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Odd Fellows Cemetery - 2nd Cemetery of this name in Starkville
Junction of US Highway 82 Business and Henderson Street This cemetery represents the long-standing historical resence of the black community in Starkville by documenting on its gravestones the existence of generations of African Americans. The cementery appears to have originated about 1911 when the land it occupies was purchased by Lodge No. 2948 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America, a black organization that donated the land for use as a black burial ground. It soon became the main cemetery for the black community of Starkville. Over the ecades the Odd Fellows Cemetery has become the last resting place for the most prominent leaders of Starkville's black community, including the educator E. W. Hazen and businessmen N. F. Daily, Charles Alexander, and Robert Wier. The life of Robert Wier was memoralized in a biography written by his wife, Sadye H. Wier, and published by the University Press of Mississippi. Since 1976, the cemetery has been the subject of a continuing restoration effort that has resulted in the well-maintained appearance of the cemetery today. Source: African American Historic Places By Beth L. Savage, Carol D. Shull, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places, United States National Park Service, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, Preservation Press Contributor Beth L. Savage Davis, Vaughn Monroe age 58 d. Dec. 26, 2008 |
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