Rathbone Uncovered

[Laurie Verge]

That is interesting history! I don't know about the rest of the country, but around here there are several smaller cemeteries that fit the description of cross-roads because modern civilization has created the roads all around them.

My family's cemetery is now surrounded by a Dash Inn, a liquor store, and a small strip mall! That happened in the 1980s, when the last of the old plantation was sold off by later owners. I've always had a mental picture of "spirits" from the graveyard arising during the night and sneaking next door to the liquor store for other "spirits..."