Sara Sims Memorial Cemetery
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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Boynton Beach, Florida 33435 United StatesCoordinates: 26.53488, -80.06689 - Cemetery ID:
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The cemetery was named after long time local resident Sara(h) Sims (1863-1958). She is buried here in the cemetery that bears her name.
Articles written about the history of Sara Sims cemetery describe it as being a segregation-era cemetery used mainly by blacks. Local stories date it to the 1950s. Records are incomplete for early burials.
Few grave markers exist. Many of the deceased at Sara Sims cemetery were indigents buried by Palm Beach County between 1988 and 1994. No headstones were placed.
Although the cemetery is active the last burial was in 2004.
The cemetery was named after long time local resident Sara(h) Sims (1863-1958). She is buried here in the cemetery that bears her name.
Articles written about the history of Sara Sims cemetery describe it as being a segregation-era cemetery used mainly by blacks. Local stories date it to the 1950s. Records are incomplete for early burials.
Few grave markers exist. Many of the deceased at Sara Sims cemetery were indigents buried by Palm Beach County between 1988 and 1994. No headstones were placed.
Although the cemetery is active the last burial was in 2004.
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- Added: 1 Aug 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2506682
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