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Post by Angela on May 31, 2009 7:06:51 GMT -5
So Brian, what were your feelings when you saw the actual tombstone of the Lawson family for the first time last week as opposed to a photo of it? How about the rest of you in here? What was your initial reaction to it the first time, what did you feel, what thoughts went through your mind?
Maria
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Post by debbie on May 31, 2009 10:45:52 GMT -5
It was the first time I had visited a grave of people that had been murdered. I felt sad and at the same time very curious about the story of Charlie Lawson and his family. I wondered what the family was like and was stricken with sadness for the children. My biggest question was (and still is) why did they bury that man with them? I remember reading the scripture on the stone and thinking that there would never be a more fitting saying than the one inscribed on it.
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Post by smpyrtle on May 31, 2009 11:34:34 GMT -5
My first feeling was also sadness that so many had been killed. I also felt sadness in seeing Arthur's grave I'm not sure why except maybe that he had such a short time to live after his family and that he was left alone after their deaths.
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Post by Angela on May 31, 2009 11:39:28 GMT -5
I didn't understand the epitaph on the tombstone the first time I saw it. It wasn't until I started researching the story in preperation for our Documentary that I came to understand it. My first feelings regarding the tombstone the frst time and every time even now after 50 some visits is anger, alot of anger at Chalie Lawson, as well as a very heavy sadness for the children and Fannie. I too think it was a cruel thing buying him with the family he killed. I don't understand that decision at all.
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Post by smpyrtle on May 31, 2009 13:12:28 GMT -5
It could have been a Marion decision and I guess Arthur may have wanted him buried with them. It's hard to know how any of us would have felt in Arthur's position. Charlie was his father and I guess he did love him. I've tried to put myself in that position and I don't know what I would have done.
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Post by angel71242 on Jun 1, 2009 8:37:42 GMT -5
I remember that I was very excited because after years of reading true crime books, I was actually going to see the grave of victims of a true crime book I had read. Of course, once you're out there, it's very sad.
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Post by Brian on Jun 1, 2009 13:11:23 GMT -5
This was my first time visiting the cemetery, May 23, 2009. After more than a year of reading about the murders and participating in the forum it was hard to believe I was actually going to see it in person. It is a sad lonely place, but I find all old cemeteries sad and lonely. In older times they tended to put more info on the tombstone about the deceased, or some little line or poem to show how much the person will be missed. Today, they only put names and dates on tombstones.
I was surprised by the Lawson tombstone. It is smaller than I had thought it was. It isn't a big cemetery, but there are a lot of graves there, with room for a few more.
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Post by Angela on Jun 1, 2009 13:24:55 GMT -5
To me it looks so big. The length of it is very large of course. Brian and I both noticed that it's begun to lean rather much and the stones with the children's names on them are no longer even. The one that really surprised me though was the tombstone of Charlie's mother Nancy Lawson. It is leaning forward alot. Looks like it's about to tip over. A year ago it wasn't tilting forward at all.
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Post by sissy on Jun 2, 2009 7:26:02 GMT -5
Ok nobody shoot me but, uh um I have never been to Browder Cemetary.
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Post by Angela on Jun 2, 2009 7:28:57 GMT -5
We will have to remedy that someday Sissy. You would really like this cemetery and the other tombstones there as well.
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