HISTORY OF CRUMPTON CEMETERY

04/18/1890 First directors of "The Crumpton Cemetery Association" met at the home of George E. Harrison to organize the Association. Officers elected were John P. Hartley, President, John L. Spry, Treasurer, and Charles B. Tracy,
Treasurer. The Directors voted to draft by-laws, etc; to move the existing cemetery to the southwest corner of Dr. F. N. Sheppard’s property, then in the occupancy of John P. Hartley (currently the corner of Rts. 290 and 544); and to
solicit subscriptions of stock, at $10.00 a share, in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00.

 04/26/1890 Solicitation of stock subscriptions not very successful. Directors  voted that anyone buying three shares of stock would be entitled to a free lot  on one of the main avenues, except for Directors, who could choose their own lot  location.

 05/10/1890 Committee on Plan and Survey to have the cemetery ground graded, laid out, and otherwise permanently improved, as they may deem proper; "also to  have the dead removed from the old, to the new cemetery, as soon as
expedient."

 06/07/1890 John L. Spry resigned as Treasurer and Charles B. Tracy was elected. John P. Hartley was made Superintendent of the cemetery.

 10/25/1890 Secretary was authorized to collect stock money due the cemetery, as early as possible.

 06/13/1891 Directors and Stockholders met. Officers, Directors and Superintendent, as well as an advisory committee were elected. By-laws, Rules and Regulations, and Rules For Visitors were adopted.

 05/15/1894  Officers, Directors and Superintendent, as well as an advisory committee were elected.

 03/24/1900 Stockholders met at Bradley Hotel for the purpose of purchasing trees for the cemetery.

 04/14/1900 At Stockholders meeting, committee appointed to obtain copy of the charter and deed  for the cemetery, and to draft Rules and Regulations.

 05/26/1900 Stockholders met at George E. Harrison’s office. Committee reported on successful location of charter and deed.

 04/13/1901 Directors and Stockholders met at office of Chester River Steamboat Co. Officers, Directors and Superintendent were elected.

 05/04/1901 Directors met at cemetery to discuss what should be done with back part of cemetery. Decided to let J. P. Hartley till the ground, planting first corn, then wheat, to kill the undergrowth, then get it in grass.

04/05/1902 Directors and Stockholders met at the Lodge Room. Officers and  Directors elected. Committee named to secure plans and cost of building a small house at cemetery.

 04/04/1903 Directors and Stockholders met at the Lodge Room.  Officers and Directors elected.

 04/06/1907 Directors and Stockholders met at Bradley’s Hotel. Officers, Directors and Superintendent were elected. Committee named for purpose of building out houses, digging well and beautifying cemetery.

 02/29/1908 Directors and Stockholders met at John P. Hartley’s.

 04/04/1908 Directors and Stockholders met at John P. Hartley’s.  Officers and Directors elected. Improvements committee named to have house built.

 04/03/1909 Directors and Stockholders met at John P. Hartley’s. Officers, Directors and Superintendent elected. Committee appointed to audit association’s books. Improvement committee named.

 04/02/1910 Directors and Stockholders met at John P. Hartley’s. Officers and Directors elected.

 04/10/1910 Directors met at John P. Hartley’s. Improvement committee named.

 04/23/1910 Directors met at John P. Hartley’s residence. Superintendent elected.

 08/06/1910 Directors met at Geo. E. Harrison’s to elect a Treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John P. Hartley. Mrs. Mollie E. Hartley was unanimously elected.

 09/03/1910 Directors met at Geo. E. Harrison’s. Treasurer elected, as Mrs. Mollie Hartley declined. Director elected to complete John P. Hartley’s term.

 04/08/1911 Directors and Stockholders met at Cooper Tarbutton’s. Officers and Directors elected. Committee of ladies named to buy small shrubbery and flowers to ornament the cemetery grounds. Cooper Tarbutton appointed to hire labor to keep the grounds in order and to act with the committee of ladies.

 09/22/1911 Directors met at Mr. Cooper Tarbutton’s. Financial reports presented.

 04/06/1912 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A. Lodge Room. Officers and Directors elected.  Committee of Ladies named to decorate the cemetery with shrubbery and flowers.

 04/05/1913 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A. Lodge Room. Officers and Directors elected. Committee of Ladies named to look after the floral decorations for the cemetery.

