GOODWATER FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH
CEMETERY
Hwy 103 North of Wicksburg, Houston County,
Alabama.
This is a partial listing compiled in 1998. Mistakes are mine. Corrections/Additions welcome. Highlighted areas are my thoughts. Surveyed by: mailto:[email protected](Thelma Harris) "Cricket"
(Double Headstone)
Ed Raines Eula Raines
March 9, 1892 July 9, 1894
August 6, 1976 January 11, 1996
Father Mother
Together Forever
Ucal Raines
March 30, 1929 - August 14, 1931
R. Marinda Raines (Rachel Marinda Peters wife of Joseph
Perry Raines)
1854-1932
In Loving Memory
Scratched on concrete
slab - April 20, 1854, June 12, 1932.
Joseph C. Raines
1889 - 1918
In Loving Memory
Scratched on concrete
slab - October 10, 1889, November 30 1918
Next to Marinda & Joseph C. Raines
J. P. Raines (husband of R. Marinda Raines - Joseph Perry
Raines)
January 5, 1857 - June 5, 1914
Rebecca Raines
name only scratched on concrete slab
Lovince W. Raines
October 31, 1851 - September 2, 1912
Millie Jane wife of L. W. Raines
January 20, 1854 - December 24, 1931
Reed W. Raines
Born February 5, 1891
Died in France October 10, 1918
John William Raines Francis Smith Raines
September 27, 1875 February 4, 1878
May 38, 1944 September 5, 1940
Spurgeon Raines
January 19, 1910 - June 24, 1912
Sallie Raines
October 26, 1885 - March 8, 1950
1st Sergeant Buford Raines
June 5, 1918 - November 30, 1950
Odessa Raines
26 May 1906 - November 12, 1997
Double Stone: Raines
John Thomas Mary Ann
November 10, 1863 April 15, 1874
January 26, 1938 September 10, 1936
Raines
Lillie Mae Cassady Johnson
July 12, 1903 - October 28, 1990
Martha Elizabeth Cassady
August 20, 1874 - May 28, 1953
C. C. Cassady (Christopher Carlyle)
October 20,
1875 - December 28, 1953
Double Stone:
Christopher C. (Lum) Cassady (Christopher Columbus Cassidy) Jennie Smith
May 12, 1910 September 16, 1916
April 30, 1985
Double Stone: Raines
Lannie Lewis Rhilla Adams
August 14, 1902 January 26, 1903
May 19, 1966 May 1, 1991
Double Stone: Adams
Charlie L. ADAMS Nancy E. ADAMS
October 28, 1880 September 26, 1881
November 1, 1956 March 9, 1971
Double Stone: Raines
Jack Clarice
October 14, 1914 September 15, 1915
July 16, 1974 August 13, 1984
Sgt Sam C. Raines son of William and Fannie Raines
October 15, 1909
- December 2, 1952
Double stone:
Judge Mitchell Thomly (son of Thomas & Sarah) Nancy Jane Thomly
March 25, 1877 August 26, 1879
November 11, 1956 August 6, 1963
Walter J. Thomley
November 4, 1900 - June 3, 1955
Father
This stone is an arch and one name is on the left leg and the other name on the right:
Thomley
Lester L. Manda H.
June 30, 1915 January 10, 1915
August 29, 1989
Double stone:
Father Mother
"Tom"
Thomas James Peters Mary Elois Kent
January 9, 1914
married 9 Feb 1934
Randy Lee son of Patsy & Freeland J. Babin
November 24, 1962
Double Stone:
Rudolph Peters Flinnie Morrow
January 27, 1925 May 24, 1927
married July 15, 1944
Imogene Peters
February 2, 1929
September 9, 1985
A Beloved Mother
At Rest
Double Stone:
Thomley
Grady R. Adus J.
October 1, 1897 November 3, 1895
May 15, 1979 February 6, 1977
married December 9, 1919
Double Stone:
Thomley
Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Jimmie Lee Alpha H.
