It's absolutely gorgeous here! So beautiful in fact, producers of the movie 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' shot scenes here!
We discovered some amazing figurines as we strolled through the cemetery...
The following figure is probably the most famous and most visited in Bonaventure. This is a life size, and very much life-like, carving of Gracie Watson. Sadly she died at a very young age and now she's left here all alone.
She passed away at the age of 6 from complications of pneumonia. Her father fell into a state of deep depression. He had been a hotel manager at a large hotel in Savannah where Gracie was the center of attention. She was quite a little performer and she enjoyed spending time in the hotel lobby singing and dancing for the guests as they came and went. After her death, he was so distraught, he left his job. He and his wife decided to move back to New England where he eventually found work and remained there for the rest of their lives. After their deaths, they were buried in New England. Leaving poor little Gracie to spend eternity here in Bonaventure alone.
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