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Cemetery:
Evans Cemetery
Other: Hopewell Cemetery, Revell
Cemetery
Sign: Yes
Street: US Hwy 80 (corner of Crawford
Road and Barrow Road)
City: Phenix City
Township: 17N,
Range 29E
County: Russell
State:
Alabama
Nation: United States
Zip:
36870
lat_ns: N
lat_h:
lat_mmss:
long_ew: E
long_h:
long_mmss:
Status:
Active
Size: Small
Directions: US Hwy 80 (Crawford Road)
from Phenix City to corner of Barrow Road
Type:
Road-public
Location: Surburban
Terrain:
Level
Watersource: No
Features: lots of trees; many graves
overgrown with trees and brush; some plots fenced in; others fences have
collasped
Property: Private
Access:
Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate:
None
Established: ?? Earlies grave to be found is 1875
Gravestones:
200+
Oldest: 1875
Newest: 2001
Removed:
Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records:
Yes
Inventory: Yes
Availability: "Sacred to the Memory of the
Ancestors of Russell County Alabama" by Phillis W East, 1999, Published by
Genealogical Society of East Alabama - Also Tap Roots Vol. 12, No 1, Page
15
Landscaping: No
Paths: Yes
Trees:
Yes4
Crypts: Yes
Fencing: Yes
Brickwork:
Yes
Ironwork: Yes
Sculpture: Yes
Fountains:
No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement:
Yes
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native:
Yes
Slate: No
Others: Yes
Wood:
Yes
Materials: Yes
Architectural: Yes
Angels:
Yes
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Yes
Hands:
Yes
Lambs: Yes
Monograms: Yes
Plants:
Yes
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork:
Yes
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Yes
Condition: Cemetery
destroyed
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled:
No
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather:
Yes
Pollution: Yes
Vandalized: No
Report:
Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:
Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4:
Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Yes
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Parking
Bordering: Commercial
Change:
Larger
Reason: Roads
Visited:
Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat:
Yes
Contacted: Current contact for the property; Billy Wayne Williams,
Russell County Probate Court & Russell County Tax Assessors
Office.
Surnames:
Allen, Aughtmon, Brown, Buckner, Burford,
Byrd, Dudley, Elkins, Fugatt, Fuller, Forsyth, Greer, Hall, Howard, Leverett,
McCleland, McLemore, McManos, Newberry, Niblet, Norris, Pankston, Smith, Taylor,
Wells, Williams, Young
Other_Information:
The cemetery is clear
toward the front and has been somewhat maintained by some family. The rear of
the cemetery is overgrown, and many graves are now lost and covered. Several
markers are down and broken. Two crypts are exposed to the elements and one is
caved in. Cars will drive up and park on graves that are not marked and litter
is often left from cars parking at night. There is no fence around the lot.
Several plots are enclosed with fencing or brickwalls. Many are collasped and
overgrown with vines. The older section toward the back is completely overgrown
and roots of trees have damaged graves. The cemetery has recently come under
attack by developers that want to move the cemetery or widen the road in the
area that is become popular for business. Many of the folks buried in the
cemetery have a connection to the ancestors of the area; a few civil war
veterans, and several veterans of other WWI are buried here. Property is listed
in Russell County Courthouse Deed Book 875, Page 277. Last
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Support:
Billy Wayne Williams Ph. (334-298-7627) 5 W Drive,
Phenix City, Alabama 36869
Submitted by:
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Name: Jon F Fuller
Email: j_ff@mindspring.com
Date:
05/08/2004
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