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CEDAR REST CEMETERY
GEORGE ARBO, 1845-1907; N-l-50.
Hello. My name is George Arbo. You saw me last year but my beautiful cedar headrest was rotting from the weather. Of course, it was 92 years old and even Cedar responds to weather. Bay St. Louis has been thru several hurricanes since I was put here. My headstone was repaired by the Hancock County Historical Society, and they replaced my sister's cedar headrest that was destroyed about 10 years ago.
I came to Bay St. Louis from Canada. Mississippi was a sawmill state at that time. The Weston Lumber Company in Fearlington was the biggest sawmill in America, sending lumber to tother parts of the world.
I owned and operated the Arbo Sawmill on Bayou GlaryJ (That's Joe's Bayou on Cedar Point about where the Casino is today).
We cut trees, floated them down the Bayou and planed them into lumber and shipped the lumber out by L&N Railroad. You can see a picture of my	place in the	old book, ALONG THE GULF.
I also had a	Mercantile Store on the beach and	my cottage	was	on
Main and Second Street, Bay S+. Louis.
I	have the oldest cedar marker in this cemetery. I had it made at the sawmill. I	also had one made for my sister, Mary,
My marker is	92 years old and now it will last	for another	92	years.
TKANK YOU
*1= Along The Gulf; p 22
2	= Sea Coast Echo - 8/20/92 & 3/25/93