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Hillcrest Cemetery. Pictured are Ewell and Nan (McKellar) Smith.

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Women of the East End Civic League prepare for Hillcrest Cemetery clean-up day, about 1912. Photo courtesy of Mary Anne Hunter.

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A typical bois d’arc plank grave marker. Photo by Linda (Feagin) Harwell, 1992.

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E. D. Pruitt, 1818-1883 and M. L. Pruitt, 1829-1889. Back entrance immediately to the left

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Lillie Bell Shands Walker, 1860-1942

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Mary S. Starnes, 1860-1942

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Cedar Trees remaining from the past

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View down back road

Staff Writer ***Please read this important announcement and then continue reading for more historical information about Hillcrest Cemetery. Thank You!*** For all my life, I have felt secure and free to use Hillcrest Cemetery for burials, for historical research, and for leisure-time walking–all the way back to my childhood, the ...

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