| Ghosts & Haunts In Missouri Mt. Mora Cemetery Stories I pulled out my old file from college. What follows is the text from the article written by myself -- I'm Jeanette Browning -- and Nichola Sollars for The Griffon News Halloween Edition, October 1998. The text is copywritten to The Griffon News, Missouri Western State College. The information came from the St. Joseph News-Press, Gazette and Telegraph, the Buchanan County Historical Society, St. Joseph City Directory and first-hand interviews: Mt. Mora Cemetery: Mt. Mora Cemetery is one of the oldest cemetery's in St. Joseph. The many winding paths and majestic mausoleums lend an air of peaceful antiquity to the cemetery. Many of the rich and famous of St. Joseph are buried there, including three Missouri governors, a Pony Express rider and several of the city's founding fathers. But the spirit said to haunt Mt. Mora is neither rich nor famous. No one knows who she is. An old article from the St. Joseph Telegraph named her the Lavender Lady, and stated she was an African-American woman in a cape and lavender veil. She appears around 10 p.m. on moonlit nights, walking on Mt. Mora Road. Anyone who tries to speak to her watches her fade into the moonlight. Page Back |