AT LAST WEEK’S WALKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S MEETING, BEBE HEISKELL SAID SHE HAS HER EYE ON A SPOT WITHIN THAT 500 ACRE TRACT FOR A FUTURE MEMORIAL.  THE STATE LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATED 45-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUILD A MEMORIAL SITE FOR FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED-ONES WERE SENT TO THE TRI-STATE CREMATORY.  HUNDREDS OF BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM THAT PROPERTY, UN-CREMATED… SOME BODIES WERE NEVER IDENTIFIED… AND MANY FAMILIES RECEIVED CONCRETE DUST INSTEAD OF ACTUAL CREMATED REMAINS.   THE COMMISSIONER SAID THERE IS A "QUIET SPOT" ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THE MEMORIAL.

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