Pioneer Cemetery

The Pioneer Cemetery is a unique cemetery in many different ways. I have been to many different cemeteries, and I have never seen one quite as unique as this one. When I first saw the cemetery a feeling came across me that made me feel sort of sad in a way. When I looked at the run-down tombstones, broken bricks, torn down fences, and much more rubbish it almost made me feel sorrow for the descendants buried in this cemetery. I know if my family members where buried in this cemetery I would definitely have to do something about it. Another thing I noticed was there are some pretty important people buried in this cemetery. People such as Captain William Butler are buried here. Captain William Butler was a native of Virginia. He was also a pioneer settler of Butler County. Captain William Butler is the person whom Butler County was named after. The Indians near Butler Springs massacred him on March 18, 1828. Another name I noticed was Walter Oliver Parmer. The reason I noticed this name is because the elementary school in Greenville is called W.O. Parmer. Come to find out, the school is not even named after him. Among the Parmer family was Walter’s mother and