Record #:

7704

Author(s):

Westbrook, Kathy Grant

Abstract:

When Bill Floyd goes to a cemetery, he takes a clipboard, mirror, and laptop with him. His passion for preserving information found on gravestones earned him the nickname Cemetery Man. He began collecting and organizing this information in 1995. Since then, Floyd has documented material on thousands of tombstones in countless cemeteries in western North Carolina, including those in Rutherford, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and Burke Counties. The material is available on his website, which covers over 1,200 pages.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 10, Mar 2006, p90-92, 94, 96, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Floyd, Bill; Sepulchral monuments--North Carolina, Western; Cemeteries--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

7986

Author(s):

Scott, Robert S.

Abstract:

In the 1940s, the people living on what is now the North Shore of Fontana Lake and the southern boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were forced out by the federal government for the construction of a Tennessee Valley Authority hydroelectric project. The federal government promised the displaced people roads to their old area. Roads would have allowed the original settlers' descendants easy access to family cemeteries. The roads were never built. People still visit the gravesites, despite having to travel to them by four-wheel drive vehicles and boats.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 52 Issue 2, July 1985, p8-10, il

Subject(s):

Cemeteries--North Carolina, Western