Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964) was an American writer for her novels and short stories. Her final resting place is next to her parents in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. Despite being born in Savannah, Milledgeville was Flannery’s home. Her family moved there when she was fifteen and lived there until her passing at 39. Her childhood home and the family farm, Andalusia, still stand in Milledgeville.
Whenever I’ve visited her grave, there have been flowers and other mementos. When I took this photo, someone(s) had left behind coins as a sign that someone visited. The IHS symbol stands for Iesus Hominum Salvator, which means Jesus, savior of mankind, or it can stand for the first three letters of Jesus’s name, iota eta sigma.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, 1986-1961, nicknamed “The Georgia Peach” was born in Narrows, Georgia, a town in Banks County. His family moved to nearby Royston, Georgia when he was a young child.
Often listed in the top ten baseball players of all time, Cobb was known for his fierce competitiveness. He passed away in Atlanta in 1961. He rests in the Cobb family mausoleum in Rose Hill Cemetery in Royston.
