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Cemetery at Cedar Grove Church
On Hwy 36, west from Thomaston, on the north side of the road
Copied by David E. Paterson, April 9, 1996
The western half of this cemetery is fairly well maintained, but there are no clearly laid-out rows. The eastern (older) half of this cemetery is largely overgrown, many gravesites having trees and saplings growing up through them. The eastern boundary is a barbed wire fence. Some shallow graves have collapsed, and fragments of wooden coffins are visible through holes in the earth, so a visitor must be careful how he treads. The cemetery contains innumerable unmarked graves. Other sites are marked with temporary staubs apparently placed by funeral homes in the 1940s. Several of the paper labels in these staubs are still legible, however.
This writer realizes that lack of a diagram or row description will make locating particular graves in this list difficult. The best help he can give is that he began copying in the southwestern corner, near the highway, then worked in zig-zag legs, north and south, while gradually moving toward the east. The last graves found were to the east of the access road in the southeastern part of the cemetery.
The table below reproduces the inscriptions of all grave markers I could locate. Dates are shown in MM/DD/YYYY format, but otherwise all inscriptions are transcribed verbatim. Terms of address, such as "Rev." "Mr." and "Mrs." that are part of the inscription are included with first names, while "Jr." "Sr." and the like are included with the last names. An asterisk (*) in the last column indicates that the marker is inscribed with the name or initials of the Sons & Daughters of Mary & Martha Society.
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First & mid. names |
Last Name |
Birthdate |
Death Date |
Other inscriptions |
* |
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Timothy B. |
Seay |
10/13/1968 |
12/22/1990 |
DK3 U S Navy Persian Gulf |
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Ethel B. |
Walker |
4/22/1913 |
4/11/1991 |
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Annie Lue |
Seay |
1/20/1919 |
6/21/1990 |
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Luther Davis |
Childs |
9/20/1915 |
9/7/1986 |
||
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Roy Lee |
Hutcherson, Sr. |
9/8/1930 |
4/21/1983 |
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Sylvester |
Billups |
5/28/1936 |
3/12/1985 |
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Charli James |
Seay |
3/3/1960 |
6/3/1988 |
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Marian |
McFarlin |
4/30/1931 |
2/12/1995 |
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James |
Ellis |
3/25/1925 |
6/20/1988 |
"Sanky Boy" |
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Willie James |
Crafter |
8/9/1965 |
3/22/1991 |
Bro. |
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Dave Olin |
Crafter, Jr. |
9/3/1955 |
10/27/1986 |
Bro. |
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Olena Walker |
Crafter |
5/13/1930 |
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Dave Olin |
Crafter |
8/6/1928 |
11/9/1994 |
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Mattie Ruth |
Crafter |
7/13/1950 |
11/20/1985 |
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Adlene |
Skelton |
9/4/1947 |
10/11/1994 |
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Henry |
Sullivan Jr. |
11/7/1947 |
9/16/1995 |
"Jia" |
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Willie H. |
Sullivan |
2/6/1949 |
2/17/1994 |
"Baby Sally" |
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Mose |
Quiller |
4/21/1896 |
3/15/1945 |
Georgia, PVT 314 Labor Bn, QMC |
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Tommy Lewis |
McMullin |
7/15/1937 |
12/9/1973 |
Georgia, SP5, U.S. Army Vietnam |
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Herman |
McMullen |
6/6/1896 |
1/29/1979 |
"Granddaddy" |
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Jack |
Holsey |
12/12/1896 |
1/3/1961 |
Georgia, Pvt TRP D 9 Cavalry, World War I |
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Johnnie |
Winfrey |
1901 |
1948 |
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Mary Winfrey |
Thomas |
1909 |
1948 |
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Johnny A. |
Sparks |
3/17/1963 |
7/31/1992 |
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Mary H. |
Robinson |
2/11/1914 |
6/4/1994 |
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Annie C. |
Jolly |
11/3/1935 |
6/6/1994 |
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James |
Adams |
10/26/1944 |
8/30/1979 |
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Edna W. |
Davis |
5/15/1910 |
1/21/1978 |
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Albert |
Davis |
12/18/1918 |
4/28/1977 |
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Eligah |
