Julia, Going to forward this to the various lists. Don't know of any direct descendants but think there are some in Pitt Co. Hymrick Sr married Elizabeth Phillips the sister of my THomas Phillips but I don't live in the area. One of the Lenoir list members restores old stones, but of course this is his business and sooner or later have to get him to repair Elizabeth's grand nephew's stone. I hate to see old graveyards go down like this because next thing you know, they are plowed over. Martha At 07:15 AM 12/26/01 EST, you wrote: >Hi Martha, I recently visited the grave of Hymerick Hooper in Greene Co. His >tombstone is absolutely beautiful but this site is in great need of repair. >Do you know of anyone I can contact that would be interested in taking on >this task. I am slowly trying to repair the graves of my ancestors (Coward, >Dixon, Aldridge, Hill, Murphrey, Sugg, Warters, and Arthur) in Greene and >Lenoir. I don't think the Hooker's are in my line but I am interested in >preserving all of the old family cemeteries. They are such wonderful history. >Thanks, Julia >