Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is at Valhalla Memory Gardens in Bloomington, Indiana.  This cemetery is located off of West 3rd Street on the west side of town.

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 39.16970, Longitude: -86.55810

We visited here on January 25, 2015 mostly because we didn't want to leave it off of our list.  I have never been a fan of this particular cemetery because I always felt that it seemed to generic and unappealing.  There are few graves here, mostly there are only placards in the ground and several mausoleums.  There is an older section near the back and a section that appear to be only for children.  I did find it interesting that there was a section with graves in Arabic.  I think that I may have also seen a grave or two in Chinese and maybe one in Hebrew, but I can't be one hundred percent sure on that.

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Our first stop is at the grave of Robert William Bell.

Born: January, 1943
Died: January, 1943

I believe that this was taken in the children's section of the cemetery.  There is no information on his family.  I have heard that this section of the cemetery could have been for children that were born at Bloomington Hospital.  I am not sure of the validity of that statement as I can find no official record.







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Here are two more children's graves.

The one on the right is for Donald Lee Chandler.

Born: October 8, 1936
Died: October 18, 1936

His parents were listed as Donald Wesley Chandler (1916-2006) and Rosetta Jane Little Chandler (1918-1997).  They are both buried in Valhalla Memory Gardens.  

He had one other sibling:
Ronald Paul Chandler (1938-2015) - buried at Garrison Chapel Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

The grave on the left is that of Jackie Lee Edwards.

Born: unknown
Died: October 15, 1936

There is no information on her family.

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This is the headstone for Timothy Griffin.

Born: 1856
Died: June 1928

Once again, there is no information on his family.  The headstone is very lichen covered and hard to read, but I didn't see anything there that would be very helpful.










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This is the grave for Nancy Elizabeth Richardson Hacker.

Born: April 16, 1851
Died: October 9, 1951

She is buried with her son , Paul McClain Hacker.

Born: February 28, 1903
Died: July 19, 1936

There is a lovely angel carved into the headstone.   This is carved to be a guide to heaven.  

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This is the grave for Margie Lou Langley.

Born: 1950
Died: August 1950

Her stone states that she was 5 weeks old when she died.  This stone is in the children's section of the cemetery.  There is a lamb carved into the top of the stone.









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And finally we come to the grave of Robert McGee.

Born: 1875
Died: February 6, 1936, Monroe County, Indiana

His stone is inscribed, "Gone but not forgotten".  There is a simple flower carved into the top of his stone.  It could be a dogwood flower which means resurrections, sacrifice and eternal life.  

There is no family information for him.







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 Lastly, we have these two graves.  I can only make out a few letters on the left hand grave and nothing on the right hand grave.  I do see that the grave on the left has a dogwood carved into it like the one above.  It symbolizes resurrection, sacrifice and eternal life.





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Please email me or leave me a comment if you have any information on any of these graves, or have a photo request.

I hope that you have enjoyed your walk through Valhalla Memory Gardens.

Please visit the listing at Find-A-Grave.

Today's Walk Through the Tombstones is at Garrison Chapel Cemetery.  It is located on Garrison Chapel Road in Bloomington, Indiana.

GPS Coordinates:  Latitude: 39.15050, Longitude: -86.64379

This cemetery was established on February 27, 1933, but there are several older graves up on the hillside in the north side of the cemetery.   We stopped by the cemetery on a drizzly January 25, 2015.  

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Our first stop is at the grave of Lucinda J. Brown.

Born: March 27, 1837

Died: September 5, 1865

She was married to Charles M. Brown (?-?) and had one child, Robert R. Brown (?-?).  I am not sure where her husband is buried, but her son is buried at Garrison Chapel Cemetery. 

His stone is shown at the left.  It is very worn and hard to read.   It looks like he was born October 19 and died July 27, but the years are hard to read.

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Here is the grave for Glenn Fulton.

Born: September 15, 1915

Died: September 15, 1915

There is a dove on the top of the grave which generally symbolizes peace.    It seems that these are usually found on the graves of children.

There is no information on who his parents were.

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Now we stop at the grave of Charles N. Isom.

Born: 1794, Garrard County, Kentucky

Died:  May 28, 1855, Monroe County, Indiana

Inscription says, "My Daughter Sleeps By My Side". 

As for his children, I can only find a listing for his son:

Charles J. Isom (1834-1916) - buried at Garrison Chapel Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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Here we have a children's grave.  There are two names listed:

James W. McHaley:

Born: unknown

Died: August 18, 1848

Mary K. McHaley:
Born: unknown
Died: December 9, 1853

The headstone is hard to read, but it looks as if it says, "Children of L.K. & M. McHaley".

There are only two other McHaleys buried in Garrison Chapel, but neither of them match the initials.


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Here we have the grave for Robert and Harwar Rice.

Robert's name is listed on the left side:

Born: 1802
Died: January 9, 1863

Harwar is shown on the right side:

Born: 1806
Died: July 25, 1899


They had six children:
Benjamin W. Rice (1826-1863) - buried in Richland Cemtery, Monroe County, Indiana
John B. Rice (1830-1860) - buried in Garrison Chapel Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana
Thomas Elhane Rice (1832-1905) - buried in Clear Creek Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Mary Elizabeth Rice Brown (1863-1918) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Margaret Ann Rice Fowler - (1839-1910) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.
Nathan Lewis Rice (1841-1907) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.

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This is the marker for Delila McHaley.

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

She was the wife of John I. McHaley (?-?).  I have no information on where he was buried.  

It looks like she was 29y, 7m and 2d old when she died, but the stone if broken and hard to read.  









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These gravestones are all very corroded and hard to read.  The one on the right with the yellow lichen appears to have had a picture or something in it at one time as it has a small indention in the face.  

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Please let me know if you have any information on any of these graves, or have a photo request.  

I hope you have enjoyed your walk through Garrison Chapel Cemetery.

Please visit the listing at Find-A-Grave.