Dear Gina, My brother-in-law sends me a few obituaries from the Muncie paper. On the back of one of them is half a picture of a guy picking up a grave-marker. Maybe he is Randy Richardson? Nice story, even though I could only read part of it. Nancy

Hi Nancy, That was my son, Andy. I am sorry I didn't send a link about the story to the Randolph list, I did send it to the Delaware County list. A marker was found in someone's front yard, by Mark Kreps, He is with the Cemetery Restoration Committee. The marker was from an old cemetery in Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware County. It belonged to a John S. Smith, who died June 22, 1882. When Mark sent out an email telling about the tombstone, I loaded my boys up in the car and went by the house where it was found, and took photos of it and called the police, I was worried that it would be thrown away or destroyed. The police gave me the marker, and later Mark Kreps, My son Andy and me and my husband went out to the Hinton Cemetery and found John S. Smith's base. Mark cleaned the stone, and reset it. And now John S. Smith marker is back where it belongs. I have included a link to the story that was in the newspaper. Also a link about Mark Davis, who restores cemeteries. John Smith Tombstone. The newspaper and Channel 6 news did a story on this. http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/5/008152-5165-004.html Mark Davis article http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/1/007910-9121-007.html INPCRP (Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project) http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/ Me and my sons worked a couple days, down at the Parker-Moore cemetery in Delaware County, with the Cemetery Restoration Committee, and we are learning how to clean the tombstones and reset them and how to look for missing stones. It is very interesting. I home school my sons, and am using Local History and Genealogy and the Cemetery Restoration as some of their extra schooling. I am planning on becoming more active with the group and help with more cemeteries next year. It has been very educational and fun! I hope you enjoy the links, Gina Richardson INGenWeb Volunteer Coordinator Randolph County IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ . ----- Original Message ----- From: <JuPearl@aol.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:41 AM Subject: [INRANDOL] Smith grave > Dear Gina, My brother-in-law sends me a few obituaries from the Muncie > paper. On the back of one of them is half a picture of a guy picking up a > grave-marker. Maybe he is Randy Richardson? Nice story, even though I could only > read part of it. Nancy > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Would anyone like to submit a phrase or thought for the day for the tagline, send an Email to Gina Richardson richardson69@comast.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >