Tybee Island in Chatham County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Tybee Memorial Cemetery
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Tybee Memorial Cemetery Marker (top)
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Tybee Memorial Cemetery. . , (Top) , This is the only cemetery on Tybee Island and much of its history remains shrouded in mystery. It is believed that the township established a small plot of land in the 1870s to provide victims of shipwrecks (and other drowning victims) a final resting place. George Hale Wortham farmed this land at that time and apparently received approval to use the site as a family burial plot. Five members of the Wortham family are buried here and descendants still live in the area., With development on Tybee, those interred in private burial plots were relocated here. Descendants of witnesses to the re-burials continue to offer accounts of the events to this day., The Town of Tybee inventoried the cemetery in 1922 and identified 18 people thought to be buried here. Fourteen, 12 of whom were included in the Towns 1922 inventory, remain identified by markers. Records of the locations of the remains of Frank Piotti (D. 1922), Mr. Bergman, Mrs. McKenzie, and three infants (S.W. Sullivan, 1916; Aron Maxwell Gibson, 1921; and Bernard Sanders, 1922) have been lost. Shortly after that inventory the town suddenly closed the cemetery with no recorded explanation. Thirty years later it reluctantly yielded to the petitions of the Jennings family and allowed the ashes of William Jennings to be placed here., Ground penetrating radar was used in 2004 to locate 36 potential burial sites in the vicinity of the cemetery are now enclosed within the wrought iron fence., To all the known and unknown people buried here we offer our respect and assurance that you are not forgotten. May you rest in peace., The Tybee Beautification Association thanks all the friends of Tybee who made this restoration project possible. Some of the contributors are listed below.
April 3, 2005. (Front) ,
Contributors. All Saints Episcopal Mission . Doree B. Anderson . Leon and Barbara Aronson . Michael and Sara Bart . Walker and Betty Beeson . Douglas and Gloria Bennett . Thomas and Mary H. Beytaga . Joel and Brenda Boddiford . Dr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bloch III . Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Bremer . Lucile Clinton Brooks . Raul and Carlyle Buelvas . J.T. (Jack) Byrnes Descendants . Cullen and Christine Chambers . The Chu Family . Tommy and Frances Clark . The Eddie Crone Family . Darby Bank and Trust Company . Burke and Sally Day . Richard and Mae DeLoach . Paul and Paula DeVito . In Memory of Charles Andrew Dowell . In Memory of Hettie Ann Williams Dowell . Reed and Susan Dulany . Ruth Jennings Edwards . Marvin and Carole Epstein . Jim and Georgia Fogarty . Jim and Jewel Foley . Richard and Nancy Frankenhauser . Curley and Dee Freyermuth . James and Kathy Gilker . Ron and Linda Gladin . Bernie and Beverly Goode . Kevin Goode Obx . Mathew Goode . Cornelia R. Groves . Steve and Teri Gruendl . In Memory of Charles Bud Hackney, Sr. . Don and LoAnn Harris . Randy and Laura Hensley . Jack Higham and Pam Hearon . Daniel and Susan Hill . In Memory of Gene Hollingsworth and Jan Clark . Marge Horton . Mr. and Mrs. Tom Horton . Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Hughes . Phillip and Betty Hunter . John and Jeanne Hutton . Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Jennings . In Memory of Don Johnson . Roy and Jane Johnson . William O. and Joyce Johnson . Allan and Sara Jones . Bob and Anne Jones . Diane Willard Kaufman . Jimmy and Susan Kelleher . The Klines . Jim and Dottie Kluttz . In Memory of Russell G. Knauz . Anne Clanton Knecht . Mr. and Mrs. Michael Leonard, Sr. . John and Sandy Major . The McNaughton Family . Mens Prayer Breakfast . Jim and Mary Ann Miller . Jim and Anne Monaghan . Gordon and Kay Morrow . National Bank of Commerce . John and Judy ONeil . Optimist Club of Tybee Island . The Henry Parkman Family . In Memory of Gertrude Smith Parnell . The Karsanbhal Patel Family . The Raman B. Patel Family . Gene and Jane Patnode . David and Sandi Postel . Publix Supermarkets . Whitley and Cheryl Reynolds . Marie Rodriguez and Mimi Rissman . J.R. Roseberry . Saint Michael Parrish . Louise E. Sassed . Michael and Iris Scarbrough . Shirley C. Sessions . James and Jean Shelley . Chris and Sandy Simon and Family and bull; Craig and Deborah Sinclair . Southern States Educational Foundation . Bill and Liz Sprague . Sheldon and Zelda Tenenbaum . John and Sara Thomas . E. William Thomson . Herbert S. Traub, Jr. . Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church . City of Tybee Island . Tybee Arts Association . Tybee Beautification Association . Tybee Island Garden Club . Tybee Island Historical Society . Wal Mart Foundation . Bill and Martha Walsh . William R. Warnock . Ike W. Weatherly, Jr. . O.C. Welch III . Louise W. White . Irene P. Williams . Steve and Kathryn Williams . Paul Wolff and Annie Quinting . Joel Worth and Lynn Hamilton
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This is the only cemetery on Tybee Island and much of its history remains shrouded in mystery. It is believed that the township established a small plot of land in the 1870s to provide victims of shipwrecks (and other drowning victims) a final resting place. George Hale Wortham farmed this land at that time and apparently received approval to use the site as a family burial plot. Five members of the Wortham family are buried here and descendants still live in the area.
