COLUMBUS — The Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery tour on Nov. 5 was eerily busy for a cemetery. Folks, not just ghosts, were visiting sites of interest to learn a little about the history and the movers and shakers of Columbus in the distant and their good and not-sogood pasts.
One resident, who was alive, heard voices from the past several times during the tour. Dianne Ilse-Jones heard about relatives August Ilse, 1869 to 1927, and Malzena Zumwalt, 1841 to 1941. In all, 13 past residents of Columbus were featured and their life stories were reenacted by very convincing characters.
The ghostly tour of the Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery in Columbus started before sundown. The cemetery was started in 1873 and is filled with remark able citizens of the Columbus area. The cemetery holds more than its fair share of tales to be told.
