Big Pine Level Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
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Big Pine Level Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Also known as Old Bethel Cemetery

Butler County, Alabama, USA

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  • Get directions Gandy Loop Road
    Butler County, Alabama, USA
    Coordinates: 31.69697, -86.89288
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According to the pastor of Big Pine Level Church, this cemetery has both white and African Americans buried in it, in two different seections.

The cemetery is located at the end of Gandy Loop Road, where he says the church used to stand. The church is now located a short drive away on the opposite side of HWY 106.

This is also the site of the original, or, "old" Bethel Church Cemetery. (Bethel West Cemetery is nearby.) When Bethel moved, they may have given the old location to Big Pine Level, which explains why there are white people from the 1800's buried in the cemetery of an all black church.

Update: I found an article online that says Lester Hanks, Jr. now owns the property, which conflicts with the church owning it (but they do currently bury people here).

NOTE: At the current time, the maps are incorrect, but I have submitted corrections via Waze.com. The road listed as Withers is actually Gandy Loop. Withers is the unmarked road to the right, and the road marked Gandy Loop is actually a powerline, not a road. It is occasionally used as a road for logging and such.







According to the pastor of Big Pine Level Church, this cemetery has both white and African Americans buried in it, in two different seections.

The cemetery is located at the end of Gandy Loop Road, where he says the church used to stand. The church is now located a short drive away on the opposite side of HWY 106.

This is also the site of the original, or, "old" Bethel Church Cemetery. (Bethel West Cemetery is nearby.) When Bethel moved, they may have given the old location to Big Pine Level, which explains why there are white people from the 1800's buried in the cemetery of an all black church.

Update: I found an article online that says Lester Hanks, Jr. now owns the property, which conflicts with the church owning it (but they do currently bury people here).

NOTE: At the current time, the maps are incorrect, but I have submitted corrections via Waze.com. The road listed as Withers is actually Gandy Loop. Withers is the unmarked road to the right, and the road marked Gandy Loop is actually a powerline, not a road. It is occasionally used as a road for logging and such.







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  • Added: 26 Jul 2014
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2548486