Visitor’s Information / Funeral Home Corner
Dear Families and Friends of Evergreen Cemetery, effective, December 1, 2024, there are some changes to the courtesy policy, as it is We at Evergreen are proud of the improvements and we want all who are laid to rest at this serene place to be remembered as history is preserved. It is not our intention to be disrespectful of any gravesite or intentionally disrespectful of your wishes; however, the cemetery requires order and that is why we are volunteer caregivers.
These changes will be updated in the Evergreen Brochure, the website, and on the bulletin board, it is a “COURTESY” extended to all.
Note: The following changes effective December 1, 2024
- Two solar lights per grave.
- Total elimination of spinners.
- Please be mindful that decorations (holidays, birthdays) should be removed in a timely manner.
- Please note that in inclement weather (wind, rain, and hurricanes) items, including flowers, and do get blown off graves. The Evergreen Cemetery is NOT responsible for any COURTESY items. We have no way of knowing what items belong to which grave. Therefore, if items are found strewed over area they will be placed in the garbage.
- Please no attachment to headstone.
- Elimination of shepherd hooks, wind chimes, and stuffed animals.
- Elimination of glass, porcelain, figurines and nick-nacks
- Please do not plant any living flowers of any kind around graves, this includes trees of any kind.
- We do ask that artificial flowers be kept at a minimum and placed close to the headstone, we do remove floral arrangements once the flowers turn brown.
Thanks for your cooperation as we strive to keep the Evergreen Cemetery in pristine condition.
Please note that the visitors’ gate has been left unlocked for your convenience. It is important to us that you have access to visiting your loved ones at their final resting place. However, we ask that you take into consideration the following reminders and safety precautions:
- Please do remember to close the gate when departing.
- We welcome fresh cut flowers in appropriate containers; however, glass or ceramic can easily get broken and become a hazard for visitors and our maintenance vendor
- We are still in the process of trying to identify all unmarked graves. Please check to see if your loved ones are among the unmarked.
- We still are offering memorial stepping stones in honor of your loved ones or family for a donation.
- The new pavilion has been erected for your comfort and safety. No longer will you be asked to maneuver around ants, headstones or step and sit on existing graves.
- The cemetery drive thru will be open on these holidays.
- Kwanza
- Christmas
- Mother’s Day
- Father’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Veterans Day
- Independence Day
- Easter
- Juneteenth
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- This is an advanced notice that the EverGreen Cemetery will be closed for burials and visitation for two (2) days during the month of October each year and one (1) day in April of each year.
- This is done for fund raising purposes three times out of the year. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused to you and your family.
- In the future a deceased registry will be added once the plotting is done.
Please, only (4) small solar lights per grave.
Solar lights are permitted as a courtesy to families. We must keep them limited as it becomes difficult for maintenance when using the equipment. We also ask that Holiday and special occasion Decorations be kept at a minimum and removed SOON after the special occasion/holiday has passed.
We appreciate and thank you for understanding!
TESTIMONIALS
To: Alton, Bert and Cora I want you’ll to know how much I appreciate and support your commitant and dedication to a cause that mean so much to our families.
Love from me to you!! Gloria Moody
Thank you,
Alton Williams
Greetings Alton and a Happy New Year.
It was truly a pleasure for my wife and I to meet you at the cemetery during our visit home for the Christmas holidays (2015). The great improvements by you, your staff and the committee in making the cemetery an attractive and solemn place of respect for our loved ones as their final resting place here on earth is evident. The grave sites, as well as the entire property show how much detail and consideration are being used to carefully manage as well as maintained the property for all who use EverGreen Cemetery. My prayers are for your continued success in this endeavor with Gods blessing.
Safety is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God.
My info for record: Smsgt. Clarence J. Wilson, Jr. USAF (Retired)
Take care & God Bless,
Clarence J. Wilson, Jr.
It was a true Christmas moment this morning to give EverGreen and you the flag. It was a Divine Appointment to place it in your hands. Nice to know too that the current flag is from John Mica.
I am the Front Office Coordinator at G A Repple and Co. at 101 Normandy Rd in Casselberry. I pick up the mail each morning at the post office and return to the office via a large circle by way of Anchor and then pass Evergreen. It is quite a special place and now even more so after today and meeting you. It is great to hear the future plans for Evergreen and will follow them with interest.
With every blessing for Christmas and in the New Year.
Holly Rogers
700 Melrose Ave. G33
Winter Park, FL 32789
Alton I cannot thank you enough for everything you are doing you are so nice and everything was so nice in the cemetery on yesterday and thanks a lot my family and I just LOVE YOU.
Francina Watkins Family
Alton
It’s been a pleasure working with you on this project and I wish you and the future of Evergreen all the best. I think it’s admirable that you’re so dedicated to preserving local history that is not widely known. I hope to read your book when it’s published.
Thanks again for being one of the easiest going customers I’ve worked with in recent memory!
Daniel “Danny” Harrell
Engineering Technologist II-Longwood
Duke-Energy
