> Sounds like greed won out over respect for the dead. Doesn't it always? > > I don't mean to be critical of Bob, but his saying that "What's done is > done" is just what those involved were probably counting on. Oh they know > a few people (like us) would raise a little heck, but then it would be > business as usual cause "What's done is done, and nothing can be done > about it." > > Every person in NC who has a loved one buried in NC should stand up and > raise cain and get those in office thrown out come election time again. > Make this an issue during the election and get iron-clad laws passed, and > those laws should be 6 months notice, not 30 days. Other states should do > the same, or the time will come when "house is joined to house" (or > stripmall to stripmall, that there be no place left in the land for the > dead to rest. Please forgive me for getting on my soapbox and putting in > my half-penny's worth. > Jo Ann > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jlynndagenhart@netzero.net> > To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] NC Law re: Removal of Graves > > >> The even sadder part is that Ray Starnes sold the land knowing possibly >> that his Family was buried there/unless His father had plowed it under >> before he was born. >> Something seems very strange. there is no mention of field stones. >> Everyone of those graves would have been at one tine marked at the head >> and foot with native field stones at the very least some of which may >> have had names or dates scratched on them.I just got off the phone with >> the Mayer of Granite falls who has promised to secure and send me a copy >> of the report done as each grave was removed. >> I confirmed each set of remains was in a separate box and that at least >> ten boxes were buried per grave or plot at Sunset Cemetery. >> The Mayor indicates Ray Starnes claimed not to know about the cemetery >> but his Older Cousin Now 100 knew about it. I am inclined to believe that >> the Stones were removed and the cemetery plowed over by a member of the >> Starnes Family sometime in the last 20-40 years so as to make the area >> safer for cattle to graze.. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >

You are exactly right, and that's what I meant by "what's done is done." The contractor(s) who loopholed the law knew exactly what they were doing, and I'll be willing to wage my life that (either) it wasn't the first time/or they know another contractor who loopholed the same way, and they had legal advice. To comply with the laws completely could mean a court case which could mean a job shut-down for months, years, or permanently. The general public thinks, "so what, it's only an old graveyard of people long gone and it shouldn't stand in the way of progress. I want my WalMart!" After all, the general mind-set of most is that they want the shopping economy of WalMart. There has been a legal battle in Florence, S.C., for over two years in an attempt to stop WalMart from building in an upscale residential and school area, but those residents have lost because the general population doesn't care about them or their huge home investments. Their million dollar homes will now deperciate. WalMart wins again! Jo Ann Whitworth <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net> wrote: > Sounds like greed won out over respect for the dead. Doesn't it always? > > I don't mean to be critical of Bob, but his saying that "What's done is > done" is just what those involved were probably counting on. Oh they know > a few people (like us) would raise a little heck, but then it would be > business as usual cause "What's done is done, and nothing can be done > about it." > > Every person in NC who has a loved one buried in NC should stand up and > raise cain and get those in office thrown out come election time again. > Make this an issue during the election and get iron-clad laws passed, and > those laws should be 6 months notice, not 30 days. Other states should do > the same, or the time will come when "house is joined to house" (or > stripmall to stripmall, that there be no place left in the land for the > dead to rest. Please forgive me for getting on my soapbox and putting in > my half-penny's worth. > Jo Ann > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] NC Law re: Removal of Graves > > >> The even sadder part is that Ray Starnes sold the land knowing possibly >> that his Family was buried there/unless His father had plowed it under >> before he was born. >> Something seems very strange. there is no mention of field stones. >> Everyone of those graves would have been at one tine marked at the head >> and foot with native field stones at the very least some of which may >> have had names or dates scratched on them.I just got off the phone with >> the Mayer of Granite falls who has promised to secure and send me a copy >> of the report done as each grave was removed. >> I confirmed each set of remains was in a separate box and that at least >> ten boxes were buried per grave or plot at Sunset Cemetery. >> The Mayor indicates Ray Starnes claimed not to know about the cemetery >> but his Older Cousin Now 100 knew about it. I am inclined to believe that >> the Stones were removed and the cemetery plowed over by a member of the >> Starnes Family sometime in the last 20-40 years so as to make the area >> safer for cattle to graze.. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message WRITING SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY