Have you ever been driving down the highway and wondered about the three crosses you've seen along the roadside? They were put up by a man named Bernard Coffindaffer, who was born in Craigsville, West Virginia. At 42 years of age, Mr. Coffindaffer became a Christian and had a vision to "plant crosses". He raised and spent $3,000,000 planting 1,864 trios of crosses in 29 states, Zambia and the Philippines. West Virginia has 352 sets of crosses, the most of any state. “The crosses are for everyone”, he said. “not for saints or sinners, but for everyone, just a reminder of Jesus as you drive by”. The crosses have three nails in them, symbolic of where a body would be. Mr. Coffindaffer died at his home in 1993. His crosses are now cared for by the people who own the land, or by nearby churches who "adopt" the crosses. Jackson County, North Carolina
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