BLAACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The road to Aunt Mae Gilliam’s grave is easy to miss.
A narrow drive off N.C. 9 climbs to the Ledbetter-Gilliam Family Cemetery, a small burial ground on a hillside above the Broad River Community Center.
Near the entrance, some graves are marked only by fieldstones. Farther in, the rough stones give way to more conventional headstones…