Evergreen Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
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Evergreen Cemetery is a historic
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cemetery in the East End of
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, dating from 1891. The most recent burial in the historic section of the cemetery dates from the 1980s. Much of the privately owned cemetery had completely overgrown with
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or is returning to forest until the late 2010's. The original organization responsible for the cemetery, the Evergreen Cemetery Association, made no allowances for perpetual care in its charter. However, in recent years (2019–2022) community efforts have made noticeable progress in cleaning. In 1970, the association sold its more than 5,000 plots to Metropolitan Memorial Services, which soon went bankrupt. A group of black funeral-home directors later bought the site at auction.


Notable burials

* Rev. John Andrew Bowler (1862–1935), educator * Z. D. Lewis (1859–1926), Baptist church leader and businessman *
John Mitchell, Jr. John Mitchell Jr. (July 11, 1863 – December 3, 1929) was an American businessman, newspaper editor, African American civil rights activist, and politician in Richmond, Virginia, particularly in Richmond's Jackson Ward, which became known a ...
(1863–1929), civil rights pioneer *
Maggie L. Walker Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businessperson and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman ...
(1867–1934), businesswoman


References


Further reading

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External links


Richmond Cemeteries: Evergreen and East End Cemeteries
* * {{Find a Grave cemetery, 50175, Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery Families and Friends

Evergreen Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) Flickr Group

Evergreen Cemetery on Historic Cemeteries
* Richmond's African Burial Grounds and Historic African American Cemeteries
Harlow, Katelyn, abc8 News, "Richmond City Council approves ordinance to own 3 historic African American cemeteries, February 27, 2024
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