Judy, thanks for the nice words. I have been trying to get caught up from my few days away from the computer. I will see if I can get one from one of the class mates that took some group photos. Donna ----- Original Message ---- From: Judy Vietri <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 12:28:17 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] New How about a Picture of Donna??? Donna Please post a picture of your 50th reunion group and yourself for all of us to see! We need to see the angel in Barry Co., MO that has made this the best website in the USA! Thanks, Judy Phyllis Long wrote: >Donna is here in Washburn for her class reunion which was yesterday. She >just called and has been doing some photo work in the cemeteries and lacks >about 4 rows at Mano Cemetery, so it will be DONE within the hour. She just >wanted everyone to know just in case they were planning on doing it this >week end. > >Phyllis in MO > >The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2904 - Release Date: 05/29/10 11:25:00 > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2906 - Release Date: 05/30/10 02:21:00 The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, we still have several small ones left. Some only have two or three graves, I think. Donna  ----- Original Message ---- > From: jay trace <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 9:29:23 PM > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] cemeteries > > Don't forget Venable/Baxter around Golden.  Also, Carlin/Wallen south > east of Monett.  Barnes, around Seligman.  Basham Hill, near > Ridgely.  Good Luck. Willis, northeast of Shell Knob. Good work, > ladies, by the way! jay --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Donna Cooper <> ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Donna Cooper <> href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]> > Subject: > [MOBARRY] cemeteries > To: "> href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]" <> ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]> > Date: > Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 1:06 PM > List Readers, after all the > running > and attending a wonderful school reunion here we are back > to > the business of Barry County - > > In the last few days > I photographed - > > Mano Cemetery, > and took a few random > shots at Oak Dale. > > Darla Mabut and I photographed - > P. > P. Henderson's cemetery - already done by Jay Trace, we > were looking for > A. J. Henderson's - > Higgs, > and Ennis. > > And we > took a few random shots at Clark and some photos of > this overgrown > cemetery from outside the fence of Burton.  > > > > ---------- > > Phyllis Long and I took photos of - > > Perkins, > and A. J. Henderson. > > Linda McCormick sent the > correct directions to A. J. > Henderson's and so I will add her > information to the web > page so other folks will be able to find it, > too. > > ------------ > > Yesterday I took a look at > St. Peter and St. Paul and it > looks like there aren't really any old > ones there to speak > of and so I think it would go pretty fast. If any of > you > think you could do it, please let us know. > > We lack > these - > > St. Peter & St. Paul, > Jolly Bethel, > > Painter, > Concord, > Osa, need to finish it. > > ----------------------- > Some of the small ones left to do - > > > Aldridge or Edie, > Browning or Robertson - near Golden, wonder > if there are > any stones there? > Burton - overgrown,  > > Coones - don't have directions to it, > Cornelison Family - near > Seligman,  > Skelton, near Seligman, > Snider, near Cato, about 30 > graves there.  > ------------------------ > Across the line - but > filled with Barry County people > > Mt. Olive - in Newton but > Pioneer's Cemetery, > Roller in McDonald - West of Washburn's people > there, > Oak Dale, in Lawrence County - but Monett's people, just > > a tad across the line, > Rocky, in Newton County and very large. Has many > Barry > County families buried there as well as Newton and > McDonald > County people who are also buried there.   > > If > you have a digital camera and can jump in and help > finish up this > project it would be greatly appreciated. > > It is really amazing > when you think of all that Barry > County researchers > have accomplished!  > > Donna Cooper > > > > >       > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (> ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the > body of the message >       The > list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (> href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]) ------------------------------- To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

Stephen Bedford Walker who married Mary Jane Tuck might be some of that same Walker group couldn't he? Donna ----- Original Message ---- > From: LoVella Moore <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 7:32:31 PM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Adolphus Walker's family picture > > Would someone please look at the Adolphus and Rebecca Walker family's picture > and compare the older lady wearing the white apron with the older lady holding a > Bible in the VanZandt and Edens family.  In my humble opinion I would like > to think it is the same woman because I have been searching unsuccessfully for > Celia Jane Walker Brixey VanZandt's lineage unsuccessfully for years.  In > fact, I have given up.  I would like to think this is either Celia's > mother, aunt, or sister.  But even if it is I still don't know who she > is. Thanks in advance. LoVella Truhitte Moore The list-admin is > Donna Cooper, address - (> href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]) ------------------------------- To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

