Anona Pioneer Cemetery - Largo, FL - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

This cemetery has been here since 1859 and is now part of Serenity Gardens Memorial Park. It is behind the Anona United Methodist Church's Chapel. It appears the cemetery was here first then they built the church in 1882. John Thomas Lowe donated the property for the church and cemetery. There are many founding families located in this old section...Lowe, Wilcox, Walsingham, McMullen, Kilgore, etc.

The Anona United Methodist Church is the oldest church in continuous use in Pinellas County.

All information taken from Largo Historical Society's "From Pines and Palmettos" book

Coordinates will take you inside the cemetery to the pioneer section.
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The following information taken from (visit link)
The first recorded burial here was that of J. Henry Whitehurst, the son of J.H. Whitehurst, in 1880.

Rev. James Summers Kilgore died in 1886, and may be the next person buried here. He and his wife, Rhoda, came to Pinellas County from South Carolina during the early 1850s and homesteaded 100 acres here.

The cemetery later became part of Serenity Gardens, but the memory of the separate community of Anona was preserved by the plaque dedicated here on April 21, 1985. On April 4, 1981, the George and Ann Sturgeon Memorial Rose Garden was opened here.

Name of church or churchyard: Anona United Methodist Church Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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