[Old School Hound]

This is not an old picture but it is a picture of a very old thing, with a very old , and very sad,  story behind it. 

I know it sounds macabre but I LOVE visiting cemeteries. I find it peaceful, a great place to self-reflect, and an opportunity to learn a little bit about the lives of those who were placed there. One of my favorites in Corbin is Pine Hill Cemetary off of Master Street on the east side of town. This is where most of my relatives are buried, so I go here more than any other. Recently, I saw a tombstone that was interesting, and after reading the inscription, and then doing further research, I was overcome with emotion about the little girl that was buried here.

Here's the story of this behind it, according to Walt Pennington.   During the Fall of 1896, a family was passing through Corbin when it was just a small hamlet and awaiting to become the burgeoning railroad center of all the coal shipments in southeastern Kentucky. It is unknown where the family was going but it seems , as they were traveling through, their young three year old daughter, May, had fallen ill. The type of illness was lost to time but unfortunately the child died. Grief stricken, the family was at a loss what to do next. A family who owned a parcel of land off of Master Street offered a small plot of land to bury the little girl and a small but fitting monument was erected at the site. The final resting place of this little girl, May Carper , daughter of J.B. and Minnie Carper from Ashville North Carolina , was the first person buried in what is now the Pine Hill Cemetery.

Here's where little May was buried. Such a sad story .  

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