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Subject: Kings Bayou Cemetery, Jefferson Co, AR
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:30:53 EDT

If anyone can advise her of what she could possibly do to save this cemetery,
pleae response to her and the list. thanks - charlie

Subj: Arkansas Cemeteries Volunteer
Date: 08/13/2004 1:48:28 PM Central Daylight Time


I am in Franklin , Tenn, but am writing you to let you know about a cemetery
that has mostly been destroyed by someone. It is on Kings Bayou near
Cornerstone in Jefferson , County Ark. The precious few stones left are mostly those
of my family ,one being my great grandmother . The last names on the 5 or 6
left are all Garrett, but one or two. That was my maiden name. It was ,about 30
years ago, a nice size cemetery enclosed by a wrought iron fence. Just a
little of the fence is left and you can determine some of the size by the base of
some stones still left in some weeds here and there. This has got to have been
done by big farm equipment because of the bending of some of the wrought iron.
It had the misfortune to be bordering a huge row crop field. It also had huge
trees in it at one time and after my Grandfather ,who kept an eye on it died
,"someone" had them cut down . I think because they were shading a tiny part
of the crops. Anyway ,as of a year ago it was still there, I hope it still is
today, but the remaining stones could have been pushed in the Bayou. Just to
let you know. Distressed, Glenda Grigsby

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