Creel Church Cemetery, Barbour, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/barbour/cemeteries/creel.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: George Edison Creel ==================================================================== MAY 2004 Creel Church and Cemetery is located in Southern Barbour County, Alabama. From the junction of SR 131 and CR 67, go south 1.1 miles on CR 67. It is in R27E, T9N, Sections 30 & 19 (on the section line). Creel Church and Cemetery are located on the east side of the road. The cemetery is still in use. Survey taken 2/18/2004. Surveyors notes in parentheses. Tombstone inscriptions in quotations marks. There are numerous unmarked graves, which were not counted. All tombstones were recorded with a digital camera and the full set of photos plus this text file with data will be placed in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, for public use. Abbreviations: STW = Shares Tombstone With; TIA = Tombstone Identical and Adjacent to; GBNF = Gone but not Forgotten; RIP = Rest in Peace ---------------------------------------------------------- ________, J W Jul ?? ?? Sep 10 ???? "In memory of -----------" (This is old concrete upright marker, severely eroded. No other tombstones of this type anywhere in the cemetery.) (See surveyor note at end of this list regarding this tombstone.) ADAMS, Arthur G Apr 1 1857 Oct 1 1927 "Weep not, he is at rest" (TIA Mary Jane) ADAMS, Daniel Oct 6 1888 Oct 6 1888 "Son of A G & M J Adams" "Happy infant, early blest, rest in peaceful slumber, rest." ADAMS, Grace O Oct 30 1884 Apr 26 1893 "Dau of A G & M J Adams" ADAMS, James M Oct 22 1853 Dec 30 1945 "Father" (TIA Sarah Elizabeth) ADAMS, Jody A Jan 16 1881 Oct 3 1883 "Dau of A G & M J Adams" (Inscription illegible) ADAMS, Mary Jane Jan 20 1856 Oct 3 1929 "Weep not, she is at rest" (TIA Arthur G) ADAMS, Mattie J Jan 8 1887 Aug 6 1903 "Dau of A G & M J Adams" "Beautiful, lovely, she was but given a fair bud to earth to blossom in heaven" ADAMS, Sarah Elizabeth Oct 24 1859 Nov 9 1938 "Mother" (TIA James M) BARBER, Bama Aug 23 1879 May 1955 BELL, Callie Lee Jan 22 1905 Jan 13 1966 BENTON, Felton E Dec 1 1921 Oct 21 1961 BENTON, Felton E Dec 1 1921 Oct 21 1961 "Alabama TEC5 514 Ord HV Maint Co WWII" BENTON, Howard Cuthbert May 8 1887 Aug 4 1957 "Children of Howard & Maybelle: Talmage, Rachel, Ivie, Robin, Howard, Mellanie, Eugene, Perry, Virginia & Merriam" (STW Maybelle Carroll) BENTON, Maybelle Carroll May 16 1891 Dec 17 1949 "Children of Howard & Maybelle: Talmage, Rachel, Ivie, Robin, Howard, Mellanie, Eugene, Perry, Virginia & Merriam" (STW Howard Cuthbert) BENTON, Mellanie Carroll, MD Feb 24 1920 Sep 4 1997 "Physicain & Surgeon Graduated the Johns Hopkins Medical School" "An eternal intellect steppin into eternal progression" "WWII Pioneered with Women's Army in ETO - 3 battle