 04/18/1914 Stockholders met at office of Chas. A. Bradley. Audit committee appointed to audit records of Secretary and Treasurer. Officers and Directors named. Committee named to have back of cemetery laid off in burial lots, etc. Committee of ladies named to look after beautifying cemetery grounds.

 04/17/1915 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Lodge Room.  Officers and Directors elected. Committee named to look after needed improvements. Committee named to beautify the grounds with flowers.

 04/    /1916 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Lodge Room. Joel T. McGinnes was appointed to collect the outstanding indebtedness to the cemetery. Officers and Directors elected. Committee named to look after the flowering decoration of the cemetery.

 04/01/1917 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Lodge Room.

04/29/1917 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Lodge Room. Officers and Directors elected. Committee named to look after flower decorations at cemetery.

 05/03/1918 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Lodge Room. Voted for Officers and Directors to hold over for the year 1918. 
 
04/12/1919 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A.  Lodge. Audit committee appointed. Officers and Directors were all re-elected to their present positions. Committee named to "secure either cedar or locust to replace the boundrys & fix the Gate." A Committee of Ladies was named to look after the beautifying of the grounds. 

05/08/1920 Stockholders and Directors met at C. A. Bradley’s office. Officers and Directors elected. Committee named for beautifying cemetery.

 08/21/1920 Stockholders and Directors met at C. A. Bradley’s office.

 04/02/1921 Stockholders and Directors met at C. A. Bradley Hall. Officers and Directors elected. Committee to beautify named.

 07/09/1921 Cemetery Association met at Bradley Hall. Superintendent elected. (First mention of Superintendent since 1910.)

 04/29/1922 Stockholders and Directors met at C. A. Bradleys Hall. Officers elected to hold over. Superintendent elected.

 04/21/1923 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Lodge Room. All officers to hold over for year 1923, except Treasurer resigned and was replaced

 04/12/1924 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Hall. Officers to hold over for year 1924 except for change in one Director.

 04/11/1925 Stockholders and Directors met at P.O.S. of A Hall. All officers to hold over for the year 1925.

 04/25/1925 Stockholders and Directors met. New Director elected. New resolution-No grave will be opened until the $.50 a year charge for cemetery care and maintenance is current and paid in full.

 05/02/1926 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. C. Hendrix. All Officers carried over for year 1926 except Secretary/Treasurer, who resigned. New Secretary/Treasurer elected. Annual fee for care of lot raised from $.50 to $1.00.

 04/07/1927 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. C. Hendrix. All Officers will hold over, except a new Secretary was elected.

 04/14/1928 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. L. C. McGinnes expressed the desire to deposit $50.00 into the permanent fund, with the interest being used for the care of his lots, instead of paying the annual fee. He recommended that a legal document be adopted to give other lot owners this option.

 05/05/1928 Stockholders and Directors met at house of H. Clay Hendrix. Adopted legal document proposed at Apr. 14th
meeting regarding one time deposits into permanent care fund. Officers and Directors were elected. Decorating committee elected.

 04/06/1929 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix.Secretary reported that the majority of the stock outstanding was inactive. Purchasers had died and the stock had never been transferred. He was instructed to contact nearest relatives and ask who would accept stock and take an active interest in the cemetery. Officers and Directors were re-elected with the exception of a new Treasurer and the replacement of one director. New Vice President was elected.

 12/14/1929 Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Purpose of meeting was to correct oversights in the issuance of deeds, to transfer lots from some owners to designated individuals, and to transfer stock from deceased owners to family members. A resolution was proposed establishing a perpetual care fund entitled "The Cemetery Upkeep Trust Fund. Action was deferred until Stockholdlers’ meeting in Apr. 1930. (This was prior to the state regulated  perpetual care funds that are in use by cemeteries today.)

 02/08/1930 Directors met at the home of H. Clay Hendrix. Report of special work by secretary, Louis C. Robinson, in reviewing all transactions of the cemetery regarding lots sold, deeds issued, care fees due, etc. Looking into the possibility of acquiring more land.

 04/05/1930 Stockholders and Directors met at the home of H. Clay Hendrix. Adopted resolution requiring lot purchasers to deposit, at the time of purchase, $25.00 for perpetual care. The interest would be used by the cemetery to provide
perpetual care. Same Officers and Directors retained for another year.

 05/03/1930 Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Purpose of meeting was to arrange a settlement with Mark Rogers for his thorough cleaning of the cemetery, and to appoint a Superintendent to keep the cemetery in a "thoroughly respectable condition for one year." 

06/01/1930 Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Purpose was to consider a request by a lot owner.