Worthy |
7/7/1906 |
4/1/1976 |
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Annie R. |
Winfrey |
1896 |
1962 |
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Harold |
Worthy |
1/10/1957 |
1/10/1957 |
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Andrew J. |
Worthy |
8/20/1912 |
6/2/1942 |
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Mattie |
Worthy |
2/9/1871 |
8/17/1940 |
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Elbert |
Winfrey |
8/7/1899 |
5/18/1937 |
* |
|
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Junior |
Sparks |
12/2/1914 |
10/11/1992 |
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Horace |
Sparks |
12/24/1941 |
1/24/1988 |
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Ben A |
Sparks |
1920 |
1991 |
PFC U.S. Army World War II |
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Carter |
Drake |
8/22/1903 |
10/30/1990 |
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Minnie L. |
McMullen |
7/12/1912 |
11/24/1988 |
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Willie H. |
Marshell |
3/5/1910 |
7/14/1969 |
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Rev. Hays |
Drake |
4/15/1879 |
12/26/1936 |
husband of Adline Drake |
* |
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Adline H. |
Drake |
3/20/1879 |
12/22/1935 |
* |
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Lillie |
Barnes |
1911 |
1937 |
* |
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Margret M. |
Johnson |
8/22/1909 |
12/1/1961 |
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Annie T. |
Mathis |
12/25/1887 |
4/24/1963 |
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Simmie |
Walker, Jr. |
4/18/1912 |
8/10/1964 |
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Margaret |
Childs |
11/13/1905 |
1/6/1971 |
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Lawrence T. |
Childs |
11/28/1903 |
12/23/1963 |
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Mary M. |
Jestus |
4/26/1878 |
9/1/1942 |
* |
|
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Jennie Bell |
Mann |
12/19/1903 |
6/26/1936 |
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William |
Mann, Jr. |
12/23/1904 |
3/3/1985 |
Father |
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Mrs. Clifford |
Mann |
2/28/1907 |
1/5/1980 |
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William |
White |
age 1 day |
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Thressa |
White |
age 1 day |
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Cornelius |
White |
age 4 days |
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Willie |
White, Sr. |
3/12/1886 |
5/26/1968 |
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Mrs. Flossie |
Brown |
9/7/1903 |
5/15/1966 |
* |
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John A. |
King |
1890 |
1942 |
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Annie M. |
Quiller |
2/18/1893 |
1/16/1970 |
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John H. |
Quiller, Jr. |
3/3/1920 |
11/28/1978 |
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William |
Stewart |
1930 |
1986 |
US Army Korea |
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Emma |
Corbin |
8/28/1883 |
10/28/1961 |
Bentley's [Funeral Home] |
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Vester |
Drain, Jr. |
2/17/1931 |
3/2/1982 |
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Leilar |
Sullivan |
1892 |
1978 |
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Joe H. |
Grantlin |
1933 |
U. S. Army |
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Evaline Atwater |
Simmons |
3/21/1925 |
6/19/1989 |
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Walter H. |
Mann |
3/4/1920 |
4/26/1987 |
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Rubie |
Mann |
1892 |
1982 |
Mother |
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Ralph |
Mann |
12/11/1918 |
1/18/1980 |
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Evie Lou |
Mann |
11/15/1900 |
11/13/1985 |
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Harvey |
Mann |
1926 |
1941 |
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Ben |
Mann |
4/24/1905 |
7/5/1945 |
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Walter B. |
Mann |
1/3/1897 |
6/26/1956 |
Georgia, PVT 1 Casual GP World War I |
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Luara |
Mann |
1877 |
1963 |
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Julius |
Mann |
12/20/1915 |
12/13/1980 |
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Redonnie |
Walker |
6/22/1890 |
12/3/1969 |
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Arch. |
Walker |
11/15/1888 |
12/19/1979 |
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Thomas |
Moore |
12/31/1936 |
8/3/1985 |
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James Anthonie |
Searcy II |
3/6/1975 |
3/6/1975 |
