Abanda Cemetery, Chambers, Alabama ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William Fischer, Jr. October 2002 ABANDA CEMETERY Township xxxxx, Range xxxxx, Section 2 (330536N 0853116W) Along east side of State Route 77, south of Abanda (about three miles SE of Wadley, Randolph Co., AL). Surveyed July 2002 by William Fischer, Jr. (parenthetical information is seen at gravesite) [bracketed information is provided by surveyor] WOW - Woodmen of the World PX - Photograph Name Birth Death Other info Turnham plot [individual markers are all footstones] Turnham, J. H. Mar 16, 1891 Apr 15, 1983 (Father) Turnham, Fannie Mae Sep 15, 1889 Jun 28, 1953 (Mother) Turnham, James D. Nov 2, 1914 Jul 24, 1974 CPL, U.S. Army Turnham, Bill Nov 12, 1927 Dec 1, 1999 PFC, U.S. Army Korea Two empty gravesites Sessions plot Sessions, Ella Sep 18, 1883 Sep 13, 1979 Sessions, Cora Lee Oct 25, 1893 Jan 29, 1979 Sessions, Lemerle Nov 13, 1899 Aug 26, 1986 Sessions, James D. Jan 26, 1852 Sep 14, 1929 (Father) (Masonic Symbol) Sessions, Sara E. Sep 14, 1858 Feb 3, 1930 (Mother) (Eastern Star) Sessions, Tom 1897 1948 (Mason) Sessions, Mollie L. Sep 5, 1891 Jun 16, 1968 Phillips plot Phillips, John Henry Nov 5, 1877 Jan 18, 1950 (WOW) Footstone “JHP” (Mason) Phillips, Bulah Sessions Nov 28, 1881 Aug 22, 1972 Footstone “BSP” LaGrone, Rosie Mae 1920 1955 (Mother) raised concrete cover Unmarked raised concrete covered grave Lia____sey[?], Rosie Died Dec 19, 1932[?] [weathered, difficult to read] Flournoy plot F___nory, James F. Born Jan [?] Died Jan [?] “At Rest” [weathered concrete covered grave is difficult to read] Flournoy, Issac Tillman Jun 24, 1886 Jul 30, 1935 Flournoy, May Amerson Nov 15, 1891 Jun 10, 1916 Flournoy, Frank[?] Born Jul 8, 1899[?] Died Mar 29, 1957[?] “At Rest” [weathered concrete covered grave is difficult to read] Flournoy, May Caleway Nov 28, 1929 Apr 10, 1931 Infant Dau. of W. H. & C. L. Pinckard Born & Died Nov 14, 1918 Unmarked concrete covered grave Bowling plot Bowling, Henry E. Apr 18, 1889 Oct 16, 1960 Bowling, Lula L. Mar 10, 1892 Aug 29, 1951 Bowling, William J. May 6, 1891 Apr 15, 1961 Bowling, Bernice S. Oct 21, 1895 Aug 4, 1989 Bowling, Nora E. Aug 8, 1915 Sep 28, 1916 (Lamb) (Dau. of H. E. & Lula Bowling) Bowling, Albert W. Apr 10, 1861 Aug 7, 1934 Bowling, Mattie A. Sep 15, 1860 Nov 11, 1918 Bowling, John Tom Mar 29, 1925 Jan 18, 1948 (PX) Bowling, J. T. May 7, 1894 Jul 1, 1922 (WOW Tree) “Papa I am oblige to die, My time has come I have got to go, I hope the Lord will be with me, Bury me at my mother’s feet.” [He buried at foot of Mattie A. Bowling] Bowling, H. Douglas Aug 12, 1944 Jun 8, 1963 Bowling, James Albert “Coochee” May 22, 1904 Aug 5, 1977 Bowling, Beulah B. Moncus Jun 19, 1915 Jan 11, 1985 [one large stone says “Bowling” for the three above graves, with three individual stones listing given names] Unmarked new grave at foot of John Tom Bowling