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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Linda S. Ayres ================================================================================ June 2002 Chulafinnee Methodist Cemetery Township 17, Range 9, Section 13 Cleburne County Alabama Couch, Lonie Jul 4, 1921 Nov 10, 1980 Lester, Roy Jun 3, 1900 Jul 19, 1961 Lester, Rural [Payne] Jun 13, 1913 Nov 16, 2001 Hollis, Pelham Oct 24, 1917 Aug 15, 1983 Hollis, Gerald C Apr 17, 1940 Jul 20, 1968 Campbell, Hugh Martin Sr. Sep 9, 1910 Oct 28, 1983 Striplin, Jack 1934-1972 Striplin, Helen 1932-OD Hauk, Patricia Ann Mar 11, 1949 Feb 3, 1967 McCormick, W. Taft Jun 23, 1909 Nov 2, 1991 McCormick, Winnie J Mar 17, 1910 Oct 5, 2001 Payne, Chesley Boyd Jun 19, 1915 Jul 31, 1993 Payne, Chesley Aug 16, 1868 May 6, 1938 [Son of William Payne and Margaret McClintock] Payne, Bertha [Peoples] May 6, 1875 Jul 9, 1942 [Daughter of Thomas Peoples and Millie Moore] Payne, Loy 1894-1976 Wright, H.N. [Henry Nolen] Oct 13, 1859 Aug 31, 1912 [Son of Asa Wright and Louisa Smith] Wright, M.L. [Mary Lou Farrowl] Jul 2, 1866 Dec 12, 1936 Johnson, Hoyt L 1873-1954 [Son of James H. Johnson and Jane Barfield] Johnson, Ethel P [Payne] 1881-1969 [Daughter of William Payne and Margaret McClintock] Morris, Marvin Dec 25, 1910 Nov 10, 1989 Morris, Maude [Striplin] Aug 30, 1903 May 26, 2001 Thrash, T.T. Aug 18, 1895 Jan 26, 1934 Fincher, Mary Sep 16, 1929 Dec 25, 1998 Young, Herman Jan 16, 1903 Sep 13, 1984 Young, Eva Apr 26, 1905 Nov 21, 1990 Causey, Mattie 1884-1954 [Daughter of John White and Mary Jackson] Stephens, Robert Feb 27, 1920 Jan 5, 1988 Stephens, Luna Apr 14, 1885 Jan 26, 1978 Stephens, Charles Walker Aug 12, 1880 Mar 23, 1962 [Son of John Stephens and Joyce Walker] Stephens, Charles W Aug 12, 1922 Sep 24, 1922 Young, Robison Jul 17, 1903 Aug 31, 1959 Robison, Mary L Mar 21, 1923 Jan 28, 2001 [Save form] Phillips, Gertrude [Banister] Nov 23, 1903 Sep 22, 1938 Phillips, Daniel Feb 16, 1901 Mar 19, 1977 Phillips, Infants of Daniel and Gertrude McElroy, Thomas J [CSA] [1835-1896] [Son of Needham McElroy and Sarah Herren] McElroy, Lucy Thompson 1840-1908 [Daughter of James Thompson and Susan Herren] Striplin, William G Dec 8, 1892 May 1, 1985 Striplin, Vecoy [Hollis] Mar 23, 1900 Aug 18, 1971 Striplin, W.M. 1865-1932 Striplin, Mamie D [Hicks] 1868-1943 Striplin, Sarah Infant B/d Aug 2, 1919 Striplin, W.M. Aug 7, 1924 May 19, 1925 Striplin, John B/d Sep 30, 1931 Striplin, Guida May 12, 1895 Mar 1, 1980 Striplin, Annie Mae [Turner] Oct 24, 1895 Sep 27, 1986 Johnson, James Norris b/d 1954 Johnson, Mary Helen [Pounds] Jul 27, 1924 Jun 5, 1993 