Explore
Most people have heard of Bonaventure Cemetery, but you have explored the bold history of the Savannah residents buried at Laurel Grove South? Take a walk through time on Holly’s blog to reveal a part of Savannah you may not have noticed before.
Discover
Laurel Grove South is as much about the people as it is a place. More than the history of the cemetery itself, you can take a peek into the lives of doctors, veterans, civil right leaders, pastors, educators, community organizers, and many more people from Savannah’s past buried there.
Experience
Read this site end to end? Well, then it’s time to experience the cemetery for yourself. Take a walk through the wide paths, examine the unique headstones, and taken in the fragrance from the many flowers. New to Savannah? Holly suggests walking before the heat sets in.
A man is poor, not because he doesn’t have money, but because he doesn’t have enough vision in his head and heart.
w. w. Law
Westley Wallace Law was a Civil Rights leader, a WWII veteran, and a historic preservationist with a degree in biology.
He is interred at LGS, and it is because of him that much of the cemetery still stands.
Blog Posts
Ancestry Research
One of the services I like to give as a part of this website is researching families for those who have loved ones buried in Laurel Grove South Cemetery. If you are one of these people, and you don’t have access to resources like Ancestry.com or Newspapers.com, I would love to try to find out…
Drayton Family
Josephine Juliet Drayton lived with her parents Stephney (also sometimes spelled Stephen) and Georgia Drayton until her death at 21 from Tuberculosis. She also had a half brother, Charlie S. Drayton, born June of 1883, who was the son of Stephney and stepson of Georgia. Stephney and his parents were from South Carolina. He was…
The Orr Family
Though obituaries are a record of death, they bring back the color of life to a person who we might not have otherwise had much information on. This is certainly the case for the children of Alfonso and Geneva Orr. Alfonso was born in 1902 in Scotia, South Carolina, and though not much is known…
About
This site is a love letter to LGS, a local Savannah cemetery filled with beauty and many notable locals that contributed much to the city.
Get In Touch
- hollyoddly@gmail.com (regarding this website)
- rgerbasi@savannahga.gov (City of Savannah Cemetery Director)
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