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JOSEPH SR. AND LUCY MACK SMITH FOUNDATION

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THE SMITH FAMILY CEMETERY PERPETUAL FUND

November 20, 2011 gator Leave a comment

The Smith Family Cemetery Perpetual Fund

November, 2011

My Dear Cousins,

I want to express my deep love for each of you and thank all of you for what you
are doing in honoring the names of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. The
cemetery is a credit to all of the family members that have participated in
helping to maintain and beautify the sacred spot where the Prophet Joseph Smith
and those dearest to him are buried: Emma, Mother and Father Smith, Hyrum,
Samuel, and others of the family. We must never ever lose the sense of
appreciation and gratitude for those who have laid the foundation for this great
work and have given us so much.

All of us should consider it an honor to support the work of the family, and so
I encourage each of you to be as generous as you possibly can in providing
financial support so that the work can move forward year after year, touching
the lives of more of our family members.

I suppose that there will not be anything that will be more thrilling for anyone
of us than to eventually be embraced by Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack and by
our other forefathers and loved ones, and have them say to us, “Thank you, thank
you, for keeping the cemetery beautiful. Thank you for seeking out the family
members and building unity and love and strength within our family.”

We are on the Lord’s errand. There is a great family work that we must
accomplish in His holy name. May we be blessed to do so is the prayer of my
heart.

Sincerely,

Elder M. Russell Ballard

 


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EMMA’S FOND WISH NEARS FULFILLING

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http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/20863/Emmas-fond-wish-nears-fulfilling.html

Descendants of Joseph and Hyrum Smith are joining in a project to renovate and
landscape the Smith family cemetery in Nauvoo where the Prophet and his brother
and 25 of their family members are buried.

The burial site, overlooking the Mississippi River, is next to the old log
Homestead where Joseph and Emma lived prior to their move kitty-cornered across
the street into the Mansion House. Among those buried at the site, in addition
to Joseph and Hyrum, are Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith, Emma Smith, and Samuel
and Don Carlos Smith, brothers of the Prophet.Project chairmen said that two of
the driving forces behind upgrading the hallowed grounds are the limited access
to the Smith family grave site area, and particularly a plea of Emma Smith, made
to her son Joseph III in 1867:

“I have always felt sad about the neglected condition of that place, and as I do
not expect ever to be able to build me a house to live in, I would like to fix a
place to be put away when I have done all my work on the earth. . . .

“I have got twenty-five dollars that no one has any right to but myself. . . . I
feel anxious to apply that money on the graveyard. After I have done that I
think we can ask our Smith relations to help mark Father’s and Mother’s graves,
if no more.”

The “Smith relations” mentioned by Emma Smith – the descendants of Joseph and
Hyrum – last year formed the Joseph & Hyrum Smith Family Foundation. The
foundation is currently raising funds to landscape, beautify and provide for
open public access and ongoing maintenance of this historic cemetery.

In the project, new monuments will be placed on the graves of Joseph, Emma and
Hyrum Smith. A patio and a lighted brick walkway leading to Water Street and a
new sprinkler system will be installed. Additional trees and flower beds will
dot the grounds.

A dedication ceremony for the completed project is planned for Aug. 4 at 4 p.m.
in the cemetery. President Wallace B. Smith of the Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, a great-grandson of Joseph Smith, will participate.

Also taking part will be Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Council of the Twelve,
a great-great-grandson of Hyrum Smith, and other family members.

As part of the dedication, a time capsule will be encased in the new monuments
with the names of those who helped or contributed to the project in any way.

The project leaders said, “A new-found spirit of unity is developing through
this project in the spirit of Joseph and Hyrum, of whom it was said, `In life
they were not divided, and in death they were not separated!’

“These brothers set the example to their descendants through their love which
was expressed by Hyrum near the time of the martyrdom when, given the
opportunity to escape, he told his brother, `Joseph, I can’t leave you.’ ”

Eldred G. Smith, a great-great-grandson of Hyrum Smith and project co-chairman,
said, “The RLDS Church has been very cooperative and gracious in working with us
and allowing the Joseph and Hyrum Smith Family Foundation to undertake this
project.”

Dan M. Larsen, a descendant of Joseph Smith and executive director of the
project, declared, “I truly believe this can be a beginning of an extraordinary
relationship between the Smith family members and the RLDS and LDS churches and
an opportunity to once more work together in old Nauvoo.”

Elder Ballard referred to Joseph Smith’s expressed desire: “The place where man
is buried is sacred to me. . . . In the morning of the resurrection let me
strike hands with my father.”

Elder Ballard added, “I am sure there will be personal joy and satisfaction for
each one of us knowing that we helped provide a pleasing resting place from
which these great ancestors of ours can rise on the morning of the resurrection
and `strike hands.’ “


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