Cherokee County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Arrington Chapel Cemetery ************************************************ 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: Ross Glover < RossGlover@msn.com > May 2001 Arrington Chapel Cemetery Cherokee County, AL Arrington Chapel Cemetery is located in the southeastern corner of Cherokee County just inside the Alabama state line on U.S. Hwy. 278. It is approximately fourteen miles west of Cedartown, Georgia. You may turn off Hwy. 278 on a well-marked paved road, travel approximately one-half mile and take the first left. The Chapel is at the end of this road. David Jones became the first person buried in the Arrington Cemetery in 1869. James Arrington donated the land for Arrington Chapel and Cemetery in 1879. The little church is Congregational Methodist. There were a number of unmarked graves, and some headstones give on the year of birth and death. Survey completed on April 10, 2001 by Ross Glover Edward L. Elders May 2, 1889 Jan. 9, 1966 Leila B. Elders Mar. 13, 1899 Mar. 5, 1936 Martha Ann Chandler Aug. 30, 1865 Jan. 30, 1946 Oliver R. Chandler Aug. 22, 1857 Mar. 23, 1936 Amos Vines Nov. 29, 1909 Nov. 16, 1956 Georgia, PFC Co.I , 333th Inf., 84th Inf. Div. WWII BSM. Lizzie G. Vines Aug. 17, 1919 Sept. 8, 1984 Rex T. Erwin 1936 1962 Joe Arp 1830 1920 Grandfather of Lonnie A. McCurdy Joe M. Collins May 12, 1885 Feb. 1, 1941 Herman Collins Apr. 29, 1915 May 6, 1967 Fannie R. Klein 1884 1962 William F. Klein 1884 1961 George W. Taylor July 28, 1872 Jan. 2, 1948 David Vernon Taylor June 4, 1899 Oct. 3, 1946 Georgia, PVT. Med. Dept. WWII Bobby Lee Goswick July 16, 1937 Feb. 5, 1994 J. H. Goswick 1897 1949 Elizabeth Ann Mullinax 1929 1987 Lewis T. Price Oct. 11, 1881 May 28, 1966 Lizzie R. Price July 13, 1891 Aug. 2, 1977 Charles Noble Jones June 6, 1915 Sept. 29, 1999 PFC US Army WWII John Henry Price, Sr. Oct. 3, 1894 Sept. 27, 1988 US Army WWI James P. Smyly June 12, 1906 Nov. 3, 1907 Infant son of S.R and Mattie Smyly Nov. 5, 1896 Nov. 9, 1896 Rosa B. Z. Womack April 18, 1903 Oct. 3, 1903 Bernard Malcolm Mitchell Aug. 10, 1925 Apr. 17, 1973 Andrew J. Malcom July 17, 1912 Dec. 24, 1979 Kathleen A. Malcom Oct. 5, 1916 Dec. 12, 1996 Edward L. Arrington Oct. 10, 1936 Dec. 21, 1984 Chester B. Arrington July 12, 1908 July 22, 1975 Mason Lassie Johnson Arrington Feb. 8, 1920 July 22, 1986 Wallace Brown Oct. 2, 1928 Nov. 28, 1997 Married 50 years Maxine Brown July 16, 1928 July 23, 1997 Clay O. Steele Dec. 19, 1928 Mar. 17, 1986 Margaret P. Steele Aug. 2, 1`922 June 3, 1994 James W. Arrington Jan. 17, 1921 Dec. 10, 1998 Katherine Arrington Apr. 5, 1925 Dec. 8, 1993 Jim H. Bice 1881 1942 Ida A. Bice 1879 1954 Wilburn W. Bice Mar. 10, 1900 Sept. 20, 1984 Alden Bice 1903 1936 Bessie C. Bice Mar. 5, 1907 Oct. 4, 1990 James O. Bice July 18, 1931 Sept. 23, 1986 Infant of O.R. and M.A. Chandler Dec. 23, 1901 Oliver J. Chandler May 3, 1890 Feb. 3, 1914 Vessie Chandler 1892 1976 John Thomas Chandler 1892 1945 Malissa