Hi! I have a question. Why do these people destroy our cemeteries? It is stupid. I know most of it is young people on drugs or drinking. But when I was sowing my wild oats we never even thought of trashing a cemeterie. It makes me outraged. Maybe if we can get our cemeteries cleaned up maybe these jokers would be afraid of being seen in them and stay out if they're up to no good. I was at a cemeterie in Newton Co. one time getting data and this lady probably in her 40's was driving a big caddy. Well she was backing up and backed into a big tombstone and knocked it over. She gets out and looks at the damage then looks to see if anyone seen her. Well she seen me and took off like a bat out of China. But By George I chased her down and got her licence plate number and turned her in. Her insurance had to pay to get a new tombstone and she had to pay a fine. The police waited a few days to see if she turned it in but she didn't. Anyone can ask my children, they got in Dutch for walking on the flat tombstones. Fred D. Edens

Fred, You want to talk about outrage. We had quite a bit of damage done to a little country cemetery not far from where I live because a group of young hoodlums (to put it politely) thought it would be cool to race their four-wheel drive pick-up trucks through the cemetery to see how many stones they could knock over. Fortunately, they caught them and they were punished, however, the damage done to the cemetery was irreparable. Some of the old stones could be repaired, but many were damaged beyond repair. They could be replaced with new stones, but that's just not the same as having the old original stones which were lovingly selected and purchased by their loved ones who are gone now themselves. Everyone who had family buried there was just sick, not to mention furious enough to form a lynch mob. It's scarey to think that there are people walking the streets today who have so little respect that they would do such a thing, isn't it? B. Warner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred D. Edens" <fredee66@jscomm.net> To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 5:00 PM Subject: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries in disrepair > Hi! > > I have a question. Why do these people destroy our cemeteries? It is > stupid. I know most of it is young people on drugs or drinking. But > when I was sowing my wild oats we never even thought of trashing a > cemeterie. It makes me outraged. Maybe if we can get our cemeteries > cleaned up maybe these jokers would be afraid of being seen in them and > stay out if they're up to no good. > I was at a cemeterie in Newton Co. one time getting data and this lady > probably in her 40's was driving a big caddy. Well she was backing up > and backed into a big tombstone and knocked it over. She gets out and > looks at the damage then looks to see if anyone seen her. Well she seen > me and took off like a bat out of China. But By George I chased her down > and got her licence plate number and turned her in. Her insurance had to > pay to get a new tombstone and she had to pay a fine. The police waited > a few days to see if she turned it in but she didn't. > > Anyone can ask my children, they got in Dutch for walking on the flat > tombstones. > > > Fred D. Edens > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Missouri Cemetery list, use > MO-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or MO-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >

Contact your state senator or representative and lets insure that this becomes a first class fellony and that a minimum sentence is assigned to convictions. This should apply to juveniles as well as adults. In the mean time a letter to your sheriff with many signatures asking for nightly drivebys and community alert meetings is a start. In MO, encourage your sheriff to understand that concerned citizens will watch his/her efforts and remember the response at the next election. ----- Original Message ----- From: B. Warner To: MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries in disrepair Fred, You want to talk about outrage. We had quite a bit of damage done to a little country cemetery not far from where I live because a group of young hoodlums (to put it politely) thought it would be cool to race their four-wheel drive pick-up trucks through the cemetery to see how many stones they could knock over. Fortunately, they caught them and they were punished, however, the damage done to the cemetery was irreparable. Some of the old stones could be repaired, but many were damaged beyond repair. They could be replaced with new stones, but that's just not the same as having the old original stones which were lovingly selected and purchased by their loved ones who are gone now themselves. Everyone who had family buried there was just sick, not to mention furious enough to form a lynch mob. It's scarey to think that there are people walking the streets today who have so little respect that they would do such a thing, isn't it? B. Warner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred D. Edens" <fredee66@jscomm.net> To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 5:00 PM Subject: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries in disrepair > Hi! > > I have a question. Why do these people destroy our cemeteries? It is > stupid. I know most of it is young people on drugs or drinking. But > when I was sowing my wild oats we never even thought of trashing a > cemeterie. It makes me outraged. Maybe if we can get our cemeteries > cleaned up maybe these jokers would be afraid of being seen in them and > stay out if they're up to no good. > I was at a cemeterie in Newton Co. one time getting data and this lady > probably in her 40's was driving a big caddy. Well she was backing up > and backed into a big tombstone and knocked it over. She gets out and > looks at the damage then looks to see if anyone seen her. Well she seen > me and took off like a bat out of China. But By George I chased her down > and got her licence plate number and turned her in. Her insurance had to > pay to get a new tombstone and she had to pay a fine. The police waited > a few days to see if she turned it in but she didn't. > > Anyone can ask my children, they got in Dutch for walking on the flat > tombstones. > > > Fred D. Edens > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Missouri Cemetery list, use > MO-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or MO-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > you are on the Digest list. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm ============================== 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/

That is horrible. I'd want to lynch the jokers too. It seems that nothing is sared anymore for some people. My family and I had went to a cem. at Saginaw, Mo. and someone had spray painted 666, Satan is Lord, and Satanic symbols on some of the tombstones. It was spooky. You could just feel the evil. Needless to say we never went back. It just made me sick. Fred "B. Warner" wrote: > Fred, > > You want to talk about outrage. We had quite a bit of damage done to a > little country cemetery not far from where I live because a group of young > hoodlums (to put it politely) thought it would be cool to race their > four-wheel drive pick-up trucks through the cemetery to see how many stones > they could knock over. Fortunately, they caught them and they were > punished, however, the damage done to the cemetery was irreparable. Some of > the old stones could be repaired, but many were damaged beyond repair. They > could be replaced with new stones, but that's just not the same as having > the old original stones which were lovingly selected and purchased by their > loved ones who are gone now themselves. Everyone who had family buried > there was just sick, not to mention furious enough to form a lynch mob. > It's scarey to think that there are people walking the streets today who > have so little respect that they would do such a thing, isn't it? > > B. Warner > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred D. Edens" <fredee66@jscomm.net> > To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 5:00 PM > Subject: [MO-CEM] Cemeteries in disrepair > > > Hi! > > > > I have a question. Why do these people destroy our cemeteries? It is > > stupid. I know most of it is young people on drugs or drinking. But > > when I was sowing my wild oats we never even thought of trashing a > > cemeterie. It makes me outraged. Maybe if we can get our cemeteries > > cleaned up maybe these jokers would be afraid of being seen in them and > > stay out if they're up to no good. > > I was at a cemeterie in Newton Co. one time getting data and this lady > > probably in her 40's was driving a big caddy. Well she was backing up > > and backed into a big tombstone and knocked it over. She gets out and > > looks at the damage then looks to see if anyone seen her. Well she seen > > me and took off like a bat out of China. But By George I chased her down > > and got her licence plate number and turned her in. Her insurance had to > > pay to get a new tombstone and she had to pay a fine. The police waited > > a few days to see if she turned it in but she didn't. > > > > Anyone can ask my children, they got in Dutch for walking on the flat > > tombstones. > > > > > > Fred D. Edens > > > > > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Missouri Cemetery > list, use > > MO-CEMETERIES-l-request@rootsweb.com or > MO-CEMETERIES-d-request@rootsweb.com if > > you are on the Digest list. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists > http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/