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‘Gracious’ guests enjoy Holly Springs By SUE WATSON This year’s group of pilgrims took in the homes, visited the cemetery, talked to homeowners, and were especially nice guests, said Tish Summerlin, Holly Springs Garden Club’s Pilgrimage Committee co-chairman. “This was an incredibly gracious group of tourists this year,” Summerlin said. “They were nice folks who were truly interested in what we were offering and our homeowners commented on how enjoyable it was to have such gracious guests.” Summerlin, who said she was born with hoops on, has been connected with the Pilgrimage along with her family, all her life and have shown their home, Cedarhurst, about 57 times, give or take a couple of years, she said. Garden Club President Jorja Lynn said weather was perfect this year for the Tour of Historic Homes. And attendance, although the final tally is not in, seemed to be up sizably from last year. Committee co-chairman Suzanne Lafever said tourists seemed to enjoy the entire town, not just the six homes open for touring. The cemetery tour was quite successful and was opened again Saturday morning where a large number of visitors congregated to hear ‘people from the dead’ tell their stories. Another favorite of visitors, Lafever said, were the carriage rides which are always provided by Frank Swords. Other pilgrims were taken with the flower arrangements at the houses. “The homeowners seemed pleased at rave comments on everything we had,” she said. “Homeowners also enjoyed the steady flow of visitors each day. “Overall, we got great compliments. That’s always good,” Lafever said. She also praised the City of Holly Springs and the restaurants in town for having extra food on hand. “Tourists loved it,” Lafever said. Lockie York, whose job it was to sell advanced tickets, said everyone who purchased tickets came to visit. Besides the regular and loyal visitors from the Mid-South area, people arrived from Seattle, British Columbia, Oregon, Atlanta, Orlando, Alexandria, London, Michigan, Wyoming, Tullahoma and Adamsville, Tennessee, and from Blytheville and Forrest City, Ark., and Phoenix. “We were very pleased,” York said. “Attendance was up.” Report News:
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