East Elfers Cemetery

Hello,

You are receiving this email because I think you have family members buried in the East Elfers Cemetery and/or own plots in the Cemetery as do I.

For the past several years I have been concerned that the Trust Fund for the Perpetual Care of the Cemetery was inadequate to provide perpetual care.  When all the graves are sold, will there be enough money to even mow the cemetery?

More recently the concern is the future of the Asbury United Methodist Church which has been responsible for the Cemetery since it was designated as Perpetual Care in about 1978.

What follows was recently received from Mary Ashcraft, Pastor of the Asbury United Methodist Church about the closure of the Asbury Methodist Church.  DS stands for District Superintendent who overseas Methodist Churches in the Gulf Central District.  Currently the DS is Rev. Dr. Candice Lewis.

If you would like more information about the status of the Cemetery, please let me know.  Please feel free to share this information with others who may be concerned with the future of the East Elfers Cemetery.  I will include them in future mailings if they send me their email address.

Laurie Baker