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History, Photos and Information

about Sandy Branch Cemetery

and the

Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social

 

Research and Compilations by

Stephen Frakes & Dolores Ford Mobley

 

 

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        We are looking for photos of people and/or places from around Kinmundy & Alma.  Can you help?

Or maybe you have stories or memories from the "Good Old Days"?  What do YOU remember?

        The Kinmundy Historical Society would be honored to preserve your memories and stories.  We also have the

equipment to scan (or copy) your photos so that they may be enjoyed now as well as for generations yet to come!

        We would love to hear from you!  For more information, please contact: 

       

   Dolores (Ford) Mobley – Dolores@ford-mobley.com

                       208 Joan Dr.; Divernon, IL  62530; (217) 625-7527

            or

 

            Gladys (Corrie) See – gsee49@yahoo.com

                                         408 S. Washington St.; Kinmundy, IL 62854; (618) 547-7731

 

 

                                                                                            

 

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                                    Sandy Branch Cemetery History and Photos

 

 

 

 

 

Sandy Branch Cemetery listing (PDF file)

This document was compiled by Dolores Ford Mobley and includes tombstone & genealogy data.  

Check back because this is a working document which is continuously updated.

 

 

Findagrave photos and memorials of Sandy Branch Cemetery:

Search for cemetery records in Sandy Branch Cemetery, IL at by entering a surname and clicking search: Sandy Branch Cemetery, IL (753 names)All of Find A Grave (139.4 million names) Restrict search to Surname

 

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"Good turnout for Sandy Branch Cemetery Benefit"

"Salem Times-Commoner" - July 18, 1979

 

 

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Sandy Branch Cemetery Chapel / Shed / Stage - photo taken by Irene Gammon around 1980

 

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1990 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social

 

1990 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social - Philip Frakes

 

 

On the left waiting for orders are Peggy Harvey, Elly (Jones) Owens, and Cathy (DeVore) Jones;

1990 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social

 

 

 

 

1990 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social -

Food Stand ran by the daughters of John Elvin "Peck" Conant

 

 

1990 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social -

Food Stand ran by the daughters of John Elvin "Peck" Conant

 

 

  

Grace (Bassett) Conant and Marge (Conant) Jones setting up for a Sandy Branch Ice Cream Social

 

 

 

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2003 Sandy Branch Cemetery

 

  

 

 

 

Sandy Branch shed sign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2003 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Junior Harvey, Peg Harvey, Philip Frakes)

 

 

(Lewis O'Dell, Helen (Bassett) O'Dell)

 

 

2003 Sandy Branch Ice Cream Social; Lela May (Nichols) Doolen standing in center.

 

 

Daughters of John Elvin "Peck" Conant running the food stand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2010 Sandy Branch Ice Cream Social

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cathy DeVore Jones and Terri Frakes Adams

 

 

 

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"The Salem Times-Commoner" - July 7, 2012

 

 

 

 

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2014 Sandy Branch Cemetery Ice Cream Social

 

2014 Sandy Branch Ice Cream Social

 

 

2014 Sandy Branch Ice Cream Social - Jamie Nattier

 

 

2014 Sandy Branch Ice Cream Social

 

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Ceremony for War of 1812 Veteran, James Jones, at Sandy Branch Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sandy Branch Veterans Memorial - May 2019

(photos by Dolores Ford Mobley)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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