This is the same person isn't it? Donna It certainly looks as if it is to me. I would love to get some input on who she is. LoVella

This is the same person isn't it? Donna ----- Original Message ---- > From: LoVella Moore <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 7:32:31 PM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Adolphus Walker's family picture > > Would someone please look at the Adolphus and Rebecca Walker family's picture > and compare the older lady wearing the white apron with the older lady holding a > Bible in the VanZandt and Edens family.  In my humble opinion I would like > to think it is the same woman because I have been searching unsuccessfully for > Celia Jane Walker Brixey VanZandt's lineage unsuccessfully for years.  In > fact, I have given up.  I would like to think this is either Celia's > mother, aunt, or sister.  But even if it is I still don't know who she > is. Thanks in advance. LoVella Truhitte Moore The list-admin is > Donna Cooper, address - (> href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]) ------------------------------- To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

Would someone please look at the Adolphus and Rebecca Walker family's picture and compare the older lady wearing the white apron with the older lady holding a Bible in the VanZandt and Edens family. In my humble opinion I would like to think it is the same woman because I have been searching unsuccessfully for Celia Jane Walker Brixey VanZandt's lineage unsuccessfully for years. In fact, I have given up. I would like to think this is either Celia's mother, aunt, or sister. But even if it is I still don't know who she is. Thanks in advance. LoVella Truhitte Moore

Don't forget Venable/Baxter around Golden. Also, Carlin/Wallen south east of Monett. Barnes, around Seligman. Basham Hill, near Ridgely. Good Luck. Willis, northeast of Shell Knob. Good work, ladies, by the way! jay --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Donna Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Donna Cooper <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOBARRY] cemeteries > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 1:06 PM > List Readers, after all the running > and attending a wonderful school reunion here we are back to > the business of Barry County - > > In the last few days I photographed - > > Mano Cemetery, > and took a few random shots at Oak Dale. > > Darla Mabut and I photographed - > P. P. Henderson's cemetery - already done by Jay Trace, we > were looking for A. J. Henderson's - > Higgs, > and Ennis. > > And we took a few random shots at Clark and some photos of > this overgrown cemetery from outside the fence of Burton.  > > > ---------- > > Phyllis Long and I took photos of - > Perkins, > and A. J. Henderson. > > Linda McCormick sent the correct directions to A. J. > Henderson's and so I will add her information to the web > page so other folks will be able to find it, too. > > ------------ > > Yesterday I took a look at St. Peter and St. Paul and it > looks like there aren't really any old ones there to speak > of and so I think it would go pretty fast. If any of you > think you could do it, please let us know. > > We lack these - > > St. Peter & St. Paul, > Jolly Bethel, > Painter, > Concord, > Osa, need to finish it. > ----------------------- > Some of the small ones left to do - > > Aldridge or Edie, > Browning or Robertson - near Golden, wonder if there are > any stones there? > Burton - overgrown,  > Coones - don't have directions to it, > Cornelison Family - near Seligman,  > Skelton, near Seligman, > Snider, near Cato, about 30 graves there.  > ------------------------ > Across the line - but filled with Barry County people > > Mt. Olive - in Newton but Pioneer's Cemetery, > Roller in McDonald - West of Washburn's people there, > Oak Dale, in Lawrence County - but Monett's people, just > a tad across the line, > Rocky, in Newton County and very large. Has many Barry > County families buried there as well as Newton and McDonald > County people who are also buried there.   > > If you have a digital camera and can jump in and help > finish up this project it would be greatly appreciated. > > It is really amazing when you think of all that Barry > County researchers have accomplished!  > > Donna Cooper > > > >       > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Good Afternoon, I know how much you love old photos and so I am happy to say that we have four new ones that I just posted.  Joyce Snell sent us three photos of the Williams family. They were of Robert Williams wife Beatrice Poe and daughter Louise, Robert and Beatrice and of Robert. You will probably remember that Robert's mother was a Woodard. And that Beatrice was a daughter of William and Nora Alice (Cargile) Poe. A couple of days ago Phyllis Long and I were in Cassville eating lunch when a lady came up to us and asked  where Bill Poe was buried. I suppose we look liked like genealogy ladies. We had just come from the A. J. Henderson Cemetery and were hot and sweaty so we were in the corner trying to hide from the crowd. The lady was related to the Main family and from Liberty, MO, but had been to Hickman and didn't find Bill's stone. Anyway, I see that it is there according to our cemetery files. And I did tell her Hickman but had forgotten that he was married to Martha Frances Weathers, a Haddock descendant. Martha was first married to Andrew Amos Burnett and had a large family. William Poe was a son of Harvey and Frances (Gillespie) Poe. I don't have a marriage date for him for Martha and am missing the information about his first wife. I don't think that he and Martha had children. Any of you know? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/phs-8.htm Linda McCormick sent another nice Stephens photo. It was of Eugenia (West) and Pharis Jackson Stephens.  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/phs-6.htm Thanks to our helpers Linda McCormick and Joyce Snell for these nice old photos that they added to our files. Donna Cooper

