Vicki et al,
Yes, the City Cemetery in Nashville is a very interesting place.
There are also some REALLY strange, and some very sad, stories that go with
some of those big tombstones. It would be a really neat page...put the
stories with the pics :)
Mari
Rutherford Co.
At 07:28 PM 2/26/99 -0600, RTR wrote:
Who has been to the City (?) Cemetery in Nashville? I think that was
the
name. Actually I think it was more than one cemetery that just grew into
each other.
I went there over a year ago and thought we'd never get out of that place!
It's the MOST incredible cemetery I've ever seen. The tombstones are
beautiful........30 ft. high with life size angels, etc. on top all carved
out of marble and I don't mean just a few......more like ROWS of these
statues. Some are so sad they can make you cry. Also other huge ones that
are most unusual!
There is one man buried there in a pyramid! That is something to behold!
There are also rows and rows of nuns buried there.
I also found a tomb EXACTLY like my grgr-uncle's in Fayetteville, TN at the
Rose Hill Cemetery built into the side of big hill.
I've got pictures of all this and could scan and make a webpage for anyone
who's never been there.......as soon as we get my house back together.
Right now I'm straddling my scanner to even type this.
But for anyone who's never seen it........it's a MUST if you go to
Nashville!
Vicki
Gibson Co. TN Coordinator
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