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This sign has been here since the late 60’s and was made by Paul Bryan Couch.

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Bethany Cemetery

Bethany Cemetery is a small cemetery right off HWY 54 in Louisiana on HWY UU. It has over 280 people laid to rest and a little over half of the cemetery’s 32 lots are occupied. We have 47 people that are buried here and we do not have any record of where they are laid to rest. This is because our plat-book has been missing and we have yet to retrieve it. These poor souls have no tombstones that we can find. Please help us on our mission to find the plat-book and get them the memorial stones they deserve.

May 30, 2025 – OUR PLAT BOOK HAS BEEN LOCATED!!!

Our annual donations barely cover lawn maintenance so we are doing our best to raise funds for the necessary repairs and upgrades our cemetery needs. Please consider a donation… no amount is too big or too small!

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2025 Cemetery Scavenger Hunt! Friday, Oct. 24th!

One of our biggest annual fundraising events is BACK! Join us on Friday, October 24th, 2025 from 7-8pm for a spooky good time! Here is the breakdown of what to expect: Teams of 2 Pricing: $200 Event Sponsorship Sponsor this fundraising event and we will:

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Plat book for Bethany Cemetery is FOUND!

Pike County News – May 30, 2025 – By Stan Schwartz To say Tracy Brookshier, secretary for the Bethany Cemetery Board, was ecstatic about the finding of the cemetery’s plat book, would be understating her emotional state by a factor of 10. When she first found out that she had relatives on her father’s side…

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Annual Spring Clean up Day! Sat. May 3rd

Every year we volunteer our time to spend a day cleaning up the cemetery. If you or someone you know is interested in lending a hand please share this information. The more volunteers the better; especially if you know someone in need of Community Service hours! We will be there at 9am on Saturday, May…

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Raffle Fundraiser!

Take your shot at some extra Holiday Money! Enter to win a $250.00 VISA Gift Card! We will draw the winner on December 1st, 2024! 1 ticket for $5.00 or 5 tickets for $20.00 ! Venmo: Tracy-Brookshier OR send checks payable to Bethany Cemetery Association to 16545 Pike 9294, Bowling Green, MO 63334. OR call/text…

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Our Long Term Goals

  1. Find the PLAT-BOOK and get our “missing people” memorial stones.
  2. Create a website and log all tombstones. DONE!
  3. Input all of our information and grave photos on findagrave.com. DONE!
  4. Work on finding suspected locations of our 47 missing people by doing family research. DONE!– As much as we could find, anyway!
  5. Create a Welcome Display Board for cemetery info and map of those laid to rest here. DONE!
  6. Do annual fundraisers to help raise more funds for projects. Our first one was a success!
  7. Get gravel roads laid within the cemetery. ALMOST DONE!
  8. Install new fencing on the highway side of the cemetery. We have the fencing, now just need help getting it installed!
  9. Get all sections within the cemetery marked off for ease of grave digging.
  10. Add benches in areas for visitors.
  11. Plant flowers and/or bushes around our Welcome display board.
  12. Work on resetting some stones that need re-leveled.
  13. Register the cemetery as a non-for-profit.