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

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