Shady Grove Cemetery in Panola, Alabama

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Panola, Alabama, USA

Coordinates: 32.93613, -88.24958
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Founded in 1833 as Methodist Protestant Church, a denomination which split from Methodist Episcopal Church in 1830. Founders from Edgecomb County, N.C. led by Rev. Wiley Jones Stanton. Originally named Pleasant Grove Church, later Shady Grove Church, reunited with Methodist Episcopal Church 1939 as Panola Methodist Church. 1968 merged with Evangelical United Brethren Church and became Panola United Methodist Church. Present building erected prior to 1860.+

This Cemetery is locally known as Shady Grove Cemetery, but is often referred to as Panola United Methodist Church Cemetery in obituaries. It is also listed on some maps as Pleasant Grove Cemetery.