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    1. RE: [TNHENDER] Re: Presley Cemetery
    2. Denise Joyner
    3. I know of this cemetery. It is where Emeline Houston is buried, mother of Churchwell Gray Houston who was the father of James Troy Houston. To find it would be a great treasure for my family. According to my Grandmother, Lertha Jane Todd Houston if you follow the old road, now a field road, when it reached the hill behind Paul Robin's house it used to continue around the hill in a westerly direction to Lacy Branch Road. The cemetery is to the right (north) of the old road. They would visit the cemetery on the way to visit the Teague's on Lacy Branch Road. When I asked Paul Robins (before he died) about the location of the cemetery he said it was between the field road behind his house to the west and behind his daughter Tamera Philips to the South and east. Dad, mom, Tamera's daughter Alishia Phillips, and I looked for the cemetery in the area described by Paul Robins. I remember talking about the cemetery with Aunt Mae Harrington but honestly can't remember if she went with us on the hunt. We did not find the cemetery. Tamera said she remembered when she was growing up that there had been some tombstones. We looked down the slope in hopes that the time and weather had moved them, but we had no luck. I have read that the cemetery is located on T. Whites farm, which is the location indicated on the map that you forwarded. I have not looked on T. White's farm. T. White has passed, Dad has passed, Paul Robins has passed. The people I know who either have visited the cemetery or were told exactly where the cemetery is have either passed or are no longer physically able to help locate the cemetery. I would be glad to donate time to the cause with the help of someone who would also be of interest. Denise -----Original Message----- From: David Donahue [mailto:ddonahue@netease.net] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:29 PM To: TNHENDER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNHENDER] Re: Presley Cemetery http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=35.5928&lon=-88.2261 If you are driving west on the road from Decaturville to Middleburg, cross Flat Creek, then turn left into a farm drive as you start up the Hill toward Crowell Cem. You would park, walk behind the barn and sort of around the hill. I tried to use the pond as a reference point I could not find anything and the resident circa 1995 said other people had looked and not found anything. See map at link above. David Denise Joyner wrote: Do you know an approximate location for the Presley cemetery? Denise ==== TNHENDER Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send the message unsubscribe to TNHENDER-l-request@rootsweb.com

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