I ran across this little poem in some book, and although I can't recall who the author was (or the book for that matter), I trust they would not mind me sharing it with everyone especially at this time of year. As we all gather with family and friends for a celebration of Christmas, let's give an extra measure of thanks to all of our ancestors who came before us and made this country what it is today. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone! Bob Carter Greensboro, NC ------------------------------------------------------ The Dash In Your Life I read of a man who stood to speak At the funeral of a friend He referred to the dates on her tombstone From the beginning to the end He noted that first came her date of birth And spoke the following date with tears But he said what mattered most of all Was the dash between those years (1934 - 1998) For that dash represents all the time That she spent alive on earth And now only those who loved her Know what that little line is worth. For it matters not, how much we own The cars...the house...the cash What matters is how we live and love And how we spend our dash So think about this long and hard Are there things you'd like to change? For you never know how much time is left That can still be rearranged If we could just slow down enough To consider what's true and real And always try to understand The way other people feel And be less quick to anger And show appreciation more And love the people in our lives Like we've never loved before. If we treat each other with respect And more often wear a smile Remembering that this special dash Might only last a little while So, when your eulogy's being read With your life's actions to rehash Would you be proud of the things they say About how you spent your dash?

Sorry, yes, I meant the BBB. A contact says that they stone may be shipped this week. (Yet another date for delivery). Threats will have to be up to the purchaser which did a masked demand for a firm delivery date.. I think that things may work out, they have had a web prescence since 98. They did have about 3 or 4 BBB Complaints which they settled. Of course there were no compliants when I looked before I refered them. I did hear they were ok and did refer one lady before which was happy. The reason I worry is because I refered them and the person ordering is an outstanding person genuinely concerned about the historic preservation of his family cemetery. > > From: Kimber <scarfyrre@yahoo.com> > Date: 2005/12/21 Wed PM 09:22:58 EST > To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] > > Evening :) > > What's the BBS? Do you mean the BBB (better business bureau)? > > Have you given a friendly threat yet? You know, like "I was talking with my attorney the other day, and he/she said it's a shame so-and-so won't have that new stone. My attorney is very sad." Something along those lines that is a threat but not a threat. > > Other than that and the BBB, I have not a clue. Time to stop being polite, I think, if it's been months. > > Good luck > > "S.K. Bramlett" <eastpointgraves@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anyway to check on a gravestone / memorial company other than the BBS? > > A stone has been ordered from an online company to replace a missing gravestone in one of the cemeteries I work with. > > There are some issues that have me as well as others concerned. I certainly do not want to mention the company name here and defame them pre-maturely. > > The problem is a 4 to 6 week delivery date that went by without any notification from them to 8 then 9 weeks, then when contacted twice by two different people I was told I would recieve delivery the first week in Dec. and told one excuse while the paying party was given another reason as to why it was late. Here we are at Christmas week, no stone. > > Any ideas as to where to find anything online other than the BBS? > Thanks. > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

I am both an attorney and also a monument builder. The entire monument industry is closing down for the holidays. There are many reasons for missed deadlines, including human error. Mistakes occur, including breakage, that requires starting over from scratch. Once a monument is produced, it may still be delayed due to the schedules of shippers. Typically, monuments will stack up at the shipping company until a truck load is accumulated for a particular area of the country. Patience, communication and courtesy go a long way to resolving concerns. If the company is a member of a professional association you can file a complaint. I recommend against going nuclear except under extreme circumstances. If we can assist you to resolve your concerns contact us and we will see what we can do for you. I am the president of the Georgia Monument Builders Association and I will be happy to assist you. Burton Fletcher Burton@ValdostaMemorials.com -----Original Message----- From: Kimber [mailto:scarfyrre@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:23 PM To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] Evening :) What's the BBS? Do you mean the BBB (better business bureau)? Have you given a friendly threat yet? You know, like "I was talking with my attorney the other day, and he/she said it's a shame so-and-so won't have that new stone. My attorney is very sad." Something along those lines that is a threat but not a threat. Other than that and the BBB, I have not a clue. Time to stop being polite, I think, if it's been months. Good luck "S.K. Bramlett" <eastpointgraves@bellsouth.net> wrote: Hi, Is there anyway to check on a gravestone / memorial company other than the BBS? A stone has been ordered from an online company to replace a missing gravestone in one of the cemeteries I work with. There are some issues that have me as well as others concerned. I certainly do not want to mention the company name here and defame them pre-maturely. The problem is a 4 to 6 week delivery date that went by without any notification from them to 8 then 9 weeks, then when contacted twice by two different people I was told I would recieve delivery the first week in Dec. and told one excuse while the paying party was given another reason as to why it was late. Here we are at Christmas week, no stone. Any ideas as to where to find anything online other than the BBS? Thanks. ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Hi, Is there anyway to check on a gravestone / memorial company other than the BBS? A stone has been ordered from an online company to replace a missing gravestone in one of the cemeteries I work with. There are some issues that have me as well as others concerned. I certainly do not want to mention the company name here and defame them pre-maturely. The problem is a 4 to 6 week delivery date that went by without any notification from them to 8 then 9 weeks, then when contacted twice by two different people I was told I would recieve delivery the first week in Dec. and told one excuse while the paying party was given another reason as to why it was late. Here we are at Christmas week, no stone. Any ideas as to where to find anything online other than the BBS? Thanks.

