In a message dated 10/19/02 3:07:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I have just received a death certificate for a family member and it says he > was buried in Memorial Gardens, Ft. Myers. I don't see this cemetery > listed on the Lee Co. page. I do see where Ft Myers Cemetery has an area > called Garden of Memories. This cemetery was surveyed in 1994 and he died > in 1961 but does not appear on the index. He had a young son who died in > 1931 who is buried in Ft. Myers Cemetery and does appear in the index. > From all this I am assuming he is buried in the Garden of Memories, Ft. > Myers Cemetery and doesn't have a headstone. > > Any one from Ft. Myers know anything about a different cemetery called > Memorial? Leslie, Memorial Gardens (also known as Fort Myers Memorial Gardens) is a distinct cemetery located at 1589 Colonial Boulevard. It's on the north side of Colonial, just east of the intersection with Sommerset Drive. The Yahoo! Yellow Pages gives its (and its associated funeral home) phone number as (239) 936-0555. Drew Smith

My mothers parents and some other relatives are buried at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, and I have some advice for anyone who might visit that cemetery looking for a grave, the exact location of which is not known. This is a large cemetery with all horizontal markers lower than the grass, plus a lot of crypts, and the physical layout is very convoluted. I very much suggest that you visit during regular business hours, go directly to the office, tell them who you are looking for... and the staff will give you a map marked with the location of the grave site. To try to find it any other way would be worse than looking for a needle in a haystack. Also, the subject line of this thread could potentially be very misleading. There is a Fort Myers Cemetery in East Myers that dates back to 1888, so I believe it is commonly called the Old Fort Myers Cemetery. It is a long way from and quite a different place than Fort Myers Memorial Gardens. A good many of my relatives are buried there, too. Richard White Tallahassee, FL [email protected] wrote: >Leslie, > >Memorial Gardens (also known as Fort Myers Memorial Gardens) is a distinct >cemetery located at 1589 Colonial Boulevard. It's on the north side of >Colonial, just east of the intersection with Sommerset Drive. The Yahoo! >Yellow Pages gives its (and its associated funeral home) phone number as >(239) 936-0555. > >Drew Smith >