Sharon, We ought to go Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: [FL-WFGS] Coon Hill Cemetery Celebration > > > A Special Invitation from Mr. Alvin Enfinger > > Open House at Coon Hill Cemetery > October 28, 2007 (Sunday after church) > > Free seafood dinner of fried catfish, fried mullet, coleslaw, baked > beans, and hush puppies! > > Although dinner is free, donations will be greatly appreciated. > > CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE RESTORATION > > This event is an OPEN HOUSE to visit the oldest cemetery in northern > Santa Rosa County. It originated around 1820, about the time of the > first settlers. The close-in quarters of the Coon Hill community were > located about 1/4 mile away, near a big spring and fresh water. It had > a general merchandise store, a stable, blacksmith shop, a Pony Express > headquarters, a U.S. Post Office and a church that alternated between > Methodist and Baptist. > > We have had three major desecrations over the last 12 years that were > devastating. About 150 headstones and slabs have been badly broken. > The big unbreakable ones have been pushed over, somtimes breaking the > slab as they fell. The landmark statue of Mary, 'The Mother of Jesus,' > was broken beyond repair and has been replaced. We also have installed > three wrought iron gates in the concrete wall openings with the name > 'COON HILL' above the entrance gate. About 100 headstones and slabs and > 73 new markers have been replaced or repaired. We are proud of this > historic cemetery and sometime in the future there may be a need to open > a new section for burials. > > THANK YOU FOR CARING AND COMING! > > Directions >>From south-Go north of Chumuckla Crossroads on Chumuckla Hwy. (#197) for > 5.6 miles. Turn left on Wade Road. Follow for 1/2 mile to a stop sign. > Continue straight (now on Mineral Springs Road) for 2.6 miles. Turn > right on a graded dirt road and go 2 miles to cemetery. > >>From north-12 miles south of Jay, turn right on Mineral Springs Road or > Wade Road. > > BRING LAWN CHAIRS, OR YOU MAY STAND AND EAT OFF THE FAMOUS CENTURY-OLD > CONCRETE WALL. > > Additional Information - Alvin H. Enfinger, 850-994-7033 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1060 - Release Date: 10/9/2007 > 4:43 PM > >
I was thinking the same thing but we would have to pick me up some chicken. ;-) Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Myers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Coon Hill Cemetery Celebration > Sharon, We ought to go > > Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:05 PM > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Coon Hill Cemetery Celebration > > >> >> >> A Special Invitation from Mr. Alvin Enfinger >> >> Open House at Coon Hill Cemetery >> October 28, 2007 (Sunday after church) >> >> Free seafood dinner of fried catfish, fried mullet, coleslaw, baked >> beans, and hush puppies! >> >> Although dinner is free, donations will be greatly appreciated. >> >> CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE RESTORATION >> >> This event is an OPEN HOUSE to visit the oldest cemetery in northern >> Santa Rosa County. It originated around 1820, about the time of the >> first settlers. The close-in quarters of the Coon Hill community were >> located about 1/4 mile away, near a big spring and fresh water. It had >> a general merchandise store, a stable, blacksmith shop, a Pony Express >> headquarters, a U.S. Post Office and a church that alternated between >> Methodist and Baptist. >> >> We have had three major desecrations over the last 12 years that were >> devastating. About 150 headstones and slabs have been badly broken. >> The big unbreakable ones have been pushed over, somtimes breaking the >> slab as they fell. The landmark statue of Mary, 'The Mother of Jesus,' >> was broken beyond repair and has been replaced. We also have installed >> three wrought iron gates in the concrete wall openings with the name >> 'COON HILL' above the entrance gate. About 100 headstones and slabs and >> 73 new markers have been replaced or repaired. We are proud of this >> historic cemetery and sometime in the future there may be a need to open >> a new section for burials. >> >> THANK YOU FOR CARING AND COMING! >> >> Directions >>>From south-Go north of Chumuckla Crossroads on Chumuckla Hwy. (#197) for >> 5.6 miles. Turn left on Wade Road. Follow for 1/2 mile to a stop sign. >> Continue straight (now on Mineral Springs Road) for 2.6 miles. Turn >> right on a graded dirt road and go 2 miles to cemetery. >> >>>From north-12 miles south of Jay, turn right on Mineral Springs Road or >> Wade Road. >> >> BRING LAWN CHAIRS, OR YOU MAY STAND AND EAT OFF THE FAMOUS CENTURY-OLD >> CONCRETE WALL. >> >> Additional Information - Alvin H. Enfinger, 850-994-7033 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1060 - Release Date: >> 10/9/2007 >> 4:43 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1061 - Release Date: > 10/10/2007 8:43 AM > >