Walking in the Cemetery
Perry Sprawls
Frequently, when I go back to visit family in the community where I was
born and grew up, I go out to the local cemetery just to walk through,
remember, and reflect on the many family members, friends, and
acquaintances who are now interred there.
As time passes on, I know many more there than who are alive in
the community.
When I stop at the graves of some who were very special to me it is amazing what memories come up in my mind. I can see them as they were and remember the things about them that made them special in my life.
Especially the interest
they took in me along the way.
This one is very special to me and always my first to visit.
It is a reality that the memories in my mind are perhaps the last
remaining comprehensive records of many of these lives, and that they
will eventually be gone forever.
There will be some official records including birth and death
certificates which provide facts but not the stories of the lives as I
remember. Published
obituaries might contain some biographical information but the focus is
more on dying than living.
Fortunately, now with modern technology and the internet I can use my memories along with some other resources, especially family pictures, to create permanent memorials that will be available to others, even after the memories in my mind are lost for ever.
Charlotte Edith Williams Sprawls (1935-2023) - Find a Grave
Memorial
These
can be used to form virtual representations of physical cemeteries and
columbariums that can be “walked through” or visited from anywhere
in the world.
The Old Sprawls Family Cemetery
The Williston, SC Community Cemetery
Many Family Members and Friends
The Black Mountain Presbyterian Church Columbarium
The Black Mountain Presbyterian Church All Interments
Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain, North Carolina
All Locations