Southern Graves

The Lord is My Shepherd M. Pauline Sumerford Born Dec 4, 1840 Died July 31, 1898 Walnut Cemetery Unadilla, Dooly County, Georgia Many tombstone symbolism references say a broken chain symbolizes a loss of a child or loved one. In the instance of Ms. Sumerford's stone, however, the chain does not appear broken to me. Her stone seems to represent a chain in Heaven, with a hand (finger) reaching down from above to bring another link home. I was actually trying to find a quote of an epitaph containing the words "Heavenly chain" that I'm sure I've seen before (never did locate it) when I found the following interesting information. It's from a book entitled Our Little Ones in Heaven, Thoughts in Prose and Verse published 1858. While I have no idea if it remotely pertains to Ms. Sumerford, I thought it shed light on the symbol of the "Heavenly chain." Furthermore, I don't think it has to apply just to infants, but to any loved one who h...

Photos from Walnut Cemetery in Unadilla, Dooly County, Georgia are now online. Stop by the web album for a virtual visit. Surnames include Barfield, Carrell, Clewis, Crumpler, Goodwin, Harvard, Leggitt, Lockerman, Mims, Peacock, Peavey / Peavy, Smith, Sumerford, Watts, Wheeler, and Wootten. Walnut Cemetery

Snow Spring Cemetery Photos from Snow Springs Cemetery are now online. This church graveyard is also known as Snow Cemetery as well as Snow Methodist Church Cemetery. It is located near Unadilla in Dooly County, Georgia. Surnames included in the online photo album are Carroll, Clewis, Fitzgerald, Ivey, Kimsey, McCorvey, Moore, Peavey, Sangster, Sentelle, Sullivan, Sumerford, Sutton, Thompson, and Woodruff. To view the images individually or in a slideshow, click the image above or here . Stop by! You'll see all the sights I saw, and they're not all tombstones. :-)