Please accept my apology for having sent this to the GA-Roots list. It should have gone to the GA-CEMETERIES List. Winnette ----- Original Message ----- From: "A-T-K's Grannie" <gnw@rose.net> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: Barnesville Confederate Cemetery I should think any further questions regarding this should be taken off list. I send the email below only for your information only and not to cause a problem. Please, no personal remarks on the list. Thanks, Winnette ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Barnesville Confederate Cemetery From: TSM773@aol.com To: gnw@rose.net Winnette, The reason you can't believe this is happening, is because it isn't. Mr. Childress is making false accusations. The original data is not being destroyed. The old stones are being moved to the foot of the graves and being used as footstones with the full inscriptions visible. The information on the old stones is preserved in the History of Lamar County book and on internet sites. This isn't even original data as Childress states. The original markers were wood and were replaced around 1896 and I am sure they had become decayed and hard to read. Furthermore it has been proven by DNA testing that Gary Childress is not related to Lt. D. M. Childress. However, a Mrs. Mary Smithey of Texas is the closest living relative to lt. Childress and she has requested that a new stone be installed. Mr. Childress has not been to the cemetery and has repeatedly ignored explanations concerning the work being done there. Thank you, Al Medcalf 10th Brigade Commander Georgia Division SCV --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.726 / Virus Database: 481 - Release Date: 07/22/2004 ==== GA-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager When in doubt, save thy message overnight and reread it in the light of dawn. GA Volunteer lookups:http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/state/volunteer.html