THE LAND IN THIS AREA WAS OWNED BY THE RAMER FAMILY WHO CAME FROM OBION COUNTY , TENNESSEE IN 1872 . THE LAND ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO JOHN W. RAMER , WHO WITH HIS WIFE ELIZABETH IS BURIED AT STARNES CEMETERY , LOCATED ONE MILE TO THE SOUTH . AFTER HIS DEATH THE LAND PASSED TO HIS SONS. RAMER'S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1890'S WHEN STARNES CHAPEL WAS DISMANTLED . A SEPARATE SCHO
OLHOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED ONE HALF MILE TO THE NORTH. IN 1896 , JOSEPH RAMER , THE INFANT SON OF GEORGE AND ANN RAMER , BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO BE BURIED IN THE LITTLE COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. THERE IS NO STONE FOR HIS GRAVE AT THE PRESENT TIME , BUT THE GRAVE IS LOCATED JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE GRAVE OF HIS FATHER , GEORGE RAMER . THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MRS. MATILDA GOULD OF MARMADUKE , DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND ANN RAMER . THE FIRST BOARD OF TRUSTEES WAS FORMED IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND INCLUDED MR. DOLPHIE HAMPTON , MR. ENOS GIBBS AND MR. BUREN ARNOLD . MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE HELD EACH YEAR ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY.
