Odd Fellows Cemetery I

Odd Fellows Cemetery

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This cemetery is right here in Starkville where I go to school, just right up the street from my apartment.

This is probably one of the saddest little cemeteries I've ever been seen. Not only was it not properly cared for (parts are overgrown and covered in anthills, knocked over and broken tombstones), but many of the graves didn't have headstones at all. Instead, they had the little green plaques that are temporarily placed over graves. Oftentimes, these plaques will stay there because the family can't afford a tombstone, or there is no family around.

According to the sign at the foot of the hill, Odd Fellows is one of the oldest black cemeteries in Mississippi.

Next post will include photos from the allegedly haunted Gulf Hills Resort. Also, this weekend there is a good possibility I'll be driving out into Noxubee county to document a really creepy, really old cemetery out near the wildlife refuge. Stay tuned. :)