July 31, 1893 March 4, 1896
February 8, 1979 January 24, 1979
married February 22, 1913
He was a man among She was a kind and
among the few affectionate wife, a
sincere on virtue's a fond mother, and
side friend to all
Grandapa Grandmother
Double Stone:
Auston
Louie Frank Alice
May 9, 1913 December 11, 1914
March 4, 1977
Gone, but not forgotten
Daddy
married November 24, 1934
End of Family Plot
Coping around these two graves:
Sam C. Thomley
Oct 22, 1919 - 31 July 1974
Bernice Ganous Thomley
August 11, 1925 - April 27, 1969
Always in
memory
Family Plot
Double Stone
Thomley
Dallas Louis Christine
March 21, 1919 April 29, 1924
October 21, 1994 May 3, 1992
married November 2, 1940
His words were
She was a kind
kindness
and affectionate
wife,
His deeds were
a fond mother and
love
a friend to all
His spirit humble
He rests above
Double Stone
Thomley
Dallas W. Doris M.
November 22, 1948 May 18, 1950
Father
To Him Little Ones Belong
Dallas Lee July 25, 1978
May 10,
1981
son
End of family plot
Family Plot
Thomley
Mollie (Mary E.) Henry Thomas (Son of Josiah M. & Martha Jane Savage)
September 28, 1873 March 27, 1871
June 3, 1956 August 9, 1945
Milby Jane Adams (mother of Mollie)
June 20, 1855 - October 23, 1935
A
Dear Mother at Rest
End of Family Plot
Family Plot
Nadine Thomley
September 28, 1937 - November 24, 1950
She was the
Sunshine of Our Home
Double Stone:
Thomley
Annie S. Thomas Ashley
March 29, 1896 November 20, 1886
June 14, 1981 September 12, 1969
They are walking Beloved husband and father
together now through walk slowly down that lonely
eternity road for soon we'll follow you.
End of Family Plot
Double Stone: (Grady is possibly the son of William B. Thomley and Ida maiden name unknown)
In Loving Memory
Thomley
Grady R. Adus J.
October 1, 1897 November 3, 1895
May 15, 1979 February 6, 1977
married December 9, 1919
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Double Markers
Thomley Matthews
Wade William Chester
October 4, 1914 March 12, 1893
Jan 15, 1960 May 1, 1987
Inez M. Mary Shirley Matthews
November 28, 1918 January 29, 1897
June 10, 1975
End of Family Plot
Freeland J. Babin
SFC U.S. Army Korea Vietnam
August 9, 1930 - October
18, 1977
Family Plot - Layout indicated by numbers:
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11
1. William S. Thomley (son of Josiah Michael & Martha Jane
Savage)
October 18, 1867 - February 11, 1943
Gone but not forgotten
2. Alice T. Thomley (Eliza Thomas - Maiden name; wife of William S. Thomley
married 31 Jan 1889)
November 18, 1867 - April 5, 1961
The hours part us,
but they bring us together again
3. Betty Sue Collins
January 27, 1931 - January 13, 1940
4. J. Mitchel Thomley (son of William S. above)
December 17, 1894 - June
29, 1961
Loving hands are now at rest
5. Lloyd White
November 8, 1899 - November 11, 1981
6. Tillis Thomley
December 5, 1902 - April 7, 1978
7. Myra Draughton Thomley
April 18, 1905 - January 14, 1987
8. Wiley R. Livingston
April 28, 1894 - October 25, 1943
9. Cleota T. White (daughter of William S. & Eliza Thomley; wife of Lloyd
White?)
January 1, 1900 - September 23, 1988
10. Mack Collins
February 5, 1902 - July 28, 1967
11. Exie T. Collins (daughter of William S. & Eliza Thomley; wife of Mack
Collins?)
November 13, 1904 - October 9, 1997
End of Family Plot
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Double Stone:
Harris
James F. Martha M.
December 28, 1878 November 5, 1881
April 15, 1969 May 8, 1964
A loving father and mother asleep with Jesus
Thomas Jefferson Harris
Born July 224, 1899 - Died June 3, 1927
Earth
has lost a precious jewel. God's own hand was in it.
End of Family Plot
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H. T. Thomley
December 10, 1910 - November 10, 1912
Double Stone:
Thomley
Henry T. Delie K.
November 7, 1879 September 10, 1881
October 9, 1946
(Henry T. Thomley is the son of William R. and Elizabeth G. Thomley)
Infant twins of M_________(unreadable) and Mrs. Doughty 1945
End of Family Plot
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Double Stone:
Peters
Thomas James Lula Mae
July 4, 1890 Dec 18, 1894
December 16, 1965 February 13, 1965
At last at rest Gone but not forgotten
married February 14, 1909
Thomley
William Robert Elizabeth G. (Wm Robert is brother of Josiah Michael Thomley)
February 8, 1850 October 15, 1858
March 11, 1937 November 13, 1942
Thy life was beauty, Here I lay my burdens down
truth, goodness, and love
change the cross into the crown.
