I am a cemetery walker. Cemeteries for me have always been a haven, a museum and an office. When the weather permits, that is where you most likely will find me. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. I walk the cemeteries that others won't.

Cemetery walking is not a cold gathering of facts; but instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. "When an old person dies, it's like a library burning down." -Alex Haley. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. My story begins with my Daddy, Tommie Johnson,and his first cousin, Wadell Jennings. Wadell's father, loved his family, passing it down to these two. Daddy loved and took care of his family..also took care of his neighbors. I still miss him every day.

When do I leave flowers? . . . when I visit a page with *no* flowers . . . when I visit a family member . . . when I visit a family friend . . . when I update a page I manage . . . when I accept a suggested edit on a page I manage . . . when one of my suggested edits is accepted on a page I do *not* manage .

As for transfers, if I am managing a memorial that you would like transferred to you ....just let me know! Memorials should be with loved ones whether they are related or not. All I ask, if transferred, is that you did not request the transfer just to trash the memorial. Now is not the time to vent an old enemy or maybe an ex.

No one should EVER be forgotten. What goes around comes around.Live, love, laugh. Tomorrow may not be there for you but today is!

I am a member of The Houston County Historical Commission. I Chair the Cemetery Preservation Committee. Carol Anne

I am a cemetery walker. Cemeteries for me have always been a haven, a museum and an office. When the weather permits, that is where you most likely will find me. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. I walk the cemeteries that others won't.

Cemetery walking is not a cold gathering of facts; but instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. "When an old person dies, it's like a library burning down." -Alex Haley. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. My story begins with my Daddy, Tommie Johnson,and his first cousin, Wadell Jennings. Wadell's father, loved his family, passing it down to these two. Daddy loved and took care of his family..also took care of his neighbors. I still miss him every day.

When do I leave flowers? . . . when I visit a page with *no* flowers . . . when I visit a family member . . . when I visit a family friend . . . when I update a page I manage . . . when I accept a suggested edit on a page I manage . . . when one of my suggested edits is accepted on a page I do *not* manage .

As for transfers, if I am managing a memorial that you would like transferred to you ....just let me know! Memorials should be with loved ones whether they are related or not. All I ask, if transferred, is that you did not request the transfer just to trash the memorial. Now is not the time to vent an old enemy or maybe an ex.

No one should EVER be forgotten. What goes around comes around.Live, love, laugh. Tomorrow may not be there for you but today is!

I am a member of The Houston County Historical Commission. I Chair the Cemetery Preservation Committee. Carol Anne