Johnson, Norris Oct 31, 1923-OD Striplin, Samuel Sep 13, 1907 Jun 22, 1991 Striplin, Lillian P [Payne] Apr 1, 1911 Aug 24, 2004 Roberts, James M. [McKee] Jan 2, 1856 Sep 13, 1943 [Son of Fielding Roberts and Elizabeth Burdette] Roberts, Mary Jane [Maddox] Aug 16, 1879 Jan 15, 1951 [Daughter of Sarah Maddox] Buchanan, John Sep 11, 1917-OD Buchanan, Mildred Moore Feb 4, 1915 Mar 21, 2001 Sellers, Madeline Flegel Sep 19, 1954 Nov 28, 1981 Flegel, Marjorie E Moore Sep 11, 1926-OD Flegel, Moreland May 12, 1926 Jan 1, 2002 Moore, Jimmie W Mar 13, 1894 Feb 14, 1975 Moore, Samuel D May 8, 1891 Apr 30, 1974 Moore, Lucy 1918-1921 Higginbotham, H.M. Feb 11, 1904 May 1, 1933 Higginbotham, Hollis Dec 25, 1908 Dec 28, 1908 Thomason, Lizzie wife of R.P Oct 20, 1855 Sep 24, 1873 [Daughter of James Rusk and Sarah Phillips Clemons] [Cleburne County marriage record: R.P. Thomason married M.I.E. Rusk Mar 9, 1873] Cox, Thomas N May 14, 1831 May 1, 1859 (1st son of Oliver Cox and Hellen) [Harvey?] [Col. Oliver Wiley Cox later the state senator at Milledgeville, Georgia representing Henry County] Rusk, Sarah P [Phillips Clemons] Feb 18, 1836 Mar 12, 1871 Rusk, Elizabeth A [Garrett] Nov 16, 1844 Sep 27, 1893 [Cleburne County marriage record: James Rusk married Elizabeth Garrett Jan 21, 1873] Rusk, James T Oct 10, 1830 Jun 9, 1912 [James Thomas Rusk, son of John Rusk and Mary Rogers Johnston] Higginbotham, Burrell Jan 2, 1824 Aug 29, 1910 Higginbotham, Nelson Aug 16, 1799 Apr 1872 Higginbotham, Loucresa 1800-Nov-1868 Higginbotham, Araminta Oct 6, 1827 Nov 24(22?), 1890 Hughey, G.P. [Garry Pinkney] Apr 4, 1846 Jun 2, 1928 [Company H, 24th Mississippi Infantry CSA] Moore, F. Pinson Oct 16, 1870 Nov 9, 1950 Moore, Della [Higginbotham] Feb 16, 1874 Jun 13, 1910 Higginbotham, Bettie Watson Moore Aug 25, 1845 Nov 15, 1926 Ingram, Thomas Nov 16, 1892 Dec 20, 1983 Ingram, Lena [Moore] Jan 1, 1894 Jul 17, 1990 Moore, Ben L Sep 12, 1896 Sep 29, 1986 [Son of Franklin P. Moore and Della Higginbotham] Moore, Arlis P [Payne] Oct 25, 1896 Feb 14, 1995 [Daughter of Chesley Payne and Bertha Peoples] Young, Infant of Pat 1917-OD Young, George P Mar 24, 1892 Feb 2, 1919 Young, John T Apr 29, 1889 Feb 2, 1919 [Sons of William Young and Mollie Maddox] Young, Alberta [Roberts] Sep 3, 1904 Jul 14, 1975 [Daughter of James Roberts and Mary Jane Maddox] Young, Mark J Nov 5, 1896 Dec 17, 1960 [Son of William Young and Mollie Maddox] Deemer, James Jul 18, 1932 Sep 24, 2001 Deemer, Nettie Young Mar 21, 1923-OD Young, Frank Jun 17, 1939 Mar 13, 1990 Young, Winston Oct 1904-Oct 1923 Young, James William Apr 9, 1920 Nov 5, 1941 Young, Nealie Bell Nov 7, 1924 Apr 19, 1926 [Children of Mark Young and Alberta Roberts] Young, Mollie M [Maddox] [Dec] 1868 [Jan 29] 1919 [Daughter of Permelia Maddox] Young, William S [Jun 8] 1866 [Jan 28] 1919 [Son of Fletcher Young and Lettie Lindley] Young, McKinley Apr 9, 1920 Nov 14, 1941 Young, Lula Jul [4], 1894 Jan [26], 1919 Young, James Sherman Oct [18], 1899 Jan [22], 1919 [Children of William Young and Mollie Maddox] Dennis, Henry Oct 6,1881 Aug 30, 1947 Dennis, Carry E [Roberts] Mar 15, 1884 Feb 3, 1935 [Daughter of James Roberts and Mary Jane Maddox] Davis, Annie 1904-1988 Davis, Benjamin 1881-1961 Vaughn, Albert 1940-1941 Vaughn, Marvin 1934-1934 Vaughn, Monroe 1931-1934 Vaughn, Ruth [Shaw] 1905-1986 Vaughn, T.R. 1902-1954 Vaughn, Robert Apr 7, 1942 Jan 15, 1989 Vaughn, William Jul 14, 1948 Dec 5, 1997 Moncrief, Claude 1914-1967 Thrower, Tony L Apr 22, 1942 Apr 23, 1942 Thrower, Eva Lurline Grubbs 1903-1939 Harper, Frances Feb 5, 1915 Oct 24, 1919 Harper, Della [Sweatman] Jul 9, 1894 Dec 2, 1919 Harper, Sarah L Dec 24, 1868 Sep 10, 1903 Harper, Adair Oct 5, 1892 Oct 8, 1918 Taylor, Bobby Jan 27, 1931 Jun 28, 1933 Taylor, Ezell 1903-1934 Taylor, Palmer D Dec 7, 1892 Jun 15, 1956 Taylor, Keiffer [Thrower] Nov 27, 1909 Mar 25, 1997 Perryman, Billy Charles Dec 28, 1945 Sep 16, 1946 Crosson, Nona [Price] Dec 25, 1885 Jul 23, 1970 Crosson, J.W. [John Wilson] Jan 30, 1883 Feb 22, 1944 [Son of John Crosson and Sarah Strong] Crosson, Wallace R. Sr. Apr 4, 1920 Nov 26, 1963 Crosson, Herman R May 11, 1916 Apr 25, 1964 Thrower, Sarah Izora [Beason] 1875-1941 [Daughter of Clay Beason and Cordelia Williams] Thrower, George W 1872-1950 [Son of John Thrower and Cynthia Tennison] Wood, Pearson Died Jul 11, 1889 Padgett, Cleveland Sep 9, 1897 Jul 4, 1979 Padgett, Alma Mae [Haywood] May 14, 1896 Nov 18, 1972 Padgett, Thomas L. Aug 7, 1871 Dec 25, 1927 [Son of Wm T. Padgett and Mary Campbell] Padgett, Martha M. Sep 14, 1867 Feb 6, 1942 [Daughter of Thomoas Williamson and Mary Allen] Padgett, Cleora Jun 15, 1906 Sep 10, 1992 Wade, Norma Jean Dec 10, 1931 Mar 15, 1933 Wade, Charles Mar 24, 1925 May 20, 1980 Finn, Martha W Mar 4, 1923 Apr 25, 1961 Wade, Vertha P [Padgett] Oct 21, 1900 Jan 8, 1963 Wade, Raymond Dec 21, 1896 Sep 13, 1972 Johnson, Lola May 3, 1901 Aug 28, 1976 Johnson, William B Jan 14, 1895 Mar 15, 1974 Johnson, Walton G May 4, 1890 Mar 4, 1934 Johnson, Margaret A Mar 29, 1859 Jul 14, 1930 Graham, Susan Brown Sep 22, 1871 Jul 4, 1895 Johnson, Alice 1893-1923 Golightly, G.W. [George Washington] Aug 16, 1822 Nov 10, 1884 (m. Ann Reeves 18 March 1851 in DeKalb, GA, she is buried in Texas] Johnson, William J [Jasper] Sep 6, 1852 Mar 15, 1932 [Son of Martin