List Readers, Linda McCormick sent us a great photo of Eugenia West. Linda said that she married Pharis Jackson Stephens on Sep 3, 1902, in Exeter, by Rev. E. W. McCracken, Presbyterian Minister of the Gospel. I wonder how or if she was related to the Morgans of Barry. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-3/westJean.htm Don Warner sent us a photo of a stone at Muncie Chapel that we didn't have on our pages. It is for Billy and Connie Caywood. This one was either skipped or the stone was added after the canvas work we did there. Thanks Don. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/munciechapel/mc.htm At Clark Cemetery Darla Marbut and I took a few random shots and Darla remembered some that she didn't get photographed before the clean up. They were either covered by brush or were face down so that she couldn't see the names and dates on them. So I posted those - M. J. Hagan, Infant Hagan, Albert Stillwagon, E. N. Armstrong, William H. Black Gamblen Allred that they stood up again. Gamblen was a son of Solomon and Aneretta Allred. His brother was Solomon A. Allred who married Sarah Jane Weeks and second Louisa Brisco Simpson Reed in Hartsugs, Van Buren Co., AR.   The Hagan stones were completely covered with brush so these now update that name in the cemetery.   Darla pointed out where the Clark School was located there next to the cemetery and so I took a photo of that area and posted it on the opening page of Clark. I probably should also post it on the Clark School page. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/clark/clark.htm At Burton these photos that I posted were all we could get of that cemetery. Mr. Freeman, the land owner, said he was going to spray it so we need to check back and see when he does it so someone can get out there and take photos of the stones.   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/burton/burton.htm At Higgs Darla Marbut and I took photos of all the stones that we found. I divided up the pages for this one and so we now have several pages on line for Higgs. Betty Higgs Lamberson said her cousin sprayed it and so that is why we were able to get in and take the photos. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/higgs/higgs.htm I have some more photos and other things to post that I will work on later today. Thanks goes to our helpers Darla Marbut, Don Warner and Linda McCormick for their help with these new items. Donna Cooper

