Oak Grove Cemetery Society Brunswick Georgia Inc. was founded in 2014 in cooperation with a group of 16 concerned stakeholder organizations in Brunswick (Glynn County), Georgia. This local group’s desire to create a 501(c)(3) came from a desperate need for an official caretaker to step in and save the forgotten Oak Grove Cemetery. The cemetery was founded by the City of Brunswick in 1838 as its first public burial site, but it fell into disrepair once the city created further cemeteries outside the city limits. Now, along with its 16 stake holder organizations, Oak Grove Cemetery Society has set as its mission to work with the City of Brunswick, the descendants of those at rest, and the public in the protection, conservation, preservation, and maintenance of historic Oak Grove Cemetery.

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Representing its 100 members and managing the historic site, a passionate group of volunteers make up the Board of directors, consisting of five Officers and six Member at Large positions selected from community leaders. The Board members are elected for three-year terms with the last election held in 2014. The cemetery’s stakeholders named Robert Gindhart as Chairman of the Board and President of Oak Grove Cemetery Society due to his previous experience in non-profit work as President of Sonoma, California’s oldest non-profit as well as his position on the Brunswick Historic Preservation Board. Combining the experience from Mr. Gindhart and the Board of directors with the tireless efforts of community volunteers, Oak Grove Cemetery Society has been able to achieve many of the goals from the OGCS master plan in the first 21 months of its existence. For more information on the work of OGCS, explore our projects page.