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WESTOVER MEMORIAL PARK CAREN BRICKER, VINTAGE OOOLLEE, COSTUMES THANE PLUMMER AND ALMIRA VAZDARJAHOVA, SIP WITH THE SPIRITS HOSTS ELI HOGAN, VOLUNTEER ALEXIS PURVIS, VOLUNTEER BRONZE SPONSORS LAURA HARRIS, VOLUNTEER MRS. BECKY SMITH · HISTORIC AUGUSTA, INC. ENDOWMENT TRUST SHANNON BRYANT, VOLUNTEER

DONNA KING, VOLUNTEER FOOTSTONE SPONSORS GABE HOGAN, VOLUNTEER NATHAN JOLLES · ROBERTSON RESTORATION · MRS. ANNE PROCTOR · PEACH CONTRACTORS · MR. AND MRS. ALBERT METZEL · DR. AND MRS. JOE D. CHRISTIAN JR. · MR. AND MRS. LYLE M. GLASCOCK LOISE PHINIZY, VOLUNTEER DR. AND MRS. ROBERT NESBIT JR. · MS. VILMA COLON-OLIVER - MEYBOHM REAL ESTATE DR. LEE ANN CALDWELL AND MR. RICHARD SWANN · MR. & MRS. WLM KNOX JR. · M. AUSTIN JACKSON, ATTORNEY 1 2 3 4 CEMETERY PRESERVATION

Cemeteries reflect a community’s past and provide people with a visible history. Historic preservation of cemeteries is a growing concern as many communities find ways to deal with vandalism, erosion of stones, and neglect of plots and landscaping. Historic cemeteries generally showcase peaceful grounds with intriguing monuments, gravestones, dates, and names. A fount of information regarding genealogy, local historical figures and iconography can be found in cemeteries. Many graveyards have been lost due to poor planning, natural overgrowth, and fading memories; however, with community awareness and renewed respect for the past, preservation of cemeteries is becoming a higher priority in many historic cities across the United States including Augusta. Historic Augusta, Inc. has been involved in preservation efforts at local cemeteries including small family cemeteries like Cottage Cemetery in South Augusta and the Coleman-Leigh-Warren Cemetery in West Augusta.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ICONOGRAPHY

WESTOVER MEMORIAL PARK Westover Memorial Park showcases many examples of symbolism often found on gravestones. These symbols, carved upon, or comprising the whole tombstone, have many broad and sometimes very personal meanings. A few examples of symbolism found in these cemeteries include:

Westover Memorial Park sits on 83 acres of scenic woodlands. The property was Christian Cross: Viewed as a sign of Christian faith or eternal life and resurrection. The three formerly owned by several prominent Richmond County individuals including Judge ends at the top of the cross may represent the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of the Trinity or faith, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet and Porter Fleming. Westover Memorial Park’s name hope, and charity. is derived from the estate that once stood on the grounds known as “Westover.” In Weeping Willow: Represents drooping spirits and hearts of those left behind. 1912, Westover Memorial Park was chartered as a non-profit corporation, with Ivy: A symbol of immortality faithfulness and friendships. the first burial in 1915, and in March of 1923 it was designated as a Perpetual Care Cemetery. Westover Memorial Park has continually qualified as such since Star: A five-pointed star is symbolic of the life of Christ. Six-pointed stars refer to God’s wisdom, receiving that designation. Westover Memorial Park remains one of Augusta’s finest power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. memorial gardens that pays respectful tribute to generations of area families. Rose: Brevity of human existence; a fully opened rose may indicate that the deceased has died in the prime of life. It may also signify love, beauty, and condolence.

5 6 2 DR. HERVEY M. CLECKLEY (1903-1984) Portrayed by Maj. Gen. (retired) Perry M. Smith, husband of Dr. Cleckley’s niece, Connor Dyess Smith

