Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Mr. Leon Tillman, Mount Sinai Baptist Church member, drags away overgrowth material during the Jonesville cemetery cleanup. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association and included help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Mr. Mike Jones, Cobb County Cemetery Commissioner, Capt. Darrell Bogan, 94th Airlift Wing Human Resources Development Council, Shaun Shenk, 94th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, and Anette Carter, Mount Sinai Baptist Church Historian, look over a historical map of the local area in the vicinity of the Jonesville cemetery. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Volunteers work diligently to shred small trees and brush, and keep up with the pace the rest of the volunteers were setting while clearing the overgrown area during the Jonesville cemetery cleanup. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association and included help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Tiffany McGregor, Air Force Reserve Delayed Entry Program enlistee, contemplates the past, present and future of graves during the Jonesville cemetery cleanup. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association and included help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Master Sgt. Charles Spruill, First Sergeant 94th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, sections a small tree during the Jonesville cemetery cleanup. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association with help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Senior Master Sgt. Kristyn Ervin, 94th Airlift Wing Senior Recruiter, wrestles with a persistent vine while hauling away brush to the chipper during the Jonesville cemetery cleanup. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association with help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Chase Waters, a volunteer assisting with the Jonesville cemetery cleanup, clears away small tree stumps near a grave on Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association with help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins ARB but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup

Shaun Shenk, 94th Airlift Wing Public Affairs interviews Master Sgt. Charles Spruill, 94th Aeromedical Staging Squadron First Sergeant, during the Jonesville cemetery cleanup. The cleanup was organized by the Dobbins Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association and included help from Marietta Mount Sinai Baptist Church members. The cemetery is located on Dobbins Air Reserve Base but was not part of the government property purchase in the early 1940s and is now the subject of extensive research to determine who owns the property. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

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Jonesville Cemetery Cleanup II

Published March 21, 2011
By Public Affairs
94th Airlift Wing

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE -- Dobbins' Human Resource Development Council and Top Three Association put together a second phase of the cleanup of the Jonesville cemetery located on Dobbins ARB Saturday. Building on what was started in late February; volunteers from various base Air Reserve units and Marietta's Mount Sinai Baptist Church worked during two, four hour shifts to clear away very heavy brush and small trees overgrowing the grave sites in the cemetery. The cemetery is all that is left of the historic town of Jonesville, a late 1800's black community and suburb of Atlanta, which was acquired by the government in the 1940's to form what became Dobbins Air Reserve Base.