Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Community Cemetery

Originally known as the White Lily Cemetery, the Mount Olive Courtenay Community Cemetery was on the grounds adjacent to the Bethel AME Church, one of the first black churches on Merritt Island. Grave sites date from 1919.

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The Methodist Cemetery

Burials are thought to have

started here in the 1820’s.

The earliest legible date is

1836. Old area family names

include Braddock, Prickett,

Riley, Kirby and Stackhouse.

Marker is at the intersection of Branch Street and Filbert Street, on the right when traveling east on Branch ...