Methodist Cemetery Association

Main Page Table of Contents
Section	Link to Section
Current Officers of Methodist Cemetery Association	Current Officers
2004 Membership List	List of Current Members
2005 Membership List	List of 2005 Members
Tax-Exempt Status Statement	Tax-Exempt Statement
Official Mailing Address	Mailing Address of Methodist Cemetery Association
Affiliation with Eldebrooke United Methodist Church	Church Ties
Internment.net List for our cemetery	Internment.net Link
Names and Times of Those Who Helped at the Cemetery	Volunteer Recognition List
Foarmation Documents	Formation Documents
Minutes for Association Meetings	Minutes from Meetings
Call for Volunteers	Volunteers Needed
Announcements and Events	Announcement & Events
Cemetery Restoration Photographs	Restoration Photographs
Cemetery and Surround Are Photographs	Cemetery and Surrounding Photographs
Bates Family Photograph with Write-Up	Sample Photograph with Write-Up
Membership Application and Donation Form	Association Forms
Membership Card Sample	Membership Card Example

Current Officers:

List of 2004 Members
List of 2005 Members

We are tax-exempt as of July 31, 2003.

Donations and membership dues are now deductible federally.
D.C. residents cannot claim them on their D.C. taxes.

The current mailing address is:
11500 Veirs Mill Road
Wheaton, Maryland 20902-2519

The cemetery is known as the Methodist Cemetery. It has also been improperly known as the Eldbrooke Methodist Cemetery. Eldbrooke is the combination of the last names of two of its founders Aquila Eld and Philip L. Brooke. It also has been improperly called the Tenleytown Methodist Cemetery. It sits behind Eldbrooke United Methodist Church. The Association maintains friendly relation with the church, but the church is not responsible for the cemetery.

Link to list of those interred at Methodist Cemetery on Murdock Mill Road

Recognition of Volunteers That Have Helped At The Cemetery

Note: All the following Formation Documents and Meeting Minutes are transcribed, not exact duplications of the original documents.

Formation Documents

Regular format	PDF Format
Meeting Minutes
Minutes from July 20, 2002 Meeting	NOT AVAILABLE
Minutes from April 6, 2003 Meeting	NOT AVAILABLE
Minutes from January 31, 2004 Meeting	Minutes of January 31, 2004 Meeting in .pdf form
Minutes from March 28, 2004 Meeting	Minutes of March 28, 2004 Meeting in .pdf form

We desperately need help to keep the cemetery from falling into disrepair. Volunteers are needed for mowing, vine removal, and general upkeep. We will gladly accept volunteers at any point. Please contact President Audrey Bates Schwartz for dates and times. Donations are also appreciated.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS:

The picnic and ribbon cutting was attended by approximately 37 people.

To see pictures of the ribbon cutting, go to Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
To see a picture of the cake presented to John P. Schwartz, by Diane Tamayo, for his 70th birthday at the picnic, go to Birthday Cake

The Annual Meeting of the Methodist Cemetery Association will be
held on Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 2:00 PM. The location of the
meeting is Eldbrooke United Methodist Church. The address of the
chuch is
4100 River Road, NW
Washington DC 20016

The following link will take you to their web page and directions.
Eldbrooke United Methodist Church's webpage
Please remember that the membership dues are payable on the day of, or before, the Annual Meeting.

Restoration Photographs of the Methodist Cemetery
Hooray! The White Oak is finally down safely.	White Oak Removal Photos
BEFORE and AFTER pictures	Fence Removal Photos

Photographs of the Cemetery and Surrounding Area
Some pictures of current gravestones Picture of Iona House, "Behind" the cemetery Picture of construction in alley to cemetery

Here is example of what we like to with family photographs we receive

Bates Family Photograph with Facts

We will gladly post photographs of graves at the Cemetery and of those interred there.

Note: The following membership application and donation form may be sent via e-mail.

Official logo
"Rough" membership card

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since July 14, 2004

Site last updated: March 29, 2006

Webmaster: Robert Arthur Bates