Elk Run Cemetery
Cemetery History
It is believed that the Elk Run Cemetery was founded in the early 1880’s. The first set of minutes, along with the Constitution, are located in the Town Office. There are too many items of interest to begin listing in this space. However, with the web site up and running, the old documents may be entered at a later date.
Around 1924 board members levied a $2.00 per year perpetual care fund on grave owners. It is interesting to have data on file to remind us how far this town and its inhabitants have come since the Great Depression.
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Cemetery Director | Charlotte Shifflett
I came to work for the Town of Elkton as a part time dispatcher in 1999, following early retirement from AMP, Inc. after approximately 20 years of service. Eventually, I was assigned to other departments, including Public Works.
I have always lived within a 10 mile radius of Elkton and consider this my hometown, as do many of the residents in rural areas of eastern Rockingham County.
After becoming a full time employee in 2004, I became very interested in working with the Elk Run Cemetery records and old data files. Encouraged by a former town manager, I was instrumental in the implementation of a cemetery program that meets our current needs. All the existing spreadsheets and computerized records were placed into the new program and the real task began.
I have spent many hours collecting information from any source available; this included many obituaries copied from an older resident’s scrapbooks and the records furnished by Lillian Gaynor Brill, widow of Carl Brill, owners of Brill Funeral Home.
It was a wealth of genealogy and connected many missing links. After organizing the manuals, I walked the cemetery grounds to verify the burial spaces begun by Gerald Monger.
Don’t be surprised if you come by my desk and I inquire if I have your family records correct (it is a never ending task), but one I shall continue to pursue adamantly until I am sure I have left a legacy for my heirs and yours as well!
Town of Elkton Notice to Elk Run Cemetery
If the owner of a lot (s) would like to mow and care for their lot (s), this request should be placed in writing to the Cemetery Director along with a phone number and address where you may be contacted in a case of neglect to your lot (s). The parties involved should understand that the lots are still under the control of the Cemetery Commission. If at any time the lot(s) become overgrown, unsightly, or the main character and beauty of the grounds have been compromised, the lot owner will be notified and given two (2) weeks to correct the situation. The Commission will have the power to remove any and all items on the lot(s) to mow and trim to return the lot to the beauty and symmetry of the grounds.
(Amended Jan 2009)