David Moore (right), executive director for Oakland Cemetery, reads a poem dedicated to Abbie Howard during a small dedication ceremony for her tombstone in Atlanta on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Donations were gathered from patrons during the cemetery’s 2012 Halloween tours to raise funds for a gravestone for Howard, who according to some historians was the inspiration for the character Belle Watling in Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind”.
November 3, 2013 Atlanta – David Moore (right), executive director for Oakland Cemetery, reads a poem dedicated to Abbie Howard during a small dedication ceremony for her tombstone in Atlanta on Sunday, November 3, 2013. Donations were gathered from patrons during the cemetery’s 2012 Halloween tours to raise funds for a gravestone for Howard, who according to some historians was the inspiration for the character Belle Watling in Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind”. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL