CEMETERY NOTICE

Notice of Changes: Effective January 1, 2024

• 2024 Cemetery Committee Contacts:
  
• Alisha Manuel (601) 497-9428 to ask about dues/existing plot reservations
• Mike Hollis (601) 527-2959 to ask about new plot purchases & reservations

• As of January 1, 2024 cemetery dues will increase to $30 per plot.
• Cemetery dues will be for the maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery.

• As of January 1, 2024 all fees for opening/closing of the graves will be the responsibility of the family. 
• The cemetery fund will no longer be able to cover those fees.

• Plot reservations are Free for Members of Remus Baptist Church.
• If you are a member but do not have a plot reserved, please contact Mike Hollis to have one set up for you.

• Plots for non-members may be purchased for $500.  Plot purchases made are non-refundable.  If plot purchases need to be made for immediate burial, the funeral home will not be allowed to open the grave until the plot is paid for in full.

• If you have a plot reservation, DO NOT place your own markers. 
• Please see Mike Hollis or David Ellingburg to make the arrangements for marker placement.

• If plots are shared for cremation purposes, there is to be only ONE headstone/footstone per plot (not per person buried in the plot)

• Cemetery caretaker is not responsible for flowers or memorabilia dislodged from graves. 
• Please secure all items as firmly as possible and in a spot as to not be in the way of grass cutting/weed eating.
• Please remove all trash from the cemetery. 

Dues can be paid with the link above.