C. Chandler Aug. 22, 1827 June 13, 1916 Pvt. Wyatt J. Chandler Feb. 9, 1829 May 16, 1863 Co. H, 56th Georgia Inf., CSA Bessie M. Roberts Sept. 5, 1919 Jan. 24, 1980 Earnest E. Erwin July 27, 1907 Sept. 26, 1956 Daisy J. Erwin May 3, 1909 Feb. 9, 1986 Samuel E. Belvill Nov. 17, 1902 July 16, 1952 Bessie Ray June 1, 1906 June 6, 1906 Etta Smith 1877 1930 Tom Smith 1840 1915 Gertie Powell Oct. 31, 1879 Oct. 1, 1923 Tomas A. Wheeler Feb. 21, 1880 No date of death Della Daisy Wheeler May 7, 1880 Dec. 27, 1932 Tom Wheeler No birth date Died June 22, 1923 Alabama, Pvt. Inf. (Had to be WWI) Cora Hester Wheeler Sept. 5, 1911 Mar. 19, 1937 James E. Pittman July 2, 1919 Aug. 9, 1944 Georgia, Pfc., 36th Armored Div., WWII Albert Pittman June 21, 1887 Sept. 25, 1959 Teely D. Pittman Nov. 11, 1897 Mar. 23, 1988 Anita Lee Pittman May 16, 1958 Aug. 29, 1959 Melvin Virge Young Apr. 2, 1887 Nov. 17, 1918 Woodman of the World Elijah Washington Ragsdale June, 1850 No date of death Louvenia "Vinnie" Ragsdale October, 1862 No date of death J. T. Powell Dec. 23, 1906 No date of death Inscription "55 years old" Frances Louise Hill Feb. 25, 1932 July 5, 1983 George (Ross) Glover 1852 1922 Lou Sloman July 15, 1881 Dec. 16, 1959 L. B. Gowens Mar. 17, 1861 Apr. 12, 1917 J.O. Sloman Jan. 5, 1858 Jan. 5, 1924 Martha Sloman Sept. 16, 1854 Sept. 14, 1919 Annie Bell Sloman (Aunt Ann) Jan. 2, 1890 Nov. 19, 1984 Sarah Jane Nelson July 20, 1839 Mar. 13, 1916 James C. Nelson Dec. 23, 1869 No date of death B.J. Roberts Feb. 14, 1840 Apr. 21, 1920 Nellie Mae Chandler 1905 1941 Bonnie Lue Wheeler Feb. 13, 1957 Feb. 13, 1957 Nellie Mae Chandler Dec. 22, 1962 Dec. 22, 1962 James L. Price 1880 1960 Robert Davis Aug. 3, 1930 Sept. 26, 1934 Bessie Mae Davis Aug. 3, 1932 June 14, 1934 Edna Davis Aug. 17, 1929 June 20, 1930 Robert Paul Davis Feb. 17, 1903 Jan 1, 1985 Mattie Lumsden Dec. 28, 1874 Apr. 6, 1910 Carl Lumsden Sept. 21, 1896 No date of death Alma Lumsden Nov. 20, 1902 No date of death John Kirk Apr. 3, 1850 Apr. 5, 1926 Monta Kirk Feb. 22, 1861 Oct. 15, 1915 Infant of J.J. and M.A. Kirk...Age, 1 day Bert V. Johnson Aug.23, 1913 May 25, 1991 William L. Johnson May 30, 1951 June 5, 1951 Infant son of B.D. Johnson, Nov. 14, 1955 William L. Johnson Jan. 16, 1876 May 20, 1962 Mae Bell Johnson Aug. 30, 1884 Dec. 29, 1922 Emma Johnson Dec. 25, 1881 Dec. 14, 1956 D. W. Arnold Mar. 4, 1848 May 16, 1920 Mollie E. Arnold June 29, 1840 May 25, 1912 Hulda Prince 1875 1938 G. H. Prince Jan.3, 1871 Aug. 16, 1968 Addie Prince Nov. 25, 1871 Dec. 20, 1944 E. J. Brown, Jjr. Sept. 17, 1911 Aug. 7, 1984 Mary Lou Brown Sept. 4, 1917 Mar. 2, 1991 2 infant sons of the Browns, 1939 & 1940 Jesse D. Jones Jan. 30, 1889 Oct. 10, 1958 Georgia, Sgt., CMP, WWI and WWII Senia P. Jones Apr. 11, 1889 June 27, 1957 Charles E. Price Nov. 10, 1891 Sept. 10, 1956 Clarence J. Burgess Nov. 5, 1921 Aug. 21, 2000 Leona M. Hill Apr. 18, 1930 Mar. 3, 1998 Victor David LePortier, Jr. Mar. 28, 1924 Mar. 13, 1983 Victor David LePortier Nov. 8, 1871 Fe b. 20, 