mistress of cemeteries

04/03/2026

Oh I’m so excited about this upcoming episode!

09/20/2025

Share pictures of the historic sites you’ve been to! South Asheville Cemetery, once a cemetery for McDowell slaves, the first caretaker was George Avery who was a formerly enslaved Union soldier. Over 1900 burials here. History Before Us

08/06/2025

BRING ON FALL!!! 🍁 I’m ready for cold weather! It’s almost cemetery season and to celebrate, all fall and Halloween items in the shop are 30% off through September 4.

Shop Unique gifts promoting cemetery preservation. by mistressofcemeteries located in Taylorsville, North Carolina.

06/24/2025

My latest blog post takes us to Philadelphia PA when I visited a few weeks ago. Mt. Moriah Cemetery is beautiful but overgrown so it’s technically “abandoned.” The weird thing is it’s over 300 acres in the heart of the city.

05/03/2025

I never get tired of telling the story of Green Street Cemetery. Thank you History Before Us for doing the video!

In this follow-up episode, we explore the powerful and often overlooked legacy of the historic Green Street Cemetery in Iredell County, North Carolina with S...

04/30/2025

I am so excited to share this video which is an episode on the YouTube channel History Before Us. This cemetery has been special to me and I’m so grateful that the history of this place and the people are being told.

Today, we’re in Statesville, North Carolina, visiting the historic Holsey CME Church and the nearby Stearns Temple Cemetery. These two sacred spaces are deep...

04/11/2025

So excited to be hosting this upcoming historical true crime podcast!

03/17/2025

This story made front page of our local newspaper and I am so excited about this discovery. After 40+ years of thinking this cemetery had been destroyed, funeral home markers and headstones have confirmed its existence!

For over 40 years, some people in Statesville, North Carolina believed that an abandoned African American church cemetery had been destroyed by the organization then known as the Statesville Redevelopment Commission, later becoming the Statesville Housing Authority. In 2010, the Statesville Record &...

03/07/2025

Super excited about my series of articles this month for Women’s History! Here is part 1.

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a series of columns. This story and others will be highlighted during a Women’s History Month program planned for Thursday, March 20. Learn more and r…

02/25/2025

Till Death Do Us Part
Statesville Library: March 20 at 6:00pm

Not all marriages have happy endings. Some end in divorce. Others end in death.

Some end in murder. This program is sure to appeal to true crime buffs as we explore the stories of five women with ties to Iredell County who murdered their husbands.

Register online at https://iredell-lib-nc.libcal.com/event/14042420.