Photo courtesy of Evelyn Maples and Find A Grave.
From Patrick R. Thomson via the Redus Family newsgroup.
"My name is Linda Nelson and I am the Vice President of the Limestone County Historical Society in Alabama. We have taken on the Old New Garden Cemetery (in Elkmont) where William Penn Redus and a number of his family members are buried as our project. We want to save this cemetery. Where do you think would be a good website to post a request for help to save this very old and historic cemetery?"
Thanks,
Linda Nelson
Photo of New Garden courtesy of the Limestone County Historical Society website.
The Limestone County Historical Society website is at
http://www.limestonecountyhistoricalsociety.org/
And from cousin Dennis Simpson:
"I am a life member of the Limestone County Historical Society. Unfortunately, every single tombstone has been ran over by uncuth people driving their motor vehicle inside the ungated old cemetery. These people who are destroying these cemeteries, don't give a damn about people's final resting place. The Society has already started working on this project. It is a time consuming job they are doing and fixing these graves in the heat of summer makes the work unbearable. This is one project we as descendants should stand behind and help any possible way we can."
Dennis