stars, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes" (TIA Howard Cuthbert & Maybelle Carroll) BROOKS, Catherine H Jan 3 1933 Jan 8 2000 "A loving mother" BROWN, Elizabeth Dec 12 1883 Dec 28 1959 "GBNF" BROWN, J. W Oct 2 1881 Jul 31 1929 "A friend to his country, a believer in Christ" BROWN, Joseph H Apr 21 1886 Aug 27 1962 "A loved one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled." (STW Mattie B) BROWN, Joseph M Dec 1 1917 Aug 24 1920 "Son of J H & Mattie Brown" "A loved one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is...(balance illegible)" BROWN, Mary C Sep 15 1844 Oct 4 1920 "Wife of W T Brown" (Other Inscribed text illegible) BROWN, Mattie Jun 8 1898 Dec 9 1935 "A loved one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled, A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled." (STW Joseph H) BROWN, W T Mar 9 1851 Jul 19 1924 BUSH, Ada Lee Jul 28 1888 Jul 3 1956 (TIA Walter A) BUSH, Bertha S May 29 1924 Feb 7 1999 (STW Loren E) BUSH, Charles Edward Sep 29 1931 Nov 8 1973 (STW Jo Ann M) BUSH, Helen Apr 22 1919 Apr 7 1934 BUSH, Infant Feb 10 1930 "Son of G W & Mavia Bush" (Old concrete flat tomb cover is hard to read, but "Mavia" is not "Maria") (Only one date on concrete slab covering the grave) BUSH, J M 1857 1929 (TIA Margaret C) BUSH, James B Aug 18 1936 May 13 1966 "Alseep in Jesus" BUSH, Jo Ann M Apr 2 1941 (no death date) (STW Charles Edward) BUSH, Loren E Feb 13 1922 Aug 21 1986 (STW Bertha S) BUSH, Margaret C 1867 1939 (TIA J M) BUSH, Ronald Edward Sep 26 1960 Oct 1 1960 (This child's grave in same plot and adjacent to graves of Charles Edward Bush & Jo Ann M Bush) BUSH, Shirley Ann Mar 30 1962 (only one date on tombstone) "Daughter of James & Hazel Bush" BUSH, Walter A Sep 6 1886 May 10 1965 (TIA Ada Lee) BYNUM, Bessie Lee Mar 31 1906 Nov 17 1974 (STW Malcom Curtis) BYNUM, Frances Jane Lonia Carroll Feb 8 1869 Jun 1 1928 (TIA George Wesley) BYNUM, George Wesley May 19 1866 Sep 11 1935 (TIA Frances Jane Lonia Carroll) BYNUM, Malcom Curtis Oct 25 1898 Feb 14 1967 (STW Bessie Lee) CARLILE, Nora Brown Jul 19 1874 Oct 27 1969 CARMONA, Ivie M Dec 1963 "Asleep in Jesus" (This is a child's tombstone and there is only Dec 1963 on it) CARROLL, Adolphus Apr 3 1895 Oct 16 1959 "Not my will but Thine be done" "Father" (STW Lillie Bynum) CARROLL, Annie Adams Oct 16 1882 Jun 4 1972 "Wife of W M Carroll" (TIA W M) CARROLL, Arrie Banion Jun 4 1895 Mar 4 1974 CARROLL, Durwood Oct 30 1929 Feb 18 1981 CARROLL, Eddie R Nov 19 1905 Apr 1 1993 (STW Katie P) CARROLL, Eliza Corbett 1857 1916 (TIA Robin) CARROLL, Elizabeth Catherine Jun 2 1846 May 17 1912 "Wife of Stephen Carroll" "Heaven now retains our treasure, Earth the lonely casket keeps, And the sunbeams(?) long to linger Where our sainted mother sleeps." CARROLL, Enos Matthew Jan 26 1911 Mar 26 2002 CARROLL, Exie G Aug 24 1918 Jan 2 1920 "She's safe at home" CARROLL, Hubert