-- Colleen Campbell Taylor Currently researching the following surnames: CAMPBELL, DAVIS, GATLIN, MORTON, CASHION, MANN, LOEWE, YAHNKE/JAHNKE, MOELLER, HARDING, FARRAR, STEWART/STUART, GRAY, BLACKMAN, KING, PITCOCK, MOSS, etc., etc., etc.! > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:13:22 -0600 > From: "Sara Binkley Tarpley" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Family Tree article > > I receive any Rootsweb mailing list message that contains the surname > Binkley [through Rootsweb's Personalized Mailing List service]. I was > unhappy to see the mention of the Nashville Zoo as the location of a family > cemetery because the context of the article totally distorted the > situation. As a result, I alerted the Nashville Zoo to the Post article. > Below is the e-mail that the zoo's marketing and public relations director > sent to the paper. > > As I am not a subscriber to the list you posted to, I would very much > appreciate your sharing this with the list. I have permission from Mr. > Bartoo. > > Sara Binkley Tarpley > Nashville, TN > www.binkleytarpley.com > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jim Bartoo <[email protected]> > Date: Mar 29, 2006 9:13 AM > Subject: Please check your facts > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], Tori Mason <[email protected]>, Rick > Schwartz <[email protected]> > > > Dear Washing Post Editors. > > I must respond in protest to your March 26 article ("More Family Cemeteries > Dying Away in the South"). Though I agree that many small family cemeteries > are being overrun by development, I don't believe it is fair to include the > Grassmere Historic Home cemetery as part of your "example". (i.e. "There are > other examples.... There's a family cemetery on the grounds of the city > zoo.") > > Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is proud to include the property's history as > part of our guests' experience. We have has painstakingly restored no only > the family cemetery, but also the home (built in 1810), the family garden > and several other structures on the property. All of this in an effort to > allow our guests to see what a family farm looked like in the 1800's. We > include a plaque at the cemetery site that includes information about the > family that lived here and identifies many of the grave markers. > > Your assumption that a cemetery resting in a "city zoo" must mean rampant > development is simply uncalled for. > > Sincerely, > Jim Bartoo > Marketing and Public Relations Director > Nashville Zoo > 3777 Nolensville Road > Nashville, TN 37211 > (615) 833-1534 ext. 126 > www.nashvillezoo.org > [email protected]