This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kYB.2ACE/1738 Message Board Post: Hello, my name is Kathy Spivey (Chickasha, OK) and I have family buried in the Tuttle Fairview and Silvercity cemeteries. Today, it was brought to my attention from a relative in Tuttle, that the City of Tuttle had sold 4 plots in Section B of Fairview. <she just happened upon this information when she was paying the funeral home for my Gram's funeral> For those of you that are familiar with this cemetery, then you are aware that Section B is of the original <old> part. Front. This section has graves that were considered BABYLAND and graves there indicate babies/children buried there for over some 80+ years...etc..... The 'marked" graves in this same area are of 70/80 years old and indicate children. These graves, for the most part are Unmarked. They were burial lots before the City of Tuttle owned the Cemetery and most were hand buried. This section also holds Unknown individuals (Potter's Graves). The issue is the City recently sold 4 of these plots in Section B. I have spoken to one of the City Councilmen and he was not aware that the city had done this. Unfortunatley, I had to speak to the family of the recently deceased who had just purchased these 4 plots. He said he was astounded when the City advised him he could buy them, because in 1974, he and his family were told they were 'unavailable", due to the information regarding the unmarked graves, therein. He told me that the city had told him...."hopefully they would not unearth any graves when they dug there". I was digging through the dirt there just this morning, because one of his family members was going to be buried there, today, and the grave had already been dug in Section B. I uncovered some cement sections, but did not discover anything else that might have been remains, although the pile of fresh dug earth was large. I would ask for your assistance in letting the City of Tuttle know that this Section (B) should not be 'sold' and chances taken that a grave may be 'missed' while digging a new one. The City has ample space to sell new "unused" burial plots. I am attempting to locate some elderly Tuttle residents that may be familiar with the graves in Section B. My Baby Uncle is buried therein, also, with an 'unmarked grave" and we are attemtping to locate ALL of these unmarked graves. The Section B that appears 'empty' is but a small section of Section B. I do not think that chances should be taken to 'just dig there...and see....". As there is ample space for new graves in other Sections of the cemetery. Please do what you can do to rectify this issue. As I stated the one city councilman that I spoke to was not aware that the city was allowing the previously 'blocked' Section B to be sold, so there was perhaps "an error" just with the person who looked at the map and saw it blank and sold them w/o conferring with anyone else. The maps that they have do not indicate "old" and/or "unmarked graves in the Old Section of this cemetery. Section B, of course, is the 2nd oldest section of this cemetery. Today is Sat. 4/Sept/2004, and I could not do much to have this action explained by the City of Tuttle. I saw the new grave dug there and spoke to the family. The family was offered the plots and bought them as 'new/unused'. If you have ANY information regarding this issue, please email or call me. We need documentation or witness. Please call Tuttle City Hall and let them know that this Section <B> MUST be preserved. Thank You. ---Kathy Spivey Chickasha 405-222-1309 kathyspivey@sbcglobal.net