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    1. [TNCAMPBE] Story: TVA Grave Removal/Macedonia Bapt. Church
    2. My granny (Esther Mae Sharp Harness Johnson) told me that during the 1930's when the dams were being build and it became necessary to move the graves up from the water line, that she and several other families of Macedonia would pack a picnic go spend the day in the cemetery in order to make sure that the graves were moved and that the stones were placed where they were supposed to. She told me that she relived a lot of memories of the people buried there as she would watch to make sure that their bodies and stones were moved and settled into their new grave. She told me about one 'friend of the family' that had had a glass-topped coffin that you could look down into. She said she remembered looking down into it after it had been dug up (I guess she was just curious) and was shocked to see how the lady's fingernails and hair had grown while in the ground. She said that both the hair and nails were much longer than they had been at the time she had been buried. She said another casket was opened while she was there. I was never clear as to why it was opened, but I remember she told me this in conjunction with a mentioning of grave robbers. Anyway, she said that there were nail marks on the top of the coffin lid where the deceased had not really been deceased and had tired to get out. She said she had remembered being at this particular person's funeral and how sad she had been and that she was horrified to now know that the lady had not actually been dead. If she mentioned the person's name, I have foregotten it. Jennifer Harness Ayers Chattanooga, TN **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

    03/21/2008 08:27:07