List Readers, after all the running and attending a wonderful school reunion here we are back to the business of Barry County - In the last few days I photographed - Mano Cemetery, and took a few random shots at Oak Dale. Darla Mabut and I photographed - P. P. Henderson's cemetery - already done by Jay Trace, we were looking for A. J. Henderson's - Higgs, and Ennis. And we took a few random shots at Clark and some photos of this overgrown cemetery from outside the fence of Burton.  ---------- Phyllis Long and I took photos of - Perkins, and A. J. Henderson. Linda McCormick sent the correct directions to A. J. Henderson's and so I will add her information to the web page so other folks will be able to find it, too. ------------ Yesterday I took a look at St. Peter and St. Paul and it looks like there aren't really any old ones there to speak of and so I think it would go pretty fast. If any of you think you could do it, please let us know. We lack these - St. Peter & St. Paul, Jolly Bethel, Painter, Concord, Osa, need to finish it. ----------------------- Some of the small ones left to do - Aldridge or Edie, Browning or Robertson - near Golden, wonder if there are any stones there? Burton - overgrown,  Coones - don't have directions to it, Cornelison Family - near Seligman,  Skelton, near Seligman, Snider, near Cato, about 30 graves there.  ------------------------ Across the line - but filled with Barry County people Mt. Olive - in Newton but Pioneer's Cemetery, Roller in McDonald - West of Washburn's people there, Oak Dale, in Lawrence County - but Monett's people, just a tad across the line, Rocky, in Newton County and very large. Has many Barry County families buried there as well as Newton and McDonald County people who are also buried there.   If you have a digital camera and can jump in and help finish up this project it would be greatly appreciated. It is really amazing when you think of all that Barry County researchers have accomplished!  Donna Cooper

Just got home from searching for cemeteries with Donna. We photographed A. J. Henderson near Purdy and Perkins at Seligman. A. J. Henderson was really grown up but we waded through the weeds and brush and took what pictures we could. Perkins was surprisingly clear of most brush and was not as hard to do. We had lunch between doing the 2 cemeteries and made a stop at Wal-Mart (of course, what woman could go past Wal-Mart?) and got some more shaving creme for the tombstones. We met 2 very nice men who helped us locate the cemeteries. One was a Mr. Terry and he had a golf cart that he rode around on and took us into the Henderson Cemetery and then came back and got us about an hour later. Can you vision Donna in front with him and me hanging on the back? I knew the man at Seligman and he fixed a ladder for us to crawl over the fence. Both were very helpful. What a fun day! Donna is on her way home tonight and I am headed for the shower. Bet I don't have trouble sleeping tonight. Phyllis in MO

I forgot to tell you that at Clark the Hagan stones are now where you can see them and so Darla took some photos of them that I will be posting soon. Remember that they were covered with brush when she photographed the stones out there. I must add that Clark Cemetery looks so great - really nice work that they did out there!!! I noticed that Oak Hill, Hickman, Clark, Ennis, Mano, Mineral Springs, Pilant, Mt. Pleasant, Purdy, Washburn Prairie, Cornith, IOOF in Monett, Oak Dale in Monett all looked so nice with all the pretty flowers on the stones. I think that at some of these that almost every stone was decorated.  Donna ----- Original Message ---- > From: Donna Cooper <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 4:49:38 PM > Subject: [MOBARRY] cemeteries > > List Readers, yesterday I photographed Mano and Darla and I did Ennis.  I did > Mano in the morning and it only took two hours to photograph it all and it had > to be soaped. It has a lot of unmarked graves. One man told us at one time that > they made Mano larger and when they took in some near area on the north that > they found an unmarked grave in the woods. Another person told us that it was > first called Rock Creek Cemetery and that the first person buried there was an > unknown transit person.  Later in the day Darla and I met some people in > Ennis that we knew and learned that one lady we talked to was going to send some > old photos to the web site. It was a very hot and humid day and by evening I was > worn out.  Ennis went well and it only took about two hours to do it. It went > pretty fast with both of us working on it. But I was ready to go again, > and so today Darla and I took photos at Higgs Cemetery and we tried to find the > A. J. Henderson cemetery but with no luck. All we found out there was a big > batch of ticks. But at Higgs someone had sprayed it and so it wasn't too bad to > walk in it and to take photos. I remember being to that cemetery 20 years ago > but just didn't realize it was Higgs.   This morning we took pictures > at the P. P. Henderson because we found it by mistake while looking for the A. > J. Henderson Cemetery. I thought that it had been done but since we were there > we snapped a few. You will probably remember that Jay Trace did the photos for > it some time ago. We followed the directions that we have on the web - > the problem is apparently the A. J. Henderson Cemetery wasn't where > our directions read that it is. So - do any of you know where A. J. Henderson > Cemetery is? >From there we went to Stinnett Cemetery and was going > to check and see if we had all of the stones photographed but we couldn't get in > it because the weeds and brush was too heavy and thick. Thank goodness Jack Fly > worked on this one last summer and took photos while doing it. This > morning the first cemetery we went to was Burton Cemetery and it was so > over-grown that we couldn't even walk in it. The man who owns it says he is > going to spray it so if some of you want to check back with Mr. Freeman you > might be able to get in and photograph it later on this summer. We had > fun because Mr. Freeman gave us a ride in his pick-up truck up to the area of > the cemetery and his Williamson son-in-law rode in the back through the cow > pasture. It reminded me of the trip I made to Fauver Cemetery near Seligman last > summer. Anyway we got another pickup ride up to Higgs Cemetery by Mr. > Aldridge who is the owner of that property. Then later on Darla and I > parked by the road and was looking at our map but I suppose that we must have > looked like two little old ladies lost and who needed help because  man and > woman in a pickup truck stopped - said follow me - and they took us to Stinnett > Cemetery. It helps to be two little old ladies when you are trying to find > something in Barry County. Everywhere we went we met shirt tail relatives > - that is people who are kinfolks or almost kinfolks. *smile* That concludes > this hot summer day in the cemetery. Donna Cooper   >     The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (> ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]) ------------------------------- To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message

