WE LOVE TO REMEMBER OUR LOVED ONES WHO ARE PASSED AND GONE! WE ALL AT SOME POINT VISIT THEM AGAIN, LEAVE FLOWERS, CRY, AND REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS! I HAVE A RITUAL I DO WHEN I VISIT MY PARENTS GRAVESITE AT FOREST HILLS…… WHEN EVER I PUT ZEE’S HONDA PILOT IN THE SHOP, I USE THE WAITING ROOM TIME TO WALK DOWN TO THE GRAVEYARD! SOME HAVE BEAUTIFUL GRAVESTONES, PUT THERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, AND SOME ONLY A MARKER PROVIDED BY THE FUNERAL HOME. THE IDEA CAME TO ME FROM A TALK WITH MIKE BAER OF BAER AND SONS MEMORIALS! A WHILE BACK, HE HAD AN ORDER PLACED FOR A SPECIAL GRAVESTONE FOR A SPECIAL LOVED ONE. IT WAS COSTLY, COLORFUL AND BEAUTIFUL! WHEN HE DELIVERED THE STONE, HE WAS SURPRISED WHERE THE STONE WOULD END UP? IT WAS THE MOST ISOLATED, REMOTE GRAVEYARD IN THE AREA! HE THOUGHT THAT HARDLY ANYONE WOULD EVER SEE AN AWARD WINNING STONE THAT HE CREATED! IN ORDER TO FIND QUICKLY MY PARENTS GRAVESITE, THIS IS HOW I DO IT…..THERE IS A SMALL TRIANGLE OF GRASS JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE ANNE SPENCER CIRCLE. I PARK MY CAR ON IT. I JUST GET OUT OF THE CAR, AND KEEP LOOKING BACK, KEEPING IT CENTERED TILL I GO A LITTLE WAYS DOWN THE HILL! I FIND IT EVERY TIME! I REALLY NEED FEEDBACK FOR THIS PAGE! I HAVE TOLD A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS ABOUT IT TO MIXED REACTIONS! E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS AND MY “lost & found” PAGE TOO! IF THIS PAGE WORKS OUT, I WILL BE ADDING MORE, AND TAKING SHOTS FROM YOU ALL WITH YOUR LOVE ONES FOR PUBLICATION HERE! BY THE WAY, MY PARENTS GRAVESITE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND PAGE “mom/dad” ON THIS WEB-SITE!
picture credit
……..harry dillard
Lynchburg Community Action, Civic Leader, Junius Haskins
Maggie Wooten Harris, DHS teacher!
Lawrence Toller, owner of WILA, Danville's Soul station back in the day!
Ivory Glass, Claimjumpers, Glasshouse, and countless other enterprises!
Rev. Artis Appling
Marshall Everett
Quinton Geter DHS-'66
Civic leader, Rev. Haywood Robinson, Diamond Hill Baptist Church, and countless other projects!
