Not the best time of year to visit
the gardens, but it was quite nice to walk around.
The cemetery was interesting though I
didn’t realize the statue used in the movie “Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil” had been moved to the same museum with the Forrest Gump bench. (there
never was a bench there…it was just a prop)
The Bonaventure Cemetery is where we happened to be when the
Solar Eclipse was happening. We weren’t in the path to get total darkness, but
as it turned out it was cloudy and stormy all day so we couldn’t see anything
anyway…..
The most popular gravesite in the historic section is that of little Gracie Watson, the 6-year-old daughter of a popular hotel manager. She died suddenly after being photographed in her new Easter finery.
There were
many other interesting grave stones as well. More than 500 grave marker crosses
denote the final resting place of Confederate soldiers. The American Legion
adjoining the historic section is the final resting place for over 100 of the
1300 veterans buried in Bonaventure.
we thought about our RV..... (it's a Fleetwood....no relation)
order of railway conductors plot
We did see where Johnny Mercer was buried. (one of the most
popular lyricists of the Great American Songbook era)
Johnny Mercer family plot
He wrote The Glow Worm for the Mills Brothers, Moon River for Judy Garland in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses and many more. The bench has a self caricature engraved on the top of it and titles of many of his songs are engraved all over and around it.
views seen from the cemetery
one of the grave sites had a bird feeder
Black-capped Chickadee & House Finches
this cemetery was across the street
We also went to check out the Wormsloe Historical Site, but
it was closed on Mondays. We did get to peak through the gate to see some of
the beautiful Live Oaks with the hanging Spanish moss lining the road to the
ruins.
Tomorrow we are headed to Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge.
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