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Ida Mae |
Walker |
11/19/1923 |
6/12/1989 |
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Ben B. |
Moore |
3/12/1914 |
|||
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Julia W. |
Moore |
7/15/1916 |
5/11/1989 |
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Robert E. Lee |
Searcy |
4/8/1908 |
7/7/1988 |
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Ailene |
King |
4/26/1922 |
5/21/1995 |
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Albert |
Walker |
11/15/1916 |
|||
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Martha J. |
Walker |
12/2/1918 |
5/27/1987 |
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Robert |
Chaney |
5/5/1891 |
6/28/1994 |
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Carrie |
Chaney |
8/8/1892 |
9/5/1981 |
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Rev. Munford |
Drake, Sr. |
10/3/1869 |
6/18/1936 |
"He was a son of the late Munford Drake & Caroline Drake." |
* |
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Julia M. |
Drake |
4/5/1879 |
3/3/1941 |
wife of Munford Drake, Jr. |
* |
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James A. |
Drake |
1889 |
1939 |
* |
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Nettie |
Drake |
1867 |
1940 |
* |
|
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Mary |
Jackson |
11/2/1915 |
6/4/1990 |
wife of James C. Banks, Sr. |
|
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James C. |
Banks |
1916 |
1956 |
"Daddy" |
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S. C. |
Banks |
1893 |
1977 |
"Grandmother" |
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J. C. |
Banks |
1895 |
1941 |
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Malcolm |
Daniel |
12/1/1927 |
6/2/1928 |
Our son |
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P. W. |
Daniel |
8/15/1926 |
12/9/1928 |
Our son |
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Sam |
Ward |
1859 |
1914 |
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Josiephine |
Ward |
1865 |
1926 |
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Janie |
Ward |
1887 |
1890 |
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Ulysses G. |
Greene |
12/17/1890 |
10/4/1944 |
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Annie Grace |
Jackson |
8/13/1909 |
2/23/1979 |
Mother |
|
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Worthy Lou |
Brown |
3/5/1912 |
10/29/1984 |
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Anna Belle |
Greene |
2/17/1914 |
1/30/1981 |
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Fannie J. |
Merkerson |
9/27/1910 |
7/31/1926 |
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Mattie E. F. |
Atwater |
8/2/1947 |
8/27/1979 |
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Sarah T. |
Proctor |
1/14/1873 |
9/4/1966 |
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Betty |
Atwater |
12/25/1891 |
7/3/1958 |
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Dudley H. |
Simmons |
11/17/1907 |
5/7/1979 |
||
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Milbria |
King |
1885 |
1941 |
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Reved |
King |
1878 |
1946 |
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Griffin L. |
King |
3/8/1907 |
9/7/1953 |
Georgia Pvt 2037 OM Truck Co AVN World War II |
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H. C. |
McGill |
9/15/1876 |
10/6/1930 |
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Zenobia |
McGill |
8/6/1891 |
1/12/1938 |
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Ellen L. |
Guinn |
2/3/1880 |
2/16/1956 |
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Marvin G. |
McGill |
7/18/1907 |
1/25/1974 |
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Mary Ester |
McGill |
2/1/1914 |
1/18/1976 |
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Mattie |
Townsley |
1879 |
1942 |
||
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William |
Drake, Jr. |
3/11/1912 |
2/17/1942 |
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Walter |
Worthy |
1894 |
1949 |
||
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Vashti L. |
Worthy |
3/17/1895 |
9/27/1977 |
||
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Elphie A. |
Locke |
1/1/1877 |
12/2/1958 |
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Fannie |
Burnett |
7/23/1888 |
12/19/1961 |
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Marie B. |
Acey |
3/20/1911 |
9/14/1972 |
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Kathelene |
Phillips |
2/22/1924 |
1/17/1959 |
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Dan |
Phillips |
2/12/1922 |
9/21/1957 |
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Ida Mae |
Worthy |
12/25/1898 |
5/20/1983 |
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Johnnie R. |
Drake |
3/26/1898 |
11/5/1985 |
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Tyree G. |
