Ed Ingram initially prepared this document for submission to the archives.  He has given permission for the use of this document here as well.  Ed has also indicated the appreciation of the members of Greer's Chapel Baptist Church for the posting of the pictures.


Greers Chapel Baptist Church published a small booklet giving a history of the cemetery and the burials as well as a map with all the graves. Part of this booklet is being reprinted here with permission of Edward Ingram, Assistant Cemetery Sexton. Thank you, Ed, for this addition to our
pages.

GREERS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY HISTORY

September 3, 1999

The Cemetery was created in 1943 by Mr. Mont & Jessie Rickman. They owned a farm on Roberts Road at the intersection of Roberts Road and Greers Chapel Road. The Rickman's lost a son on April 4, 1943, Mont Dean Rickman. He was the first person to be buried in the cemetery. On July
10, 1943, the Rickman's deeded Greers Chapel Baptist Church the one acre where Mont Dean Rickman was buried. The church gave Mr. Rickman a love offering of approximately $50.00 for donating the land.

Mr. Joe Whit Chastain owned a small strip of land joining the Rickman farm; he planned to be buried there. After Mr. Rickman gave the land to start the cemetery, Mr. Joe Whit Chastain gave his strip of land to the cemetery in exchange for a burial plot.

The remaining land was donated to the church on April 26, 1968. All the land around the cemetery was surrounded by about 1100 acres that was purchased by Terminal Facilities for development. Harry Ingram, of Greers Chapel Church, contacted the owners and requested they give consideration
to donating the church some property which adjoined the cemetery. After months of deliberation, they donated the southeast tract and a southwest tract.

In summary, the present Greers Chapel Cemetery is made up of land donations by Mont & Jessie Rickman, Joe Whit Chastain, and Terminal Facilities.

Dan Myers is Chairman of the Cemetery Maintenance Committee, along with assistants Bobby Chance, Doyle Knight, and Ed Ingram. We are keeping up the cemetery at the present time at no cost. Since we are getting older, in the future we will need to hire this done.