Grady Jun 27 1920 Jun 22 1973 "The spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Eccl 12:7" (STW Jaunita) CARROLL, J S B Sep 7 1889 Mar 14 1956 CARROLL, James Robert Nov 24 1921 Dec 15 1973 "Many are called but few are chosen" (STW Jocie Tew) CARROLL, James Sanford Oct 25 1915 May 15 1977 "PVT US Army WWII" CARROLL, James Sanford Oct 25 1915 May 15 1977 "Son of JSB & Ollie Carroll" CARROLL, Jeannie Porterfield Aug 10 1935 Mar 7 1970 "Wife of William S Carroll" "Tho' lost to sight to memory dear" (TIA William Stephen) CARROLL, Jesse Jun 26 1870 Jul 6 1952 (TIA Nancy) CARROLL, Jim Apr 7 1871 Oct 31 1949 CARROLL, Jocie Tew Dec 18 1929 (no death date) (STW James Robert) CARROLL, John C "Eufaula Ala Lt Arty CSA" CARROLL, Juanita Jun 27 1923 (no death date) "The spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Eccl 12:7" (STW Hubert Grady) CARROLL, Katie P Apr 4 1911 Feb 3 2002 (STW Eddie R) CARROLL, Lee Feb 14 1875 Aug 11 1932 CARROLL, Lillie Bynum Sep 9 1902 Mar 18 1962 "Not my will but Thine be done" "Mother" (STW Adolphus) CARROLL, Lonnie C June 2 1912 (no death date) (STW Mary J) CARROLL, Mary E Jan 23 1919 May 31 2000 "LT US Army Air Forces WWII Korea" (TIA Sadie F) CARROLL, Mary J Dec 26 1924 Jul 24 1996 (STW Lonnie C) CARROLL, Mittie Apr 8 1872 Dec 11 1917 CARROLL, Nancy Aug 17 1882 Jan 24 1944 (TIA Jesse) CARROLL, Ollie Irene Nov 17 1882 Sep 17 1917 "Wife of J S B Carroll" (Inscription illegible) CARROLL, Oscar O'Neal Sep 11 1883 Sep 17 1961 CARROLL, Robin 1853 1921 (TIA Eliza Corbett) CARROLL, Sadie F Jun 28 1916 Jan 4 1998 "US Army, Maj US Air Force WWII Korea" (TIA Mary E) CARROLL, Stephen Feb 7 1846 Jul 7 1920 (Inscription illegible) CARROLL, Thresia Owen Apr 20 1932 (no death date) "Together Forever" (STW Wade Hilson)(First name spelled as shown) CARROLL W M Feb 24 1870 Jul 15 1942 "Father" (TIA Annie Adams) CARROLL, Wade Hilson Sep 29 1929 (no death date) "Together Forever" (STW Thresia Owen Carroll) CARROLL, William Edward Oct 7 1874 Mar 17 1952 CARROLL, William Stephen Apr 16 1922 Jan 31 1983 (TIA Jeannie Porterfield) CARROLL, William Stephen Apr 15 1922 Jan 31 1983 P SGT US Army WWII Purple Heart" CHAMPION, Henry C Sep 25 1904 Jan 10 1968 (STW Pearla C Threatt) CHAMPION, H C Sep 25 1904 Jan 10 1968 (Small stone at foot of grave) CHAMPION, Pearla C Threatt Apr 24 1913 Feb 1 1989 (STW Henry C) CORDEL, Elizabeth Dec 6 1843 Mar 12 1917 "Wife of John Cordel" (Inscription illegible) CORDEL, John Jun 6 1849 Mar 14 1919 (Inscription illegible) CORDELL, Alto W Oct 28 1877 Jan 7 1965 (STW Linnie) CORDELL, Archie Oct 7 1919 Jun 10 1999 (STW Myrtle) CORDELL, Archie Woodrow Oct 7 1919 Jun 10 1999 "US Army WWII" CORDELL, Elizabeth (See Elizabeth CORDEL) CORDELL, Gayle Jun 15 1945 Dec 22 2000 (STW Woodrow) CORDELL, J C OCt 17 1932 Dec 18 1990 "Wed Aug 6 1955" (STW Willie Nell) CORDELL, J C Oct 17 1932 Dec 18 1990 "US Army