 04/11/1931 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Detailed reports given of Secretary’s and Treasurer’s books. Officers and Directors re-elected. Superintendent appointed. "Mr. Rogers reported damage to lots by trucks being
driven over them by vault and monument dealers, also damage caused by horses going into the cemetery after the driveway gate had been left open by some visitor at the cemetery. His action in placing a lock on the gate so no one could enter the cemetery with a vehicle without supervision by the Superintendent was unanimously approved. He was also requested to insist that all vehicles be kept off the vacant lots as well as those with graves in them."

 04/02/1932 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Officers and Directors elected. Superintendent appointed. Proposal to increase perpetual care fee to $35. was tabled indefinitely. Proposal to refuse to open any grave until the payment of all past due fees and a perpetual care fee was tabled indefinitely.

 04/01/1933 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Officers and Directors appointed Mark E. Rogers as Superintendent after review of six sealed bids submitted.

 04/07/1934 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Officers and Directors elected. Appointment of Superintendent deferred for at least two months until definite information regarding the N. R. A. Code (National Recovery Act-part of New Deal, and later deemed unconstitutional) as applied to cemeteries could be obtained. 

06/02/1934 Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. New Director elected. Only one applicant for Superintendent. He was elected. 

04/27/1935 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Officers re-elected. Superintendent appointed. Annual care charge increased from  $1.00 to $1.50. Perpetual care charge increased from $25.00 to $40.00. 

11/30/1935 Stockholders and Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Purpose was to grant lot owners the opportunity, for one year, to still purchase perpetual care for $25.00 instead of $40.00.

 02/11/1936 Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Purpose was to approve the sale of Chrysler stock, to replace the original purchase funds in the perpetual care fund, and to purchase Studebaker stock with the balance.

05/02/1936 Stockholders and Directors met. Date for price increase of perpetual care extended five months. Election of Officers delayed because of illness of Treasurer, George I. Harrison. Approved purchase of shrubbery for cemetery.

06/13/1936 Directors met at home of H. Clay Hendrix. Stock transfers approved. Officers and Directors elected. Death of George I. Harrison left Director vacancy, to be filled later. 

04/03/1937 Stockholders and Directors met. Officers and Directors re-elected. One new Director elected. Superintendent elected.

04/02/1938 Stockholders and Directors met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Extended privilege to all existing lot holders of paying $25.00 perpetual care instead of $40.00. Burton M. Green appointed as Superintendent. Officers and Directors elected following resignation of L. C. McGinnes due to deafness.

04/11/1939 Directors met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. For the purpose of stock transfers.

04/15/1939 Directors and Stockholders met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Two new Directors elected. Officers and other Directors re-elected. Burton Green appointed as Superintendent. Approved purchase of fire proof safe. Committee appointed to have new building erected in back corner of cemetery. Approved that "not more than two (2) graves in strangers row could be sold to one family."

04/20/1940 Directors and Stockholders met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Officers and Directors re-elected. Superintendent re-appointed.

04/19/1941 Directors and Stockholders met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Officers and Directors re-elected. Superintendent appointed.

01/23/1943 Directors met for the purpose of considering ways and means of  acquiring revenue for the care of the cemetery. With interest rates low and revenue small, fund down to $100.00. Discussion of legal advice on use of fund.  Annual fee for upkeep raised from $1.50 to $2.00.

04/03/1943 Directors and Stockholders met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Officers and Directors re-elected.

03/04/1944 Crumpton Cemetery Association met. Stock transfers approved.

 04/28/1944 Stockholders and Directors met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Fred W. Stevens, Herbert H. Bowers and Geo. Roland Harrison elected to fill three Director vacancies.

04/14/1945 Directors met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Directors re-elected. Officers elected. Superintendent appointed.

04/02/1946 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Officers re-elected. On resignation of Lloyd Gale, Frank Reed elected Superintendent. Debts of unpaid care  fees to be cancelled upon payment of $40.00 to perpetual care. Authorized
$1,000. 00 perpetual care funds to be invested in Gov. E Bonds.

04/02/1946 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Officers re-elected. On resignation of Lloyd Gale, Frank Reed elected Superintendent. Debts of unpaid care  fees to be cancelled upon payment of $40.00 to perpetual care. Authorized
$1,000. 00 perpetual care funds to be invested in Gov. E Bonds.

04/03/1947 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers elected. Superintendent approved.

04/19/1948 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers re-elected.  Superintendent re-elected.

