Gail, my heart is breaking for you. These things should not be happening. I am going to stop here, can't see the screen. Gracie ----- Original Message ----- From: <EKutn@aol.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Cemetery vandalism and code > There are no words to express the outrage and grief I feel for the loss of > much of my hometown, Blair, where I was born and practically raised. And if > they touch our family cemetary, White Oak,where my mother and both sets of > grandparents are buried,and many, other relatives for generations, I don't know > how I will deal with it. Exactly how do you deal with having generations of > your relatives removed from their graves so they can blast the mountain into > tiny pieces? How do you put that into any kind of rational perspective? It's > crazy, it's totally insane. They have already blasted all around the > cemetery, bought and burned my parent's home and my mamaw's and papaw's houses as > well.Much of the terrain of our little town, the railroad, the creek, the > hollers are all completely defaced, houses of course are all gone and our lower > end of Blair( Midway) is unrecognizable. Rick's Aunt's house is one of the few > that still stands. I am glad it is there because I remember it from childhood > and it reminds me of what Blair used to be like.The scope of the defacement > creates a sense of shock as even the most stable geographic features( > mountains, roads,railroad tracks, bridges,houses, etc) are all gone.It's as if your > childhood hometown never existed even as you stand in the exact spot where it > should be. > Gail > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >