PRAISE THAT FARMER WELL!!! Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernie & Connie Lasley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 6:39 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Gravestone found, from Pike County! > Hello All, > > I need to contact someone from Pike County that is familiar With Williams > Cemetery, or knows who takes care of it. We have found a very large > gravestone that was discarded in a field Northwest of Patoka in Gibson > County within the last three weeks, that apparently came from Williams > Cemetery in Pike County. The names on the stone are Hobart McCandless > (1897-1965) wife Bessie McCandless (1897- 1920) and son Marion > McCandless. According to the Pike County cemetery listings, they are > buried in Williams Cemetery (aka Patoka Grove and Whitman) in Patoka Twp, > about 4 miles SW of Winslow on road 475S. > > A farmer found the stone in the rural area while mowing a field with a > tractor, he said the stone was not there when he mowed three weeks ago. I > called him this afternoon to let him know where it came from, and he said > he would haul it back there if I could find someone to contact. He was > surprised that it came from so far away (about 20 mi), he said the stone > will weigh around 200 pounds. > > If anyone knows who to contact about returning the stone to Williams > Cemetery, please let me know. > > Ernie Lasley > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) >
I wish there were more like him. Several miles West of where this stone was found he tenant farms some land that had a small cemetery with at least two graves in it, the stones were removed many years ago by someone else so the land could be farmed. When we were searching for this cemetery he showed me where it was, and does not farm over the area, instead he keeps it mowed regularly so brush and weeds do not overtake the ground. Seems like most farmers would plant right over it if nothing was in the way. At 06:38 PM 08/04/2004 -0700, you wrote: >PRAISE THAT FARMER WELL!!! > >Sue