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Beams of Light Holiness Church Cemetery

This very small, well-kept cemetery is surrounded by a chainlink fence. It is approximately 130' x 130' and is surrounded by woods. Parking is adequate, right at the front gate. This cemetery started with the church in the early 1980’s and by 2006, there are only thirteen [13] graves present, although a resurvey was not done. The names include: Landsdon, Smith, Sapp, Corbin, and Wood. Philip Deane is Pastor of the church. Church phone is (850) 587-5954.

Directions: US 29 north six miles north of Cantonment. Church and cemetery on left. The point of contact in 1986 was Samuel Anston, (850) 994-7232.

[T2N- R31W- S28] GPS = N300 40.522' W0870 21.173'

The survey of the Beams of Light Cemetery was published by the West Florida Genealogical Society (WFGS) in November 1986 in Volume One, Cemeteries of Escambia County, FLA Gravestone Registry. It was transcribed from that publication and contributed to the Escambia County USGenWeb by WFGS member and former webmaster, Ginny Deagan, with permission of the WFGS Board of Directors.

Please send corrections or additions to Evan Strohl, WFGS Chairman Cemetery Committee, or the Webmaster. All sources will be credited.

NAME                        BIRTH         DEATH         INSCRIPTIONS

HAWTHORNE, Ryan Michael     Jan 30 1985   Feb 02 1985
LANDSON, Gladys S.          1904          1980
LANDSON, Gloria M.          1927          1979
LANSDON, Millard            1903                        double grave with Gladys Landson
SAPP, Buck                  1902          1984
SAPP, Mabel                 1906
SMITH, Martha C.            1879          1970

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