It was the mid-to-late 1930s, 1938 or so, and the site was the Ratliff Cemetery at Shelbiana. If you look at the distant mountaintop, the right-of-way for the coming power lines is cut, but there are no wires or poles. The crowd is gathered for the burial of a stone mason by the name of Cerderia. If you stand today on the same spot as the person who took this picture, you will see the landscape has changed but the grave is still there.