Dr. Hervey Milton Cleckley, born and raised in Augusta, Georgia was a world- renowned psychiatric physician. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, and attended medical school at the Medical College of 1 Georgia. Dr. Cleckley bears the distinction GIOVANNI CASELLA of being one of Georgia’s few Rhodes (1873-1930) scholars who studied at Oxford University Portrayed by Dr. Benjamin P. Casella, in England. On April 7, 1930 Dr. Cleckley great-grandson of Giovanni Casella married Louise Erwin Martin Marshall, and adopted her daughter Mary Fleming Marshall. Giovanni Casella was born in Viggiano, Italy and later After forty-years of marriage, Louise Cleckley became a prominent business owner in Augusta, died on October 3, 1978. Dr. Cleckley then married Georgia. Casella was a musician, who played Emily Bayard Sheftall. Dr. Cleckley operated a second violin on a cruise ship with Andrea Damiano private practice in Augusta, was a professor at and Frances DiRago. In Augusta, Casella and the Medical College of Georgia, and wrote many papers and books about psychiatry during his his extended family established many blooming professional career. He is perhaps best known for enterprises including: Snappy’s Hamburgers, The Three Faces of Eve, which he co-wrote with Dr. Casella’s Jewelers, Casella’s Sandwich Shop, and Corbett H. Thigpen, about a patient who struggled Casella Eye Care on Broad Street in downtown with multiple personality disorder. “‘Eve” possessed three distinct personalities out Augusta. Giovanni Casella married Maria Rosa of a collection of approximately twenty-two personalities, which is why she received Setaro, and the couple bore five children: Louis counseling from Drs. Thigpen and Cleckley. Their book received so much attention it Casella, Leonard Casella, Joseph Casella, eventually translated into twenty-seven languages and became a movie entitled: "The Victor Casella, and Cenzina Casella.Casella Three Faces of Eve". The film, which starred Joanne Wooward as Eve, made its world died after an extended five-year illness on premiere in Augusta’s own Miller Theater. Despite his worldwide fame, Augustans knew November 4, 1930, at his residence in Augusta. Dr. Hervey Milton Cleckley best for his humbleness. He passed away on January 28, 1984.

7 8 4 3 ROBERT EDWARD ELLIOTT (1860-1935) AQUILLA JAMES “JIMMIE” DYESS (1908-1944) Portrayed by Samuel E. Tyson, Jr., great-grandson of Robert Elliott Introduced by Mausoleum Hostess, Cecelia Baker Barrett, Robert Edward Elliott, Sr. was born on March 23, 1860 in Jefferson County, Georgia, Aquilla James “Jimmie” Dyess, was and attended the Bethany Schoolhouse, which he helped erect. In order to progress his born on January 11, 1909. He is education, Elliott attended the Berlin School located near Hephzibah. On October 1, 1879, an Augusta native who is the only he arrived in Augusta, Georgia where he later married Corinthia Allen Shipp on February American to hold the distinction of 12, 1889. Of their twelve children, three passed away before adulthood. Elliott possessed being awarded both the Carnegie a diverse career including time as a police officer in the Augusta Police, furniture store Medal and the Congressional Medal owner, funeral home director, city council member, and as Coroner of Richmond County, of Honor. His first heroic act was Georgia. He was a devout Methodist who steadily attended church throughout his lifetime, when he was only 19 years old and most notably at St. James and vacationing at Sullivan’s Island, St. John Methodist Churches South Carolina in July of 1928. He of Augusta. Elliott bears the rescued two drowning women and distinction among his peers received the Carnegie Medal for his as being the only Augustan to heroic actions. He was a graduate hold membership in the “Three of the Academy of Richmond County Score and Ten Year Club,” which and later went to Clemson University is a national fellowship society. where he majored in Agriculture. While at Clemson, Jimmie was on the football team and The Augusta City Hall closed on captain of the 1930-31 Rifle Team. Jimmie graduated from Clemson University in 1931 the day of Elliott’s funeral as a and in May of 1931 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve. He display of respect for all that married Connor Cleckley in 1934 and their daughter, Connor Cleckely Dyess was born in Robert Edward Elliott meant to 1935. In October of 1936, Jimmie entered the Marines as a First Lieutenant and received Augusta and its citizens, and his the rank of Captain in February of 1939. By May of 1942 he was raised to Major at body received a police escort. Barrage Balloon School and in April of 1943 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, 19th Battalion. Dyess died on February 2, 1944 while leading his men in battle in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. It was for his bravery that he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

