Morning Star Cemetery
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Morning Star Cemetery

Decatur County, Georgia, USA

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  • Get directions Decatur County, Georgia, USA
    Coordinates: 30.80220, -84.71560
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It is very overgrown. The cemetery is approximately 5 acres and only about half of it is surrounded by the fence you can see in the picture. I counted over 4 dozen unmarked, sunken graves and about half of the cemetery is currently under water. In 2013, I was given a tour of the cemetery by a Mr. Romeo Stubbs and Mr. Winfred Screven, both older gentleman with an extensive knowledge of the cemetery. Mr. Stubbs related that his mother told him that around 1919 over 100 people had been buried in a years time due to an epidemic. His grandparents are buried here however only his grandfather had a headstone that was readable. The last burial took place in 1947 and the New Morning Star Church Cemetery is co-located with the Breedlove Cemetery.
It is very overgrown. The cemetery is approximately 5 acres and only about half of it is surrounded by the fence you can see in the picture. I counted over 4 dozen unmarked, sunken graves and about half of the cemetery is currently under water. In 2013, I was given a tour of the cemetery by a Mr. Romeo Stubbs and Mr. Winfred Screven, both older gentleman with an extensive knowledge of the cemetery. Mr. Stubbs related that his mother told him that around 1919 over 100 people had been buried in a years time due to an epidemic. His grandparents are buried here however only his grandfather had a headstone that was readable. The last burial took place in 1947 and the New Morning Star Church Cemetery is co-located with the Breedlove Cemetery.

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  • Added: 1 Jan 2000
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 35451