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Wildfire uncovers lost cemetery PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 25 January 2006
Grave believed to be that of man who was born a slave

Jan 25, 2006

OKLAHOMA CITY -- We've seen homes burn to the ground and our Oklahoma land torched, but fires can uncover sites that have been for years forgotten and something good was uncovered while Oklahoma was burning.
It was a surprising discovery among the ashes. When fire destroyed the Lusk home near N.E. 63rd and College, memories and materials were left in ashes, but that destruction opened a door for another Oklahoma City family.

B.J. Callins was watching the fire coverage when something caught her eye.

"I was watching the Channel 4 newscast," Ms. Callins explains. "They showed the headstone and I looked at it, but it went by kind of fast so I had to back you guys up."

Suspecting it was her great-grand father’s, she rewound the story three times then called her Uncle Sam.

"She calls and she asks what my grandfather's name was and I told her it was John Callins. The she said ‘well I just saw him on TV,’" says Sam Callins.

Until now they didn't know where John Callins was buried. It took flames to uncover the old cemetery and uncover their loved one.

"So far everything we've learned shows he was born a slave," B.J. Callins says.

They're now researching his past and excited to learn more

"It's been a wild ride since then, trying to learn more about my family," Ms. Callins says.

She is sure that something bigger led them to John Callins’ grave site.

"There are many other stones, other people that have stones, but channel 4 came here and showed this one. You can't tell me that this is not from the almighty," Sam Callins affirms.

There are many other headstones at this uncovered cementery and there may be other families that have lost track of the burial sites of loved ones.

The Callins family tells us they have already ordered a bigger headstone for John Callins, grave and they are working with the current property owners to make sure this cemetery isn't forgotten again.

http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=4410966
 
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