About Us
Raising the Dead in Georgia is a collaboration between Liz Riley and Kathleen O’Neal. Friends since childhood, both have many relatives interred in Rose Hill Cemetery. Liz Riley has degrees in business and writing and experience in corporate IT and academia. Kathleen O’Neal has degrees in history and law and experience in the legal field and as a tour operator and guide.
Our Mission
Our mission is to preserve and share the stories of those interred in middle Georgia’s historic cemeteries and the artistic detail and symbolism of their memorials.
Contact Information
To contact us, please email at raisingthedeadga@gmail.com.
Tours
We offer tours of Rose Hill Cemetery through The Historic Macon Foundation. For more information about these tours, follow Historic Macon Foundation on Facebook or contact them directly.
A Special Thanks
We are deeply indebted to Mrs. Marvia Mitchell, the sexton of Rose Hill Cemetery, as she has been an invaluable resource during this research. She has answered our many questions with patience and good humor, and the depth of her knowledge cannot be measured. We are also grateful for her generosity in sharing a little of her air conditioning on some sweltering summer days.
Rose Hill Cemetery Data
The data provide on this site is a compilation from the following sources:
- A manual inventory of Rose Hill Cemetery that is currently in progress
- Data from the book Rose Hill by Jack Guerry Thomas, Sr. and Katherine Moore Thomas
- Original written records of Rose Hill Cemetery internments
- Verified data from Find-a-grave
- Obituary listings from various newspapers, including The Macon Telegraph and the Georgia Messenger
- The 1959 Survey of Rose Hill Cemetery prepared by the city of Macon, Georgia
While we have done our best to include accurate data on this site, we do not guarantee its accuracy. Note that birth and death dates do not necessarily represent what is on grave markers. Some of these dates are from the sources listed above.