Live Oak Cemetery
The original four-acre section of this cemetery included land donated by James M. Turley (1856-83) and Andrew Jackson Hammett (1829-1907). the oldest grave is that of Turley's daughter, Tennessee Belle Hart, and her baby, who died on Aug. 27,1874. A community church, erected near the burial ground in 1874; also housed a school from 1877 to about 1886. Pioneers in this area gathered each summer for a 10-day long camp meeting held under an adjacent brush arbor. Live Oak Cemetery was enlarged in 1948; when Herman Heep gave an additional 11.06 acres. The site contains about 1600 graves.
Marker is on Twin Creeks Road, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
