Ricky Greene shows the spot where he recently discovered 19th-century graves, now marked by wooden stakes, on his property in Normandy, Tenn.HOW TO HELP
Anyone with information that might help identify the cemetery or those buried in it is asked to call the Coffee County Historical Society at 931-728-0145. If no one answers, leave a message noting the type of information offered and a phone number where the caller can be reached.
NORMANDY, Tenn. — It was like a scene from a horror movie as Ricky Greene slipped his hand into the darkness under a concrete slab that had been pried up from his yard in Coffee County.
Reaching into the space beneath, he felt what he thought were the wooden contours of a casket.
Rising to look around, he realized he was surrounded by rectangular impressions, all in neat rows.
They were almost certainly graves.