9 10 5 Nicholas was a member of His Majesty’s Troop of Rangers who accompanied Governor Oglethorpe on his second journey back in the 1730’s. Nicholas was stationed at Fort ARTHUR BRIAN MERRY (1903-1953) Augusta, which was the garrison near the river that served as the starting point for Portrayed by Jim Price the amazing community we have today. He received a land grant in St. Paul’s Parish for property below the city of Augusta from George III in recognition of his services. Dr. Arthur Brian Merry, born in Augusta on August Eugene Murphey’s father, Edmund, was a merchant and a painter, but Eugene did not 14, 1903, was a successful businessman and follow in his father’s footsteps. He decided instead to pursue a medical career. The fields architect. He married Sarah Falconer Smith that particularly interested him included pathology, physical diagnosis, materia medica on June 1, 1929, and one year later their first and therapeutics, and medical education. Dr. Eugene Murphey also had a military career son, A. Brian Merry Jr. was born. They then and was a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps in 1912, back before World War bore two more children, Alice Coffin Merry I. In 1917, he was commissioned a Major and made Chief of the Medical Service of the Geiger and Frank Smith Merry. Those who Base Hospital at Camp Gordon in Atlanta where he spent the entirety of the war. After knew Brian Merry considered him a man of the war, he dedicated himself to educating future generations of doctors and nurses. He upright and moral character who never said served on Faculty at the Medical Department of the University of Georgia here in Augusta a harsh word about anyone. He assisted and was widely recognized for his superb clinical skills. Dr. Eugune Murphey also held a with the establishment of the Richmond number of public offices, including serving as the President of the Board of Health and County Historical Society and served as the Commissioner of Health for the county and President of the Richmond County Medical organization’s first president. Merry assisted Society. Today, there is a classroom with the reconditioning of the historic Ezekiel Harris House, now as a museum by building at the Medical College named the Augusta Museum of History and operated as a museum. Brian Merry also guided in his honor. While practicing Medicine the Richmond County Board of Education through a tense time from November 1947 was a great passion of Murphey's, through 1948 as it navigated the process of verifying the validity of an entirely new he was also an avid ornithologist. He seven-member board that vowed to keep politics out of the schools. Among his other also captured and preserved hundreds notable contributions, he served in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers during WWII, was of physical specimens and, at one a director of the National Exchange Bank, and established the Merry Supply Company point, was credited with holding the until he sold it in 1952 due to his declining health. Merry died on February 1, 1953 second finest collection of birds in the after a two-year illness. A. Brian Merry Elementary School is named in his honor. Southeast. After his death in 1952, his wife Willie, presented the vast majority of them to the local museum so that 6 everyone could enjoy their beauty. The DR. EUGENE EDMUND MURPHEY (1875-1952) Murphy Home of Telfair Street is now Portrayed by James Mason known as the Old Government House. Dr. Eugene Edmund Murphey was born in Augusta to Edmund and Sarah Murphey. His father would tell him stories of the first Murphey to arrive to Augusta, Nicholas Murphey. 11 12 8 HENRY TEN EYCK WENDELL (1859-1917) Portrayed by Whatley Battey Bush

Henry Ten Eyck Wendell, born on February 6, 1859 in New York was a talented architect. He studied architecture at Cornell University and numerous cities around Europe, including Paris. Wendell married Florence Margaret Toney in 1898, and they had two children: Katheryn in 1902 and Everett Ten Eyck in 1903. The Wendell’s married life was tumultuous at best with Henry kidnapping his then three year old and six month old children in October 1903. Shortly after this incident, Henry and Florence divorced. Wendell’s career took him from New York to Minnesota to Colorado and finally to Augusta, Georgia. In 1911, Wendell and his mother moved into the residence at 934 Johns Road. Not only did Wendell design houses, but he also remodeled existing properties as well. His architectural style included the use of wide eaves, large windows, French doors, and cedar shingles. His most notable design in Augusta was the rebuilding of Saint Paul’s 7 Church after the March 1916 fire. However, Henry Wendell failed to see the completion of the new church building. On the evening of August 5, 1917, two police officers arrived at MARY MOORE WARREN (1845-1901) portrayed by Sallie Capers Metzel the Albion Hotel on Broad Street to serve a state warrant for the arrest of Henry Wendell. When the officers escorted Wendell down the stairs, he leapt over the railing and fell ten or AND THE MARY WARREN HOME introduced by Mary Moore Warren twelve feet to the landing. The fall left Wendell unconscious, and authorities rushed him to University Hospital. Despite their best efforts, the trauma to the left side of his head Mary Moore Warren, born in Augusta, Georgia on December 1, 1845, was a homemaker proved too damaging, and and philanthropist. On April 18, 1866, Mary Moore married William Henry Warren, a he was pronounced dead local farmer and capitalist. With Catherine Rowland, Mary Warren established the shortly after midnight on Mizpah Circle under the auspices of the King’s Daughters. The purpose of these clubs August 6. Due to the nature was to achieve “self-improvement and service to others.” Within its first ten years of of his death, the coroner existence, the King’s Daughters organization spread to twenty-six states, Canada, conducted an inquest and most of Europe, Japan, China, Syria, and India. In 1895, the Mizpah Circle initiated determined Wendell’s death the process of paying the rent of several elderly women in Augusta who lacked a suicide. family or resources to provide for their care. The group decided that a more efficient manner of remedying the problem was to establish a home for the provision of women, and after eight years of fundraising, the home opened. The home bore the name of its benefactor, Mary Warren, who on her death left additional funds for the future dwelling. The life and Legacy of the Mary Warren can be seen through this section of indigent women in Westover, which was donated by the cemetery trustees in 1915.

