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cobbler on the stovetop was too much a temptation for him to resist, and he
downed a helping before we left.
Neal and I are actually second cousins due to our respective fathers being first
cousins. However, we grew up calling ourselves third cousins to each other. My
folks either didn’t understand the “once removed” moniker for kinship or else
didn’t use it. Thus, if my dad and Neal’s dad were first cousins, my dad and Neal
were second cousins, which made Neal and me third cousins.
Neal and I were better prepared to traverse the meandering paved and
sometimes graveled roads of rural Pontotoc and Lafayette counties, as we had
both made extensive use of aerial maps of both MSN Live and Google on the
Internet in the days prior to our second outing together.
We made our way to Thaxton and points north, traveling along what is not named
Carter Road, crossing lands once owned by my relatives. Neal could remember
where my great grandparents’ house once stood and recalled visiting there
when he was perhaps three or four years old. The house he described, I grew up
knowing as the place where a sharecropper and his family lived and must have
missed the historical significance of the property then owned by Jessie Carter,
my granddad’s brother.
Arriving at the intersection of Hurricane Road and Carter Road, we turned left and
soon found CR 214 which led us directly to Liberty Hill Rd. We had traveled
perhaps for two miles along Liberty Hill Rd. when we came up behind two
women on a four-wheeler. Neal rolled down his window and asked if either of
them knew about a cemetery across the road from Liberty Hill cemetery. The
driver, the younger of the two, appeared to be a teenager and willing shared her
knowledge of the area. Continue reading>>
downed a helping before we left.
Neal and I are actually second cousins due to our respective fathers being first
cousins. However, we grew up calling ourselves third cousins to each other. My
folks either didn’t understand the “once removed” moniker for kinship or else
didn’t use it. Thus, if my dad and Neal’s dad were first cousins, my dad and Neal
were second cousins, which made Neal and me third cousins.
Neal and I were better prepared to traverse the meandering paved and
sometimes graveled roads of rural Pontotoc and Lafayette counties, as we had
both made extensive use of aerial maps of both MSN Live and Google on the
Internet in the days prior to our second outing together.
We made our way to Thaxton and points north, traveling along what is not named
Carter Road, crossing lands once owned by my relatives. Neal could remember
where my great grandparents’ house once stood and recalled visiting there
when he was perhaps three or four years old. The house he described, I grew up
knowing as the place where a sharecropper and his family lived and must have
missed the historical significance of the property then owned by Jessie Carter,
my granddad’s brother.
Arriving at the intersection of Hurricane Road and Carter Road, we turned left and
soon found CR 214 which led us directly to Liberty Hill Rd. We had traveled
perhaps for two miles along Liberty Hill Rd. when we came up behind two
women on a four-wheeler. Neal rolled down his window and asked if either of
them knew about a cemetery across the road from Liberty Hill cemetery. The
driver, the younger of the two, appeared to be a teenager and willing shared her
knowledge of the area. Continue reading>>
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| Volume 623 |
Another Cemetery Geneological Roamings
March 22, 2008
Bowdoin Bunch [Collegiate
Challenge Group]
Bowdoin Bunch [Collegiate
Challenge Group]
April 04, 2008
UIC Volunteers
Steak Night
Board Decision
UIC Volunteers
Steak Night
Board Decision
Neal Huskison and I were not content to end
our travels over county roads in search of
cemeteries of our ancestors without making
the effort to find the back-roads’ route from
my grandparents place near Thaxton to
Liberty Hill cemetery near Lafayette Springs,
in nearby Lafayette County, Mississippi. But,
there simply wasn’t enough daylight
remaining to sustain our day’s adventures,
and we resolved to try our navigation skills at
a later date.
The following Saturday afternoon seemed
the perfect afternoon to pick up where we’d
left off the prior week. I phoned Neal to check
his availability, and he was at my backdoor in
a matter of minutes. The warm peach
our travels over county roads in search of
cemeteries of our ancestors without making
the effort to find the back-roads’ route from
my grandparents place near Thaxton to
Liberty Hill cemetery near Lafayette Springs,
in nearby Lafayette County, Mississippi. But,
there simply wasn’t enough daylight
remaining to sustain our day’s adventures,
and we resolved to try our navigation skills at
a later date.
The following Saturday afternoon seemed
the perfect afternoon to pick up where we’d
left off the prior week. I phoned Neal to check
his availability, and he was at my backdoor in
a matter of minutes. The warm peach
April 11, 2008
Shannon's Plaque
Adventure Concludes
Boss Appreciated
Shannon's Plaque
Adventure Concludes
Boss Appreciated
April 26, 2008
Thaxton Trip [Wraps Up A Great
Afternoon]
Thaxton Trip [Wraps Up A Great
Afternoon]
May 03, 2008
Beardens Visit
Hard Drive
Evil Weevils
Beardens Visit
Hard Drive
Evil Weevils