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    1. Re: [NCWILKES] NC Law re: Removal of Graves
    2. 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..

    05/03/2007 11:49:22