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The Wetherington Cemetery

By Charles Zeigler

The Wetherington Cemetery is located in the Eastern portion of Lowndes County at the edge of Echols County, in fact, unless you have a four wheeler and have access to the

 private timber land; you have to go into Echols County to get there. It is set in a very peaceful area on a dead end road. Local history has it that families lived on both sides of

the Grand Bay Creek at one time. Sometimes the creek would flood and they could not get over to where the Unity Church cemetery was in order to bury their dead. One

of the Wetheringtons donated this land for burial purposes. I have been told that the members of Unity Church were to administer the upkeep of same.

Directions to the cemetery; from the center of Valdosta take US 84 East to the Inner Perimeter Road. There you will take a right onto the four lane bypass and go over

 the railroad overpass. Just as you cross the overpass you will find the Howell Road. Take a left on Howell Road and head east. You will drive several miles and then see

the Echols County sign where the Grand Bay Creek crosses under the Howell Road. Continue eastward until you get to the first dirt road on your left. This is called Lower

Grand Bay Road. Take a left on Lower Grand Bay Road. You will go maybe 2 miles to the first dirt road on your left. At one time there was a road sign there which said

Wetherington Cemetery. The last time I was there this sign was torn down, however, this is the first and only accessible dirt road to your left. Go to the end of that road and you

will find the cemetery. I would highly suggest that you drive a truck due to the sandy roads. If you have a car that is low to the ground then you might get stuck in the sand.

There is a direct way to get there from Naylor, however, the last time I was there the road was not marked with a sign so I hesitate to bring you in from that direction. For the

record, the last time I was there I did not have any cell phone service in that area. This could have changed since then.

As a matter of note here, in this area are the Joe Howell and Unity Church cemeteries. I consider these sister cemeteries since I have people buried at all three of them. The Joe

Howell cemetery is located on Otter Creek Road and the Unity Cemetery is on the Old Naylor Road. There are signs to the Unity Church only. The Otter Creek Road crosses

 the Howell Road about half way to the Echols County line.

I have listed the known graves that I found. This list is current as of April of 2002. I try to get by there at least once a year in order to see if there have been any burials during

that time. I will update my files accordingly. I am also interested in finding out who takes care of this cemetery and to whom it belongs. If anyone has any records of interest

concerning this cemetery please contact me at frostymorn48@gmail.com  To date I have made several phone calls and talked with some locals but no one seems to know who

actually is in charge of the cemetery. I think that the timber company may own the land but I have no proof of that.

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