Lone Oak Cemetery

"Lone Oak was in use for almost 20 years before the land was deeded by Dr. Sydney J. Bouknight and his wife on January 3, 1884 to Josiah A. Lee, Obed Fussell and Josiah S. Dyches, as trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Lone Oak, and their successors in office. The deed was recorded November 1887, by which time W. W. Ward and Joel F. McClendon has been elected successors to Lee and Dyches." [ibid.] 

The first recorded interment was that of Mrs. Minerva Howell, on February 2nd, 1867, and a pole fence was built around the grave to protect it from the "varmints", as the old settlers called the wild animals. A marble headstone now marks the site of this grave. 

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One day in January 1893, a number of Leesburg ladies met at the residence of Mrs. J. A. Hansbrough, for the purpose of organizing a Cemetery Improvement Association. Soon after this group became active, they erected a wrought iron fence around the cemetery grounds. This fence now lines the roadway in front of the historic section of the cemetery.