09/28/1948 Directors met. Sold and purchased Studebaker stock. Authorized purchase of fire proof safe.

04/04/1949 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Officers re-elected.  Superintendent re-elected.

 10/07/1949 Directors met at home of Wm. E. Stevens. Decision on a burial. Authorized sale of Studebaker stock.

02/06/1950 Met at home of Thos. J. McGinnis. Approved purchase of Studebaker stock.

 04/24/1950 Directors met at home of Thos. J. McGinnis. One non-director  stockholder was present. Officers re-elected. Superintendent re-elected.  Approved stock transfers. Approved purchase of $500.00 government  bond.

 10/16/1950 Approved sale and purchase of Studebaker stock.

04/09/1951 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Three non-director  Stockholders were present. Officers re-elected. Burton Green elected Director to fill term of Wm. B. Stevens, deceased. Glenn Coleman, Wm. E. Coleman, Luther
Blackiston and Garrett Fennimore were elected as additional Directors. Superintendent re-elected.

04/07/1952 Directors met at home of Thos. J. McGinnis. Two non-director Stockholders were present. Officers re-elected. Bernard Merrick added as Director. Superintendent approved for another year. Committee appointed to investigate ways to beautify cemetery.

04/06/1953 Directors met at home of Thos. J. McGinnis. Officers re-elected. On resignation of Frank Reed, Luther Blackiston appointed Superintendent. Approved purchase of Studebaker stock.

05/05/1954 Directors met at home of Thos. J. McGinnis. One non-director Stockholder present. Officers re-elected. Superintendent resigned.

03/21/1955 Directors met at home of Thos. J. McGinnis. Officers and Directors re-elected. Frank Reed appointed caretaker (Superintendent?). Agreement made with State Roads about strip of land fronting cemetery.

04/02/1956 Mtng. held at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Two non-director Stockholders attended. Officers and Directors elected. Superintendent elected. Hodge Coleman appointed Director.

04/01/1957 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. One non-director Stockholder attended. Officers and Directors re-elected. Howard Johnson named Superintendent. R. Woodall Robinson appointed Director. Approved to have regular annual meeting the first Monday in April, but to have other Directors meetings the second Monday in July and October.

 07/08/1957 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Discussed investment opportunities for perpetual care funds.

 07/22/1957 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Set lot prices and perpetual care fee.

 10/07/1957 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnis. Approved building tool shed.

01/27/1958 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Discussed plans for building tool shed.

 04/07/1958 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors elected. Supervisor appointed.

04/06/1959 Directors and Stockholders met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors elected. Supervisor appointed.

04/04/1960 Directors and Stockholders met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors elected. (Three Directors-Hodge Coleman, Jessie Ryland and Woodall Robinson-deceased since last meeting. Superintendent appointed. 

04/03/1961 Directors & Stockholders met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers re-elected. Directors re-elected except for Julian Coleman, Burton Green and LeRoy Walls. Marion G. Coleman, John A. Coleman and Clifton M. Maule elected as new Directors. Superintendent re-appointed.

04/02/1962 Directors met at home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers re-elected.

04/08/1963 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers re-elected. Superintendent re-appointed. Plan adopted to begin another section of cemetery. John A. Coleman moved, and was removed as Director. Other
Directors, in addition to Officers, are Grover C. Woodall, Herbert A. Bowers, Roland Harrison, Glenn Coleman, Marion G. Coleman, Clifton M. Maule, Luther G. Blackiston and Wm. E. Coleman. Sixty-two shares of stock are owned by
thirty-nine people, listed in the minutes.

04/06/1964 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Approved using additional sections of the cemetery. Officers re-elected. Superintendent re-appointed.

04/05/1965 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors re-elected. Superintendent re-appointed. Discussion of cemetery expansion.

04/04/1966 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors re-elected. Samuel Irving Woodall elected as Director. Superintendent re-elected. Authorized sale of Studebaker stock.

04/03/1967 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors re-elected. Superintendent re-elected. Authorized borrowing $3,000.00 to buy 3.907 acres from Herbert and Pearl Bowers for
$5,000.00.

04/08/1968 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes. Officers and Directors re-elected (with the except of Luther Blackiston, deceased).  Superintendent was re-elected.

04/13/1969 Directors and Stockholders met at the home of Thomas J. McGinnes.  Louis C. Robinson resigned as President. Officers and Directors elected.  Superintendent elected.













 






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