NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. Click HERE to read my first 52 Ancestors blog post in 2019.
The small town of Grays, Woodruff County, Arkansas, holds a deep place in my family’s history. It was here that my grandmother, Ernestine Wright Hatchett; her siblings, and most of their children, including my mother, were born, lived, went to school, attended church, and farmed the land. For them, Grays wasn’t just a dot on the map; it was community, family, and daily life.
Today Grays is no longer an incorporated town with no residents living there anymore. If you were to drive to Grays today, all you would see would be overgrown grass on either side of the only two lane road in town. You might never know the importance it once carried for so many families like mine.
Though the town itself has faded away, it remains alive in my family’s memory and in my family history. Grays may have disappeared from today’s maps, but it will always be the backdrop to generations of people that once called it home.
Journey Through the Generations 
How sad that it is no longer an incorporated town! Are there any town buildings still standing?
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Unfortunately, no there aren’t any buildings or homes still standing. There are some cemeteries. Most of them are overgrown and it’s hard to walk through or see any of the headstones. But there is one that is being cleared and cleaned which is one of my family’s that you might see soon.
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I am glad that you are preserving your family’s cemetery!
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