Pinehurst Cemetery
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
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Pinehurst Cemetery was initially privately owned by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company and the Memorial Cemetery Association, it is believed that the Moncrief Cemetery District reflected the social history of the community as well as its religious attitudes towards death and dying during the first half of the 20th century. Pinehurst Cemetery was considered as having less social status and is home to more single burials than family plots unlike the Memorial Cemetery Association's larger and older nearby burial grounds of Memorial and Sunset cemeteries although there are many African American Military Veterans buried there from as far back as WWI.
In 1986, the ownership of Pinehurst Cemetery was transferred to the Memorial Cemetery Inc. and in the 1990's the Memorial Cemetery, Inc went defunct and the cemetery was abandoned, neglected and in despair for over 20 years with trash, damaged gravesites and broken headstones. In September 2018, Pinehurst Cemetery served as the launch of a 5-year, $10.8 million plan by Mayor Lenny Curry to clean and restore Moncrief's long abandoned historic African American cemeteries. It is estimated that it will take $1.2 million to adequately restore this historic cemetery. This restoration will give back the dignity and respect to those buried at Pinehurst Cemetery.
Pinehurst Cemetery was initially privately owned by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company and the Memorial Cemetery Association, it is believed that the Moncrief Cemetery District reflected the social history of the community as well as its religious attitudes towards death and dying during the first half of the 20th century. Pinehurst Cemetery was considered as having less social status and is home to more single burials than family plots unlike the Memorial Cemetery Association's larger and older nearby burial grounds of Memorial and Sunset cemeteries although there are many African American Military Veterans buried there from as far back as WWI.
In 1986, the ownership of Pinehurst Cemetery was transferred to the Memorial Cemetery Inc. and in the 1990's the Memorial Cemetery, Inc went defunct and the cemetery was abandoned, neglected and in despair for over 20 years with trash, damaged gravesites and broken headstones. In September 2018, Pinehurst Cemetery served as the launch of a 5-year, $10.8 million plan by Mayor Lenny Curry to clean and restore Moncrief's long abandoned historic African American cemeteries. It is estimated that it will take $1.2 million to adequately restore this historic cemetery. This restoration will give back the dignity and respect to those buried at Pinehurst Cemetery.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 72453
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