Mailing Address:E-mail address:

  The Old Hoopers Island Graveyardoldhigraveyard@comcast.net

c/o Jacqueline Hedberg

23 Strabane Court

Baltimore,  MD  21234-1608

Friends of the Graveyard

Purpose:  This organization was formed in A.D. 2000 to restore and preserve an endangered treasure.  Restoration was completed in 2006, and the Friends are now responsible for the Graveyard's maintenance.

Membership:  All descendants of families buried in the graveyard, all residents of Hoopers Island, and anyone who appreciates the early history of Maryland are encouraged to join the Friends.  To become a member please submit a check of $10 or a more generous amount payable to "Old Hoopers Island Graveyard" to the address below.

Current Membership:  There are currently 232 Friends of the Old Hoopers Island Graveyard from 24 states, the District of Columbia, and Geneva, Switzerland. 

Our newest member is:  Gary Michael Ruark. 

The Changing Face of the Old Graveyard

2000

2009

Visitors to the Graveyard

This summer there have been lots of visitors to the Graveyard from out of state.  In late June, Dorothy Haeffner from St. Louis, Missouri, and June Brown from Houston, Texas, came to Hoopers Island.  In July, Art and Wilma Hedberg from North Port, Florida, visited.  And in August, special Friends Gene and Sally Ruark came to the Island.  Gene and Sally came for the funeral of Roy Ruark, one of the Graveyard's original Friends.  Regardless of the sad occasion, it was wonderful to be able to spend the afternoon with them.

Wilma and Art Hedberg

Beside the grave of War of 1812 veteran Edward Simmons

Gene and Sally Ruark

Beside the Memorial Stone