Caledonia Chapel Cemetery (Location Key)
Next to the Caledonia Chapel in Intruder in the Dust is the small "fenced square of earth" that is the local "graveyard" (154). Vinson Gowrie's new grave - the plot that is repeatedly violated in Intruder in the Dust - is unmarked, but the others are indicated by "mottoless" and "shingle-thin slabs of cheap grey granite" standing "without symmetry or order" and "canted always slightly" (154). Next to Vinson's grave, where no one rests in peace or for long, is his mother's grave, where the tombstone reads "AMANDA WORKITT, wife of N.B. Forrest Gowrie, 1878 birth, 1926 death" (99).
Next to the Caledonia Chapel in Beat Four is the small "fenced square of earth" that contains the "dust" referred to in the title of Intruder in the Dust: a cemetery plot which is repeatedly violated during the narrative's five separate returns to it. At different times this grave is the temporary resting place of Vinson Gowrie and Jake Montgomery; the last time it is dug up, it is empty, and the bodies of both these men have been hidden nearby. Next to it is the grave of Vinson’s mother, where the tombstone reads "AMANDA WORKITT, wife of N.B. Forrest Gowrie, 1878 birth, 1926 death" (Intruder, 99). The other graves in this local "graveyard" are indicated by "mottoless" and "shingle-thin slabs of cheap grey granite" standing "without symmetry or order" and "canted always slightly" (Intruder, 154).
Occupants: Amanda Workitt Gowrie, Vinson Gowrie, Jake Montgomery.
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