A public walking tour of Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville with living history talks will be held at 4 p.m. Oct. 10.

The walking tour will feature re-enactments of famous or storied people buried in the cemetery with graveside tales about their life. Various town leaders will assume the role of the late historical figures.

Mayor Gavin Brown will be William Holland Thomas; Alderman Wells Greeley will be Robert Love; Alderwoman Julia Freeman will be Carolyn Miller (the Pulitzer Prize Winner); Alderman Leroy Robinson will be N. Barber; Police Chief Bill Hollingshead will be Gig Young (a movie star who killed his wife and then himself); and Fire Chief Joey Webb will be William Greer (a driver for five presidents and who was driving the car when John F. Kennedy was shot.)

The goal of the tour is to raise awareness about the historical treasure of Green Hill, said Ann Melton, a Waynesville historian and author who is releasing a book this fall chronicling many of the cemetery’s interred residents.