W. Johnson and Elizabeth-] Evans, Eldridge Aug 10, 1896 May 3, 1941 Evans, Eddie Lou Blake Jul 7, 1892 Dec 6, 1978 Striplin, Nannie Mavis Oct 4, 1898 Mar 20, 1910 Striplin, Alice Mar 1, 1896 Jul 6, 1897 Ellis, Dicy N. Aug 6, 1852 May 14, 1865 Ellis, William Jerry Jun 15, 1863 May 17, 1885 Ellis, Varveela [Hopper] Aug 22, 1822 Mar 7, 1899 [Wife of Jeremiah Ellis daughter of John Hopper and Mary Self] Edmondson, Frank May 5, 1907 Dec 30, 1931 Edmondson, Andrew Jackson Nov 6, 1866 Apr 20, 1935 [Son of Thomas Edmondson and Mary Mitchell] Edmondson, Cynthia P [Perryman] Aug 22, 1877 May 22, 1924 [Daughter of Oliver Perryman and Sarah Mitchell] Johnson, Calvin Jul 28, 1885 Dec 4, 1928 [Son of D.A. Johnson and Mary Barton/Bartten] Johnson, Ruth J [Striplin] Sep 21, 1891 Apr 26, 1967 Caldwell, Luella [Striplin] Jun 12, 1856 May 28, 188- Williams, Reuben Nov 13, 1914 Aug 7, 1991 Taylor, Ambolina S [Striplin] Aug 30, 1892 Mar 24, 1992 Taylor, Earnest Nov 23, 1890 Oct 17, 1967 [Son of Elisha H. Taylor and Amanda Hughes] Hamby, Guy H Nov 23, 1918 Dec 11, 1974 Hamby, Sybil [Taylor] Apr 14, 1921 Mar 8, 1987 Boyd, Cleora S [Striplin] Sep 23, 1894 May 22, 1969 Boyd, W. Frank Feb 14, 1889 Jun 6, 1981 [Son of John Boyd and Minnie Campbell] Beason, Gladys G [Striplin] Jan 22, 1901 May 18, 1969 Beason, Lavens Nov 15, 1901-OD Striplin, Leta Jul 17, 1898 Sep 29, 1937 Striplin, S.O. [Samuel Oliver] Sep 19, 1827 Apr 25, 1900 [Son of Benjamin Oliver Striplin and Elizabeth Stewart] Striplin, Sarah [Kennedy] Jul 30, 1831 Feb 13, 1907 Sons of S.O. and Sarah Striplin: Striplin, James T Apr 20, 1859 Nov 18, 1889 Striplin, Zadie [Adams] 1873-1962 (wife of Marcus R.) Striplin, Marcus R 1868-1949 [Son of Samuel Striplin and Sarah Kennedy] Zaner, Oma No Dates Zaner, Nancy No Dates Zaner, Ivey No Dates Children of Samuel Zaner and Mary Adams Bennett, Richard Hollis Jan 18, 1933 Jan 28, 1933 Bennett, William Ray Jul 22, 1934 Nov 22, 1934 Sanders, James Henry Aug 3, 1893 Dec 16, 1952 Sanders, Frona M Apr 17, 1897 Nov 22, 1934 Higginbotham, Dular A [Hollis] May 26, 1879 Jan 25, 1973 Higginbotham, Walter F May 9, 1882 Sep 16, 1951 Adams, Benjamin Apr 15, 1829 Oct 6, 1886 Taylor, Mike Dec 6, 1894 Feb 3, 1911 Caldwell, Margaret Louisa [Striplin] Sep 4, 1828 Jun 24, 1879 Hollis, Belle Jul 14, 1885 Sep 21, 1966 Hollis, E. Benjamin Dec 19, 1854 Nov 28, 1942 [Son of Greenberry Hollis and Eliza Watson] Hollis, Margaret Johnson Aug 12, 1859 Dec 18, 1937 [Daughter of Martin Johnson and Elizabeth-] Hollis, Cecil Caldwell Oct 15, 1893 Jan 20, 1919 Hollis, Delma [Nixon] Sep 15, 1887 Dec 16, 1967 Hollis, Chester Jan 12, 1882 Apr 20, 1982 Hollis, Margaret Mar 31, 1911 