Fayette Co., AL: Panter Family Cemetery No. 1 (144)

Fayette County, Alabama

~ Panter Family Cemetery (#1) ~
(Old Panter Cemetery)

Location: About one mile northeast of Pea Ridge (S14-T15S-R10W). Ms. Dill's 3rd-great-grandparents, John Calvin Panter (Painter) and Lucinda Lawrence, donated the land for this cemetery. Federal land records show that Calvin Painter (sic) acquired the property in 1858.
Copied by: Originally surveyed by Herbert M. Newell Jr. & Jeanie Patterson Newell (1958); updated by Betsy Haley Dill - 11 Jul 1999 ~ (notes added by Ms. Dill, based on observations, family interviews, census records, family histories, and lore; other additions/corrections are highlighted)

PENDLEY, Elmer - Feb 18, 1926 - Feb 4, 1957

PENDLEY, Frances - June 26, 1937 - (no date) ~ (ssw Elmer Pendley; b. June 30, 1937, per 1958 survey)

FELTMAN, Lincoln - May 9, 1909 - May 4, 1995 ~ (Feltman family plot)

FELTMAN, Lula - 1884 - 1954 ~ (single grave between the two graves listed above and below in Feltman plot)

FELTMAN, Cora Lee - Jan 21, 1921 - (no date) ~ (Feltman family plot)

PENDLEY, Julis A. - Nov 19, 1915 - Oct 24, 1980

PENDLEY, Alcie L. - Dec 13, 1908 - (no date) ~ (ssw Julis Pendley)

PENDLEY, David Lee - Jan 15, 1923 - Feb 4, 1957 ~ (David Leon Pendley, per 1958 survey)

PENDLEY, Zadie - May 29, 1897 - Mar 7, 1998 ~ (ssw Lull Pendley)

PENDLEY, Lull - Aug 13, 1884 - Oct 22, 1946

(Lull Pendley reportedly shot Babe ROBERTS in a fight over Zadie. The event was immortalized in a playground song that went something like "Turn me over easy, turn me over light, turn me on my side, so's the bullet don't hurt so bad." Source: Velva Lee PAINTER GILLION, age 90.) [1]

(Three unmarked graves)

SAWYER, Fenton C. - Jan 28, 1890 - Dec 24, 1971 ~ (son of James Sawyer & Mary PAINTER) [1]

SAWYER, Mollie - Aug 10, 1894 - April 24, 1951 ~ (dau of Benjamin F. PAINTER & Eliza NORRIS) [1]

JOHNSTON, Lucinda - Dec 13, 1892 - Dec 31, 1929 ~ (dau of Benjamin F. PAINTER & Eliza NORRIS) [1]

JOHNSTON, Thomas Delmar - Feb 10, 1902 - Sept 8, 1990

JOHNSTON, Bertha Lee - Jan 8, 1908 - June 18, 1996 ~ (ssw Thomas D. Johnston)

JOHNSTON, Clarence, son of Delmar & Bertha Johnston - May 19, 1934 - May 8, 1992 ~ (Johnston family plot)

JOHNSTON, Jewel "Jude" ~ (Johnston family plot)

JOHNSTON, Tommie "Bo," son of Clarence & Jude Johnston - July 11, 1968 - (no date) ~ (Johnston family plot)

COOK, Andrew T. - 1922 - 1987

COOK, Ruby L. - 1927 - (no date) ~ (nee Ruby Lee JOHNSTON, dau of Thomas Delmar Johnston & Lucinda PAINTER; ssw Andrew T. Cook) [1]

JOHNSTON, Mitchell - Dec 5, 1953 - June 30, 1995

PANTER, Roxie ~ (no dates; dau of Benjamin F. Panter & Eliza NORRIS, b. Dec 1883)

PANTER, Della ~ (no dates; dau of Benjamin F. Panter & Eliza NORRIS, b. Sept 1882)

PANTER, Eliza Norris ~ (no dates; dau of William Norris & Mary Jane TIREY, b. July 1858; md. Jan 6, 1878, in Fayette Co., AL, Benjamin Franklin PA(I)NTER) [1]

PANTER, Benjamin Franklin ~ (no dates)

(son of Calvin & Lucinda PA(I)NTER, b. Dec 1856, Fayette Co., AL; Ben was only 4-feet tall and is said to have been riding in a buggy, got sick and fell over dead; father of Woodard Lafayette, Della, Roxie, Andrew, Eugene Geebuck, Valentine "Vol," Lucinda, Mollie and Martha Ella PA(I)NTER) [1]

GILLION, Ora - 1899 - 1907

BRAND, George W. - April 17, 1898 - May 8, 1963

BRAND, Jesse James - Aug 4, 1875 - Feb 16, 1929

(Two unmarked graves)

HALEY, Darrin Gregory - Feb 17, 1966 - May 14, 1989 ~ (son of William David Haley & Daris D. GILLION; died in a car accident at the age of 23)

HALEY, William David "Dub" - May 14, 1928 - April 18, 2003 ~ Pvt., U.S. Army, 1955-1959 [1]

(son of Jeff HALEY & Annie E WESTMORELAND; md. Mar 1, 1955, in Itawamba Co., MS, Daris GILLION; parents of Betsy Mae (Haley) DILL, David Wayne Haley, William Deloyd Haley, Adam Troy Haley, Belverly Dianna (Haley) CHAPPELL, Tammie Renae Haley, Bobby Dale Haley and Darrin Gregory Haley)

