the 1600s and 1700s. Even my gr. grandfather, on my father side, which was made of slate and broken was fixed by me last year and you could not even tell that it had been broken. I would think that if a stone had fallen or broken, that they would have tried to contact family by writing to last know address. That would have gone right to my house as my we own my father-in-law's home now. How strange. Again, both my husband and I appreciate any effort on your part, even if you do not find anything. I guess the sextant of the cemetery has no information as is the case in most cemeteries. Sue [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin & Shelly Keech" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:48 PM Subject: [ARWHITE] Looking for tombstones in Oak Grove... > I have printed and I put this in my glovebox so I will have it handy when in > Searcy sometime. I have to warn you that the surveyor who listed this > cemetery is the best and most determined. If he didn't find it...it is > unlikely that I will. I will look and I'll have my dad help me. This > cemetery is so so so large and old it is very possible that a headstone that > was once there is no longer, if one was ever placed, even if they could > afford it. I just don't know. The cemeteries around here are full of > unmarked old graves. We even have one old cemetery, unkempt and in the very > rural country, that was destroyed by bush hogging (this is an extreme, but > just to let you know what happens over time). I will take my camera and > I'll let you know when I look. I wish you the best in your hunt. Shelly > Wyatt Keech > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan Jones <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > Hi Shelly, > > That will be great. I am not sure if they are in a larger lot under the > name of John W. Jones or have a lot of their own. I believe it is a lot of > their own. I am looking for Emma (Masterson) Jones who was born in 1873 and > died in 1909. I do not have complete dates for her, only years. She was > the wife of William M. Jones. > > The other person I am looking for is William M. Jones. He was born 5 Aug. > 1875 in Searcy and died 7 May 1959 in Miami and buried in Searcy. Both > should be in Oak Grove Cemetery. William was married 3 times so there may > be two other wives. Their names were Claudia (Williams) Jones and Alice > (Bunch) Jones. I do not have any dates for them or where they may actually > be buried. Emma and William are my main concerns at this time. > > If you are able to find them, can you take a picture of their headstones > besides telling me where in the cemetery they are located? I don't know if > you can take decent pictures up there this time of year. > > Thanks so much for your offer. My husband and I really appreciate your > offer. > > Sue Jones [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin & Shelly Keech" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:18 PM > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > > That cemetery was recently surveyed by a volunteer (all the cemeteries in > > White County were). While sometimes stones are easily missed,especially > in > > large cemeteries, there are still other times when stones have cracked > and > > fallen down, become illegible from weather, stolen, faded, etc. Give me > the > > exact names and dates you are looking for and I will look for you. I am > in > > Searcy often. Thanks, Shelly Keech, North Little Rock, AR. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Susan Jones <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 4:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > > > > Hi Ann, > > > > I have called the Funeral Home from Florida. They found the information > and > > all they had was a little obit, which I already have from the funeral home > > in Miami which took care of the initial care and transportation to Searcy. > > When I talked to the lady at Roller Daniel Funeral Home, she said that > they > > did not keep records of the lots, diagrams, lot numbers, etc. That was > done > > by the persons who cared for the cemetery. Now, I understand, the city of > > Searcy does the mowing but does not keep records of the lots. I guess I > > will have to wait until spring and try and track them down. My husband > > cannot walk and I cannot drive so it should make for a very interesting > > outing when we can get up there. > > > > Thanks for responding. Take care and good luck on all your research. > > > > Sue [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ann Hart" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > > > > > Sue Jones, It is now called Roller Daniel Funeral Home in Searcy. They > do > > not keep plots or maps of the cemetery as I had the same problem locating > my > > grandmother who was buried (at the time) recently through them. You have > to > > search it out yourself, which took me 4 days in the hot July sun, and I > > never found it. Finally my brother got me to her grave site, only to find > > that my grandfather's date of birth on the headstone was 8 years off! If > > you go to the funeral home, there is a nice young man there who let me > look > > through the burial books, but says the info cannot be published on the > web. > > This would make it too easy for researchers, I guess. there is no one at > > the funeral home that will look something up because it is not indexed in > > any way and you have to pick a year and go through each and every page to > > find your relatives. I think the system should be reformatted, but that > is > > just my opinion, and you know, everybody has one. > > > ann hart > > > > > > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the White Co., AR list, > use > > [email protected] or [email protected] if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the White Co., AR list, > use > > [email protected] or [email protected] if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > List problems? 