Korea" CORDELL, James Tony Aug 25 1964 Sep 26 1973 "Sleep on sweet love, we'll meet you in heaven" CORDELL, John (see John CORDEL) CORDELL, Linnie May 5 1889 Nov 17 1972 (STW Alto W) CORDELL, Myrtle Jan 6 1920 Mar 30 1981 (STW Archie) CORDELL, Nannie Seay Jun 2 1922 (no death date) "Married Aug 11 1940" (STW Noah Lee) CORDELL, Noah Lee Dec 14 1913 May 13 2001 "Married Aug 11 1940" (STW Nannie Seay) CORDELL, Pearlie Lee Jun 17 1908 Aug 13 1989 (STW Shelby) CORDELL, R K Oct 15 1915 Aug 1 1972 "GBNF" (TIA James Tony) CORDELL, Ruben Lee Feb 5 1939 Jul 27 1980 (in same plot as Gayle and Woodrow) CORDELL, Rutha Sep 1 1907 Sep 5 1907 "Son of Alto & Linnie Cordel" "At rest" CORDELL, Shelby Feb 29 1912 Jan 11 1974 (STW Pearlie Lee) CORDELL, Willie Nell Aug 7 1940 (no death date) "Wed Aug 6 1955" (STW J C) CORDELL, Woodrow Sep 2 1943 (no death date) (STW Gayle) CREEL, Amanda Green Aug 30 1865 Feb 15 1906 "Wife of D W Creel" "Faithful to her trust even unto death" CREEL, Cody Melvin Jul 25 1922 Jun 27 1989 "PFC US Army WWII" CREEL, Cora Lee Dec 9 1895 Dec 1898 "Dau of D W & M G Creel" "Sleep on sweet Cora and take thy rest. God called thee home, he thought it best" (No death day of the month on tombstone) CREEL, Henry Edward Nov 2 1881 Dec 6 1881 "Son of D W & M G Creel" "From Mother's arms to the arms of Jesus" (This tombstone in different part of cemetery than other children of D W & M G Creel) CREEL, Infant 1905 1905 "Infant of D W & M G Creel" "Christ loved him and took him home" (There are two identical - except one has broken base - tombstones with identical inscription, indicating twins) CREEL, Infant 1905 1905 "Infant of D W & M G Creel" "Christ loved him and took him home" (There are two identical - except one has broken base - tombstones with identical inscription, indicating twins) CREEL, Levi Aug 18 1844 May 3 1875 "May we meet in Heaven" CREEL, William G 1885 1952 CULLIFER, Jesse C Aug 15 1904 Jul 13 1984 "Married Mar 7 1946" "RIP" (STW Ruby Lee) CULLIFER, Ruby Lee May 9 1928 (no death date) "Married Mar 7 1946" "RIP" (STW Jesse C) DANSBY, Jessie V Jan 9 1911 Feb 14 1991 (TIA Virginia) DANSBY, Mollie Apr 19 1883 Nov 26 1961 (STW Noan) DANSBY, Noah Apr 24 1875 May 21 1958 (STW Mollie) DANSBY, Virginia May 24 1933 Jan 24 1998 (TIA Jessie V) DAVIS (MONK), Gertha Mae Jun 12 1930 Sep 13 1981 "All Who Knew Her Loved Her" FAIRCLOTH, Billy D Oct 13 1938 (no death date) (TIA Virginia G) FAIRCLOTH, Virginia G Aug 15 1944 Jan 8 2003 (TIA Billy D) GILBERT, Cullie I Oct 22 1891 Apr 4 1974 (STW Willie A) GILBERT, Willie A Jan 2 1887 Mar 21 1967 (STW Cullie I) GLATTENBERG, Adell Grantham May 30 1918 Nov 7 1971 "Beloved wife of Joe" GOINS, Robert E Mar 1 1966 Jun 24 2002 GRANTHAM, Comer Sep 29 1924 Oct 30 1989 "PVT US Army WWII" GRANTHAM, Daniel Sep 12 1873 Jan 1 1944 "GBNF" "Initial Memorial 1944 Renewed Memorial 1999" (STW Ioma Applin) GRANTHAM, David