hurd shoals church cemetery

[paulfish4570]

in rural alabama. birthdates on sandstone hand-carved grave markers go back to the 1820s. F2a, Nikkor 50/2, HP5, D-76 1+1.

the sandstone "tents" once covered mounded dirt, but coffins and remains wasted away, leaving the gravesite flat or sunken underneath - and susceptible to new growth.

concrete picnic tables for dinner-on-the-grounds and decoration day for the cemetery. the church itself is defunct, but it and the cemetery are maintained, and the cemetery still used.

 

[direwolf101]

Very nice, Paul.

 

[paulfish4570]

thank you, sir.

 

[andredossantos]

Very cool, Paul. I especially like the shuttered windows and the statue of the virgin. Thanks for posting!

 

[LKeithR]

I've always been attracted to cemeteries--as photo subjects, I mean. One can always find interesting things to photograph and soaking up some of the history can be interesting as well...

 

[paulfish4570]

thank you, gentlemen.

 

[paulfish4570]

Keith, i'm attracted, too, especially if there are primitive markers, like these.