Dec 2, 1929 Thrower, Matilda Turner May 2, 1819-OD (Wife of J.T. Thrower) McCormick, John P [CSA] Oct 15, 1835 Jul 28, 1911 [John McCormick married Martha Thomason in Clay County AL] The couple had one living child in 1900. She is possibly to be buried beside him at Chulafinnee] Ligon, Johnnie Lynn Jackie Dean Jan 27,1936 Feb 27, 1936 Ligon, David Wilson 1863-1923 Ligon, Rebecca [Wheeler] 1883-1930 [Daugther of Miles Wheeler and Susan Grubbs] George, Susan Hart Died 1938 George, W.H. [William] Aug 27, 1853 Oct 7, 1918 Hollis G.B. [Greenberry] No Dates [Born app. 1835, died Civil War] UNMARKED? Hollis, Eliza Watson Wife of G.B. Bates, Lonnie Nov 25, 1880 Nov 27, 1959 [Son of John Bates and Fannie Blackburn] Bates, Carrie Feb 22, 1901 Oct 27, 1986 McCormick, Austin N Sep 27, 1871 Nov 24, 1955 [Son of John McCormick and Martha Thomason] McCormick, Montana P [Price] May 22, 1881 Mar 24, 1966 [Daughter of John Price and Sarah Johns] Hollis, Infant of Pelham B/d May 1, 1950 Williamson, Onnie Bell Pritchard Feb 22, 1908 Jun 28, 1993 Williamson, Herman Dewey Jun 25, 1902 Jul 13, 1946 Williamson, Inus Oct 6, 1899 Sep 13, 1930 Wiley, John Aug 4, 1809 Jan 2, 1886 [Husband of Susanna Farris, she is buried in Clay County AL] McCormick, Henry Dec 15, 1864 Jun 18, 1927 [Son of Hudson McCormick and Rachel McMahan] This grave is out near the woods at the back of the cemetery. Some River Rocks stones in this area the data on the rocks is unreadable. Hubbard, Tina Jan 20, 1874 Apr 5, 1879 Hubbard, Tabitha Ann Abel Apr 28, 1845 Jun 11, 1886 Hubbard, Emma Nov 24, 1884 Jul 20, 1885 Hubbard, William Edward Aug 18, 1832 Sep 28, 1862 Death Records: C AMPBELL, James Marion born AL white/male age at death: 77 years Date of Death: 24 Oct 1928 Place of Death: Heflin, AL Father: Marion Campbell born SC Mother: Lela Johnson Webb born AL Burial: Chulafinnee reported by: Hugh Campbell Cause of Death: Old Age/ Rheumatism DC # 77 MOORE, Glen born AL white/female age at death: 4 years Date of Death: 20 Feb 1929 Place of Death: Heflin, AL Father: B. L. Moore born AL Mother: Arlis Payne born AL Burial: Chulafinnee reported by: F. P. Moore Cause of Death: Chronic Nephritis DC # 151 MOORE, Margaret Emily born AL white/female age at death: 1 year, 7 months, 14 days Date of Death: 5 Jun 1929 Place of Death: Heflin, AL Father: Aaron J. Moore born AL Mother: Clyde Johnson born A Burial: Chulafinnee Cause of Death: Collitis DC # 193 TAYLOR, Sarah Bell born AL white/female age at death: 51 years Date of Death: 21 Aug 1931 Place of Death: Delta, AL beat 12 Father: Bill Kemp born unk Mother: Bama Jackson born unk Burial: Chulafinnee reported by: Gussie Taylor Cause