List Readers, yesterday I photographed Mano and Darla and I did Ennis.  I did Mano in the morning and it only took two hours to photograph it all and it had to be soaped. It has a lot of unmarked graves. One man told us at one time that they made Mano larger and when they took in some near area on the north that they found an unmarked grave in the woods. Another person told us that it was first called Rock Creek Cemetery and that the first person buried there was an unknown transit person.  Later in the day Darla and I met some people in Ennis that we knew and learned that one lady we talked to was going to send some old photos to the web site. It was a very hot and humid day and by evening I was worn out.  Ennis went well and it only took about two hours to do it. It went pretty fast with both of us working on it. But I was ready to go again, and so today Darla and I took photos at Higgs Cemetery and we tried to find the A. J. Henderson cemetery but with no luck. All we found out there was a big batch of ticks. But at Higgs someone had sprayed it and so it wasn't too bad to walk in it and to take photos. I remember being to that cemetery 20 years ago but just didn't realize it was Higgs.   This morning we took pictures at the P. P. Henderson because we found it by mistake while looking for the A. J. Henderson Cemetery. I thought that it had been done but since we were there we snapped a few. You will probably remember that Jay Trace did the photos for it some time ago. We followed the directions that we have on the web - the problem is apparently the A. J. Henderson Cemetery wasn't where our directions read that it is. So - do any of you know where A. J. Henderson Cemetery is? >From there we went to Stinnett Cemetery and was going to check and see if we had all of the stones photographed but we couldn't get in it because the weeds and brush was too heavy and thick. Thank goodness Jack Fly worked on this one last summer and took photos while doing it. This morning the first cemetery we went to was Burton Cemetery and it was so over-grown that we couldn't even walk in it. The man who owns it says he is going to spray it so if some of you want to check back with Mr. Freeman you might be able to get in and photograph it later on this summer. We had fun because Mr. Freeman gave us a ride in his pick-up truck up to the area of the cemetery and his Williamson son-in-law rode in the back through the cow pasture. It reminded me of the trip I made to Fauver Cemetery near Seligman last summer. Anyway we got another pickup ride up to Higgs Cemetery by Mr. Aldridge who is the owner of that property. Then later on Darla and I parked by the road and was looking at our map but I suppose that we must have looked like two little old ladies lost and who needed help because  man and woman in a pickup truck stopped - said follow me - and they took us to Stinnett Cemetery. It helps to be two little old ladies when you are trying to find something in Barry County. Everywhere we went we met shirt tail relatives - that is people who are kinfolks or almost kinfolks. *smile* That concludes this hot summer day in the cemetery. Donna Cooper

