Do you know anything about the Joyner Cemetery in South Alabama?...

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward Do you know anything about the Joyner Cemetery in South Alabama? Posted by Sherry Johnstone on 24 August, 2020 JOYNER CEMETERY Written in Stone by Sherry S. Johnston Researching the Joyner Cemetery located between Owassa and Wilcox communities recently made me aware once again how cemeteries are known as other names by different generations. In rural settlements, a cemetery is so named usually by the number of surnames common to it. For instance, if […] Read more → PATRON + Some cotton mill children went to school if you can call them schools [old photographs] Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 August, 2020 Vintage photographs from Alabama Cotton mills of children and schools. Read more → PATRON – Deaths, Injuries, and Illness of citizens in Boaz, January 6, 1915 Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 August, 2020 Deaths, Injuries, and Illness of citizens in Boaz, January 6, 1915 (Transcribed from The Boaz Leader, Boaz, Alabama, January 6, 1916) Cuts Hand of Circular Saw Mr. Walter Brooks, of Union, happened to a very painful accident at that place last Saturday afternoon when his hand got caught on a circular saw. Mr. Brooks was […] Read more → PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS – April 1900 news articles about origin of the word blanket, and Alaskan mustaches Posted by Donna R Causey on 24 August, 2020 Blankets In the reign of Edward III, there were eminent clothiers and woolen weavers, whose family name was Blanket. They were the first persons who manufactured that comfortable material which has ever since been called by their name, and which was then used for peasants’ clothing. Mustaches Men exposed to the rigors of the Alaskan […] Read more → You're receiving this because you subscribed via our website. Thanks for reading! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe