The Moore County Historical Society will meet Sunday Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Lynchburg.

The speaker will be Dr. Gerald Smith, retired Robert M. Ayres, Jr. Distinguished University Professor at Sewanee: The University of the South, will present the evening’s program, “Tennessee Cemeteries – Monuments and Ruin.” His program will feature a survey of the status of Tennessee’s rural cemeteries, problems in cemetery management, and suggestions for understanding old cemeteries.  This will have some great visual material.

Dr. Smith taught religion and environmental studies, along with field classes in rural religion for forty-six years. He is the author/editor of eleven books of Sewanee history. A published poet, his literary essays have appeared in the Sewanee Review. He continues his field work on cemeteries and advises local groups about cemetery care. A native of Virginia, Smith grew up walking the great Civil War battlefields of Wilderness, Chancellorsville, and Fredericksburg.

For further information contact Michael Northcutt at mbncutt@yahoo.com or phone 931-434-5797 or George Stone a georgestone@cafes.net or phone 931-581-2621.