Donna just called and another one almost done. She has 4 or 5 more stones in Ennis Cemetery and it will be done. Just want everyone to know so that they won't go out and do Mano and Ennis. It is so hot and humid, she must be melting down. Phyllis in MO

Donna Please post a picture of your 50th reunion group and yourself for all of us to see! We need to see the angel in Barry Co., MO that has made this the best website in the USA! Thanks, Judy Phyllis Long wrote: >Donna is here in Washburn for her class reunion which was yesterday. She >just called and has been doing some photo work in the cemeteries and lacks >about 4 rows at Mano Cemetery, so it will be DONE within the hour. She just >wanted everyone to know just in case they were planning on doing it this >week end. > >Phyllis in MO > >The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2904 - Release Date: 05/29/10 11:25:00 > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2906 - Release Date: 05/30/10 02:21:00

Donna is here in Washburn for her class reunion which was yesterday. She just called and has been doing some photo work in the cemeteries and lacks about 4 rows at Mano Cemetery, so it will be DONE within the hour. She just wanted everyone to know just in case they were planning on doing it this week end. Phyllis in MO

If you see this patriotic man and his patriotic children again, please give them a personal thanks from all of us who live too far away to visit our veterans' graves on Memorial Day. What a wonderful gesture that he and his children have taken their time to do. Bless them. Suzanne Sellers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Lamberson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:27 AM Subject: [MOBARRY] Memorial day > Dear Mo Barry researchers, > I saw something yesterday, I just thought I should pass on to you. Ralph > and and I went to Mt. Pleasant cemetery yesterday morning to decorate > graves...we came across a young man and his children putting flags on all > the vets. graves. Of course this is customarily done in lots of > cemeteries by the VFW, I walked over and asked him if he put flags on > just WW1 and WW11 and later? He said no. they try to cover all vets if he > knows who they are! He then told me he inheirted his list, which may not > be very complete from someone else and he tries through obits and notices > ( not always correct) to pick up the name of any vet of any war, buried > in Mt. Pleasant. I told him about my Great Grandfather in the older part > who was a Civil war vet and he told his teen daughter to add him to the > list... He himself is very interested in History and genealogy and has > taken this on as a personal project...his younger child about 10, was > making the holes for the flags and his teen daught! > er was marking the list! he was carrying the flags! They were very > serious in their effort to honor our vets! I shook his hand and thanked > him and told him what a great project! and I am moved by his effort to > instill this respect into his young children!! > He was sort of apologetic that he was running later than usual, he usually > does this on Thursday evening before Memorial day but with so many > children's activities..just couldn't get around to it!! > Thought you might enjoy! > > Betty Lamberson > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Col. McCrae was a Canadian Army doctor and artillery officer of WWI and wrote the poem during a lull in a battle. The poem is standard fare on Canada's Remembrance Day ceremonies when we pay honour to our Vets on Nov 11. Stan > Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 08:25:12 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Memorial day > > I keep this poem from year to year and read it again - out loud - on Memorial Day. I can't get through it completely without breaking down. The tragedy is that is still applies as war after war takes our best and brightest as they defend our right to be free. I thank God for them but the heartbreak remains for those who loved ones are gone before their time. > > > In Flanders Fields > > In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, > That mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly > Scarce heard amid the guns below. > > We are the Dead. > Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, > Loved, and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields. > > Take up our quarrel with the foe; > To you from failing hands we throw the torch: > Be yours to hold it high. > If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, > Though poppies grow in Flanders fields. > Col. John McCrae > Ruth Kent > > > > ________________________________ > From: Betty Lamberson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 9:27:51 AM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Memorial day > > Dear Mo Barry researchers, > I saw something yesterday, I just thought I should pass on to you. Ralph and and I went to Mt. Pleasant cemetery yesterday morning to decorate graves...we came across a young man and his children putting flags on all the vets. graves. Of course this is customarily done in lots of cemeteries by the VFW, I walked over and asked him if he put flags on just WW1 and WW11 and later? He said no. they try to cover all vets if he knows who they are! He then told me he inheirted his list, which may not be very complete from someone else and he tries through obits and notices ( not always correct) to pick up the name of any vet of any war, buried in Mt. Pleasant. I told him about my Great Grandfather in the older part who was a Civil war vet and he told his teen daughter to add him to the list... He himself is very interested in History and genealogy and has taken this on as a personal project...his younger child about 10, was making the holes for > the flags and his teen daught! > er was marking the list! he was carrying the flags! They were very serious in their effort to honor our vets! I shook his hand and thanked him and told him what a great project! and I am moved by his effort to instill this respect into his young children!! > He was sort of apologetic that he was running later than usual, he usually does this on Thursday evening before Memorial day but with so many children's activities..just couldn't get around to it!! > Thought you might enjoy! > > Betty Lamberson > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ 30 days of prizes to be won with Hotmail. Enter Here. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729709

