SAVE St. Mary Cemetery – Activists hope to prevent destruction of local cemetery
Nina Rankin Pennington and Copel Cotton show their support for Elmerine Bell and her efforts to help correct the damage done to the St. Mary Cemetery that was once peacefully tucked away between Italy and Avalon. Cotton is the son of John Cotton (1850-1969) who is buried at St. Mary Cemetery. An interview with John Cotton, “Ex-Slave Starts School at 116”, written by Talmadge Canat, was published in the Corsicana Daily Sun on December 11, 1966. (Barry Byers)
