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[caption id="attachment_1548" align="alignright" width="500"] Death certificate for Essie Bruffey Arbagast, who was buried in OCC in 1921. Her official cause of death is "pistol wound of brain--not self-inflicted, homicidal."[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1549" align="alignright" width="500"] Death certificate for Bettie Bland Thornhill, who was buried in OCC in 1912. These documents usually give parents' names, which can be…

[caption id="attachment_1553" align="alignright" width="375"] Honoree Kathy Wise and artist Julio Uchimura with "Kathy Wise's House of Cats," May 31, 2015[/caption]A new, deluxe cat house was unveiled to honor the Cemetery’s longtime Administrative Assistant Kathy Wise at her retirement picnic on May 31, 2015. "Kathy Wise's House of Cats" is now a permanent fixture on the front…

By way of Facebook, our attention was drawn to this amazing "folk art" painting by Lynchburg artist Fay Harris. Fay graciously offered to donate the original piece to the Cemetery, and it is now on permanent display in the Mourning Museum. OCC is also selling notecards with this image.Harris's ability to capture the many facets of…

The Norfolk & Western "611" steam locomotive passed by the Cemetery's Station House Museum on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The train left Kemper Street Station heading north to Manassas for an excursion on June 6.From http://fireup611.org/the-nw-class-j-611/:No. 611 was one of fourteen Class ‘J’ passenger locomotives built for the Norfolk & Western Railway between 1941 and 1950…