1940 Anne McCord LePortier Dec. 23, 1901 Sept. 13, 1982 John B. Morrison Feb. 2, 1925 Aug. 8, 1989 US Army WWII Rosie E. Morrison July 29, 1896 Aug. 3, 1946 William E. Roberts Dec. 24, 1916 July 25, 1985 David Jones 1869 First person buried in Arrington Cemetery Evelyn Holbrook Mar. 28, 1927 Apr. 6, 1985 Otis P. Sloman 1892 1962 Robert E. Sloan (Squire) Jun. 7, 1833 Apr. 29, 1900 M.A. Sloan May 7, 1836 Jan. 3, 1923 Wife of R.E. Sloan Beulah Sloan Feb. 4, 1877 Dec. 18, 1949 Infant son of G.W. Williams, Oct. 21, 1910 Augustus Williams Aug. 12, 1874 Feb. 3, 1968 Clara S. Williams Feb.4, 1877 Feb.12, 1955 Clarence J. Roberts Feb. 24, 1895 Oct. 23, 1973 Alabama, Cpl., US Army, WWI Cora Arrington Roberts Dec. 14, 1892 Mar. 9, 1986 Mary June, infant, July 29, 1932 James A. Arrington Mar. 26, 1904 Feb. 12, 1986 Johnny Arrington Dec. 20, 1918 Oct. 7, 1997 William M. Dawson Dec. 26, 1882 Jun. 27, 1967 Lela Dawson Nov. 7, 1883 Dec. 5, 1963 Lee A. Allen Jun. 10, 1893 Jan. 13, 1951 Ruth Allen Jun. 10, 1908 Mar. 31, 1943 Rev. W. M. Ragsdale Jan. 10, 1912 Dec. 8, 1958 "Punkin" Wayne Ragsdale, Aug. 15, 1939 Clarence E. Patterson 1924 1951 "Buddy" J. D. Patterson Dec. 16, 1912 Aug. 20, 1989 A Kind and Gentle Man T. Micheal Patterson Jun. 10, 1947 Sept. 22, 1948 Van H. Patterson Feb. 28, 1945 Jan. 22, 1947 Henry A. McGee 1907 1972 Rachel A. McGee 1908 1960 Daisy O. McGee 1931 1933 John W. Atha Oct. 17, 1866 May 23, 1945 Martha Jan Atha Dec. 16, 1865 Sept. 10, 1935 James Barber July 16, 1882 Jan. 1, 1908 Martha Carter May 11, 1839 Jun. 15, 1907 Gordie Atha May 27, 1902 Mar. 18, 1903 Two Atha infants, 1900 and 1901 Charlie G. Atha June 20, 1908 Apr. 21, 1911 William J. Price Aug. 10, 1849 Oct. 28, 1929 Mary E. Price June 10, 1861 Aug. 12, 1939 Ella Vanzant Jan. 23, 1896 Sept. 4, 1958 J. R. Vanzant May 5, 1896 July 18, 1958 DeWitt C. Wynne Sept. 14, 1885 June 17, 1947 Alabama Waggoner, 106th Army Inf., 31st Div. WWI Peggy Hooks Apr. 22, 1933 Nov. 4, 1974 John Smith Burgess Feb. 14, 1888 Feb. 10, 1979 Bertha Kirk Burgess Aug. 8, 1894 Feb. 5, 1980 J.C. Burgess Apr. 16, 1923 Nov. 4, 1974 Jody Lee Rains Dec. 7, 1958 Aug. 27, 1959 Billie Goss Sept. 23, 1934 Aug. 13, 1935 C. Clyde Carr Mar. 30, 1907 June 12, 1965 Pfc. Co. D, 325th Medical Battalion, WWII Katie L. Carr 1910 1980 Charles P. Arrington Oct. 20, 1885 May 4, 1979 Rosie B. Arrington Sept. 7, 1894 Dec. 24, 1943 Tilitha E. Glover 1863 1917 Wife of George Ross Glover James Arrington 1838 1909 Co. G, 51st Alabama Inf., CSA Donated land for Arrington Chapel Sena Turner Arrington 1842 1912 Infant of Charles and Rose Arrington Cora G. McLeod July 21, 1900 Aug. 7, 1959 Grady McLeod Sept. 9, 1893 Mar. 11, 1946 Alabama, Cook, 106th Inf., WWI George M. McLeod Sept., 1947 Feb. 1948 Kathryn McLeod 1923 1956 Frank B. Mashburn Dec. 25, 1910 Aug. 7, 1944 Arron Christopher Thorne June 16, 1982 June 16, 1982 Samuel Lewis Mann May 18, 1949 May 18, 1949 Michael Timberyln Mann June 27, 1966 June 27, 1966 Fred Herbert Jones July 12, 1922 Oct. 9, 1992 Charles W. Jones