I received this in the e-mail tonight and thought why not, just in-case some of you may have long lost family from the area and would be interested. Have a wonderful Mother's Day also! --- HAVE A GREAT DAY!!! --- Jim Mahan --- jrmahan@att.net --- http://home.att.net/~jrmahan/ --- http://james.mahan.tripod.com/ --- http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jrmahan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Smith" <prsmith@pdq.net> To: <RHODES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:35 PM Subject: [RHODES-L] HOLLOWAY Family Cemetery > > << This was in Tues, 8 May, Springfield MO News Leader, p. > 5B: > > Discovery of cemetery halts roadwork--Associated > Press-Kansas City-- > > Construction of a new highway in south Kansas City has > been halted by > > the discovery of a small cemetery dating back to the Civil > War era. > > State officials are anxious to find any descendants of the > Holloway > > family who are bured in the cemetery. If the heirs can't > be found, the > > state will have to get court permission to move the nine > graves in the > > plot, in order to finish a new Missouri 150. > > Construction workers recently unearthed a marble > headstone, dating > > from 1858, while moving a large section of water pipe. > > Archaeologists later found another headstone and evidence > of seven > > other graves. > > The site has not been disturbed further. > > -------- > > Please pass this on to other lists. > > > > Betty White > > Santa Barbara, CA > > > > ==== RHODES Mailing List ==== > If you haven't become a RootsWeb Member yet, your support now > would be most appreciated. Details of how you can join can be > found at: > > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> > > >