Thank you and all your co-workers for all the work you have done to preserve Barry Co. cemeteries. Families no longer living in Barry Co. do appreciate your work. Suzanne Sellers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Fly" <barrycofly@gmail.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:05 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] BCGHS CEMETERY RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE > MOBARRY READERS, > A month ago I ran into Darla Marbut at the store and she said that she > hadn't heard much out the Cemetery Committee lately. I got to thinking > and > you know she was right! So I thought I would recap for you what we > accomplished in 2007 and share with you some of the work that lies ahead > of > us in 2008. > > Ted Roller, Jay Trace and myself spent a good part of last year tramping > through the hills of Barry County enduring heat, cold, snakes, tick and > chiggers in an effort to locate, photograph, preserve and protect our > ancestor's final resting places. > > A recap of last years work shows that landscape work and/or stone repairs > were performed in the following cemeteries. > Corsicana Cemetery--Worked on storm damage. > Henry Hadley Cemetery--Restored and fenced. Restoration made possible by > George's Inc. > John Hadley Cemetery--Restored and fenced. Restoration made possible by > George's Inc. > Haddock Cemetery--Located, read and photographed. Need attention. > Higgs Cemetery--Assisted Higgs relatives in clean up efforts. > Clark Farm Cemetery--Located, read and photographed. Needs attention. > H. L. Jackson Cemetery--Located, read and photographed. > Lee Grave Site--Located, read and stones restored. > Liberty Cemetery--Located, read and photographed. > Maddy Cemetery--Stone reset. > Truelove Cemetery--Stones reset. > Mt. Comfort Cemetery located. > Monett IOOF--Jay's great work on photographing all stones. > Stinnett Cemetery--Monett Boy Scouts began the work of clearing and > fencing. > Sulherd Cemetery--Read and photographed. > > The following are examples of why the BCGHS has taken action to save and > protect our abandoned cemeteries. > McDowell Cemetery--DESTROYED, located by dowsing. > Cemetery on Jack Freeman farm--DESTROYED, located by dowsing. > Burials on Betty Jo Thomas farm--DESTROYED, located by dowsing. > Keetsville Cemetery--DESTROYED, located by dowsing, some stones found. > Star City Ranch Cemetery--DESTROYED, located by dowsing. > Stringer Cemetery--DESTROYED, located by dowsing, some stones found. > Unfer Farm Cemetery--DESTROYED, located by dowsing, markers found. > > The Committee is in the process of laying out our plans for 2008. > Although > plans are not complete we have several projects in the works. > > Currently the Stinnett Cemetery is being cleared by the Monett Boy Scouts. > The County road crew has widen the road in front of the cemetery and > removed > all the trees. Soon the Scouts will fence the portion along the road and > install a walk in gate. The BCGHS Committee will reset and restore the > stones after the landscape work is completed. > > The H.L. Jackson Cemetery is scheduled to be fenced and restored soon. We > are waiting for a bid for fencing the cemetery. As soon as we work out a > price, work will begin there. I have the stones repaired and in my garage > waiting to be reset. > > Ted Roller and myself cleared and recorded the Anderson Cemetery in > February. We reset the stones and staked off unmarked graves for > pictures. > Donna will have those pictures to post when she returns. > > We have several other projects in the works and I'll keep you updated as > they progress. > > Jack Fly > BCGHS Cemetery Committee > Please tell us about your Barry County ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > 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