Dear Mo Barry researchers, I saw something yesterday, I just thought I should pass on to you. Ralph and and I went to Mt. Pleasant cemetery yesterday morning to decorate graves...we came across a young man and his children putting flags on all the vets. graves. Of course this is customarily done in lots of cemeteries by the VFW, I walked over and asked him if he put flags on just WW1 and WW11 and later? He said no. they try to cover all vets if he knows who they are! He then told me he inheirted his list, which may not be very complete from someone else and he tries through obits and notices ( not always correct) to pick up the name of any vet of any war, buried in Mt. Pleasant. I told him about my Great Grandfather in the older part who was a Civil war vet and he told his teen daughter to add him to the list... He himself is very interested in History and genealogy and has taken this on as a personal project...his younger child about 10, was making the holes for the flags and his teen daughter was marking the list! he was carrying the flags! They were very serious in their effort to honor our vets! I shook his hand and thanked him and told him what a great project! and I am moved by his effort to instill this respect into his young children!! He was sort of apologetic that he was running later than usual, he usually does this on Thursday evening before Memorial day but with so many children's activities..just couldn't get around to it!! Thought you might enjoy! Betty Lamberson

I keep this poem from year to year and read it again - out loud - on Memorial Day.  I can't get through it completely without breaking down.  The tragedy is that is still applies as war after war takes our best and brightest as they defend our right to be free.  I thank God for them but the heartbreak remains for those who loved ones are gone before their time. In Flanders Fields   In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.   We are the Dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields.   Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw the torch: Be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, Though poppies grow in Flanders fields.                                             Col. John McCrae Ruth Kent   ________________________________ From: Betty Lamberson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 9:27:51 AM Subject: [MOBARRY] Memorial day Dear  Mo Barry researchers, I saw something yesterday,  I just thought I should pass on to you.  Ralph and and I went to Mt. Pleasant cemetery yesterday morning to decorate graves...we came across a young man and his children putting flags on all the vets. graves.  Of course this is customarily done in lots of cemeteries by the VFW,  I walked over and asked him if he put flags on just WW1 and WW11 and later?  He said no. they try to cover all vets if he knows who they are!  He then told me he inheirted his list, which may not be very complete from someone else and he tries through obits and notices ( not always correct) to pick up  the name of any vet of any war, buried in Mt. Pleasant.  I told him about my Great Grandfather in the older part who was a Civil war vet and he told his teen daughter to add him to the list... He himself is very interested in History  and genealogy and has taken this on as a personal project...his younger child about 10, was making the holes for the flags and his teen daught! er was marking the list! he was carrying the flags!  They were very serious in their effort to honor our vets!  I shook his hand and  thanked him and told  him what a great project! and I am moved by his effort to instill this respect  into his young children!! He was sort of apologetic that he was running later than usual, he usually does this on Thursday evening before Memorial day but with so many children's activities..just couldn't get around to it!! Thought you might enjoy! Betty Lamberson The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - ([email protected]) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message