PEERING INTO THE PAST ‘Silent Storytellers’ Given Voice
CEMETERIES REVEAL SECRETS TO THOSE WHO WOULD SEE
Posted: March 5, 2010 at 2:22 a.m.
An ornate gate, above, marks an entrance to Van Buren’s historic Fairview Cemetery. In “Silent Storytellers,” premiering next week on AETN, graveyarder Abby Burnett discusses the folk art and burial practices of the Northwest Arkansas Ozarks. Closer observation of Mary Ollie Whitlow’s grave, left, in the Wesley Cemetery revealed a hidden compartment concealing her photograph. It was the perfect moment for a graveyarder like Burnett.
Imagine kneeling beside a familiar grave marker in a favorite cemetery. But this time is different.
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