I think there are laws in just about every state. The problem is trying to get them enforced. If this guy tried to bulldoze it before, then that is his prime purpose now because no one will be able to get on his land to check if there is no road. Why not go to Richmond with this problem as well? The state might have more clout. [email protected] wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > I am writing to you concerning the imminent possible closure of the road to > what is listed in the Lee County Cemetery Book as the Robinette Cemetery at > Upper Wallens Creek in Lee County. This is a remote cemetery with many families > having ancestors and relations buried there who may or may not be listed in > the Cemetery Book. I received an urgent letter from Gene Smith of Duffield > yesterday. He states that two land owners, Joey Cooper & Dick Jones, are > trying to close the road that goes to the cemetery. A meeting was held in > Jonesville about the problem and they thought they had resolved the issue but > apparently had not. Supervisor Claude Ray is trying to help keep the road open. > If > Mr. Cooper and Mr. Jones have their way, the Robinette Cemetery and the road > will be closed -- and there will be no way to get to the cemetery. I do not > know how to contact Claude Ray but some of you out there may know. We need your > help to prevent the closure of this road. Aren't there laws in Virginia to > prevent this sort of thing from happening? Also bear in mind that sometime > between 1998-2000 the property owner attempted to bulldoze this cemetery under. > > Buried in this cemetery is my Great-grandmother, Eliza Barbara "Lyde" Chafin > Ward (18715-1903), her infant son Robert Ward, her mother Jerusha July Edens > Chafin (1846-1916 in unmarked grave), & the following which is an incomplete > list: Martin Drake (1805-1887); Elizabeth, wife of Martin Drake, 1804-1883; > James L. Robinette, son of Michael & S. A. Robinette (1874-1875); E. W. > Pennington (1903-1922); Robert Pennington, son of Hugh L. & Rebecca Pennington > (1886-1903); Martha E. Lawson (1888-1921); W. J. L. Holbrook, son of Wilson & > Sarah > Holbrook (1876-1877). There are other graves in the cemetery. I myself have > had the cemetery cleaned through Curt Lawson & Angie Lawson numerous times > over the years though I live here in California. My grandmother, Pearl Ward > Castle, tended the graveyard throughout her lifetime. I have visited this > cemetery many, many times during my lifetime & did help my grandmother tend the > graves. The cemetery is in a remote location & is very beautiful in the spring, > especially when the wild lilies are in bloom. It is a wonderful peaceful > place & the graves are virtually undamaged by mowers, etc, only suffering from > erosion from the natural elements. > > Please help keep the road and the cemetery open. Thank you. > Brenda Reed > 510 601-9837 > Oakland, CA > > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <[email protected]> > for individual list messages; <[email protected]> for digest messages. > Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >