Glenwood Cemetery: Honoring Our Community’s Legacy
Find clear answers to your questions about Glenwood Cemetery services and policies here.
Lots and Burial Spaces
Glenwood Cemetery is reserved for the interment of the human race only, and shall be used only for cemetery purposes. No burial space shall be opened without the permission of the Cemetery Trust Company. Lots and burial space owners shall bear the cost of opening, closing, and lot corner markers. Approved concrete or metal vaults must be used to enclose the casket. Cremation remains must be in an approved container and placed in a burial space. No outer container is required for cremation remains. A burial space maintenance fee of $300 must be paid prior to opening the burial space. A cremation space maintenance fee of $200 must be paid prior to opening the cremation space. Any outstanding perpetual care fund fee must be paid prior to interment. Open burial spaces must be covered to prevent accidents prior to burial. Proof of ownership rights is required before opening a burial space. This may include the cemetery record book, certificate to burial space rights, or receipt of payment for burial space.
Flowers, Shrubbery, and Trees
No trees, shrubs, or plants of any kind shall be planted except those planted by the Cemetery Company. All flowers, wreaths, and other memorial decorations must be removed within two weeks after interment. Memorials placed during decoration days must be removed within one month to not hinder mowing maintenance.
Decoration Days
Decoration Days are the Saturday and Sunday of Mother’s Day each year.
Monuments and Markers
No monument or marker may be placed without permission of the Cemetery Trust Company. Buyers of four or more grave spaces together must purchase corner markers through the Cemetery Trust Company. Corner markers must be inscribed on top with the first initial of the last name of the owner. Grave spaces must have a head or foot marker inscribed with the name of the person buried, date of birth, date of death, and be placed within 90 days of interment. All corner markers and footstones must be placed flush with the ground line with placement approved by cemetery personnel. Flush mount markers are required in certain areas of the Cemetery determined by the Cemetery Company.
General Rules and Regulations
No bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles or like motorized vehicles, or horseback riding will be permitted on cemetery grounds at any time. Parents or adults must accompany children and be responsible for their control at all times. No alcoholic beverages are permitted on cemetery grounds. The Cemetery Trust Company must approve any other use of the cemetery grounds. All transfers, sales, or gifts of any lots or burial right space must be approved by the Cemetery Trust Company and recorded on the cemetery record book.
Discover the History of Glenwood Cemetery
Glenwood Cemetery is not actually a part of Glenwood Baptist Church; however, these records are being included since it is so closely related to the church and the community. Randy Williamson has spent many hours in Glenwood Cemetery recording the information from the tombstones. He has done many rubbings in order to read what time and weather has tried to remove from the old tombstones.
To our knowledge, there is no complete record of everyone who is buried in Glenwood Cemetery. When it is known that a person was actually buried in Glenwood but there is no stone, their names (and birth and death dates when known) have been included. In the case of only one date, either the death date has not been recorded on the stone or the person is still living. Any additional information which could be added (such as maiden names or given names), but is not on the stone, is enclosed in { }.
Many people have helped with the perpetual care of Glenwood Cemetery in many ways through the years. Some, but certainly not all, include Mr. Wyatt Bayless, Miss Elma Bishop, Miss Vinnie R. Bishop, Mr. Edward Cox, Mr. Glenn Craig, Mr. Moore, Mrs. Eva Pellaux Mr. Leon Ridings, Mr. George Simmons, and Mrs. Jackie Thompson.
I want to thank Jack Widen Lewis who gave me the idea some three years ago that a record of the tombstones should be made. Without that suggestion, it would not have been available to include herein. Also my thanks to Sue Damewood for suggesting that this be included in the Centennial Book. RWW
