The original school was within the boundaries of the current cemetery. That building was replaced with a wooden structure about 100 yards east of the cemetery. In the 1930's the present native stone building was erected. Public school through the 8 th grade was offered until the early 1950's when Fairmount was consolidated with Gentry. The original cemetery was not well kept and few records were recorded.
Many unmarked graves exist in the old section.
Several graves have been uncovered when attempting to bury people in the old sections. In the 1920's Will Lott was elected as the first President of the Fairmount Cemetery Association, and an annual Decoration Day dinner and meeting has been held every since. The original east gate is no longer a driveway into the cemetery. A grid was established by the author to approximate the location of graves in the oldest 2 sections. The 2 newest sections have platted lots with numbers.