Scaggs Cemetery

If you could, and would not mind to do so, would you please send me the photos you are referring to regarding George & Nancy Farmer at the area of SCAGGS CEMETERY that you spoke of that begins up the hill at the beginning of the road to the cemetery (at the red gate at the foot of the road & hill) just immediately and directly turning left onto the road of Caney Branch Hollow because the only graves known by themselves on the left side of the cemetery road walking (or) driving up the hill are: Rosilee Chapman’s tombstone (although she has scattered ashes instead of a grave) and to the further side from her is her husband’s military-issue flat bronze-marker, James H. Chapman, but the tombstone (large rose colored marble) companion stone is Lillian & Jeff Conley which has a photo with a cover to open & close. Between all these graves are another flat granite companion stone, my Great-Grandfather Edwin Scaggs’ sister, my Great-Great Aunt Virginia (Jenny) SCAGGS-SNOW & her husband Herbert Snow.

Just to verify and confirm that you are not mistaking which cemetery The Scaggs Cemetery is located, I will let you know information regarding the cemetery that only people from decades ago would remember that would confirm whether you are referring to the same cemetery, THE SCAGGS CEMETERY. The information is that the oldest path to the cemetery was behind my Great-Grandparent’s home at the foot of their hill in which the bottom of the hill would reach their back door (which was the kitchen door) of my GREAT-GRANDPARENTS’ home, ED SCAGGS & ELVA ADAMS-SCAGGS. The path behind their house (the kitchen being the very back of the house) would usually have steps that were dug with a hoe or shovel, or something like that. I did it as a child many times until my Great-Grandma Elva died in 1998.

I’ve always known there are Farmers buried on the SCAGGS CEMETERY. During this past 2013 Memorial Weekend on the SCAGGS CEMETERY, my cousin from Caney Branch, Alma Webb, (along with her two sisters, Oma Bailey & Alice Pack) explained to me for my never-ending obsession with history that the families of the FARMERS and the SCAGGS both owned just about all of the land, that is almost anyhow, of CANEY BRANCH over a hundred years ago and longer most likely, exactly how much longer is unknown, and most likely longer than the age of the SCAGGS CEMETERY, although cemeteries exist in the hollow of Caney Branch, such as Conley Cemetery near Sally Neil’s that Sally told me about; as well as other graveyards in Caney Branch that I am unaware of that I haven’t been to.

Anyhow, I have every tombstone photographed at SCAGGS CEMETERY for FindAgrave.com and also documented every deceased individual without a marked grave that I can possibly know exists. I made profiles for deceased individuals that have no tombstones at all because I found death certificates within the archives but I haven’t ran into the description of GEORGE (or) NANCY FARMER’S. Although I DO NOT doubt your word that their graves exist, I would like to either have the photographs of George & Nancy Farmer’s graves or the exact locations of their grave sites explained to me again with the most possible detail to photograph them or if you have photos possibly, please send them and it would make a significant change so they may be marked from now onward. Some people disagree with photographing graves—or the deceased, but when you add grave photos to the internet on sites such as FindAgrave.com, you preserve their existence of the grave and that they once existed, lived and meant something to the world for future researchers who may be researching for them beyond our current generations, causing their existence to be known instead of them being nobodies for eternity, never knowing they existed and left a cause & effect on the world.

I must admit to you that although I am a grave photographer, a grave and cemetery decorator and also a grave groomer, I am nothing like a tombstone engraver. Ever since the elder generations have became unable to care for the SCAGGS CEMETERY, I enjoy doing it very much just as I did as a child; and although age-inappropriate for myself, I was born in 1980 and accused of being morbid for my deep, meticulous and particular care of THE SCAGGS CEMETERY, although I still must have someone cut the weeds and grass because I also do not own the weed-cutting tools and I have a serious intense, faint-of-heart phobia of snakes, it has caused me to suffer seizures that I must take anti-seizure medication for, but I do have an intense “hobby” and artistic talent for grave grooming and I would cut our cemetery more often if I did the weed-cutting without being weak and ridiculous by snakes. It was my Grandfather, Earl Scaggs, that made me believe it at about 7 years old, that snakes would kill me, and now I know he said it to keep me from going near both Caney Branch and the cemetery. It worked for the very longest time. ***(He had a falling-out with his senile mother, Elva, at the time before he died in 1992 as I was 11 years old.)*** I apologize because I know this is useless information to you, as most of these types words must be.

If you have the photos of the graves, pictures of themselves, pictures of them together, biographical information, dates of births and anniversaries, dates of deaths, causes of deaths, life events, achievements, any words worth anything important to their lives or any archival documents (such as birth records, marriage records, death records, etc.) in which you are referring to of GEORGE & NANCY FARMER. I request all of this information to create profiles for their graves on FindAgrave.com to preserve the existence of their graves so people in the future, possibly decades or centuries from now, whether researchers may be descendants, historians or for whatever reasons in which we may not even be aware may research the cemetery or the names within the cemetery or the cemetery website containing the names of the deceased or researching graves of their ancestors, so please, please send them to me at:

travis.25601@yahoo.com

I will take care of them and help preserve the existence of their graves as well (if you so wish) and if you could tell me the exact location of the precise location of them I would be extremely grateful because they also deserve recognition. My Great-Great Uncle ARFANO “TIB” SCAGGS & VELVA MAE (CONLEY) SCAGGS are unmarked as well as their son TENNIS “BOSS” SCAGGS and the STILL-BORN OF “TIB” & MAE (CONLEY) SCAGGS is also unmarked. * ARFANO, or known as *Tib* was my Great-Grandfather EDWIN’s brother. (Edwin was always known as ED, husband of my Great-Grandmother, Elva Adams-Scaggs. Their first son born 1923 was my Grandfather. Ed & Elva had 13 children.)

Before closing this long message, I would like to apologize that I took too much of your time explaining some of this but if you want, or need, more information regarding anything about these topics such as photos, legal documents, place-holders within the family tree or any other questions, I would be very glad to answer and help you or anyone else seeking knowledge regarding the cemetery, its history, graves and the family trees as well as some historical family facts, stories and legends (especially legends surrounding The Scaggs Cemetery, as one told to me by Sally Neil.)

My photos and short videos I took during Memorial Weekends as well as other months throughout the years in 2013, 2012 & 2011 (photos before 2011 are missing) are at the following links below, and not all photos were shot by me and the decorations were nearly (almost) all mine. Some photos were captured after dark to photograph solar lights and solar spot-lights shining on tombstones of my GRANDPARENTS and my GREAT-GREAT GRANDPARENTS. Others were just single solar lights. My Grandfather’s military-issue foot-marker was polished with the Vaseline for reflective shine and oxidation prevention. Decorative Marble rocks and Pea Gravel were placed at some prominent graves that held special meaning (other than my grandfather’s bronze which was made to be decorated fancy to compliment my beloved grandmother’s grave.)

You will have to check the name of the folder to find the date or year they were photographed in:

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/Scaggs%20Cemetery%20May%2025th%202013

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/May%2026th%202013%20Scaggs%20Cemetery

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/Monday%20May%2027%202013%20Memorial%20Day%20at%20Scaggs%20Cemetery

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/Monday%20May%2027%202013%20Memorial%20Day%20at%20Scaggs%20Cemetery

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/2012%20Scaggs%20Cemetery%20Memorial%20Weekend

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/2011%20SCAGGS%20CEMETERY%20DECORATION

http://s59.photobucket.com/user/boiupinhere/library/Videos%20of%20SCAGGS%20CEMETERY