John & Jenevivia Gill - Rock Church Cemetery - Dardenne Prairie, MO USA - Doves of peace on Waymarking.com

County of cemetery: St. Charles County
Location of cemetery: Bryan Rd & State Hwy N, Dardenne Prairie
Number of Graves: 248

This pair of dove are flying toward each other. Each has an olive branch, hard to see, but it is there, in their beaks. Wings high on their back about to drive them down with power to fly. These tombstone are sandstone, and the weathering shows it.

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Tombstone Text:
John

JOHN T.
SON
of
W.H. & E.A. GILL
Sept. 6, 1880
AGED
10 mos 23dys
Jenevivia JENEVIVIA
Daughter
of
W.H. & E.A. GILL
Feb 7, 1881
AGED
11 days

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"The dove then became a symbol of purity and peace because God had made peace with man. It also became a powerful symbol of the Holy Ghost, as illustrated in Jon 1;" ~ Stories in Stone, by Douglas Keister, 2004, page 79

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This church, originally built near Dardenne Creek, in what is now Busch Wildlife Area. The original church is gone and the cemetery out there still remains.

The congregation moved to this location in 1868, and built this Rock Church. Cemetery is located directly behind the church. When Dardenne Presbyterian Church built a new, modern building, the new cemetery was located behind, and this cemetery became closed. Some burials happen here, but only under very special family circumstances.

Kind of dove: Dove with olive branch Used material for the dove: Other (explanation in the long description) Address: 7400 Hwy. N, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri 63368

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