Hello: I am assuming you are talking about the ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY outside of Rockwood at Pond Grove. My grand-parents are buried there and I know he bought the lots back in the 1920's. We moved back to Rockwood in 1948 and there was no ODD FELLOWS LODGE OR ORGANIZATION. I no longer live in Roane County. A local funeral home (Evans) cuts the grass and people make donations to help pay for the expense. Allen E. Long

In a previous e-mail, I said that my grandparents purchased their 10 lots in the Odd Fellows cemetery in the 1920's. He was also a member of that lodge. Evans Funeral Home looks after the cemetery now but I assume that anyone can purchase vacant lots. Allen E. Long

Yes;There was always an Odd Fellows organization in Rockwood. I have several of the pictures. If you will look at some of the tombstones in the cem's you will see their emblem. My father Andy Harvey was a member. No, you did not have to be a member to be buried there. Betty Harvey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Long" <aljblong@bellsouth.net> To: <TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [TNROANE] odd fellows > Hello: I am assuming you are talking about the ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY > outside of Rockwood at Pond Grove. My grand-parents are buried there > and I know he bought the lots back in the 1920's. We moved back to > Rockwood in 1948 and there was no ODD FELLOWS LODGE OR ORGANIZATION. I > no longer live in Roane County. > > A local funeral home (Evans) cuts the grass and people make donations > to help pay for the expense. > > Allen E. Long >

Betty, Do you by chance know if anyone has the records as to who all is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery? We have some relatives that are buried there, but we cannot find their stone. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty H. Reed" <bettyhreed@knology.net> To: <TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:55 AM Subject: Re: [TNROANE] odd fellows > Yes;There was always an Odd Fellows organization in Rockwood. I have several > of the pictures. If you will look at some of the tombstones in the cem's you > will see their emblem. My father Andy Harvey was a member. No, you did not > have to be a member to be buried there. Betty Harvey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allen Long" <aljblong@bellsouth.net> > To: <TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:13 PM > Subject: Re: [TNROANE] odd fellows > > > > Hello: I am assuming you are talking about the ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY > > outside of Rockwood at Pond Grove. My grand-parents are buried there > > and I know he bought the lots back in the 1920's. We moved back to > > Rockwood in 1948 and there was no ODD FELLOWS LODGE OR ORGANIZATION. I > > no longer live in Roane County. > > > > A local funeral home (Evans) cuts the grass and people make donations > > to help pay for the expense. > > > > Allen E. Long > > > > > ==== TNROANE Mailing List ==== > Post surnames in capital letters so they are easy to find. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237