![]() ![]() One restriction is that mixed breed or pet dogs are not allowed to be buried in the graveyard. Thus the cemetery came into being and today is run by a five-member Board of Friends of Coon Dog Cemetery of which only two are coon hunters, cousins, Lee Hatton and Frank Hatton.ĭogs must meet three stringent requirements to qualify for burial in the cemetery: (1) the owner must certify that this dog is a purebred coonhound (2) a witness must declare that the deceased is a coon dog that has been hunted and (3) a member of the local coon hunters organization must be allowed to view the coonhound’s body and certify it to be a purebred. As a result other hunters also buried their favorite coon dog and erected appropriate headstones in the animal's name and often with other epitaphs such as “He wasn’t the best, but he was the best I ever owned!”
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