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CECILIA "TETO" BAKER BARRETT (1905-1999) Portrayed by her granddaughter, Catherine Robertson. ABOUT OUR ACTORS Teto was born in 1905, in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands Territory, where her father was stationed in the Army. She was the daughter of Dr. Charles Lee and Mary Hayne Ben Casella: Dr. Ben Casella is the owner of a three-generation optometry practice Michel Baker. While her father served as a military doctor, the family also lived in downtown on Broad Street. A native Augustan, he contributes to our community any way the Philippines, Arizona Territory, California, New York, and Washington, D.C., but he can. Dr. Ben, his wife, Laura, and their two children all share a passion for the arts. her grandmother's house on Glenn Avenue was always "home." Upon her father's He is portraying his great-grandfather, Giovanni Casella. retirement, they moved to a farm near North Augusta. Teto attended Tubman High School, and was her class president and the captain of the basketball team. She Perry Smith: A retired Air Force major general, Smith is a graduate of the U. S. Military attended Winthrop College until her marriage in 1926 to George Barnes Barrett. Academy at West Point later earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from Columbia Their three children were Mary Barrett Robertson, William "Hale" Barrett, and University. Smith’s published books include Rules and Tools for Leaders, Assignment Katherine Barrett Murphy. She died in 1999 at the age of 94, leaving a multitude of Pentagon, and Courage, Compassion, Marine: The Unique Story of Jimmie Dyess. Since descendants. The Barrett family lot is just a few yards northwest of the mausoleum. 2015 he has produced four videos including: "Twice a Hero: The Jimmie Dyess Story" and "Dr. Hervey Cleckley: Augusta’s Renaissance Man". In 1959 at St Paul's church here in Augusta, Smith married to Connor Dyess Smith, the daughter of Jimmie Dyess and the niece of Hervey Cleckley. In April, 2020, General Smith will be inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. 15 16 Catherine Barrett Robertson: Catherine is a retired middle school Social Studies teacher. In 2014, she returned to her hometown of Augusta after living in Coffee County, GA for 28 years. Catherine is a graduate of Richmond Academy and Valdosta State University where she obtained her AB in History. Catherine is a lifelong member of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church where she sings in the choir. In her spare time, she enjoys playing music with friends, researching genealogy and history, and vegetable gardening.

Samuel Tyson: Sam was born in Augusta, graduated from Georgia Tech and is a Senior Financial advisor at Merrill Lynch. He is President of the Georgia Carolina Boy Scout Council, and on the Boards of Historic Augusta, United Way and ForcesUnited. He is married to the former Cheryl McCarthy Cheek and has 2 children and 7 grandchildren. He the great-grandson of Robert Edward Elliott.

Jim Price: In 1996, Jim arrived in Augusta to become Headmaster of The Episcopal Day School. After 7 years, and 34 years total in private, independent schools, he left to take a year off. He then worked for Augusta Technical College as Dean of Industrial & Engineering Technology, and retired last year. He lives in Augusta with his wife, Camille.

James Mason: James has taught a variety of science courses at Augusta Preparatory Day School for the last 17 years. When not in the classroom, he might be found choreographing stage combat for a theatrical production. He resides in Augusta with his wonderful wife, Jessika, and his delightful daughter, Elora.

Sallie Metzel: A native Augustan, Sallie is a former sixth grade teacher, who recently retired from Episcopal Day School. She now teaches a manners class for sixth graders at Social Inc. Sallie has recently become the Augusta Town Committee Chair for the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia. She is married to Al Metzel who is her favorite duplicate bridge partner. Her performance this year is dedicated to her father, Mr. Frank Capers, who died at the age of 96 earlier this year. He always loved attending the Spirit Walk.

Whatley Bush: Whatley is the son of Historic Augusta, Inc. founders, Bill and Frenchie Bush. He and his wife Shannon have two children.

17 18 The mission of Historic Augusta, Inc. is to preserve historically and architecturally significant sites and structures in Augusta and Richmond County, Georgia.

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