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Alva Cemetery
Lee County, Florida
T?N R27E Sec 16
Lat: 26° 44' 07"N, Lon: 81° 37' 38"W
Contributed by Southwest Florida Pioneers Historical Society, Jul 14, 2002 [caloosa@tampabay.rr.com]. Total records = 608.
Travel north on River Road in Alva to Cemetery Road. Turn right onto Cemetery Road near a creek. The road divides with huge, old oak trees in the center. Drive through the orange grove until the paved road ends. The cemetery is on the right.
This is a lovely cemetery in a rural setting, and is surrounded by a chain-link fence. on Cemetery Road outside of town. It is owned and maintained by the town of Alva and currently active.
There have been 4 people involved at various stages in the Alva Cemetery project. Helen Farrell, Wendy Blackburn, Jackie Driggers and Ilsa Lezgus. The project started in Jul 1996 and is complete up to 1999. It includes all visible headstone readings.
- Terry Hamilton Wollin, pres. SW FL Pioneers Historical Society
