One of the events that I always look forward to each year is our Evans Reunion in Alabama. Being on the family land is one of the highlights of my year. I promise you that I fall asleep almost every night thinking about being back there.
For the last 2 years I haven’t been able to visit the family cemetery while I was there. One year I spent too much time in the cave and last year the gate was locked which meant I would have had to walk the 2.5 - 3 miles up the steep mountain from the homestead and I was not up to that. This year we were able to take a truck up the mountain!
The ride up the mountain
The Cemetery
Chavers, Evans, Hall Cemetary
My Great, Great, Great Grandfather “Wild John” Evans
My Great, Great Grandfather “Little Wild John” Evans
A typical old grave marker
A marker of a Civil War soldier – Andrew Jackson Chavers – no longer able to be read
The graves of 3 children
An old marker being replaced with a new one
Going back down to the reunion site
Where Littlest Wild John is waiting
"Wild John" and "Little Wild John"...I love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you were able to visit the cemetary while you were there. :)