A number of obelisks, some tall...
...others less so.
Crosses...
...another
Still another
Above ground structures which I call abodes of the dead
An abode with locked gates
Egyptian or Greek style abode
Statues
Small statue of an angel on the headstone of a four year old girl
Elaborate old headstone with a marble(?) insert
St John's Cemetery was, for all intents and purposes, the Protestant cemetery in town for white folks. African-Americans had separate burial grounds.
Would love to wander about this cemetery. When we were kids - the whole extended family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) would to to the cemetery for Memorial Day - the kids would race around chasing each other and looking for babies' graves - usually they had angels on the headstones. It seems bizarre now but it was what we did - we found them fascinating.
ReplyDeleteIn my extended family, only adults went to the cemetery on All Saints Day. I love visiting old cemeteries...new cemeteries not so much. St John's is a lovely, peaceful place.
ReplyDeleteWonderful old cemetery, very peaceful looking. And the greenand the moss.... I like the idea of a cemetery being part of the community. I used to walk through one every day on the way to high school. Makes me think of Thornton Wilder and Our Town. The way they are now placed far away is sad.
ReplyDeleteIT, the church and the cemetery are in the heart of the old part of town, which is the way it once was in many places.
ReplyDeleteHello Grandmere Mimi--Great pictures! I love old cemeteries.
ReplyDeleteI am a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher, NC. It is an antebellum church and we have a cemetery but we call it "the church yard." It has many similar and beautiful/interesting head stones. Also where we have the annual Easter egg hunt for the children.
So, should you find yourself in WNC you might enjoy a walk through our church yard. And, thank you for sharing your pictures.
Beautiful cemetery. Reminds me of the famous one in Paris, though the Thibodaux "abodes of the dead" are not quite so crammed in together.
ReplyDeleteBonnie, if I'm ever in the neighborhood, I will visit Calvary's church yard.
ReplyDeleteCathy, in New Orleans the abodes of the dead are crowded together. The tombs must be above the ground there because the water table is so high. Here in Thibodaux people can be buried in the ground, but some choose the above-ground tombs.
Makes me think of Thornton Wilder and Our Town.
ReplyDeleteMakes *me* think of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"! (set at night, though. Vampire-slaying time!)
Great job, Mimi.
JCF, thanks. :-)
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