COMMUNITY

THE CARSON CEMETARY SIGN PROJECT

The Carson Cemetery sleeps on an acre donated by W.K. Shupe to the community in 1917. The first person buried there was also a Shupe, named Elizabeth. Before then, those who passed on in Carson were buried in various places, several just off the highway about a mile east of the old schoolhouse. A few markers are still there. The official cemetery is located about a mile off the highway and it’s not easy to find if you don’t know where to look, but most locals can point you in the right direction.

Quite a few expired Carsonians are interred at the cemetery. More than a dozen or so grave markers still stand. A mound of dirt or a depression is all that marks some graves. Gerald Boxberger has faithfully kept the records of all those buried in the cemetery, and now and then goes out to mow down the weeds.

The cemetery gate is a simple three-strand wire fence type, with two latias as posts. It seems to the editors that our cemetery should have a proper entrance, with two solid posts and a wood or metal arch between them, designating the cemetery and perhaps the year it was established.

The Curmudgeon will be glad to serve as a clearinghouse for donations of materials, labor or cash. We think that our centennial year is a good time to initiate and hopefully complete this project. Send donations and ideas to P.O. Box 11 Carson, or call 751-0378
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