Mars Hill's Gresham Cemetery

The Gresham Cemetery is located in Florence, Alabama. The Gresham property was the long-time homeplace of the Gresham home. T.B. Larimore brought fame to the area during the 1870s and 80s with his Mars Hill College. The school is gone, but the home still stands. From Huntsville/Athens travel into Florence on Hwy. 72. Turn right on Hwy. 133/Cox Creek Parkway. Pass the Mall on the left and continue for another mile. After going over a hill, you will see Mars Hill Bookstore on the right. Turn right on Mars Hill Rd. Head past the Larimore home and begin traveling down the hill. You will see a newer home on the left. Look back to the left under some trees and see the cemetery on the left. If you cross the creek and come to the church building you have gone too far. Turn around and go back.

	Mars Hill's Gresham Cemetery Florence, Alabama

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	The Gresham Cemetery is located in Florence, Alabama. The Gresham property was the long-time homeplace of the Gresham home. T.B. Larimore brought fame to the area during the 1870s and 80s with his Mars Hill College. The school is gone, but the home still stands. From Huntsville/Athens travel into Florence on Hwy. 72. Turn right on Hwy. 133/Cox Creek Parkway. Pass the Mall on the left and continue for another mile. After going over a hill, you will see Mars Hill Bookstore on the right. Turn right on Mars Hill Rd. Head past the Larimore home and begin traveling down the hill. You will see a newer home on the left. Look back to the left under some trees and see the cemetery on the left. If you cross the creek and come to the church building you have gone too far. Turn around and go back.
	GPS Location 34.84823294986352, -87.662433385849 View Larger Map

	Julia Esther Gresham Larimore, First Wife Of T.B. Larimore Asleep In Jesus Theophilus B. Son Of T.B & Julia E. Larimore, Born Oct. 19, 1872 Born Again July 25, 1888 Died Aug. 4, 1903. Farewell my dear son, From this world of sin. It will not be long. Till we meet again. Mother Asleep In Jesus MOTHER She is not dead, but sleepeth Asleep In Jesus Blessed Sleep Mrs. Julia Esther Larimore. Born July 11, 1845, Born Again Oct. 21, 1859. Married Aug. 30, 1868, Went Home Mar. 4, 1907. A dutiful daughter, an affectionate sister, a faithful friend, a loyal helpful hopeful wife, a model mother, a sweet singer, a truly conscientious consistent Christian, always consecrated, loyal and true to Christ and his cause, she was perfectly prepared for that sweet Home where sorrows and sad separations are unknown "where life is eternal and a treasure sublime." Farewell sweet wife-by grace divine. We'll meet you "over there." your lonely Husband. W.H. Gresham In Loving Memory W.H. Gresham Mar. 8, 1832 Nov. 14, 1917 Asleep In Jesus John A. Thompson John A. Thompson Born In Downpatrick County Down Ireland Mar. 9, 1831 Died Sep. 15, 1873 in Lauderdale County Alabama John A. Thompson Family Small baby on lap is Florence Thompson Henry Andrew Gresham ANDREW Gresham Born Oct. 28, 1829 Died Sept. ??, 1874 Philemon Gresham Father, And First Settler On Gresham Land In Lauderdale County Philemon Gresham Born Aug. 17, 1800 Died Aug. 13, 1850 Mamie Srygley Mamie, Daughter of F.D. & Ella P. Srygley Born Sept. 29, 1879 Died Oct. 18, 1880 "Suffer little children to come unto me." The story handed down through the years concerning the sad death of the infant child of F.D. and Ella Srygley is one that touches the heart, and recognizes the true heart of T.B. Larimore. When Mamie died at just a couple weeks past her first birthday, her mother was deeply distraught at her passing. For weeks after the death of the child, her mother mourned her death, not seeming to ever get relief. She suggested that she did not even have a lock of her hair. When her husband mentioned this to brother Larimore, the older brother took students out to the cemtery late one evening, and exhumed the body of the child. F.D. Srygley then clipped some of Mamie's hair, and laid it into the hands of the grieving mother. This helped soothe her deep sorrow, and brother Larimore's kindness was never forgotten. J.C. Ott Gospel Preacher John C. Ott Born Augusta Co. VA Oct. 14, 1845 Went Home Nov. 9, 1908 Dear Father of Love, thou art gone to thy rest. Forever to bask in the Joys of the blest.

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