About Us
Lexington Memorial Cemetery, Inc. is governed by a Board of Directors made up of members of each of the following churches: Lexington Baptist Church, Lexington United Methodist Church, and St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church.
The current officers and directors are as follows:
President: Barbara Harman (LBC) Vice President: Mike Lefler (LBC) Secretary: Vicky Gatch Jackson (LUMC) Treasurer: Connie Cooper (LUMC)
Directors: Jason Antley (SSLC), Roscoe Caughman (SSLC), Mike Spradlin (LBC), Mack McDowell (LUMC)
Visitor Rules
- Visitors are required to be appropriately dressed.
- Shirt and shoes are required.
- All pets must be kept on leashes at all times in order to keep them from damaging the flowers and shrubs. Pet owners must clean up any pet messes.
- Motorcycles and bicycles are not permitted on Cemetery grounds beyond the Main Office building unless they are a part of a funeral procession.
- Visitors should limit their sports activity in the Cemetery to walking.
- Sunbathing is not allowed.
- No climbing is permitted on monuments.
- Parents should carefully watch children at all times, especially around lakes.
- Parking is available by the Main Office building.
- Speed limit on Cemetery roads is 20 miles per hour.
- Anyone younger than 18 years old must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
- No littering is allowed. Trash containers are available throughout the Cemetery grounds.
- Individuals who vandalize will be prosecuted.
- Picnics are not permitted. Alcoholic beverages may not be brought on to Cemetery property.
- The Cemetery reserves the right to prohibit entrance to the Cemetery by the public at those times when the safety of visitors and preservation of the Cemetery is threatened by bad weather or similar factors.
REGULATIONS
LEXINGTON MEMORIAL CEMETERY, INC.
THE USE OF PLOTS IN THE LEXINGTON MEMORIAL CEMETERY, INC. ARE SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS AS FOLLOWS:
Definitions of terms used herein:
Plot: the parcel of land designated for one traditional grave
Traditional: burial of a casket
Interment: the placing of a body in a grave
Cremains: cremated remains
Inurnment: the placing of cremains in a final resting place
Columbarium: a structure for the reverential and public storage of funerary urns holding cremains
Niche: a compartment within a columbarium providing a designated final resting place for cremains
The Corporation: Lexington Memorial Cemetery, Inc.
- Titles to plots shall be transferable only upon the books of the Corporation and shall be only to such person or persons as approved by the Corporation.
- Any grave markers must be in compliance with the rules and regulations set forth herein below by the Corporation prior to installation.
- No rocks, shrubbery, or flowers shall cover or be planted upon any plot without written consent of the Corporation.
- One (1) flower arrangement placed at the marker in a permanent vase or secure holder (no glass) is allowed per grave. Two (2) small white solar lights, no taller than 12” and no wider than 4”, are allowed if placed near the grave marker so as not to inhibit cemetery maintenance, landscaping, and upkeep. No other fence, ornament, mausoleum or other structure of any kind shall be erected or permitted in the cemetery.
- The Corporation shall repair or remove any flowers, monuments, objects or embellishments that have become dangerous, dilapidated or do not comply with the Corporation’s regulations or that inhibit the maintenance, landscaping, or upkeep of the cemetery.
- All artificial flowers, in or out of vases that are faded, falling to pieces, or are out of season shall be removed only by deed owners or the Corporation. Live flowers shall also be removed as they wilt only by deed owners or the Corporation. After a 4 week burial period is over, limit flower arrangements to one (1) per grave as per Regulation #4.
- The Corporation shall have the right to go upon any plot for the purpose of landscaping or upkeep.
- Henceforth markers shall be as follows: 2 ft. long – l ft. wide and 4 inches thick and flat with the ground or 4 ft. long – l ft. wide and 4 inches thick and flat with the ground.
- Payment for single plots or multiple family sites are to be paid in full before deeds are issued or burial is permitted. No multiple grave sites will be reserved without full payment.
- Single graves may be purchased only in designated areas.
- All traditional interments will require a vault.
- The grave plots in the cemetery are laid out east to west and all burials shall be in accordance with this plan. All head markers shall be on the west end. Two cremains may be inurned in a traditional burial plot.
- Two cremains may be inurned in one niche of a columbarium.
- All opening and closing of graves and the inurnment of cremated remains shall be supervised and approved by the Corporation.
- These regulations were approved by the Corporation on the 14th day of February, 2025, and will become effective thereof. Any and all regulations published before the 14th day of February, 2025, are obsolete.
History of Lexington Memorial Cemetery, Inc.
Inception:
In 1951 the Lexington Jaycees saw the need for a community cemetery since there was only one denominational cemetery in Lexington. Adopting this cause as one of their projects, they began a campaign to secure land for a public cemetery. Samuel B. George and his wife Olga H. George responded by donating an eight acre tract of land which is the site of Lexington Memorial Cemetery. The Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Lexington Jaycees developed 4 acres of the land for the cemetery and turned over the governance of the corporation to a Board of Directors to be composed of three members from each of the following three churches: Lexington Baptist Church, Lexington Methodist Church, and St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church.
Beautification and Improvements
The current Board of Directors has made strides in the beautification and improvement of the ground of Lexington Memorial Cemetery in 2025.
- Trimming of the cedar trees lining the driveway
- Removal of overgrown and dying trees along the front of the cemetery
- Repair and painting of the fence at the front of the cemetery
- Repair of the stone entrance marker
- Repair of the irrigation system
- Implementation of a long-term lawn care and development plan
- Painting of the utility shed
- Enforcement of flowers and ornament regulations for graves
The Board has more plans for beautification and improvements in 2026.
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Location / Directions
- 1772-1782 W Main St, Lexington, SC 29072
- (803) 363-8035