Joseph (1910-1995) and Bennie (1912-1989) are my grandparents. They are not buried in the Charleston Cumberland Persbyterian Church Cemetery, but in a newer memorial park a few miles away. I remember my papaw telling me that after he had purchased the plots he received a letter addressed to "Mr and Mr Epperson." Papaw said, "They must think we're a couple of gays." I thought that was funny because the twelve-year old me didn't even realize that Papaw knew what gay people were. Obviously the people at the cemetery didn't notice that Mamaw's middle name was Elizabeth.
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| Joseph Bolen Epperson and Bennie Eldridge Epperson |
I hope nobody found the above anecdote offensive. It wasn't meant to be, it's just that I find it much more amusing than my one other story associated with my grandparents burial plot. The other is that the first time I visited the cemetery was at my Papaw's funeral in 1995. Mamaw died in January 1989, three weeks after I left for a semester abroad in London; I was unable to fly home for her funeral.
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