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From: Jean Mayfield Cuevas <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] OFF SUBJECT
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 05:26:26 -0500
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Vera,

I missed having the opportunity, growing up, to be a part of a such a
special ritual, and I know I missed out on a wonderful time of shared work
and blessing. I think it's really great to know that you guys still do
this sort of thing.

Jean C


At 10:04 PM 10/5/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Barbara
>
>It's even more sad because it's true. So many of the old cemeteries are
>disappearing. For those who have never been to a cemetery cleaning day you
>can't remember when the families got together every year and cleaned the
>graves of their loved ones. In these Ozark Hills that still goes on every
>year. In some of the small ones it really does happen only once a year. Some
>of the stones we could barely read 50 years ago we can't read now. So any
>records we can find that were made then are valuable to us researching our
>families.
>
>Sorry, I was about to get on my soap-box.
>
>Vera


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