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Exactly 125 years ago today, on October 30, 1899, Annie French Cooley passed away at the age of 26. Annie was the daughter of Dr. French and his wife, Eliza. I spent last week working on leveling and straightening...
In case you missed my previous post, I have started work on the French Family Burial Plot at Bethesda Cemetery in Senatobia, Mississippi. As usual, I have probably taken on more than I can ever finish,...
I am not doing too well on completing my monuments and posting articles. Life has somehow managed to interfere with all my plans. Although it is not an excuse, I took on a really large project which has...
Wow! Time really does fly by. I cannot believe that I have not posted anything since August 2022. It has been a crazy year which has kept me very busy. To help you understand, allow me to back track...
My latest project was chosen simply because I thought the monument was unique and pretty! I could only imagine once it was cleaned that it would be radiant. When I began to research Drury...
The last article I wrote was about the murder of Eula Bass in 1921. I told you that I had my work cut out for me in restoring her monument. The picture above is the shape it was in when I first...
Scene of the crime – Madison Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee On an April afternoon in 1921, Eula Bass and her friend, Mrs. Lee Howard were sitting in her car enjoying ice cream on their lunch hour....
On a Tuesday afternoon in February of 1916, Claude Veazey and Lida Canon were married in Memphis, Tennessee. Claude Veazey was a well known merchant and happened to be very popular. I would imagine Claude...
The angel at Longtown Cemetery in Panola County, Mississippi is a sight to behold. It is a marble statue placed on a large pink granite base standing well over 10 feet tall. When I first saw this angel,...
When you walk into Palestine Cemetery in Tate County, Mississippi, you are greeted by a young girl kneeling in prayer. As I approached her for the first time, I thought for sure that she was the monument...