Cold Cold Ground

I have a particular feeling of sadness for Martha Lucille, who is buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA. She and I were born in the same year and her life ended a few days after her 16th birthday, when my whole life was ahead of me. A Martha Gravatte is recorded in the Social Security death index as being born in September 1887 and dying in March 1979 in the District of Columbia. My guess is that she was little Martha’s grandmother.

Words and image by Passante.