T Feb 27 1910 Sep 18 1986 GRANTHAM, Ioma Applin Jul 25 1886 Jul 12 1957 "GBNF" "Initial Memorial 1944 Renewed Memorial 1999" (STW Daniel) GRANTHAM, Julia Mae Mills Sep 28 1928 Mar 2 1945 GRANTHAM, M Buddy Apr 9 1908 Mar 24 1977 "GBNF" (STW Mary D) GRANTHAM, Mancie Oct 8 1912 Jul 18 1981 "SGT US Army WWII" GRANTHAM, Martha C Apr 27 1882 Dec 22 1963 "Queen" GRANTHAM, Mary D Jun 9 1904 Nov 22 2000 "GBNF" (STW M Buddy) GRANTHAM, Ned M Aug 25 1916 Jan 17 1964 "Alabama PFC US Army WWII" GRANTHAM, Tencie Nov 1922 Nov 1922 "Son of W M & Martha Born & Died Nov 1922" GRANTHAM, William J Nov 22 1879 Jun 5 1952 GRANTHAM, William Louis Apr 28 1920 Mar 6 1991 GRICE, Ellis B Oct 4 1905 Oct 18 1989 "Married Sep 9 1928" "Holy Matrimony is Eternal" (STW Rachel B) GRICE, Rachel B May 1 1911 Feb 3 1994 "Married Sep 9 1928" "Holy Matrimony is Eternal" (STW Ellis B) GRIFFIN, Florence Virginia Jul 13 1877 Nov 15 1931 GRIFFIN, Siller Arthur May 21 1894 Mar 7 1918 "Wife of O G Griiffin" "She was too good, too gentle and fair to dwell in this cold world" (Siller is correct given name) HANCOCK, Byrdie Mae Nov 7 1922 (no death date) (STW Clyde Russell) HANCOCK, Clyde R SR Dec 10 1919 Dec 10 1971 "Alabama PFC Co A 113 Med Bn WWII" HANCOCK, Clyde Russell Dec 10 1919 Dec 10 1971 (STW Byrdie Mae) HARDY, Edna Ruth Carroll Oct 2 1923 Apr 1 2003 (TIA Lawrence Woodrow) HARDY, Lawrence Woodrow Jan 15 1919 Sep 27 2001 (TIA Edna Ruth Carroll) HARDY, Woodrow Denton, JR Apr 23 1968 (Only one date on the tombstone) HARTZOG, Callie C Mar 28 1916 Nov 1 1985 "GBNF" "Mother" "Children of J & C Hartzog: James H, Catherine, Donald, Kency, Richard, Imogene, Lenora, Larry " (STW James Huey) HARTZOG, Cathern Nov 28 1849 Apr 20 1918 (This grave in same plot with W) "She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother and a friend to all" HARTZOG, James Huey Sep 6 1910 Jul 23 1982 "GBNF" "Father" "Children of J & C Hartzog: James H, Catherine, Donald, Kency, Richard, Imogene, Lenora, Larry " (STW Callie C) HARTZOG, W Aug 16 1848 Oct 31 1898 (Inscription illegible) (This grave in same plot with Cathern) HELMS, David B SR Aug 10 1923 (No death date) "God be with you - till we meet again" "Married Aug 29 1942" "Father" (STW Virginia Benton) HELMS, Virginia Benton Jul 31 1926 (No death date) "God be with you - till we meet again" "Married Aug 29 1942" "Mother" (STW David B SR) HOUSTON, Hattie Jane May 27 1908 Oct 19 1999 "In loving memory" (TIA W H) HOUSTON, W H Oct 30 1901 Dec 12 1986 (TIA Hattie Jane) HUTTO, Mary A Sep 9 1849 Mar 5 1890 "Wife of A J Hutto" KELLY, Allie Bynum Jan 16 1908 Jul 18 1994 (TIA Martha A) KELLY, L B Mar 10 1938 Jun 4 1968 "Alabama PFC US Marine Corps" KELLY, Martha A Mar 16 1936 Dec 10 1993 (TIA Allie Bynum) LEE, Clide Jul 12 1916 Dec 15 1918 (Spelling is "Clide") LEE, Dewey Aug 27 1927 Aug 22 2002 "1st LT US Air Force WWII Korea" LEE, Dora B Jun 9 