Johnson |
4/8/1905 |
4/20/1935 |
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Rev. Calvin |
Johnson |
1/4/1881 |
6/2/1936 |
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Bennie Drake |
Johnson |
1896 |
1951 |
* |
|
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Rev. Wayman James |
Johnson |
1901 |
1947 |
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Lottie O. |
Holmes |
1882 |
1955 |
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Grant |
Holmes |
7/5/1920 |
2/5/1979 |
Cpl US Army World War II |
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Ellison |
Starling |
10/20/1939 |
1/10/1993 |
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Juliette |
Dickerson |
[illeg.] 1917 |
[illeg.] |
[stone buried; couldn't read] |
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John |
Dickerson, Sr. |
9/22/1882 |
11/21/1942 |
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Louise |
Ogletree |
9/8/1907 |
5/22/1940 |
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Elbert |
Rose |
6/18/1857 |
7/6/1940 |
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Lizzie |
Rose |
1857 |
1940 |
* |
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Mary |
Maines |
1/5/1870 |
10/10/1946 |
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[illeg.]...sie |
Trice |
1947 |
age 50 years Hanley Funeral Home Thomaston [paper label] |
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Colonel |
Pope |
7/16/1884 |
4/14/1953 |
Georgia Pvt MG CO 369 Inf. 93 Div World War I |
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Mr. James |
Rivers |
4/25/1946 |
[age?] 43 |
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Mary Ruth |
Maines |
4/19/1948 |
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Richard T. |
Burnette |
4/3/1933 |
11/19/1969 |
Georgia, Pvt, Infantry, Korea |
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Raymond Andrew |
Burnett |
7/7/1935 |
8/23/1970 |
Maryland, PFC 9337 Tech Service Unit Korea |
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Mr. Ben |
Meadows, Jr. |
12/29/1927 |
9/16/1982 |
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George E. |
Lockhart |
8/2/1941 |
9/13/1991 |
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Rosa S. |
Starling |
5/12/1901 |
2/12/1994 |
Mother |
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Lottie B. |
Starling |
3/18/1930 |
8/24/1971 |
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Johnnie M. S. |
McDaniel |
7/28/1922 |
9/27/1968 |
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Master Travis |
McDaniel |
8/8/1949 |
10/1/1966 |
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Rozeen S. |
Lawson |
2/21/1921 |
8/19/1973 |
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Mrs. Rozell[?] |
Trice |
[illeg.] 1947 |
age 46 [paper label] |
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M. T. |
Walker |
9/12/1894 |
2/23/1956 |
Georgia, Pvt 370 Infantry World War I |
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Emma |
Walker |
9/4/1869 |
8/31/1948 |
* |
|
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Mrs. Margie |
Morten |
11/18/1906 |
11/25/1964 |
* |
|
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Ida |
Gennis |
7/20/1896 |
2/27/1967 |
* |
|
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Thomas J. |
Walker |
2/10/1910 |
2/2/1981 |
PFC US Army World War II |
|
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Robert |
Brooks, Jr. |
11/24/1915 |
12/2/1947 |
Georgia PFC QM Corps World War II |
|
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Beatrice |
Brooks |
9/12/1892 |
10/10/1964 |
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Eugene |
White, Jr. |
8/28/1924 |
8/10/1952 |
Georgia PVT 3175 QM Service Co WWII |
|
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Willie C. |
Hill |
11/22/1901 |
3/21/1948 |
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Curtis |
Matthews |
9/5/1919 |
3/24/1936 |
* |
|
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Mr. Adolphus |
Hornsber[illeg.] |
7/3/1954 |
age 71 [paper label] |
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Johnnie Mae |
Harris |
1895 |
1931 |
* |
|
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Mattie L. |
Green |
1875 |
1930 |
* |
|
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Dosie B. |
Green |
1882 |
1941 |
* |
|
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Mrs. Frances E. |
Whitehead |
1/2/1877 |
12/24/1963 |
[1 of 2 identical headstones] |
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Mattie |
McLurkin |
8/29/1873 |
3/8/1973 |
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Mrs. Frances E. |
Whitehead |
1/2/1877 |
12/24/1963 |
[1 of 2 identical headstones] |
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Sarah |
Drake |
1873 |
1949 |
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George |
Drake |
11/15/1901 |
2/3/1930 |
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Mrs. Coralee |
