| Messer Cemetery, Calhoun County, Florida | ||||||||||||||||
| Surveyed by: Wayne N Carpenter e-mail wnc1933@email.msn.com and Tommy Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||||
| Surveyed: 15 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Typed by: Betty James Smith | ||||||||||||||||
| Directions: From Altha, FL. Go Hwy 71 South. On reaching Hwy C275 turn right and go 2.3 miles to New landing Road. | ||||||||||||||||
| Turn right on New landing Road (dirt) and go .6 mile. Cemetery is on the left. | ||||||||||||||||
| Climb a ditch and go 30 - 40 fet into the woods. | ||||||||||||||||
| Note: Cemetery is not maintained but shade from a large cedar tree and other trees keeps vegetation from growing much. | ||||||||||||||||
| Surname | Given | Born | Died | Married | Notes | |||||||||||
| YON | Jesse | 21 Dec 1790 | 21 Dec 1863 | Age 73 years old-Built by J. D. Parriah for Billy Yon-Headstone broken into and leaning on cedar tree. | ||||||||||||
| MESSER | Kate Nichols Hewett | 1842 | 17 Jun 1919 | (Sis) | ||||||||||||
| MESSER | J Z | 10 May 1898 | 11 Jun 1898 | In memory of - son of A E & M D Messer | ||||||||||||
| MESSER | Tilian | <no dates> | In memory of - Daughter of A E & M D Messer - This little babe is gone to rest to reign with God. Forever Blest | |||||||||||||
| MESSER | Ida Adelz | 3 Apr 1895 | 18 May 1895 | In memory of - Daughter of A E & M D Messer - She was the sunshine of our home, An angel to us given when we learned to love her most God called her back to Heaven. | ||||||||||||
| MESSER | Mattie Velma | 18 Dec 1895 | 1 Dec 1897 | In memory of - Daughter of A E & M D Messer | ||||||||||||
| MESSER | Mattie D | 7 Jul 1872 | 30 May 1898 | 1 Sep 1892 | Sacred to the memory of - Beloved wife of A E Messer - daughter of Mr & Mrs J W Bailey | |||||||||||