A Virtual Cemetery created by Cathy Hounshell

Earhart Cemetery

The following is a description of this small family cemetery found in the "private records of Frank Repass Brown". The "Olive" he refers to is Olive Repass Brown, daughter of Selden W.L. Repass and Elizabeth Earhart."There are several slaves buried in the row on the east side of the cemetery. In the summer of 1952, Olive had the Earhart Family Cemetery cleaned up, had all trees, shrubbery, etc. removed and had it all leveled up. She had all the tombstones taken up and cleaned, had several broken rocks replaced and one made for the slaves that are buried here. She then had a ditch dug around the whole cemetery like one for a building, then had concrete put over the whole thing. It was made a number of inches thick and reinforced with metal fencing. She had the tombstones that belonged there laid flat in the concrete over the graves where they belonged, the top of them smooth with the concrete.A large old field oak tree is west of this cemetery just across the road from it and it shades the most of the cemetery. It is still enclosed with a field metal fence."In July of 2013 we walked up the dirt/gravel road leading to the cemetery and had to climb a locked gate for access to the last quarter mile or so. The cemetery is now enclosed with a wooden fence to protect it from the cattle that were grazing near by.

Cathy Hounshell has not added any memorials to this virtual cemetery.

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