The annual Shiloh Cemetery cleanup will take place on Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
Roger Carter, the cemetery’s longtime administrator and longtime clerk of the nearby Shiloh Early Baptist Church, is asking those who have loved ones buried there to come help clean up the cemetery.
Volunteers are asked to bring lawn mowers, weed trimmers, edgers, rakes, hoes and trimmers to do the work.
The cemetery, which now has approximately 1,500 interments, is the resting place of many prominent citizens of Pierce County. It is the final resting place of Pierce County’s only Revolutionary War soldier, Elder Isham Peacock, once a pastor of Shiloh Church.
The church, which dates from the 1820s, is still active.
While the cemetery is on church property, the lots should be cleaned and cared for by the descendants of those buried there or by anyone in the community willing to perform the task.
There is no “perpetual care”, meaning the families of those buried there must help clean up around the graves.
Carter is accepting donations for those who are physically unable to clean around their grounds. This money is used to cover expenses such as fuel and weed killer to clean these areas.
For more information, contact Carter by phone at 449-2625 or by mail at 6119 Big House Road, Blackshear.
