One element of grave markers we decided to test is the attachment of QR codes and online memorials. The headstone itself has a QR code embedded in the stone, which can be scanned with smartphones. It opens into a website containing text, images, and other digital items.
In June, we straightened the leaning marker of Furry Lewis and placed a marker for Frank Stokes in the abandoned Hollywood Cemetery, which contains a QR code and an online memorial. Since so many folks on this forum have discussed his music, I would like to solicit opinions and discussion on his career and repertoire. I wrote a brief biography of Stokes that compiles most of the historical information on his life and comments on his recordings, but it does not go into great detail about his sessions and songs. I invite interested individuals to give it a look and offer any thoughts on the content of the page, including significant omissions, needed additions, and multimedia elements that I may be unaware of.
Considering that past markers have been erected containing the elements and text desired by a select few--and the stone itself does contain such permanent engravings--I would like for the online memorial and future grave markers, including that for Bo Carter, to reflect and contain the contributions of the very people who may one day visit and pay their respects to these artists--the folks who discuss and examine the intricacies of their recorded legacies. I very much appreciate your help in this collective endeavor.
Thank you,
The MZMF Memorial page
http://www.mtzionmemorialfund.org/p/frank-stokes.html
