Post by April Wegner on Jul 14, 2019 16:12:07 GMT -5
On July 4th of this year (2019), The Daily Times reporter, Andrew Jones, quoted many historical facts from J. R. Young's article about the Weir / Hart Cemetery in Alcoa. From the news article, Carol Satterfield and her mother, Jean Warren, have been searching for this cemetery since 2004. The Weir family are related to President George Bush's ancestors. It is hard to understand why it has escaped the attention of the two of our recent Presidents. There are headstones broken off and buried in the ground. It would take quite a bit of work and money to restore. Jean Warren said, "In my lifetime... I want someone to do something." I certainly hope that attention to this site can be renewed, this cemetery can be restored and those buried there are given back the proper respect they deserve.