PERPETUAL CARE CEMETRY
The two lots that the church was to be built on would also include burial lots on either side of the church and between the church and Harris Alley. A fence was to be installed around the cemetery with a gaited entrance to the church. Unfortunately due to financial constraints only a small amount of the fence was built. The iron fence that exists today is that fence. In addition to the first cemetery layout five additional sections of the cemetery were created in 1987 on the fourth lot next to Front and E. Pine Streets. Cemetery records were poorly kept. The first thing that had to be done was break the lots up into sections with lot numbers. Father Stokes in the beginning of his retirement began putting names to the lot numbers for each section. In addition to his efforts, Douglas Myers, the son of Danny and Ruth Myers of Boy Scout Troop 99 approached the vestry in 2012 requesting permission to clean the memorial stones. He was interested in using this as part of his Eagle Scout designation.
After receiving the Vestry’s approval Douglas and some of his friends gathered at the cemetery to begin the project.
They were not as fortunate as we are today with regard to what they had to clean the memorials.
They had plenty of water, good brushes and plenty of “elbow grease.” They did a marvelous job for the memory of our departed and St. Paul’s will be forever grateful for their effort in brightening the cemetery of the departed and the ability of identifying the interred.
