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Old Smyrna Cemetery Gratis, Walton County, GA
On 30 April 1992, my father, his sisters and brothers, their spouses and I spent the day cleaning our ancestor's graves at the Old Smyrna Cemetery.
None of my older relatives had been to this cemetery that I had found a year earlier. My great great grandfather - Abraham Pickens Harrison is buried there as is his brother and two sons.
Here are photos of the day we spent together .... a day I will never forget.
Oh, by the way - even though these people were OLD - I couldn't keep up with them!
All through my life, I remember my Grandmother Ola Irene McMurrian Zorn reciting this each and every time we passed a cemetery. She always added the last verse, under her breath!
Remember, friend, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I; As I am now, you too shall be, Prepare, my friend, to follow me.
....To follow you I'm not content Until I know which way you went!.....
(click on thumbnails to view larger photos)
The caravan preparing for departure from Bethlehem
View of cemetery through the woods
Abraham Pickens Harrison son Nathan Thomas Harrison, & son James Henry Harrison's graves
Manerva Bell Harrison's grave on the front left
Grace Daniel, James, Ernest, and M. C. Harrison Great Great Grandchildren of Reverend Nathan Thomas Harrison & Sarah Oglesby
MK taking it all in
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