Stinson |
1/20/1949 |
[possibly "Cora Lee"] |
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Mrs. Elizabeth W. |
Stinson |
2/28/1948 |
|||
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Mandy W. |
Powell |
1895 |
11/6/1980 |
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Oscar |
Merkson |
Aug. 1898 |
May 1952 |
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Mrs. Bina |
Guice |
11/13/1888 |
4/15/1958 |
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Darryl Kenneth |
Parker |
6/15/1964 |
3/17/1967 |
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Annie |
Guilford |
Age 64 G. W. Green Und. [paper label] |
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Donald N. |
Hamilton |
8/22/1947 |
12/27/1990 |
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Mr. Alton |
Anderson |
5/2/1949 |
2/9/1990 |
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Mrs. Georgia Nell |
Dennis |
3/14/1832 |
6/23/1989 |
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Mr. Willie F. |
Grantling |
7/2/1926 |
3/19/1989 |
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Eula C. |
Johnson |
9/11/1923 |
9/5/1975 |
||
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Magnolia Walker |
Drake |
9/13/1912 |
2/28/1984 |
* |
|
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Lucius William |
Drake |
12/16/1939 |
7/13/1982 |
"Luke" |
|
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Willie M. |
Parker |
8/22/1902 |
4/27/1968 |
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Lawyence |
Anderson |
5/2/1902 |
5/23/1968 |
||
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Lucille A. |
Garland |
2/12/1977 |
|||
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Thomas |
Drake |
5/7/1895 |
10/27/1967 |
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Jesse Cleve |
Pearson |
2/4/1922 |
5/3/1964 |
||
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Martha Janie R. |
Watkins |
1890 |
1956 |
* |
|
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Claude |
Drake, Sr. |
5/26/1905 |
5/12/1956 |
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Cynthia |
Hicks |
8/26/1865 |
5/6/1926 |
wife of Henry Hicks |
* |
|
Walter |
Seay |
9/24/1891 |
3/22/1970 |
Father |
|
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Allie J. Robinson |
Seay |
9/1/1898 |
5/24/1967 |
Mother |
|
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Bettie |
[King] |
3/10/1857 |
4/23/1926 |
wife of William King |
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William |
King |
6/10/1858 |
2/21/1933 |
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Andrew |
Worthy |
12/18/1894 |
5/7/1948 |
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Lydia Mae |
Worthy |
6/5/1895 |
1/1/1959 |
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Ada |
Harris |
1902 |
10/4/1925 |
wife of Guy Harris |
* |
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Archie |
Burnett |
1861 |
11/4/1926 |
* |
|
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John Allen |
Green |
5/23/1934 |
10/13/1985 |
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Mattie |
Hicks |
March 1878 |
4/19/1980 |
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Oliver |
Harris |
4/3/1890 |
12/27/1949 |
Georgia, PVT 371 Infantry 93 Division World War I |
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Charles |
Walker, Sr. |
10/26/1926 |
11/24/1994 |
S1 U. S. Navy WWII |
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Lossie Mae |
Walker |
5/7/1917 |
[stone buried] |
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Louise W. |
Johnson |
7/23/1937 |
2/7/1976 |
||
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Leola |
Walker |
1894 |
[stone buried] |
* |
|
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Annie |
Mann |
2/15/1899 |
9/9/1962 |
||
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Henry |
Proctor |
6/18/1881 |
10/5/1933 |
||
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Mattie P. |
Hutcherson |
3/8/1885 |
6/7/1961 |
||
|
Desmond J. |
Grantling |
5/19/1990 |
5/22/1990 |
||
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Alfred |
Grantling |
8/8/1894 |
11/12/1969 |
Georgia PVT Co B 316 SVC BN QMC WWI |
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Mattie |
Grantling |
6/12/1899 |
9/27/1975 |
Mother |
|
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Bobby L. |
Grantling |
8/6/1961 |
8/12/1962 |
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Ollie Bell |
Grantling |
8/29/1919 |
12/2/1973 |
"Mama" |
|
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Patricia Ann |
Green |
2/15/1940 |
8/12/1974 |
sister |
|
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Henry |
Anderson III |
7/2/1945 |
8/9/1983 |
PVT U S Army |
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Mrs. Katie |
Walker |
Age 85 G. W. Green Und. [paper label] |
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