by Leslie Sholly | May 3, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
Since I was a little girl visiting the old churches in the Smokies, I have enjoyed exploring graveyards. But in March 2014 I took this interest to the next level when I started visiting, photographing, and writing about cemeteries on a regular basis. I try to tell a...
by Leslie Sholly | May 3, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
It was one of the first beautiful Spring weekends and Emily and I had just finished walking on the Pellissippi Greenway. Emily isn’t into cemeteries like I am but she humors me when we are out and I want to go look at one. I didn’t have a particular...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 16, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
Pictures don’t look as pretty on grey days at winter’s end, but that’s the kind of day it was when I stopped by Grigsby Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery a few weeks ago. I don’t have as much context for this post as I’d like....
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 22, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
I cannot tell from the map of the footprint of the still ongoing wildfires whether this little graveyard, just a stone’s throw from Gatlinburg, is in the affected area, but there can be little doubt that other graveyards and historic structures have been...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 12, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
I know most of y’all are probably champing at the bit for Spring to arrive. Me, not so much. I’d like at least one good snowfall first. But today, I want you to stop thinking about Spring for a few minutes and instead remember Autumn. I’m behind...