Historic Sylvester Cemetery Foundation

February 2012


	Cemetery Map
	Adopt-A-Plot
	History
	Cemetery News
	Gravestone Inventory
	Fallen/Broken Headstones

CONTACT LIST

President
Dennis J. Taylor
404-381-0243
Georgia1067@
comcast.net

Vice-President
Larry F. Johnson
404-688-9769
larryfeltonjohnson
@gmail.com

Recording Secretary
Vacant
georgia1067
@comcast.net

Treasurer
Mary Frances Banks
404-294-7714
ebanks1214
@comcast.net

CEMETERY SECURITY

Please report Vandalism & Dumping incidents to:

Dekalb County Police
404-294-2519 or 2524

Click Here for Full Calendar

Members List:

Webguy:
Jerry Semprevio

Links Section


	SYLVESTER CEMETERY PIX
	GA CEMETERY PRESERVATION
	OAKLAND CEMETERY
	DECATUR CEMETERY
	DEKALB COUNTY, GA
	EAST ATLANTA CIVIC ASSOCIATION
	HANDS ON ATLANTA
	KIRKWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION
	HILLCREST CEMETERY
	EAST VIEW CEMETERY

Historic Sylvester Cemetery Foundation

&nbs Website has changed so I promise to get back to regular monthly updates to keep everyone informed as to what is happening at Historic Sylvester Cemetery. Stay tuned!

2010 Sylvester Cemetery Events & Meetings

Fiddlin' John Carson's Birthday Celebration

On Saturday, March 27, 2010 we had a great group of fiddlers, pickers and some very talented performers on a temporary stage at Sylvester Cemetery to celebrate the 142nd Birthday Celebration of Fiddlin' John Carson, the father of recorded Country Western & Bluegrass music. The weather was terrific and we had a pretty good crowd of neighbors, friends and Country Music fans.

A big thanks for the party and good time goes out to Phyllis Cole and Johnny Carson. We hope everyone will be back next year, too.

Phoenix Flies Tours

Larry Johnson conducted a special tour of Sylvester Cemetery on March 13th & March 20th, 2010 for the Atlanta Preservation Society's Phoenix Flies Celebration. The guests heard stories about the early Atlanta settlers buried at Sylvester and added some stories of their own...these history buffs know a lot about the early settlement of the Atlanta area. They also made a lot of positive comments about the work that we are doing to preserve and maintain the cemetery property, which was good to hear. They all promised to come back often to track our progress at Sylvester and offer advice on future preservation projects. Thanks to Larry and to all the touring history buffs.

SCHEDULED CEMETERY CLEAN-UPS
We meet and sign-in on the Braeburn Circle side of the cemetery. Please wear layers of clothing and sturdy shoes or boots. Bring garden gloves to protect your hands. We provide bottled water and trailmix bars. If you can, bring a rake. Our volunteers will rake & bag leaves. Join us for a few hours and get acquainted with one of the oldest cemeteries in the state of Georgia.

Saturday, October 30, 2010-
9:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 13, 2010-
9:30am till 1:30pm

HOW TO FIND THE CEMETERY
Directions to Cemetery

From Downtown Atlanta:

Take I-20 eastbound and exit at Flat Shoals Road. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Flat Shoals Road. Take the third right turn onto Clifton Road. Follow Clifton for two blocks and turn right onto Braeburn Circle. The cemetery is on both sides of Braeburn between Clifton Road and Josephine Ave.

From Conyers:

Take I-20 westbound and exit at Gresham Road/Flat Shoals Road. Turn right at the top of the ramp onto Flat Shoals Road. Follow Flat Shoals Road for about two miles and turn right onto Clifton Road. Follow Clifton Road for two blocks and turn right onto Braeburn Circle. The cemetery is on both sides of Braeburn between Clifton Road and Josephine Ave.

From Little Five Points:

Take Moreland Avenue southbound to I-20. Take the ramp onto I-20 eastbound and follow the directions above “From Downtown Atlanta”.

MAKE A DONATION
Making a tax-deductible donation for the restoration of the Sylvester Cemetery is easy. Simply make out your check or money order payable to Sylvester Cemetery Foundation and mail it to:

Sylvester Cemetery Foundation
P.O. Box 17555
Atlanta, GA 30316

TRIMMING TREES & BUSHES
Now that the weather is really heating up, the vines and privet are growing faster than we can keep up with them. We are using weed-wackers and loppers to try and keep the underbrush from overtaking the grave sites. They are the best tools to use if you are planning on working on your family's plot. If you need help to prune trees on your sites, you can call our recommended vender, Tree Works, Inc., for an estimate. Their information is as follows:

Tree Works, Inc.
Jon Frederiksen, ACRT
Certified Urban Forester
Ph: 404-379-1700
www.treeworksinc@yahoo.com

Jon and his partners are very aware of the fragile state of the gravesites at the cemetery and will protect the headstones and walls during trimming and/or removal of trees.

SYLVESTER CEMETERY TOURS

Monthly Tours of Historic Sylvester Cemetery will resume again for the 2010 season starting with a Phoenix Flies Tour on Saturday, March 13, 2010. This tour will feature an overview of the early settlers of East Atlanta, a tour of their grave sites and stories about these hardy pioneer families. East Atlanta's history buff Larry Felton Johnson will lead the tours again this year.

The BATL*2008 tour group listened to Larry Felton Johnson talk about nine of our Confederate Veterans buried at Sylvester Cemetery and the significance of the location of the battlefield adjacent to Sylvester Cemetery.

Larry Johnson conducts the first tour of Civil War veterans buried at Sylvester Cemetery in 2006. The crepe myrtle trees were in full bloom as the tour group visits the grave of veteran John W. McWilliams.

Larry Felton Johnson takes the first of two tour groups through Sylvester Cemetery visiting the graves of Civil War Veterans as a part of BATL2007. In addition to those on the tours, we had small groups exploring the cemetery all day long on their own.

HISTORIC SYLVESTER CEMETERY FOUNDATION
2073 Braeburn Circle, SE • Atlanta, GA 30316

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