Smith Cemetery Walk

I've blogged about this cemetery before. It's my Smith Family Cemetery where my Great, Great-Grandfather, Henry Dennis Smith and his parents, Benjamin F. Smith and Mary Emmer Goodman Smith are buried. BF remarried after Mary died and children from both marriages are buried there too. Among the other burials are 5 graves marked with a concrete slab only. My great grandfathers had his name scratched into his concrete slab. In 2004 I organized a group of family members to purchase a headstone for Henry Dennis Smith [and other Smith ancestors].

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Left: Henry Dennis Smith

Right: Benjamin F. and Mary E. Goodman Smith

Take a walk - see more photos online.

Rural Alabama Cemetery

Before I came to enjoy spending time in cemeteries I was engrossed in climbing my family tree. In order to climb those branches I had to visit many resting places. A lot of them are in the rural areas of Alabama, Georgia and Florida. This is the New Hope PBC Cemetery located in SW Houston County, Alabama. My great grandfather, William Benjamin Howard, is buried here.

Clara Estelle Smith & William Benjamin Howard.

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I have the original photos that were used to make this photo. Ben was not wearing any shoes in the picture used to copy him. And Clara had a child standing on each side. We called Clara "Momet" and she lived a good long life. I was blessed to know her for 15 years.

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GYR Carnival - Anonymous Graves

There are many anonymous graves that pull my heartstrings. In our small Smith Family Cemetery, located in Houston County, Alabama, are 5 unmarked graves all in a row. I can only imagine that the missing ancestors I'm looking for are there but I have no way to prove it. Even if they are not my direct ancestors it is sad I may never know who they are.
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It doesn't take long for mother nature to attempt to reclaim this one acre plot. My first visit found few visible headstones and plenty of briars. It gets cleaned off about once a year.
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My GG grandfather, Henry Dennis Smith and his parents, Benjamin F. Smith and Mary Emmer Goodman are buried there. Mary died young and BF remarried and his second wife along with children from both marriages are all there. Mary's father, Malachi Dennis Goodman, died in the civil war. Is he here? Mary's mother, Nancy Anderson Goodman, was last known to live with her son-in-law [along with his new mother-in-law] in the Federal census. Is she here?

Locally, here in Kansas, I spend a lot of time at the Eastside Cemetery. In the original potter's field, now called city ground, is a grave that catches my eye each time I drive in. I blogged about it last year. I'm afraid there may never be a name associated with it.

This is a carnival posting for The Association of Graveyard Rabbits.

Grave House

This grave house is located in Ramah PBC Cemetery in Houston County, Alabama. Buried here is Margie Whitehead 8/6/1889 - 11/4/1890.