CAMDEN — By BRADLY GILL
Staff writer
Tonight’s Oakland Cemetery Walk hosted by the Ouachita County Historical Society has been canceled, but weather permitting, Saturday’s program will still take place.
The cost of the tour is $5 for adults and $3 for children. All proceeds from the walk will benefit historic Oakland Cemetery. The event will be held in the cemetery, which is located on Maul Road across from Zion Hill Baptist Church. Tours will run continuously from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.
The characters will range from William Chadwell - a successful merchant and well-known man in the 1850’s who died suddenly; to Samuel Q Sevier - the grandson of the first governor of Tennessee who served as the mayor in Camden and Ouachita County Sheriff who once got in a fight and shot someone; to Edwin Carson - a successful dry-goods salesman who invested heavily in the Ouachita Valley Bank and was ruined by the Great Depression.