D. L. Rives Family Graveyard
Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, take Hwy 22 southwest for 7.2 miles to Devereux. Turn right (at backwards fork) onto Main Street. Go 0.2 mile to the dead end and turn left on Jones Chapel / Devereux Rd. Go 4.9 miles. Turn right (west) on Carrs Station Road and go 2.8 miles. On the left is a driveway with some houses. Go into the driveway and turn left. About 100 feet ahead and hidden in the bushes is an old plantation plain house which faces Carrs Station Road but is not visible in summer from Carrs Station road. If you stand at the rear of the house with your back towards Carrs Station Road, the cemetery will be about 100 feet to the left rear of this house..
GPS coordinates: 33 11' 30.7" N 83 10' 30.9" W
or in degrees only form: 33.19186° N X 83.17525° W
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GMD: 104
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: White
Fenced, in terrible condition, with bushes and briars.
Indexer or Contributor: Jewel Thompson
Number of persons found: 10
Susie L. Rives
Apr 22, 1891 - Aug 1, 1918
"We will meet again."
Grave 1
D. L. Rives
May 23, 1847 - Jan 31, 1892
Grave 2
Carrie C. Rives
May 3, 1851 - Jan 27, 1927
Grave 3
Bethea Roberson
Mar 20, 1876 - May 18, 1979
Grave 4
Winston Roberson Leonard
Jan 23, 1936 - Jan 24, 1936
Grave 5
Harold Roberson
Mar 25, 1914 - Mar 26, 1929
Grave 6
Matilda Adeline West Roberson
Mar 10, 1883 - Apr 18, 1923
w/o Bethea Roberson.
Grave 7
Marjorie Roberson
Jul 13, 1909 - May 10, 1922
Grave 8
Dorothy Roberson
Oct 2, 1912 - Apr 9, 1931
Grave 9
Unmarked Child Slab
Grave 10