Gailbreath-Ferring Family Cemetery
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Gailbreath-Ferring Family Cemetery

Okolona, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

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  • Get directions Coopers Crossing Drive
    Okolona, Kentucky 40229 United States
    Coordinates: 38.10994, -85.67119
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There are no longer any headstones in the Gailbreath/Ferring cemetery. It is located in the field just north of the parking lot for the movie theater next to Lowe's at Preston Hwy. and the Gene Snyder freeway, I-265. Years ago Donald Dearing sent me a photo of the the headstone of George L. Gailbreath and Cynthia (both on same stone). At that time it was the only intact headstone with an inscription remaining in the cemetery.

In 2001 a survey of the cemetery was done which identified at least 32 grave locations based on:
At least 26 graves marked by limestone slab markers (1/2 the actual total of stones), [head and foot stones].
6 depressions not associated with limestone markers.
The archaeologist believed it was very likely the actual number of graves was higher.

At the time of the survey the headstone of Geo. L. and Cynthia was in fragments scattered around the base which was still in place.

In 2006 during construction of some condominiums nearby a bulldozer operator for some reason drove his bulldozer through the fence and knocked down all of the trees and drove over most of the limestone markers pretty much destroying everything.

LOCATION UPDATE:
Since the bulldozer incident the cemetery was moved and is now at the west end of Cooper Crossings Drive bounded by the cul-de-sac on the east and the rear parking lot for the Cinema Sixteen movie theater on the south. An aluminum wrought iron style fence was installed around the cemetery but has since been vandalized and mostly removed. As of October 2014 only a few poles and a short section of fence adjacent to the parking lot remain.











There are no longer any headstones in the Gailbreath/Ferring cemetery. It is located in the field just north of the parking lot for the movie theater next to Lowe's at Preston Hwy. and the Gene Snyder freeway, I-265. Years ago Donald Dearing sent me a photo of the the headstone of George L. Gailbreath and Cynthia (both on same stone). At that time it was the only intact headstone with an inscription remaining in the cemetery.

In 2001 a survey of the cemetery was done which identified at least 32 grave locations based on:
At least 26 graves marked by limestone slab markers (1/2 the actual total of stones), [head and foot stones].
6 depressions not associated with limestone markers.
The archaeologist believed it was very likely the actual number of graves was higher.

At the time of the survey the headstone of Geo. L. and Cynthia was in fragments scattered around the base which was still in place.

In 2006 during construction of some condominiums nearby a bulldozer operator for some reason drove his bulldozer through the fence and knocked down all of the trees and drove over most of the limestone markers pretty much destroying everything.

LOCATION UPDATE:
Since the bulldozer incident the cemetery was moved and is now at the west end of Cooper Crossings Drive bounded by the cul-de-sac on the east and the rear parking lot for the Cinema Sixteen movie theater on the south. An aluminum wrought iron style fence was installed around the cemetery but has since been vandalized and mostly removed. As of October 2014 only a few poles and a short section of fence adjacent to the parking lot remain.











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