Gethsemane Cemetery
A good deal of documentation shows that Gethsemane Cemetery is also known as Greenwood Cemetery & originally as the Ormond Negro Burial Grounds.
One of our proudest projects. We took over the preservation & restoration of this site from Volusia County in 2001 and have made great progress with this site. Although we have hit many bumps along our road, taking 8 months for the City to get us a sign, two years to get enough money for a fence, and still dealing with trespassers and vandals, this site is nearly complete. Or was, until hurricane Charley hit.
The oldest legible memorial in this site is from 1881. Many of the markers are homemade and show great care and personalization to the loved one interred. There are many missing and broken markers and since we've taken on the responsibility of this site, we have repaired dozens of of markers, crypts and vaults. This site was closed for burials in 1974.
This site is also a nature preserve. With many endangered native species making thier homes here. Gopher tortoises, red tail hawks, red shoulder hawks, and several species of flora. Repairs to this site were so extensive that we opted to do them before the documentation.
UPDATE!
As of Easter Sunday 2007, Gethsemane Cemetery has been restored! The only thing left for us to do is to catalog the site and put more mulch onto the driveway and then plant some flowers to "pretty-it-up" a bit.
I am very proud of everyone who helped to accomplish this monumental task in such a timely manner. We were even given "kudos" by several members of the Volusia County Council and the City of Ormond Beach.
We will continue to maintain this site. I will also be adding more "after" photos once the cataloging is complete.
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