1891 Jan 21 1981 (STW Jesse Early) LEE, Jesse Early Nov 4 1887 Jul 21 1960 (STW Dora B) LEE, Robert Jun 6 1912 Apr 19 1913 LEROY, Bessie Grantham Apr 22 1911 Dec 2 1969 LEROY, Elizabeth Dec 25 1909 May 14 1997 "Our Father which art in Heaven" (STW L Dewey) LEROY, L Dewey May 25 1905 Aug 19 1997 "Our Father which art in Heaven" (STW Elizabeth) LEROY, Leslie D Apr 27 1935 (no death date) "Married July 5 1984" (STW Peggy C) LEROY, Peggy C Mar 31 1949 (no death date) "Married July 5 1984" (STW Leslie D) LITTLEFIELD, Merriam L Sep 10 1929 Jan 23 1982 LIVINGSTON, Ivie Benton Feb 25 1913 Nov 2 1988 (STW Thomas J) LIVINGSTON, Thomas J Dec 6 1903 Dec 16 1990 (STW Ivie Benton) LOVE, Bart 1867 1925 (This is a flat concrete grave cover with data scratched in it with a stick...very hard to read..last name definitely ends in "E", but may not be Love) McGILVARY, Sarah J 1838 1935 "Wife of James McGilvary" SCHEFFER, Helen B Jun 20 1923 Nov 4 1987 (In same plot as Malcom Curtis & Bessie Lee Bynum) SCROGGINS, Clara Sue Dec 1 1918 (only one date on tombstone) "Daughter of Charlie & Nina Scroggins" STRICKLAND, Ann Bush Jun 15 1944 Aug 17 2002 (STW Chester L) STRICKLAND, Chester L Apr 4 1942 (no death date) (STW Ann) TEAL, Albert Clarence Nov 17 1913 Oct 23 1987 (STW Ethel Florence Carroll) TEAL, Ethel Florence Carroll Oct 30 1908 Feb 16 1988 (STW Albert Clarence) TEW, Judith Ann Burton Jun 14 1952 (no death date) "Married July 25 1970" (STW Mtchell Allen) TEW, Kristy Diane April 7 1980 Oct 25 2003 "Your love will light my way, your memory will ever be with me." TEW, Mitchell Allen Jan 5 1949 Jul 30 2001 "Married July 25 1970" (STW Judith Ann Burton) THREATT, Buford Woodrow Apr 2 1922 May 1 1986 (STW Ida Wallace Lee) THREATT, Hubert Jan 1 1924 Nov 1 1998 "PFC US Army WWII" (This military tombstone has a bronze US Merchant Marine medallion affixed) THREATT, Ida Wallace Lee Feb 3 1921 (no death date) (STW Buford Woodrow) THREATT, James Alford Nov 21 1932 Nov 27 1932 (This is a child's grave in plot with Junie L & Naoma Threatt) THREATT, Junie Nov 20 1890 Jun 6 1940 "Alabama Pvt Co K 323 Infantry WWI" THREATT, Junie L Nov 20 1890 Jun 6 1940 "At rest" (STW Naoma) THREATT, Mittie Naoma Carroll Jan 13 1903 Nov 22 1976 (This is inscribed on flat granite slab in front of tombstone) THREATT, Naoma Jan 13 1903 Nov 22 1976 "At rest" (STW Junie L) THREATT, Raybon Mar 29 1930 Mar 7 1989 "United States Merchant Marine 1951 1989" TURNER, Michael Owen Aug 13 1957 Oct 1 1977 "Big O" WALTMAN, Nina Adams S Jun 14 1898 May 8 2002 (The Letter "S" appears in her name as a separate letter) =============================================================== ________, J W Jul ?? ?? Sep 10 ???? Regarding the entry above, here is what I and several others have decrypted as our best guess as to the text on this tombstone: "In Memory of J W Son J A M E Tramel Born July 8 Died Sept 10 1880"