Gillis Family Cemetery

Off Thigpen Rd on Gillis Cemetery Rd near Hwy 86 and I-16.

Name Birth Death Comments
Eliz. Dowd Coplin 1835 1889 s/w Eliz. Brayol Thompson
Jefferson M. Coplin 10/3/1820 2/22/1883 Pvt Co I 28 GA Inf CSA
Dave Courson 10/15/1856 3/8/1920
Emily Farmer Courson 11/15/1843 3/19/1915 s/w Malcom B Courson
Malcom B. Courson 11/8/1843 6/13/1903 s/w Emily Farmer Courson
Mary Gillis Courson 7/28/1895 12/28/1986 s/w Sewell Courson
Queen Courson 8/13/1865 6/17/1924
Sewell Courson 11/21/1885 5/28/1952 s/w Mary Gillis Courson
Sewell Courson Jr 8/25/1927 6/15/1960
Alva Edenfield 4/20/1890 12/14/1969 s/w Christine Gillis Edenfield
Christine Gillis Edenfield 6/23/1888 9/23/1972 s/w Alva Edenfield
Angus A. Gillis 11/27/1855 9/4/1920
Angus Gillis 10/22/1867 Aged 58 years
Annie Lois Gillis 11/4/1925 6/6/1927 Daughter of Mr & Mrs Jim L Gillis
Annie Mae Gillis 5/12/1901 11/9/1988
Archibald Gillis Sr 5/20/1822 9/30/1892
Archie Gillis Jr 9/8/1850 5/31/1926
Bob Lee Gillis 11/16/1885 7/18/1985 Son of David D Gillis & Susan Eliz. Parrish Gillis
Bud Gillis 3/13/1872 7/28/1896 Son of Archibald & Mary Gillis
Catharine Gillis 4/17/1834 In the 80th year of her age
Catharine Gillis 9/17/1840 In the 63rd year of her age
Christian Gillis 9/13/1840 In the 21st year of her age
Elizabeth Thompson Gillis 3/19/1882 10/8/1977 s/w Roderick L. Gillis
Flora Gillis 10/15/1852 6/19/1914 Wife of Arch Gillis
Helen Reed Gillis 6/28/1919 Shared stone w/ Marvin Bob Gillis
Homer B. Gillis 4/26/1883 7/1/1898 Son of Arch & Flora Gillis
Infant Gillis 6/26/1892 6/26/1892 Daughter of JW & MJ Gillis
Infant Gillis 7/12/1893 7/12/1893 Son of JW & SE Gillis
Irma Gillis 12/6/1904 1/21/1906 Daughter of Neil Lee & Lougenia Youmans Gillis
J. W. Gillis 6/18/1906 1/13/1927 Son of Mr & Mrs John W Gillis
James Lester Gillis 1/6/1892 3/31/1975 s/w Lois Walker
Jennie Belle Perry Gillis 3/11/1895 10/22/1987 Wife of Neili Lee Gillis, Jr. Daughter of Lula Hines Kennon and Benjamin Leonidas Perry Union Springs Ala
John Marvin Gillis 9/17/1890 10/6/1893 Son of N.L. & E.L. Gillis
John W. Gillis 10/23/1857 4/15/1906 Husband of S.E. Gillis Married Sep. 28, 1898
John Gillis 11/22/1880 11/22/1880 Son of A.A. & Mary J. Gillis
John Gillis 3/30/1891 In His 85th Year
John Gillis Son of Murdoch Gillis child's marker
Katherine Hudmon Gillis 12/31/1915 3/7/1997 Wife of James Lester Gillis, Jr. Mother of Marianne Gillis Persons, Kate Gillis Felton, Lois Gillis Clardy, James Lester Gillis, III
Katie Gillis 7/3/1887 In the 74 year of her age
Laura Jean Gillis 9/2/1924 9/14/1990 Wife of Hugh M. Gillis, Sr.
