Jane, maybe Cemetery Preservation can go on the list of "to do" for the new group - one day. Martha >Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 08:31:32 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: diamondg@icomnet.com Wed Dec 26 08:31:32 2001 >From: "Jane Phillips" <diamondg@icomnet.com> >Old-To: "NCLENOIR" <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:29:44 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 >X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >Subject: [NCLENOIR] Hooker Cementery >To: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1111 >X-Loop: NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCLENOIR-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >I have been distressed about this cemetery for sometime. It is >located in a field behind a brick house on the road between Hookerton >and Maury. The last time I was by that way the house was not being >live in due to the flood. >The Town of Hookerton was named for this family. They were once a >prominent family in that community and contributed much to its >development. One would think that the Town Of Hookerton would take >some pride in its history and heritage and take steps to repair the >Hooker monuments and keep up the graveyard. I think there or only two >markers standing and others lying on the ground. It is obvious that >over the years the plowing of that field has taken a toll on that >burial site. One of my ancestors Sheriff John Hooker of Tyrrell >County was a brother of Hymerick's father William Hooker. >Jane Phillips >God Bless America! > >