And be an inspiration to the young.... Sue Silver CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Art Dillman <dillmaca@hotmail.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Return to Cemeteries > Hi Jack > > Like yourself, I suspended other activities this week except for one. That > was to mail my signatures to you on Wednesday in order to meet the deadline. > I trust you received it. > > It will soon be first frost. As you know I stay out of the woods and fields > during the summer after getting badly stung more than 12 times in an hour > last year in Little Flock. I agree with you! Even though I spend 27 years in > the uniform of our county, it is time for the young men and women to take > our place. Those thousands of people that died on Tuesday will need a burial > place. Let us hope that 200 years in the future, others will still respect > their final resting place. As members of the elderly community, we can not > fight this war, but we can continue to fight to perserve our cemeteries. I > can assure you that if called, I would serve! But, at 62, I suspect they > will not call me to serve in uniform again. In any case, I can still cut > weeds, mend stones, and fill sunken graves. It will soon be time to go back > to doing that and so I shall. > > Best Regards to you, I'll see you in a cemetery soon, I trust! > > With respect; > > Clarence A. (Art) Dillman > CWO2 AUS (retired) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Jb502000@aol.com> > To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 15 September, 2001 11:29 AM > Subject: [INPCRP] Return to Cemeteries > > > > I have, as I believe all others on the List have a Very,Very, deep > > sorrow for what has happened to our country since Tuesday morning. Words > > can't really describe the feelings I am sure we all have. But we must get > > back, as well we can to our normal lives. It will be difficult, but we > face > > difficulties in our lives each day. Therefore after today I will be back > to > > the Discussions that our list normally relates to, which is subjects > > concerning cemeteries. They also have very deep seated problems which we > must > > address. This does not mean we will forget this past week, it only means, > we > > must get back to our everyday lives. To resume as best we can, the things > we > > normally do. We must not let this change our lives. Even those not > directly > > involved have been deeply affected, But we must move on. I will do > anything I > > can to aid our country, but for now, God Bless America > > > > Jack E. Briles Sr. > > Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator > > Po Box 444 > > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > > (812) 282-6585 > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version) > >