Graveshelters: Pilgrim’s Rest Church Cemetery, Baker FL

This is the other cemetery with graveshelters we found, not too far from the one at the Wing Missionary Baptist cemetery in Wing, Alabama. This is Pilgrim’s Rest Church cemetery in Baker, Florida:

Many, but not all, monuments here done in the traditional manner with curbing and a pebble/gravel covering
Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Baker FL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js

Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Baker FL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js

This set included shells, also traditional
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Two separate graveshelters, side-by-side
Graveshelter, Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Baker FL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js

Peter Griffith, Jan 7, 1843 – Oct 19, 1935 (these are hard to read, so I may be off a bit)
Jane Griffith, Aug 27, 1842 – Jan 27, 1898
Graveshelter, Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Baker FL//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js

In the smaller, separate grave shelter:
Florence Griffith, daughter of Peter and Jane Griffith, April 28, 1878 – Aug 16, 1896


My mostly-updated Google Map for grave shelters can be found here. Please share with me if you know of any graveshelters not included in my map. Thank you!

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