Surf & Turf fundraiser

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Thanks to everyone from the community and from out of town who attended and supported this event. The event was held on Saturday, August 16, 2025 at the Benton Hall which is located at 1806 Walnut Street in Higginsville, Missouri.We served catfish, pulled pork, cheeseburgers, potato salad, slaw, and dessert. We had a delicious drink that’s been finally called the Saint James AME Church friendship tea.

There was also a raffle and a brief update about the cemetery fencing project.  A coinciding Facebook fundraiser is also occurring till the end of October 2025.

The cemetery board volunteers are Alice & Earl Elmore,  Rev. Glenn Elmore, Mrs.Minnie Elmore, Donald Elmore, Micheal Elmore, Arron Haynes, Rowan Haynes, and Linda Smith.

Joshua Johnson - Battin' The Boogie

Born in Higginsville, MO to Richard and Catherine Johnson in 1904 and died on February 22, 1971 at the Downtown Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Johnson is buried at the Mount Muncie Cemetery on Shelby Road in Higginsville, MO.

THERE'S MUCH TO DO IN LEXINGTON, MO DURING THE JUNETEENTH WEEKEND

 

THERE IS MUCH TO DO IN LEXINGTON, MO DURING JUNETEENTH WEEKEND!

                  THANK YOU ALLAN LEE AND MUSICIANS FOR PLANNING THIS ACTIVITY!!!!

There Is Much to Do In Lexington, MO on Juneteenth Weekend

                        Congratulations to the Forest Grove Cemetery Commitee for your hard work!!!

Mount Muncie Cemetery Announces Its Memorial Day Activities: Volunteers Needed!

 

The Mount Muncie Cemetery Committee will have its Annual Meet and Greet. The activity will be from Saturday, May 28, 2022 – Monday, May 30, 2022 from 10 am to 2 pm. Volunteers are needed to work on the Meet and Greet days and times, to place flags on the veterans' grave sites on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 4 pm and removal on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 6 pm.  

The cemetery is located at 10496 Shelby Rd, Higginsville, MO  64037.

Board Members:

Milton Smith-Acting Chairperson

Alice Elmore-Secretary

Linda Smith-Treasurer

Joyce Haynes-Treasurer

Arron Haynes- Treasurer             

Rev. Glen Elmore-Board Member

Earl Lewis Elmore- Board Member

RESTORATION OF DAMAGED TOMBSTONES

On the weekend of February 11, 2020, one of our committee members, Fred Smith drove through the cemetery and saw that there was damage to five tombstones/markers.  Our committee alerted the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office and a report was filed.  It appears that the damage was caused by a horse that entered from the front of the Brand Cemetery into the Mount Muncie Cemetery.  We still are seeking any information about who may have done this type of vandalism.

The committee met and hired the Kidwell Granite Works Company that is from Versailles, MO to do the repair work.  Jimmy, Tyler, and Wendell came to assist us.  We are so happy with the results and the information that we learned about tombstone setting, how to get information from a tombstone that has writing that is difficult to read, and how to clean the different types of stones.

Mount Muncie Cemetery Committee members are Bishop William Thompson, chairperson, Fred Smith, vice-chairperson, Alice Elmore, secretary, Joyce Haynes (finance) , Arron Haynes (finance), Linda Smith (finance), Earl Elmore, Reverend Glenn Elmore, Reverend Wilbur Conway, Rowan Haynes, and Ralph Collins.

Here are some pictures of the team doing restoration work today.

                                                              Leveling work

                                                    Angel was cracked and glued to restore.

                                 Jimmy used rubbing paper and a tennis ball to find out writing on tombstone.