Monthly Archives: May 2008

The 2008 Reunion is only 48 days away! Have you made your reservations? If not, the deadline to get the discounted rate is June 20. Don’t miss out! Our dinner and meeting will be held on Saturday night (July 19) at Chimneyville Smokehouse. Chimneyville Smokehouse is a family style barbecue and farmers market restaurant and catering service in Jackson, across from the Mississippi State Fairgrounds. Our dinner will be served buffet-style starting at 6 PM. The menu includes: Smoked pulled [...]

On March 22, I posted about the Dingler Cemetery in Douglas Co., Georgia. Recently I received copies of photos of the headstones in that cemetery along with photos from the Oak Grove Cemetery. Some background info from Sandy Whittington of the Douglas Co. Cemetery Preservation Commission: Coordinates for the Dingler cemetery are N 33 35 36.3 and W 084 53 50.1 – it’s in landlot 184, district 3, section 5. When James Dingler settled here in the 1850s, it was [...]