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Up this way to Elk Creek Community Cemetery… 5 February 2020

Coal is not dead! For more information, go here: https://www.ramacoresources.com/mining-complexes/elk-creek/ 5 February 2020

My parking spot. Miners helped me to find the cemetery, which was concealed by the mining operation. 5 February 2020

Up this way to the (mostly neglected) cemetery! 5 February 2020

Someone left this pretty cardinal painting here. 5 February 2020

View from the cemetery. 5 February 2020

The Sias graves. 5 February 2020

My great-great-uncle is buried here. 5 February 2020

Sias graves. 5 February 2020

Sias graves. 5 February 2020

Sias graves. 5 February 2020

This little guy found me. Made a buddy. 5 February 2020

Here goes Mom to decorate the graves. 5 February 2020

Walter F. Sias (1896-1933) was a brother to my great-grandmother, Gertie (Sias) Frye. He is buried here with two of his children. 5 February 2020