Sparta Speaker Series: “Covered Graves and other Graveyard Traditions of the Cumberlands"

Name: Sparta Speaker Series: “Covered Graves and other Graveyard Traditions of the Cumberlands"
Start: 2025-11-20T19:00:00-06:00
Location: White County Courthouse

Schedule

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

White County Courthouse | Sparta, TN

Join us while Dr. Ric Finch shares his findings on covered graves! Seven different styles of covered graves are described, with special emphasis on the 200-year-old comb grave tradition that started in White Co. and spread from there to other states. Dr. Ric Finch, Tennessee Tech University (retired).
Cover photo for event page by Dr. Ric Finch
http://graterutabaga.com/TCGT/TennCombGraveTradition.html
White County Courthouse, 3rd floor. 1 E Bockman Way, Sparta, TN 38583 The door to the Court House is open on the east side, which is the side facing the Coffee Collective or Marioochi's Pizza. (The other two doors to the courthouse will be locked)
Sparta Speaker Series covers a variety of topics centered around the Upper Cumberland covering nature, history, arts, and crafts held the first and third Thursday of every month at 7pm!