Live Oak Cemetery, Selma AL

We were in Selma this week so we stopped for a little bit at Live Oak Cemetery – it is just gorgeous:
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The live oaks are just dripping with Spanish moss:
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Right now the magnolias are dropping their seed pods – see the red-red seeds? The squirrels love to munch on them.
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This is the monument of Drury Fair Jones:
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Sallie A. Jones Featherston:
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Sallie Ann and Drury Fair were sisters, and their father’s will, that mentions them both, is here.

Alice Franklin (1842-1881):
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Elodie Breck Dawson (1840-1877):
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She was step-sister to Mary Todd Lincoln. There’s a painting of Elodie at the Smithsonian.

Florida B. Kincey (1875-1899):
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Mattie O. Blunt Keith (1858-1886):
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