3/30/17 Dickson Colored Orphanage Cemetery by Sarah A. Miller
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Brothers Eddie Turner, Wilson Turner and Gene Turner along with Hugh Mitchell (not pictured) uncovered the cemetery at the former Dickson Colored Orphanage grounds in Gilmer, Texas. Pictured Thursday March 31, the Gilmer brothers stand next to a headstone they found. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A headstone is pictured at the Dickson Colored Orphanage cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Gene Turner walks toward a headstone at the Dickson Colored Orphanage cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. Turner and his brothers have been working to uncover the cemetery. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A headstone for Sallie Dixon is pictured at the Dickson Colored Orphanage cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Eddie Turner wipes dirt off a headstone at the Dickson Colored Orphanage cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A headstone for Sallie Dixon is pictured at the Dickson Colored Orphanage cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
These newly donated cross grave markers will be placed over the sites of graves at the Dickson Colored Orphanage cemetery in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Eddie Turner of Gilmer talks about the effort it took to uncover the cemetery at the former Dickson Colored Orphanage grounds in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Brothers Gene Turner, Wilson Turner and Eddie Turner along with Hugh Mitchell (not pictured) uncovered the cemetery at the former Dickson Colored Orphanage grounds in Gilmer, Texas. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)