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Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, southeast of downtown Savannah, Georgia. [1] The cemetery's prominence grew when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book. [3]
The Gaston Tomb (also known as the Stranger's Tomb) is a tomb in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. It was built in memory of William Gaston, a prominent merchant in Savannah who died in 1837. The tomb was built seven years later, initially in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery. It was moved to Bonaventure in 1873. [1] [2]
This page categorizes burials at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Pages in category "Burials at Bonaventure Cemetery" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Though established as a private cemetery in 1846, the City of Savannah purchased Bonaventure in 1907, making it a space for everyone to enjoy. Just three miles from downtown, the picturesque ...
The report on the funeral of Capt. Myrick from the Atlanta Constitution, 1895 Tomb engraving for Marie Louise Scudder Myrick in Bonaventure Cemetery (Savannah, Georgia) The newer inscription on the Myrick Family Tomb in Savannah, Georgia. Marie Louise Scudder (December 5, 1853 – June 10, 1934) was the owner, manager and editor of the Americus ...
This list of cemeteries in Missouri includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Bonaventure Plantation was a plantation founded in colonial Savannah, Province of Georgia, on land now occupied by Greenwich and Bonaventure cemeteries. The site was 600 acres (2.4 km 2), including a plantation house and private cemetery, located on the Wilmington River, about 3.5 miles (6 kilometres) east of the Savannah colony.
By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and other foreign leaders to his inauguration next month in ...