Located near Falkville, Alabama, there are two grave houses located in a large pasture. The houses are part of a small family cemetery.
The grave houses belong to Elizabeth Ann Wiggins Brown (1938-1889) and her husband, John Jemisom Brown (1927-1890). According to FindAGrave, there are six burials in the cemetery.
An unlocked gate is at the entrance. I chose not to enter and shoot from the pull-in.
Overlooking Clemons United Methodist Church near Lula, Georgia is the church’s cemetery. At the top are two well-maintained grave houses. Grave houses are structures, usually wooden, that built over a grave. They are mostly found in the southern United States.
Usually, there are visible headstones, but neither shelter has a visible one. I am not sure if they are under the leaf litter or not. I looked at the photos and could not find the grave houses. I did not open up every memorial to see if they could be in additional photos.
The congregation for Clemons Chapel United Methodist Church began in the 1880s. After their first sanctuary burned, land was donated to build a new church. The church opened in 1903. A fuller history of the church can be found on their website.
Some taphophiles will differentiate between grave houses and grave shelters. Grave houses look like a home (see Nadine’s playhouse), whereas grave shelters are wooden with fences and a simple roof. I don’t differentiate them. One is just a more elaborate cover than the other.
Grave houses are primarily found in the southern United States, especially those resembling a picket fence.
This grave house is located in the District Line United Methodist Church cemetery. it is the final resting place of William H. Chance (1835-1862) and Mary Chance (1835-1905.)
The Allen Cemetery is family cemetery located in Jasper County, Georgia. The gate to the cemetery is locked, but FindAGrave identifies this as the gravesite of John (1815-1891) and Nancy (1816-1882) Allen. John and Nancy are the parents or in-laws of everyone buried in the cemetery.
