I just noticed at Mount Olive the graves are facing east and the church faces South so it can't be it. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/cemetery/mtolive/DSCN1009.JPG Donna On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Betty Lamberson <betquilts@leru.net> wrote: > On Friday afternoon we showed the photo to Donald Overton, a childhood > friend just older than me,  who remembers a lot about this area, I did not > tell him what I thought, and he said this looks like the old church at > Concord. > Although they were not having church there in my childhood, 40's and 50's, > Our parents, aunts, uncles and cousins, would go up every year before > decoration day and clean up my Grandparents  Higgs and Greatgrandparents > Brattins graves.  My brother and I would play around there and the old > church always looked spooky to us in the late afternoon. We never went > inside...  it did set to the  west  and a little bit north part of the > cemetery. and the photo looks like afternoon sun.... Donald also remembers > Clark, Muncie Chapel, Hogeye AKAOverton,  Corsicana and  New HOpe Churches, > As best as we remember Corsicana did not ever have a church at the Cemetery, > New Hope never had a cemetery at the church.  I went to school in the 1940's > in the old Clark school and it did not face the cemetery to the west, it > faced the road to the south. and the building was white clapboard but a > different style. I have not been over to Mt Olive recently even though I > have a great Uncle,  Thomas Mcduffa Higgs,  buried there. So I am not > certain whether it could be Mt. Olive? > Betty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Cooper" <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> > To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:42 AM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo > > >> Good Morning, List Readers, have you ever noticed when it rains it >> pours? That is what is doing here at my desk this morning. As I walk >> through several messages and a Trojan in among some computer problems, >> I hear the hammering outside and the call for me to come and help. So >> much for this being a restful Sunday. We have been without power for >> two days and will have one more day without power. So if you write to >> me and don't hear right back don't be alarmed, I'll crawl out from >> under this stack of work sooner or later. >> >> Phyllis Long has been helping me stay on top of things, but has a few >> computer problems of her own and that mean old boy carpal tunnel >> working at her house. >> >> The good news is that we have a nice photo for the week. >> >> Ralph and Betty Lamberson sent us some nice photos the other day and >> so I picked one of them for our feature this week. The church house in >> this one looks familiar. I am wondering if you think this is Mount >> Olive near Pioneer or if it is Munsey or maybe Concord. >> >> These Garrison Howerton photos came from Naydene Garrison Belka's >> collection of old photos. They were given to Larry James who gave them >> to the Lambersons. This from a collection of about 40 pictures. The >> photos have been scanned without any touch up. >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm >> >> If you want to join us on Barry County GenWeb on Face Book you can >> send me a note and I'll add you as soon as I can. Be sure and tell me >> how to find you or what address you are using for your page so I can >> find you. We have about 94 on there now so we are gathering up folks. >> There have been a lot of pictures posted this past week and the >> conversation range was Washburn, Seligman, Purdy, Cassville and from >> schools to the old days to present time. Some of the subjects were >> depots and mail services. What viewer talked about the Farmers >> Exchange in Washburn buying eggs. Geraldine Pendergraft said she used >> to work there but she couldn't remember how much Fred Roller paid for >> them. >> >> The conversation opened up a few memories of my own, because until she >> said it I had forgotten that she worked there and that Fred was the >> owner/manager. >> >> Donna Cooper >> The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >