Holly Springs Cemetery, Dekalb, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/dekalb/cemeteries/hollyspr.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 Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Karen Saferite ==================================================================== February 2001 Directions: From downtown Mentone, travel toward Georgia on Hwy. 117 approx. 1 mile, turn right onto Co. Rd. 165 (next to Moon Lake Baptist Church), go approx. 3/10 of a mile, turn left then right onto Co. Rd. 177, go 1 mile to stop sign, go straight across on Co. Rd. 630 (a dirt road), go approx. 1 mile till you see the cemetery on the right. A few things to note: Anything that follows (F) refers to inscription on a marker at the foot of the grave. (VA) means that the marker is a military marker. Two entries together with no blank line between them, indicates that they share a marker. Anything in parenthesis is extra description of the tombstone or information that I happen to know about the person buried there. ROW 1 Fitzgerald, James F. 11-19-1923 2-12-1988 Fitzgerald, Elvira E. 12-13-1922 ROW 2 Fitzgerald, “Mike” Michael Reece 8-4-1951 12-20-1980 Fitzgerald, “Bart” Mathias Bartl 12-27-1963 12-7-1966 There is a plaque on top which reads: “Bart” Mathias B. Fitzgerald 1963-1966 “He plays in God’s garden now” Jones, Lee Ellen 3-12-1960 9-18-1996 Age 36 (funeral home marker) Unmarked surrounded with a circle of stones ROW 3 4 Unknown marked with upright rocks at the head and foot ROW 4 1 unknown marked with upright rocks at the head and foot ROW 5 2 unknown marked with upright rocks at the head and foot ROW 6 1 unknown marked with upright rocks at the head and foot Crow, Minnie Pearl Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Eli Crow Crow, Willis Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Eli Crow Crow, Gatewood Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Eli Crow McRae, Lucia A. 1855-1890 1 unknown marked with rock at the head & foot Unknown marked with a covered, raised square of rocks ROW 7 Unknown marked with rock at head and foot Biddle, Ettie Jones 4-19-1912 Biddle, Leo 6-23-1907 6-30-1978 Biddle, Frederick 8-14-1918 1-5-1919 Biddle, Nona Mae 10-30-1913 11-3-1927 2 graves each marked with a pyramid shaped stack of rectangular rocks, but no names Unknown Manifold, Kathrine Manifold, Harry Manifold, Harry A. ROW 8 Burchfield, Charlie 1892-1907 Birchfield, Sallie Ann 11-3-1856 2-1-1905 Burchfield, Rev. C.M. 6-1-1831 2-1-1916 Them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him I Thess. (has Masonic emblem on it) Unknown marked with concrete posts Biddle, Nona Day Biddle, Joseph W. 3-26-1857 11-15-1926 (F) J.W.B. (Masonic Emblem) Kirby, “Aunt Annie” Annie Day 9-20-1866 10-31-1943 Unknown marked with rock Kirby, “Uncle Nell” Wm. N. 8-1-1871 10-14-1943 ROW 9 Biddle, Francis B. 7-2-1909 1-18-1990 Beyond the Sunset Biddle, Thelma R. 6-11-1929 5-10-1993 Biddle, Bessie C. Wife of Joseph W. Biddle 5-22-1892 7-31-1974 Biddle, James ROW 10 Unknown marked with rock ROW 11 Smith, Jesse L. (Bo) 8-4-1933 3-17-1983 (This grave is the first one you come to when you pull into the driveway. It is not with the main part of the cemetery.)