My guess is that there's a story behind the sign at Cofer Cemetery. I'm figuring sibling rivalry...two sisters competing for the same eternal resting spot next to a handsome beau, we'll call "Hubert," who died too young to ever "speak to daddy." One sister declares to the other, "You lie next to Hubert--over my dead body!" On that note, the two sisters quit speaking to each other and sit on opposite sides of the church. No doubt, there was a lot of headshaking over their spat, but true love is true love no matter how dead or two-timing the fellow might be. And then, one sister dies. She is halfway down to side-by-side hand-holding with Hubert when living, breathing sister shows up. What's meant to be a solemn graveside service turns into a lot of dirt flinging and hollering for Hubert. In the end, it's determined that Hubert can go in the middle and the dignity of the living and the dead is recovered. If only the sign could tell me how close I am to right. Even more intriguing is a tidbit on the opinion page of the Daily Post Athenian--"This is a notice to the people who are dumping on McMinn County Road 5, west of River View. Smile the next time you dump a dead donkey; you're on camera." Now that's a story.
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