Cemetery: Bass Cemetery
Other: not known
Sign: No
Street: Rutherford or Rutford road
City: Irondale
Township: unk
County: Jefferson
State: alabama
Nation: usa
Zip: unk
Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Directions: located off a dirt road, near to a
ironworks place or by railroad cars
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-woods
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: sometrees, no landscaping
Property: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Established: 1800s not sure by dates on headstones
Gravestones: unknown
Oldest: not sure broken , upside down headstones
Newest: prob, bout 1990
Removed: Yes
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: Unsure
Association: Unsure
Records: Unsure
Inventory: Unsure
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: Yes
Fencing: Unsure
Walkways: Unsure
Brickwork: Unsure
Ironwork: Unsure
Sculpture: Unsure
Fountains: Unsure
Roads: Unsure
Buildings: Unsure
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Unsure
Native: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Others: Yes
Wood: Yes
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: No
Lambs: No
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery vandalized
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: No
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
VA: Gravestones-Stolen
VA: Graffiti
VA: Graves-Desecrated
Overgrowth: Problem-Access
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Industrial
Change: Unknown
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: none
Surnames
Meeks, among others
Other_Information
was visiting Ala, my
g-father supposedto be buried in this cemetery, was apalled at
condition, Tp hanging from trees, beer cans,bottles, mausoleum no door,
no contents, graffiti, headstones broken , fallen over, turned upside
down sitting on bases, no gate, uneven road to get in, in general
pitiful way to treat the dead, never, saw anything like this
before..needs something done, before long, looks as to parties go on in
there.....
Support
I'm from Illinois, I
have no idea who to contact, my parents born n Ala, as well as I., but
, no idea who to contact., would love to know owner of this cemetery to
be able to find out which grave is my grandfathers, no idea here either.
Submitted by:
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name: Katherine
D. Kordzinski
Email: Q_UENEOFDENIAL@webtv.net
Date: April 23rd, 2002
Update - 4/26/2005
name: Monica Temple
Email: m_ntemple@excite.com
In response to the last posting: Several of my
ancestors (surnames- Melvin and Quarrels))are buried at Bass. My
understanding is that that the property was donated to the community in
the early 1800's by Mr. Bass. Today, most of the cemetery is unkept and
vandalized. My family has attempted to maintain and preserve our
ancestor's graves. I am not sure what the future holds for the cemetery
