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    1. [GAJONES] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
    2. Walter Kenneth Smith
    3. It is so nice to see all the activity on the list. May I share a tip that really works great for photographing old tombstones. You'll never use chalk again. Buy a box of baking soda and a small kitchen sponge. Sprinkle soda on the inscription and wipe away with the flat kitchen sponge. The soda that remains in the letters photographs in sharp contrast to the stone. You will be amazed. Even letters that can't be read with the naked eye will show up well using this technique. I wish someone who lives in the area would use this technique on one of the oldest cemeteries in Jones County that dates from about 1810. There are two graves that are the raised type about four feet high. The sides and top are granite or stone 4 to 6 inches thick, each piece weighing at least 1,000 pounds. They are much larger than a normal grave. There are inscriptions but I do not remember the names - have not been there for about 30 years. Few people in the community have ever heard of this cemetery. These were prominent early settlers in Jones County and deserve to be remembered. >From Wayside, go west on Five Points Road to the intersection with Cuyler Road. These graves are in the northeast quadrant some 200 yards into the forest north of Five Points Road and about the same distance east of Cuyler Road. They are in a very dense area and probably could not be located when leaves are on the trees. I hope that someone can find them and share with the list the names of these settlers. Ken Smith in Cullman, Alabama

    01/10/2000 10:12:07