End of Family Plot
Double Stone:
Ford Thomley Myrtie V. Sigers
1904-1992 1909
Double Stone:
Thomley
Mary L. Robert B.
September 26, 1898 February 26, 1901
October 7, 1947 September 16, 1969
Era J. Thomley wife of Grady R. Thomley
December 26, 1893 - December 25,
1918
Family Plot
Ewell D Thomley
September 19, 1917 - March 2, 1946
Brother
J. J. Thomley Lavada Thomley
October 5, 1877 November 18, 1878
October 15, 1948 March 14, 1945
Father Mother
One unmarked grave
End of Family Plot
Double Stone:
Thomley
Jesse Thomley Maggie C.
February 14, 1870 September 25, 1869
March 20, 1950 April 1, 1947
Family Plot (This is my husband's great great grandparents)
Minnie daughter of J. M. Thomley
Born April 8, 1888 - Died August
30, 1890
J. M. Thomley (Josiah Michael )
Born July 23, 1846 - Died December 20,
1892
Farewell my wife and children, all from you a father Christ doth call
(had to rub stone, worn to point couldn't be read)
Martha J. (Martha Jane Savage) wife of M. J. Thomley
born April 5,
1847 - died July 2, 1907
Asleep in Jesus
End of Family Plot
Infant of Mr. & Mrs. William S. Thomley
Double Stone:
Thomley
Sallie Lue Allen Oliver
August 27, 1895 December 27, 1888
November 15, 1953 May 14, 1965
Double Stone:
Thomley
Father Mother
Dolphus Bobbie
April 4, 1928 March 13, 1939
April 22, 1983
Scratched in concrete slab to the right of Froney Thomley's grave: Julie Thomley
Froney Thomley daughter of W. R. & Mattie Thomley
born October 15,
1897 - died May 22, 1902
Scratched in concrete slab on left of Froney Thomley's grave:
William Thomley Jr.
born July 4, 1875 - died August 2, 1927
The following three children are children of Franklin Monroe Peters & Mary Thomley:
1. Tressie Peters (died of yellow jaundice - per Bobby Fred Harris,
Sr.)
July 21, 1898 - September 11, 1913
2. Arkatie Peters (died of yellow jaundice - per Bobby Fred Harris,
Sr.)
November 19, 1904 - September 10, 1913
3. Wibbie Peters
July 5, 1900 - January 5, 1901
Son Jim Thomley
November 6, 1909 - April 18, 1934
This lovely flower
has faded
Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Will Thomley
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Mother Father
Mary A. Miller James Thomley (son of William & Elizabeth J. Thomley)
wife of August 18, 1860
James Thomley June 18, 1892
January 22, 1853 An honest man is the noblest work of God
May 1, 1931
A tender mother & faithful friend
Abbie Ozella Thomley
October 24, 1887 - February 4, 1966
Asleep in
Jesus
End of Family Plot
Elizabeth J. Thomley wife of William Thomley
July 24, 1827 - May 31,
1905
Sleep on dear one and take thy rest. In Jesus arms forever blest.
William Thomley Sr.
Born September 17, 1817 - Died September 22,
1905
He shall gather the lambs with his arms and carry them in his bosom.
William Fletcher Thomley
September 11, 1884 - September 24, 1975
Gone
but not forgotten
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Roof Thomley
September 16, 1902 - February 8, 1931
To forget is
vain endeavor loves remembrance lasts forever
Double Stone:
Thomley
Joseph E. Clemmie C.
1879-1960 1883-1957
John Martin Box
December 29, 1931 - April 12, 1957
Alabama PFC
Artillery
Fannie D. Box (daughter of Joseph E. & Clemmie C. Thomley name is
Frances)
September 3, 1899 - February 1, 1985
End of Family Plot
Sarah E. Williams wife of Thomas Thomley
September 9, 1853 - October 23,
1927
A tender mother & faithful friend
Thomas Thomley
March 16, 1854 - November 11, 1924
An honest man is the
noblest work of God
James Thomley son of Thomas & S. E. Thomley
Born March 2, 1885 - Died
December 15, 1903
Web page by: Betty James Smith 29 May 1999