Evening :) What's the BBS? Do you mean the BBB (better business bureau)? Have you given a friendly threat yet? You know, like "I was talking with my attorney the other day, and he/she said it's a shame so-and-so won't have that new stone. My attorney is very sad." Something along those lines that is a threat but not a threat. Other than that and the BBB, I have not a clue. Time to stop being polite, I think, if it's been months. Good luck "S.K. Bramlett" <eastpointgraves@bellsouth.net> wrote: Hi, Is there anyway to check on a gravestone / memorial company other than the BBS? A stone has been ordered from an online company to replace a missing gravestone in one of the cemeteries I work with. There are some issues that have me as well as others concerned. I certainly do not want to mention the company name here and defame them pre-maturely. The problem is a 4 to 6 week delivery date that went by without any notification from them to 8 then 9 weeks, then when contacted twice by two different people I was told I would recieve delivery the first week in Dec. and told one excuse while the paying party was given another reason as to why it was late. Here we are at Christmas week, no stone. Any ideas as to where to find anything online other than the BBS? Thanks. ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I checked all your surnames in the "Meriwether County, Georgia Cemeteries" book by Priscilla Turner and found only one Ramsey: Laura Dupree Ramsey, 21 Jun 1906 - 17 Feb 1959 in the Rocky Mount Bethel (W) cemetery. Sorry I wasn't more help. Good Luck in your searching. Gus Hipp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ramsey, Ramsay, Jordan, Dockery Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/349.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Tracee, Have you checked the Greenville Genealogical Chapter's cemetery survey books at the library? They have one volume in particular that is a compulation of black cemeteries in the area when churches were segregated. Hope it produces a lead for you. Allen

Was Ollie a man? I had an ancestor Ollie in Buena Vista about that time. ----- Original Message ----- From: <AJRFH3@aol.com> To: <GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] Smith Burial Site > I checked the cemetery book foir Meriwether Co. GA and found NO Ollie Smith > at all and No Henry Smith meeting your time line. > Sorry I can't be of more help. > Good luck. > Gus Hipp > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > >

I checked the cemetery book foir Meriwether Co. GA and found NO Ollie Smith at all and No Henry Smith meeting your time line. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck. Gus Hipp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eo.2ADEAE/391 Message Board Post: I am searching for the burial sites of my grand parents, Ollie and Henry Smith---all I know is that they died in 1917-18 and are buried in Georgia---"in a little place near the Alabama/Georgia line"---I know this is not much to go on but I'll try it and hope---Thanks to anyone with information or reference to an appropreate source. E-mail: kirene@bellsouth.net

I checked my book on Meriwether County Cemeteries and found NO Godwin listed. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck. Gus Hipp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/390 Message Board Post: Looking for gravesite for Emma Mccrimmon. Died early 1900's. Buried in or around 1900 in Irwin County, Ga.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/387.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You are very welcome. If I can help again, just send me an e-mail at ladylyn51@aol.com Good luck.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GODWIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/387.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much Linda!!!! I really appreciate it. Tiffiney

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/387.1 Message Board Post: I was able to find the following. Now all you have to do is request a death certificate from the state of Georgia and it will tell you what cemetery he is buried in. Let me know if I can help further. Name: Joseph L Godwin Death Date: 17 Oct 1944 County of Death: Crisp Gender: M Race: W Age: 64 years Certificate: 21201