With development on Tybee, those interred in private burial plots were relocated here. Descendants of witnesses to the re-burials continue to offer accounts of the events to this day.
The Town of Tybee inventoried the cemetery in 1922 and identified 18 people thought to be buried here. Fourteen, 12 of whom were included in the Towns 1922 inventory, remain identified by markers. Records of the locations of the remains of Frank Piotti (D. 1922), Mr. Bergman, Mrs. McKenzie, and three infants (S.W. Sullivan, 1916; Aron Maxwell Gibson, 1921; and Bernard Sanders, 1922) have been lost. Shortly after that inventory the town suddenly closed the cemetery
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with no recorded explanation. Thirty years later it reluctantly yielded to the petitions of the Jennings family and allowed the ashes of William Jennings to be placed here.
Ground penetrating radar was used in 2004 to locate 36 potential burial sites in the vicinity of the cemetery are now enclosed within the wrought iron fence.
To all the known and unknown people buried here we offer our respect and assurance that you are not forgotten. May you rest in peace.
The Tybee Beautification Association thanks all the friends of Tybee who made this restoration project possible. Some of the contributors are listed below.
April 3, 2005
(Front)
Contributors
All Saints Episcopal Mission Doree B. Anderson Leon & Barbara Aronson Michael & Sara Bart Walker & Betty Beeson Douglas & Gloria Bennett Thomas & Mary H. Beytaga Joel & Brenda Boddiford Dr. & Mrs. Sidney J. Bloch III Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Bremer Lucile Clinton Brooks Raul & Carlyle Buelvas J.T. (Jack) Byrnes Descendants Cullen & Christine Chambers The Chu Family Tommy & Frances Clark The Eddie Crone Family Darby Bank & Trust Company Burke & Sally
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. Tybee Memorial Cemetery Marker (front)
Day Richard & Mae DeLoach Paul & Paula DeVito In Memory of Charles Andrew Dowell In Memory of Hettie Ann Williams Dowell Reed & Susan Dulany Ruth Jennings Edwards Marvin & Carole Epstein Jim & Georgia Fogarty Jim & Jewel Foley Richard & Nancy Frankenhauser Curley & Dee Freyermuth James & Kathy Gilker Ron & Linda Gladin Bernie & Beverly Goode Kevin Goode Obx Mathew Goode Cornelia R. Groves Steve & Teri Gruendl In Memory of Charles Bud Hackney, Sr. Don & LoAnn Harris Randy & Laura Hensley Jack Higham & Pam Hearon Daniel & Susan Hill In Memory of Gene Hollingsworth & Jan Clark Marge Horton Mr. & Mrs. Tom Horton Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Hughes Phillip & Betty Hunter John & Jeanne Hutton Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Jennings In Memory of Don Johnson Roy & Jane Johnson William O. & Joyce Johnson Allan & Sara Jones Bob & Anne Jones Diane Willard Kaufman Jimmy & Susan Kelleher The Klines Jim & Dottie Kluttz In Memory of Russell G. Knauz Anne Clanton Knecht Mr. & Mrs. Michael Leonard, Sr. John & Sandy Major The McNaughton Family Mens Prayer Breakfast Jim & Mary
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
3. Tybee Memorial Cemetery Marker
Ann Miller Jim & Anne Monaghan Gordon & Kay Morrow National Bank of Commerce John & Judy ONeil Optimist Club of Tybee Island The Henry Parkman Family In Memory of Gertrude Smith Parnell The Karsanbhal Patel Family The Raman B. Patel Family Gene & Jane Patnode David & Sandi Postel Publix Supermarkets Whitley & Cheryl Reynolds Marie Rodriguez & Mimi Rissman J.R. Roseberry Saint Michael Parrish Louise E. Sassed Michael & Iris Scarbrough Shirley C. Sessions James & Jean Shelley Chris & Sandy Simon & Family & bull; Craig & Deborah Sinclair Southern States Educational Foundation Bill & Liz Sprague Sheldon & Zelda Tenenbaum John & Sara Thomas E. William Thomson Herbert S. Traub, Jr. Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church City of Tybee Island Tybee Arts Association Tybee Beautification Association Tybee Island Garden Club Tybee Island Historical Society Wal Mart Foundation Bill & Martha Walsh William R. Warnock Ike W. Weatherly, Jr. O.C. Welch III Louise W. White Irene P. Williams Steve & Kathryn Williams Paul Wolff & Annie Quinting Joel Worth & Lynn Hamilton
Erected 2005 by Tybee Beautification Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 32° 0.507′ N, 80° 50.665′ W. Marker is on Tybee Island, Georgia, in Chatham County. It can be reached from the intersection of Jones Avenue and Center Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4098 Center Street, Tybee Island GA 31328, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, in Greater Savannah, and on the Sea Islands. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 720 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 24, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
