While visiting in a state not to far from IN, a friend told me about her
experience with a cemetery that has now disappeared. Although she didn't
win the battle, this friend did make a point. Sometimes we need a little
encouragement, thus I am sharing it with you.
A small cemetery seemed to be disappearing year by year as a farmer in
Clark County (state not mentioned) plowed closer and closer to the graves
until he could get rid of the stones and begin farming the entire acreage.
He would not listen to reason. Then one day his wife died, and he buried
her in the city cemetery with a beautiful stone. My friend saw him on the
street, and complimented him on the lovely memorial he had erected for his
wife. Well the farmer was pleased with the attention, until the lady said,
"I can only hope the people in this town will go out and plow up the grave
site and throw away the stone." The farmer was standing their sputtering
as my friends companion grabbed her by the arm and quickly dragged her down
the street.
gayle1(a)kansas.net
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