On this day in 1906, news of plans to upgrade the home of the sexton of the Oconee Hill Cemetery, and change the entry site to where it is currently located was published in the Weekly Banner.
The new burial lots were made available when the sexton's house was moved in February, 1908.
Learn More:
- Weekly Banner, Jan. 1906 - Dec. 1908 on Microfilm in the Heritage collection.
- Athens Historic Newspaper Archive collection in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia, Volume I by Charlotte Thomas Marshall in the Heritage and general collections.
- Oconee Hill Record of Interments in the Heritage collection.
- Friends of Oconee Hill Cemetery Newsletters in the Heritage collection.
- Georgia Cemetery Directory and Bibliography of Georgia Cemetery Resources by Ted O. Brooke in the Heritage collection.
- Your Guide to Cemetery Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack in the Heritage collection.
- Cemetery Research by Nancy Ellen Carlberg in the Heritage collection.
- The Cemetery Book: Cemetery Preservation, Restoration, and Recording by Ted O. Brooke in the Heritage and general collections.
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