Saturday, June 19, 2010

Historic Purdy Cemetery is Vandalized ...Again!

According to the local newspaper, Purdy Cemetery escaped the May 1st tornado only to be vandalized a few days later. Why people try to destroy this historic cemetery in McNairy County is beyond me. It doesn't do any good to even ask Why as the people who actually vandalize cemeteries aren't likely to be reading a blog, especially a blog about a historic cemetery in their hometown.

I have visited Purdy Cemetery several times in the past few years, so decided to locate pictures I have taken at various times and upload to Flickr.com. I think found 57 pictures this morning from a New Years 2009 visit. Please know most of these markers are difficult to read, which is why I have posted multiple copies of the same monument.

I hope posting the link here will help preserve a small part of McNairy County, History. I'll keep looking more pictures and will upload as I locate.
Posted by at 10:45 AM
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1 comments:

Betsy from Tennessee said...

Hi Margaret, That is so sad about the vandalism to that old historic cemetery.. Glad you took some pictures and have uploaded the, to Flickr. I checked the Flickr site and enjoyed seeing all of the tombstones. Glad you have names with the tombstones.

Thanks for a job well-done.
Hugs,
Betsy

June 23, 2010 8:24 PM

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