Oct. 2, 1887 Dec 5, 1961 Anna P. Jones Apr. 20, 1885 May 23, 1962 Louie Ralph Brown June 1, 1930 Dec. 13, 1983 Dessie E. Brown Oct. 26, 1916 May 30, 1949 Willard W. Arrington Feb. 1, 1875 Aug. 31, 1961 Lou Ida Arrington July 30, 1883 Aug. 10, 1938 Mary B. Tucker Jan. 17, 1917 July 4, 1979 Elbert Guy Tucker Aug. 23, 1914 July 16, 1990 Hazel Ragsdale Tucker Nov. 17, 1917 Dec. 27, 1946 Janice Yvonne Tucker Feb. 21, 1944 Dec. 28, 1946 Infant Mary Tucker, Nov. 26, 1954 Rosalyn Lanell Tucker July 19, 1940 Sept. 28, 1997 Jane Patterson 1920 1980 Howard Patterson 1921 1976 Pvt. US Army, WWII Athena Arrington Nov. 30, 1933 Mar. 17, 1988 Larry Wood Jan.2, 1934 July 12, 1977 Patrica Arrington Nov. 10, 1918 Apr. 19, 1920 Loyd Arrington Dec. 11, 1888 Oct. 13, 1971 Callie C. Arrington Feb. 27, 1895 June 24, 1970 Maude Ragsdale 1890 1961 E.M. Ragsdale 1886 1968 Rosalain Louise Ragsdale 1914, 1915 Henry Newton Died Dec. 29, 1925 No birth date Anon Newton July 15, 1917 June 17, 1990 Marceny Newton July 27, 1879 Oct. 3, 1978 Robert Benard Johnson Apr. 16, 1911 Mar. 26, 1965 Sgt., 17th Bomber Squadron, AAF, WWII Luther L. Spoon 1905 1961 Ada J. Spoon 1907 1986 Evelyn 1935 1937 Robert Lee Graham 1884 1959 Stella Graham 1884 1954 Miss Willie Graham 1910 1970 Clifton E. Graham 1908 1971 B.G. Glover (George Ross "Bud" Glover) Oct. 10, 1888 Oct. 12, 1954 Omie Kirk Glover Apr. 15, 1892 June 26, 1983 James W. Chandler Nov. 22, 1886 Oct. 18, 1957 Mary E. Chandler Dec. 16, 1886 Dec. 24, 1944 Garvin E. Chandler July 2, 1914 Nov. 4, 1966 Alabama, Tech4, Battery A, 897th Field Artillery Battalion, WWII Edward W. Arrington Apr. 2, 1896 Jan. 7, 1978 Nobie M. Arrington Feb. 13, 1899 Aug. 22, 1984 John Thomas Arrington July 4, 1859 July 7, 1923 Mattie Nelson Arrington May 7, 1867 Feb. 8, 1946 Samuel P. Arrington July 9, 1899 Apr. 22, 1924 Robert Prince Dec. 30, 1901 Oct. 11, 1971 Lois A. Prince Dec. 19, 1901 Apr. 26, 1979 William Prince, infant, July 14, 1942 Martha G. Laney June 9, 1826 Sept. 10, 1898 Amanda A. (Sis) Laney 1848 1906 Wife of William Thomas Taylor William P. Arrington July 30, 1919 Apr. 18, 1992 ****************************************************************************************** From: Debbie Mobley [mailto:mobleydj@yahoo.com] Sent: 18 January 2011 18:34 To: poohbos@poohbos.com Subject: cherokee co. alabama cemetery transcripts Hi, I have knowledge that two tombstones in Arrington Chapel Cemetery with the initials J.S and E.S. belong to Jesse Smith born Jan 4, 1875 in Alabama and died in Borden Springs (Cleburne Co) on Dec 28 1939. He is the son of Tom Smith, also buried at Arrington's Chapel with his 2nd wife Etta Smith- Nelson. Etta's parents, Thomas Nelson and Sarah Jane Nelson are also buried at Arrington's Chapel. Emma Arrington- Smith, wife of Jesse Smith, born Jan 1874 died Dec 13, 1911. Emma was the daughter of James Arrington. I would love to see these two tombstones added to your transcripts. ******************************************************************************************