Local History

Slicer Cemetery Purchase

Item

Title

Slicer Cemetery Purchase

Date

1962 -08-30

Description

A newspaper article about the purchase of Slicer Cemetery and other details of a meeting of the Godwin Cemetery Inc., which reads,

"SLICER CEMETERY PURCHASED

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of Godwin Cemetery Inc. plans were made to accept an offer from C. W. Hedrick, owner of Slicer Cemetery, to sell the lot known as Slicer Cemetery.

A committee consisting of R. D. Stoner, J. J. Allen, F. T. Waid, and L. E. Breckinridge was appointed to negotiate with Mr. Hedrick. The purchase has been made and the deed recorded in the name of Godwin Cemetery Inc. The corporation will now have additional lots for sale, and will be able to make needed improvements, especially to the driveway.

At the same meeting, the following were welcomed as new members on the Board of Directors: F. T. Waid, W. B. Crush, Mrs. Harry Eakin, Mrs. Harry Kessler, and L. E. Breckinridge.

Godwin Cemetery Inc. is the outgrowth of a long time project of the Fincastle Garden Club, which has maintained it for many years with the help of public donations. The present objective is for an endowment sufficient to pay for the up-keep of the cemetery.

Officers of the Board are: Mrs. H. M. Painter, chairman; Mrs. E. N. Camden, vice-chairman; Mrs. E. B. Morgan, secretary; Mrs. R. D. Stoner, treasurer. Other members of the Board are H. M. Painter, R. D. Stoner, Mrs. E. A. Painter, Miss Rebekah Peck, Mrs. L. T. Frantz, and Mrs. F. T. Waid."

Creator

The Fincastle Herald

Format

image/jpeg

Subject

Cemeteries

Godwin Cemetery

Fincastle

Type

Text

Publisher

The Fincastle Herald

Coverage

Fincastle, Botetourt County

Rights

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Item sets

Community

Media

Slicer Cemetery - 1962