Don Davis, a retired veteran, sits along the wall he built to help protect the graves he maintains on his property on Buddy Faust Road in Lexington. Not much is known about the people buried in the three graves next to his house. (MARY CATHERINE DODYS/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
Preserving their memory: Davis maintains unmarked cemetery
Mary Catherine Dodys
The traditional image of a cemetery is quite different from many in Oglethorpe County, where families often buried their loved ones on their own land, sometimes unmarked. These family gravesites are scattered throughout the county.
Friday, September 27, 2024