Lester Washington Gillis 5/1/1921 9/6/1991 s/w Louise Mildred Wilson Gillis
Lester Gillis 10/22/1942 1/10/1998
Lois Walker Gillis 4/9/1892 10/22/1962 Wife of James Lester Gillis
Lonzo R. Gillis 12/20/1896 2/2/1958 'Father' Mason symbol s/w Lottie Mae Davis
Lottie Mae Davis Gillis 8/28/1896 12/17/1941 Wife of L. R. Gillis
Lougenia Youmans Gillis 7/11/1867 2/15/1922 s/w Neil Lee Gillis
Louise Mildred Wilson Gillis 6/16/1925 4/23/1976 s/w Lester Washington Gillis
Maggie J. Gillis 9/28/1871 12/21/1897 Wife of John W. Gillis
Marian Gillis 11/1/1868 12/5/1946 s/w Murdoc B. Gillis
Martha Louise Gillis 6/11/1928 5/31/1931 Dau. of Mr & Mrs Jim L Gillis
Marvin Bob Gillis 4/5/1920 Shared stone w/ Helen Reed Gillis
Marvin Marion Gillis 2/3/1895 10/9/1918 Lost in Battle Meuse Argonne II MG BN
Mary Ann Gillis 4/7/1897 In her 70th Year
Mary Ann Gillis Daughter of Murdoch Gillis
Mary J. Gillis 12/25/1856 6/4/1922 Wife of A. A. Gillis
Mary Gillis 2/15/1904 Wife of Archie Gillis
Mary Gillis 5/13/1894 age: 73y
Murdoc B. Gillis 9/20/1861 8/26/1939
Murdoch Gillis Sr. c. 1769 3/20/1829 B. Scotland - Founder of Gillis Family Cemetery Lists wife & children and dates. All are buried here except Murdoch Jr,
Murdock Gillis 1829 Feb 28, 1863 PVT Co E 61 GA Infantry Confederate States Army
Nancy Gillis 7/26/1867 in the 52nd year of her age
Neil Lee Gillis 3/12/1864 10/27/1933 s/w Lougenia Youmans Gillis
Neil Lee Gillis Jr 12/24/1894 11/5/1934 Son of Lougenia Youmans & Neil Lee Gillis s/w Jennie Belle Perry
Neil Lee Gillis III 5/7/1925 8/20/1953 Son of Jennie Belle Perry & Neil Lee Gillis Jr
Neill Gillis 9/14/1840 in the 40th year of his age
Obed Lester Gillis 5/21/1901 11/1/1976 s/w Shellie Bell Peebles Gillis
Pearl Gillis 10/25/1885 7/18/1965 Daughter of Angus A Gillis & Mary Jane Barwick Gillis
Rebecca Gillis 1854 1939
Rhodus H. Gillis 12/25/1888 9/25/1900 Son of Arch & Flora Gillis
Roderick L. Gillis 8/22/1867 10/16/1926 s/w Elizabeth Thompson Gillis
Roderick L. Gillis Jr 4/16/1915 12/24/1955
Sallie Gillis 5/2/1888 Aged 77 years
Sarah E. Gillis 7/8/1869 5/27/1949
Shellie Bell Peebles Gillis 6/20/1897 1/12/1982
Thomas Eugene Gillis 10/19/1932 1/30/1933 Son of Mr & Mrs John M Gillis
Tony Washington Gillis 6/7/1945 2/10/1997
Wesley Gillis 5/12/1866 5/27/1866 Son of Jon Gillis
Odessa Gillis Harper 5/9/1906 9/17/1934 Wife of Alva Harper
George O. Jones 10/18/1911 5/8/1944
Rubye Gillis Jones June 14, 1909 June 20, 2007
J. T. Mackins 8/3/1932
M C Mann 9/5/1859 10/2/1896 Nee Gillis
Laura Phillips 11/14/1861 12/9/1963
Lloyd Julius Rogers 4/15/1928 10/24/1984 s/w Mary Ann Sumner Rogers
Mary Ann Sumner Rogers 12/3/1928 9/29/1988 s/w Lloyd Julius Rogers
Sara Lou Gillis Shepherd 7/21/1900 5/11/1997 Wife of Onzie Lewis Shepherd
D. F. Sumner III 9/10/1970 child's marker
Dodge F. Sumner Jr 11/22/1919 9/8/1980
Dodge Sumner 1/15/1884 1/15/1959 s/w Flossie Gillis Sumner
Flossie Gillis Sumner 7/16/1890 4/16/1980 s/w Dodge Sumner
Bobby Hugh Tapley May 3, 1938 Feb. 5, 2008
Roderick Brent Tapley 8/27/1974 4/3/1999 'Rod'
Eliz Brayol Thompson 1824 1896 s/w Elizabeth Dowd Coplin
G. W. Thompson 7/28/1877 10/11/1911
Joseph P. Thompson 1/29/1824 4/26/1896 Pvt Co H 63 GA Inf CSA
Lewis Henry Thompson 10/30/1889 5/26/1891
Mary A. Thompson 4/7/1850 6/26/1903 Wife of W.J. Thompson
Minnie Thompson 8/16/1887 9/6/1887
William Joseph Thompson 11/1/1849 4/4/1927
Winnie Thompson 8/16/1887 9/8/1887
John Wilbur Ulmer 1/26/1910 10/16/1978 s/w Nancy Kittie Gillis Ulmer
Nancy Elizabeth Ulmer 3/21/1940 3/24/1940 child's marker
Nancy Kittie Gillis Ulmer 11/26/1904 7/16/1998 s/w John Wilbur Ulmer
Lyda Annie Gillis Warnock 9/25/1894 12/31/1971 Wife of Hardy Walter Warnock
Cuba Sumner Wilkes 3/12/1912 12/8/1989 Granddau. of Angus Alexander Gillis & Mary Jane Barwick Great Granddau. of Burrell Kea & Elizabeth Tapley