Famous Gravesites
08-27-2020
, 01:26 AM
Don’t think I have a pic of the cemetery, but Robert Frost’s gravesite in Bennington, VT has what I feel is a very fitting Stephen King, New England-esque creepiness. Here is a statue from the exterior of the Bennington Museum that I find kinda fascinating, although it has no relation to Robert Frost.
08-27-2020
, 02:51 AM
Falco!
08-27-2020
, 02:29 PM
08-27-2020
, 02:36 PM
<derail> JFC, what happened to Gram's sister and neice?
5 minutes of googling has left me with no answer.
Edit: Boat crash
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Quote:
Avis Parsons Johnson, a wonderful wife and mother, 42, and Flora Skye Johnson, 16, both of the 2000 block of Munden Point Road, died Sept. 9, 1993, in Nassawadox, Va.
Edit: Boat crash
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Last edited by AzOther1; 08-27-2020 at 02:40 PM.
Reason: Found it
08-27-2020
, 07:57 PM
08-28-2020
, 05:31 PM
Not famous, but an intriguing grave:
http://www.dalesgenealogy.com/Stalli...bum/index.html
All those really old graves around the ruined church (in the middle of nowhere with no road access), but with just a single "modern" grave:
The text and dates on the grave make me think there must be some interesting story, but so far can't turn up anything.
Edit:
Oh wow, just found this:
Still doesn't explain why they're buried in that graveyard though.
Juk
http://www.dalesgenealogy.com/Stalli...bum/index.html
All those really old graves around the ruined church (in the middle of nowhere with no road access), but with just a single "modern" grave:
The text and dates on the grave make me think there must be some interesting story, but so far can't turn up anything.
Edit:
Oh wow, just found this:
Quote:
Betton memorial window. Hadleigh.
This window, from a design by John O'Connor, former Principal of Colchester College of Art, is in memory of a son, Peter John Betton, who was killed by a rhinoceros while taking photographs in South Africa and of his father, John Richard Betton, who died during his son's funeral. John Richard Betton was Dean of Bocking and Rector of Hadleigh and also a Third Order Franciscan. The theme of the window reflects the Franciscan connection by showing the praying hands and the birds, reaching up towards the Light of the World.
This window, from a design by John O'Connor, former Principal of Colchester College of Art, is in memory of a son, Peter John Betton, who was killed by a rhinoceros while taking photographs in South Africa and of his father, John Richard Betton, who died during his son's funeral. John Richard Betton was Dean of Bocking and Rector of Hadleigh and also a Third Order Franciscan. The theme of the window reflects the Franciscan connection by showing the praying hands and the birds, reaching up towards the Light of the World.
Juk
Last edited by jukofyork; 08-28-2020 at 05:59 PM.
08-30-2020
, 03:48 AM
08-30-2020
, 04:37 AM
If you want to visit Iceland...