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Thanks, Larry! And I'll visit your blog. Let me know when and if you get by there. Much appreciated! Janet Walker ' From: Larry Felton Johnson <larryj@gsu.edu> Date: 2005/12/01 Thu AM 08:47:14 EST To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] Fulton Co. Utoy Creek Battle & church cemetery On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 07:11:11PM -0700, jbw81574@cox.net wrote: > Hard to believe, but I cannot find the names, companies, etc. for the 18 to 25 Confederates buried in Utoy Church cemetery. This church is now called Temple of Christ Pentecostal Church, corner of Cahaba Dr. and 1911 Venetian Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30311. I have written the church with no luck so far. Is there anyone in the Atlanta area who would be willing to visit this cemetery and record the info. on each Confederate gravesite and post it on the internet?? These men died around August 1864 in the Battle of Utoy Creek. The church was used as a hospital. Any help will be appreciated! I believe John W. Melson from Talbot Co. is buried there, as is Robert B. Barron. Both men died on August 6, 1864. Private Melson was in Co. I, 46th Reg., Ga. Vol. Infantry. > > I'd love to (I spend a great deal of time wandering old cemeteries within Atlanta's city limits anyhow, and have been spending time around Atlanta's border with Cobb County lately). It may be after the first of the year before I can get to it, and when I do I'll post it on my blog at http://larryfeltonjohnson.typepad.com and put a note here about it. Larry -- ======================================================== "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong." -- attributed to John Maynard Keynes ======================================================== ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 07:11:11PM -0700, jbw81574@cox.net wrote: > Hard to believe, but I cannot find the names, companies, etc. for the 18 to 25 Confederates buried in Utoy Church cemetery. This church is now called Temple of Christ Pentecostal Church, corner of Cahaba Dr. and 1911 Venetian Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30311. I have written the church with no luck so far. Is there anyone in the Atlanta area who would be willing to visit this cemetery and record the info. on each Confederate gravesite and post it on the internet?? These men died around August 1864 in the Battle of Utoy Creek. The church was used as a hospital. Any help will be appreciated! I believe John W. Melson from Talbot Co. is buried there, as is Robert B. Barron. Both men died on August 6, 1864. Private Melson was in Co. I, 46th Reg., Ga. Vol. Infantry. > > I'd love to (I spend a great deal of time wandering old cemeteries within Atlanta's city limits anyhow, and have been spending time around Atlanta's border with Cobb County lately). It may be after the first of the year before I can get to it, and when I do I'll post it on my blog at http://larryfeltonjohnson.typepad.com and put a note here about it. Larry -- ======================================================== "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong." -- attributed to John Maynard Keynes ========================================================

Found a Death Record online that shows a Joseph L. Godwin who died Oct 17, 1944 in Crisp County GA (Cordele, GA area)at age 64. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98 Record about Joseph L Godwin Name: Joseph L Godwin Death Date: 17 Oct 1944 County of Death: Crisp Gender: M Race: W Age: 64 years Certificate: 21201 --- tiffiney_GR@graceba.net wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: GODWIN > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/387 > > Message Board Post: > > I need to find where Joseph Lawrence Godwin was > buried. His daughter, my grandmother, wants to > visit it one more time before she dies. She can't > remember exactly when or where he was buried. We > believe he died around 1945 and was buried somewhere > in Warm Springs, GA. Any help would be > appreiciated! > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address > GA-CEMETERIES-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are > trying to unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the > same utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and > search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Melson, Barron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eo.2ADEAE/388 Message Board Post: Hard to believe, but I cannot find the names, companies, etc. for the 18 to 25 Confederates buried in Utoy Church cemetery. This church is now called Temple of Christ Pentecostal Church, corner of Cahaba Dr. and 1911 Venetian Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30311. I have written the church with no luck so far. Is there anyone in the Atlanta area who would be willing to visit this cemetery and record the info. on each Confederate gravesite and post it on the internet?? These men died around August 1864 in the Battle of Utoy Creek. The church was used as a hospital. Any help will be appreciated! I believe John W. Melson from Talbot Co. is buried there, as is Robert B. Barron. Both men died on August 6, 1864. Private Melson was in Co. I, 46th Reg., Ga. Vol. Infantry.