HALEY, Daris "Red" - Jan 24, 1938 - Oct 7, 2001 ~ (dau of David Erastus GILLION & Velva Lee PAINTER) [1]

(Five unmarked graves)

(Three unmarked graves)

PANTER, Audrie - 1912 - 1913

PANTER, Henry - 1910 - 1911

GILLION, Roy Jay - Sept 5, 1945 - July 19, 1986 ~ (son of David Gillion & Velva PANTER; killed in motorcycle accident)

GILLION, David Erastus - Jan 24, 1913 - Dec 7, 1987 ~ (son of John Alexander Gillion & Mary FORD - Gillion family plot)

GILLION, Velva Lee Panter ~ (wife of David E. Gillion; dau of Vol Panter & Ethel Eliza FROST - Gillion family plot)

GILLION, John David "Monk" - July 14, 1940 - (no date) ~ (son of David Gillion & Velva PANTER - Gillion family plot)

(One unmarked grave)

PAINTER, John Calvin - 1814 - Jan 11, 1898

(This surname is spelled variously as PANTER and PAINTER in federal and county records; Calvin PA(I)NTER settled in Fayette County at least by 1833, when tradition says he married Lucinda LAWRENCE; they were the parents of Richard, Mary, Sarah, John, William Rufus, James, Matilda, Millie, Charles and Benjamin Franklin PA(I)NTER; the family is said to have been very active in the Pearidge Church of Christ) [1]

PAINTER, Lucinda - Nov 15, 1818 - Feb 28, 1874 ~ (nee Lucinda LAWRENCE; wife of Calvin PAINTER)

PANTER, Mattie - Mar 11, ____ - Mar 24, 1875 ~ (Mar 11, 1878 - Mar 26, 1878, per 1958 survey)

BEVAN, Leon - Feb 26, 1919 - Mar 2, 1923

BEVAN, William C. - Oct 1, 1914 - Oct 30, 1914

BRAND, George W. - Feb 14, 1895 - Mar 29, 1895

BRAND, Infant of Gail and Mandy Brand - b./d. July 1891

BRAND, Lucinda, wife of H.P. Brand - Aug 18, 1816 - Dec 5, 1888 ~ (nee Lucinda HENDON, dau of Johnson Hendon & Sarah SCOGGIN of Oglethorpe Co., GA; md. Hezekiah P. Brand in Walker Co., AL) [3]

BRAND, Andrew J. - Oct 11, 1898 - Sept 11, 1923

BRAND, Elsie - Feb 4, 1905 - Nov 22, 1997

BRAND, Tom - May 3, 1901 - Oct 8, 1932

(BRAND monument for three graves listed below)

BRAND, Daniel Kelsey - April 8, 1908 - April 28, 1981

BRAND, Daniel - Sept 16, 1928 - Sept 26, 1928

BRAND, Addie Lou - Feb 19, 1905 - Dec 15, 1973

(Three unmarked graves)

ROBERTS, Gail - June 7, 1910 ~ (only one date)

ROBERTS, Emma - May 29, 1909 - Jan 23, 1978

WRIGHT, Martha Susan - 1855 - 1939

(Three unmarked graves)

FOWLER, John Lewis ~ (son of Felix Fowler & Gladys SMITH)

FOWLER, Emma Jean Gillion ~ (dau of David Gillion & Velva PANTER; ssw John Lewis Fowler)

GILLION, Loyd Jr. "Bud" - May 5, 1939 - Oct 25, 1997 ~ (md/1 Mary Belle BAXTER; md/2 Mary -----) [1]

(Four unmarked graves)

WHITLEY, Jasper ~ Co. A, 1 Ala. Cav., C.S.A.

(son of Henry Whitley & Nancy BRIDGES; md. Mar 21, 1867, in Fayette Co., AL, Matilda PAINTER (sic), dau of Calvin & Lucinda PA(I)NTER; father of Noah, Frances, Cordelia, Mary J. and Elizabeth Whitley) [1]

KIMBRELL, Arnold J. - Sept 12, 1924 - April 11, 1994

KIMBRELL, Estell F. "Ess" ~ (wife of Arnold Kimbrell)

PANTER, James - Mar 14, 1846 - June 24, 1901 ~ (son of Calvin & Lucinda Panter; md. May 4, 1867, in Fayette Co., AL, Columbia EIDSON; grave unmarked; birth/death dates from family record) [1]

PANTER, Columbia "Cricket" ~ (dau of Lewis EIDSON & Angelina DOBBS, b. Mar 1850; buried in unmarked grave beside husband) [1]

SAWYER, John Thomas - Jan 26, 1865 - Mar 22, 1914 ~ (son of James Hilliard Sawyer & Frances Mahulda BRASHER)

[2]

SAWYER, Arlena L. - Apr 17, 1868 - Jan 18, 1910 ~ (dau of James PANTER and Columbiana EIDSON; md. John Thomas Sawyer, Jan 1, 1889)

[2]

ssw = same stone with

Additional sources:
[1] Betsy Haley Dill, e-mail message, 11 May 2005
[2] Monica J. Ruttledge, e-mail message w/photos, 04 Apr 2006
[3] Ann Strickland Grainger, e-mail message, 10 Jul 2009 (Ann's ancestor, William Hendon, was a brother to Lucinda Hendon Brand; original online survey suggested that Lucinda Brand's maiden name might have been JOHNSON) New

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