It's A Family Affair

 As you gather with family and friends this holiday season, share this song from the iconic Sly and the Family Stone to set the mood for the event. Click the link below to hear this song. Enjoy!!

https://youtu.be/MbT_ask1Cco?si=wcff_Nhf37J8irWO

Ground Penetrating Radar Survey Release

 

The Moore Chapel Cemetery survey is now complete and available for your reading pleasure. Click this link to navigate to the report - Moore Media | Moore Family Farm (visitmoorefarm.org)

Power In the Word

Baby boy with dreads (BBWD) struck up a conversation as he was completing my transaction.

BBWD: How you doing today?

ME: I’m exceptional; how you holding up?

BBWD: I’m good, school starts tomorrow. (Deep sigh)

ME: Where do you go to school?

BBWD: (Names high school) it’s way out in the country in the middle of nowhere; nothing to do but go to school.

ME: That way you can focus on your studies yeah?

BBWD: Yeah I guess so, where do you go to school?

ME: (I giggle) Aren’t you sweet, I finished school a bit ago baby

BBWD: (In astonishment) You look like you could still be in school, for real for real.  You look good, I mean it!

ME: You are just precious; thank you. I’m glad to be on this side of the dirt my love

BBWD: (He laughs) Good one. See you next time.

I adore the spontaneous divine messages that show up to remind you of your blessings.  

Moore Chapel Cemetery Needs Your Help

 

I am reaching out to SHARE an update about the restoration of the Moore Chapel Cemetery maintained by the descendants of John Henry and Inez Moore and to ASK for your help in contacting any unknown family members who may still be alive who are related to the loved ones buried in the cemetery.

We received a match grant from THC for some of the cost to survey and preserve the cemetery. The grant will locate unmarked graves and publish a booklet about the cemetery survey. The project will also install a sign about the history of the cemetery and the names of the loved ones buried in unmarked graves in the cemetery.  A small pavilion will be installed to mark the location of the former Moore Chapel building.

We have found 37 unmarked graves that will receive a flat round marker, 3 historic headstones will be repaired, and 6 historic temporary markers will be replaced this summer.

We also plan to host an annual Homecoming: Ancestor Day at the cemetery to honor our ancestors.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. Do you know any members still alive in the following family groups? We have identified numerous family names buried in the cemetery. We know some families and need help connecting with the other families.

The known families include: Boggs, Browning, Camp, Donloe, Dunn, Green, Harrell, Harris, Hayes, Hooper, Jennings, Moore, Menzies, and Murphy, Parsons, Rudd, Turner, Woods.

The families we need HELP connecting with include: Barnett, Gossett, Hart, McHaney, Matlock, North, Parker, Pervatt, Pettigrew, Shurley, Stanley, Tatum, Williams, Andrews, Frazier, Medlock, Metlock, Mosley, Patterson.  

If you know any people related to these families, please have them contact me by call or text - 731.415.2588.

Thank you!

Cemetery Preservation

The preservation efforts are in full swing at the Moore Chapel Cemetery. We are honored to be a part of this important work as we gather, compile, and analyze information to memorialize the ancestors resting in this special place.

                    

Caring for the Caregivers

Caregiving can affect the health and well-being of the caregiver(s). The signs of caregiver stress and burnout include:

1) Feeling burdened or worrying all the time.

2) Feeling tired often.

3) Sleeping too much or not enough.

4) Gaining or losing weight.

5) Becoming easily irked or angry.

6) Losing interest in activities you used to enjoy.

7) Feeling sad.

8) Having frequent headaches or other pains or health problems.

9) Misusing alcohol or drugs, including prescription medicines.

10) Missing your own medical appointments.

Your body can combat stress through a counter-stress system called the "relaxation response," regulated by the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is activated through mind-body practices.  See the diagram above for tools that can help you navigate the emotional and physical demands of caregiving.

Source: mayoclinic.org and health.harvard.edu

Historic Newscast

Gratifying to appear on ABC + CBS television affiliate WBBJ-TV to speak about the impact of one of our projects on Black history in Tennessee. Click on this link to see the video: Grant-funded project breathes life into Tennessee's African American heritage - WBBJ TV