Date: May 9, 2001
Cemetery: Arv Byrd Cemetery
Established: Abt 1820
Street: Paper Company Timber land.
Type: Road-public
City: no town- 10 Miles east of Beaumont, MS. just in Greene
County
Township: S 30 - T 3N - R 8 W
County: Greene County, MS.
State: Mississippi
Nation: USA
Zip:
Nearby: known as the Arv Byrd Circle
Location: Rural-woods
Land: Flat
Water: No
Features: undergrowth of brush and small timber
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: approx. 10
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: No
Removed Gravestones: No
Weather problems: No
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1889
Newest grave: abt 1916
Association: No
Records: Unsure
Inventory: No
Records location:
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Disintegrating Headstones
Work Status: No work started as of yet
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: No
Contacted: responsible people is hard to locate.
Other Information
Has not been used in many years owned by, I think International Paper
co. No fence, was at one time but has deterated and now no fence. Needs
attention.
Support
Paper company in Lucedale, MS.
Submitted by:
name: Melvin Byrd
Email: mlbjbyrd@email.msn.com
