This marker is on the same grounds at Lodge Pond as the wrought iron enclosed cemetery from yesterday’s post. There is no obvious evidence of a grave, but in almost 100 years time it could have just faded away.
Isabelle White, October 2, 1902 – March 29, 1927
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
September 5, 2025
I’ve photographed this gate, part of a small family cemetery plot at Donnelley WMA, many times. Rarely do the results amount to much but I liked this one with the sun shining on the pond at the far end of the lodge lawn.
Billy Fields Family Cemetery Plot
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
September 5, 2025
A small cemetery plot sits on the grounds of the Department of Natural Resources lodge at Donnelley WMA. I’ve passed it hundreds of times, walked around it dozens of times. This time the fog called me to try to capture the essence.
Billy Fields Family Cemetery Plot
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, SC
December 30, 2024
Opened in 1850, Charleston’s Magnolia Cemetery is now home to an abundance of decaying monuments and fences. The shapes and colors make them all beautiful.
I doubt the original mourners could have envisioned the current state of their loved ones’ resting places in this older section of the cemetery. Even payment for perpetual care, which is marked on many of the plots, has not prevented the ravages of time.
What will it look like in another 150 years?
I’ve photographed and commented previously on Fences Between Neighbors at Charleston’s Magnolia Cemetery. This section of the cemetery never had the fences or they’ve completely disintegrated, but the living made sure to leave lines of division.
7/14/2018, Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