of Death: Tuberculosis DC # 428 POSSIBLE UNMARKED GRAVES IN SECTION ONE: Hopper, Mary [Self] No Dates [1801-1865] [Daughter of Presley Self and Amelia Gunter] Hopper, John No Dates [1800-18--] Johnson, Martin W 1813-1901 [Smith's Talladega County Reserves CSA] Johnson, Elizabeth 1815-after 1900 Kennedy, Joshua Franklin Jan 17, 1799 Nov 28, 1864 Kennedy, Nancy Crider May 30, 1802 Feb 28, 1865 Stewart] Self, Presley Apr 4, 1763 Nov 5, 1855 Self, Amelia Gunter 1765-1851 Striplin, Rev. Benjamin Oliver Aug 15, 1788 Jun 19, 1870 (Son of William Striplin and Juliatha Oliver, b. SC) Striplin, Elizabeth Stewart 1790-1849 (Daughter of Alexander Stewart and Elizabeth Barron, b. SC) Venable, Charles Jan 26, 1827 Sep 13, 1900 [Company A, 41st Georgia Infantry CSA] Section 2. Allred, Myrtle Lee Johnson Mar 5, 1898 Dec 27, 1987 Few, Sterling Nov 19, 1961 Apr 7, 1989 Woolen, Quenton C Oct 18, 1950 Mar 2, 1985 Echols, Lewis May 19, 1904 Nov 22, 1992 Echols, Isbell Feb 14, 1907 Jun 7, 1987 Echols, Herman 1982-1985 Echols, John Died 1966 Echols, Carrie Died 1963 Ackles, Aaron 1940-1969 Ackles, Ruth 1931-1971 Ware, Claude 1955-1975 Brown, Rev. Andrew Dec 24, 1903 May 13, 1977 O'Neal Susan Apr 23, 1958 Dec 8, 1988 Jordan, Rosa K Sep 14, 1942 Apr 19, 1993 Brown, Cleo No Dates Cooley, John F Jul 26, 1925 Aug 1, 1993 Cooley, Elwood 1930-1975 Goodman, Betty 1933-1981 Gunn, Rev. O.F. Jun 1, 1869 Jan 4, 1965 Trammell, Silas Died Aug 20, 1964 Cooley, Elsie May 2, 1922 Jan 8, 1971 Cooley, Hudgen No Dates Cooley, Willie Mae No Dates Brown, Ronald Feb 19, 1960 Sep 27, 1960 Cooley, Lois Apr 5, 1922 Sep 26, 1972 Robinson, Marquez Jun 24, 1916 Apr 17, 1973 Thomas, Forrest Apr 15, 1915 Sep 5, 1985 Pearson, Willie 1924-1988 Wilson, Sanders Elbert Feb 18, 1912 Apr 16, 1912 Ackles, Mattie 1919-1993 Cooley, Jim 1907-1993 Cooley, Claude Aug 28, 1935 Jun 14, 1997 Thomas, Charles 1937-1995 Goodwin, Aubrey Jun 22, 1921 Apr 22, 1999 Goodwin, Cornelia Dec 2, 1923-OD Wilson Annie Mae Apr 23, 1910 Apr 23, 1983 Elizabeth- 1927-1979 Person, Carey 1888-1966 Person, Ida Mae 1910-1986 Bass, Charles Roosvelt- 193- 19-7 Stephens, Ella 1877-1970 Gordon, Syvester Jun 11, 1885 May 27, 1968 Gordon, Rachel Mar 8, 1886 Sep 10, 1975 Gardner, Eliza Died Mar 6, 1945 Gardner, Willie Arthur Mar 23, 1914 Nov 6, 1996 Smith, Leonard Nov 4, 1893 Jan 11, 1918 Smith, Bob 1844-1910 Akles, Cluade Akles, Frank Brown, Martin, Aug 17, 1895 Nov 9, 1952 Brown, Entle 1910-19- Gray, Flora Aug 16, 1809 Oct 4, 1880 Westbrooks, Freeman Nov 6, 1893 Sep 29, 1915 Westbrooks, Minnie B/d Aug 17, 1915 Westbrooks, Maryeaster Sep 7, 1910 Sep 9, 1910 Daughters of Calvin & Cora Many Unmarked graves in this area