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Wouldn't it be nice if every one were so considerate. If it did break, etc, they wouldn't know who to call because they wouldn't of known which funeral home put it there and so on. If they knew the family, if the family were local, than that's different. It's really just up to the family to check on these things around here. The caretaker just gets paid to mow or make sure someone mows and to make sure folks are buried in the correct spots, as far as I know. Like everything, some are more organized than others. Also, sometimes if someone is buried beside a small tree, the tree grows and crumbles the stone. That's also a possibility. Did the funeral home say if a tombstone was purchased through them? If one wasn't there is a good chance there was never one made. Shelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Jones <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Looking for tombstones in Oak Grove... Hi Shelly, Thanks so much. It is hard to think of 1909 and 1959 as being that old. I guess I am used to New England cemeteries where stones are from the 1600s and 1700s. Even my gr. grandfather, on my father side, which was made of slate and broken was fixed by me last year and you could not even tell that it had been broken. I would think that if a stone had fallen or broken, that they would have tried to contact family by writing to last know address. That would have gone right to my house as my we own my father-in-law's home now. How strange. Again, both my husband and I appreciate any effort on your part, even if you do not find anything. I guess the sextant of the cemetery has no information as is the case in most cemeteries. Sue [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin & Shelly Keech" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:48 PM Subject: [ARWHITE] Looking for tombstones in Oak Grove... > I have printed and I put this in my glovebox so I will have it handy when in > Searcy sometime. I have to warn you that the surveyor who listed this > cemetery is the best and most determined. If he didn't find it...it is > unlikely that I will. I will look and I'll have my dad help me. This > cemetery is so so so large and old it is very possible that a headstone that > was once there is no longer, if one was ever placed, even if they could > afford it. I just don't know. The cemeteries around here are full of > unmarked old graves. We even have one old cemetery, unkempt and in the very > rural country, that was destroyed by bush hogging (this is an extreme, but > just to let you know what happens over time). I will take my camera and > I'll let you know when I look. I wish you the best in your hunt. Shelly > Wyatt Keech > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan Jones <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > Hi Shelly, > > That will be great. I am not sure if they are in a larger lot under the > name of John W. Jones or have a lot of their own. I believe it is a lot of > their own. I am looking for Emma (Masterson) Jones who was born in 1873 and > died in 1909. I do not have complete dates for her, only years. She was > the wife of William M. Jones. > > The other person I am looking for is William M. Jones. He was born 5 Aug. > 1875 in Searcy and died 7 May 1959 in Miami and buried in Searcy. Both > should be in Oak Grove Cemetery. William was married 3 times so there may > be two other wives. Their names were Claudia (Williams) Jones and Alice > (Bunch) Jones. I do not have any dates for them or where they may actually > be buried. Emma and William are my main concerns at this time. > > If you are able to find them, can you take a picture of their headstones > besides telling me where in the cemetery they are located? I don't know if > you can take decent pictures up there this time of year. > > Thanks so much for your offer. My husband and I really appreciate your > offer. > > Sue Jones [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin & Shelly Keech" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:18 PM > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > > That cemetery was recently surveyed by a volunteer (all the cemeteries in > > White County were). While sometimes stones are easily missed,especially > in > > large cemeteries, there are still other times when stones have cracked > and > > fallen down, become illegible from weather, stolen, faded, etc. Give me > the > > exact names and dates you are looking for and I will look for you. I am > in > > Searcy often. Thanks, Shelly Keech, North Little Rock, AR. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Susan Jones <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 4:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > > > > Hi Ann, > > > > I have called the Funeral Home from Florida. They found the information > and > > all they had was a little obit, which I already have from the funeral home > > in Miami which took care of the initial care and transportation to Searcy. > > When I talked to the lady at Roller Daniel Funeral Home, she said that > they > > did not keep records of the lots, diagrams, lot numbers, etc. That was > done > > by the persons who cared for the cemetery. Now, I understand, the city of > > Searcy does the mowing but does not keep records of the lots. I guess I > > will have to wait until spring and try and track them down. My husband > > cannot walk and I cannot drive so it should make for a very interesting > > outing when we can get up there. > > > > Thanks for responding. Take care and good luck on all your research. > > > > Sue [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ann Hart" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARWHITE] Searcy Funeral Hope Assitance > > > > > > > Sue Jones, It is now called Roller Daniel Funeral Home in Searcy. They > do > > not keep plots or maps of the cemetery as I had the same problem locating > my > > grandmother who was buried (at the time) recently through them. You have > to > > search it out yourself, which took me 4 days in the hot July sun, and I > > never found it. Finally my brother got me to her grave site, only to find > > that my grandfather's date of birth on the headstone was 8 years off! If > > you go to the funeral home, there is a nice young man there who let me > look > > through the burial books, but says the info cannot be published on the > web. > > This would make it too easy for researchers, I guess. there is no one at > > the funeral home that will look something up because it is not indexed in > > any way and you have to pick a year and go through each and every page to > > find your relatives. I think the system should be reformatted, but that > is > > just my opinion, and you know, everybody has one. > > > ann hart > > > > > > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the White Co., AR list, > use > > [email protected] or [email protected] if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the White Co., AR list, > use > > [email protected] or [email protected] if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/arcem.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ARWHITE Mailing List ==== > List problems? 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