From The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi
Sunday, September 7, 1952

New Cemetery Being Prepared 
On Highway East of Greenville

   Greenlawn Memorial Garden, two miles east on Highway 82, is being made ready for use as a new cemetery for Greenville and vicinity. The property comprises fifteen acres of land and will contain six memorial gardens of a little more than two acres each when Greenlawn is completed.
   Glen and Davis Gilleylen, brothers, born in Amite County, Mississippi, are the owners and developers of Greenlawn. Both have been in the cemetery business for a number of years. They were recently associated with Memorial Gardens, a national organization which has eighty cemeteries located from coast to coast. The Gilleylens come here from the home office in Kansas City, Mo.
   Before locating in Greenville they made a tour and complete study of a large number of towns and cities throughout Mississippi and found here the three definite things which they considered necessary before deciding on a location. They “wanted to live in their home state; wanted a pleasant town in which to live; and a town which was progressive and needed a new cemetery.” Greenville met all these requirements, they said.
   The six memorial gardens will be thematic, each garden using a biblical motif. The first to be completed will be the Garden of the Christ, which is now being executed by an artist in Italy, will be sent here for placement in the cemetery in March, 1953.
   Landscaping of Greenlawn will be begun in October. The planting will include oak and magnolia trees and flowering and evergreen shrubs. The cemetery will follow the plans of many of the most beautiful and modern throughout the country.

  -- Contributed and transcribed by Kate Maynard, 2009.