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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Ted & Kathy Findley ================================================================================= December 1999 THE BOWMAN CEMETERY LOCATED IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA, ONE HALF MILE WEST OF WAWBEEK, AND ONE-EIGHTH MILE NORTH OF U. S. HIGHWAY 31. THIS WAS THE SITE OF SARDIS BAPTIST CHURCH BEFORE BEING MOVED TWO-MILES EAST TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION. RECORDED BY TED AND KATHY FINDLEY, DECEMBER 1999 COMMENTS IN (PARENTHESIS) ARE OURS. ALL KNOWN SURNAMES ARE IN BOLD.* ROWS RUN SOUTH TO NORTH. ROW ONE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CEMETERY. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO KEEP THE PRESENTATION OF THIS MATERIAL CLOSE TO THAT WHICH APPEARS ON THE GRAVESTONES. ROW ONE FATHER WILLIAM W. LOWERY MARCH 22, 1853 MARCH 12, 1935 MOTHER MARY F. BECK WIFE OF W. W. LOWERY NOV. 14, 1857 APRIL 4, 1930 BROTHER RANKIN R. LOWERY NOV. 12, 1891 DEC. 23, 1934 WILSON ALYNE L. JAN. 3, 1897 JUNE 2, 1981 WILSON SIMON C. AUG. 24, 1890 SEPT. 22, 1977 FORTE JESSIE OCT. 23, 1889 SEPT. 5, 1980 FORTE W. J. NOV. 11, 1878 MAR. 25, 1945 WILLIAM EUGENE FORTE APR. 16, 1915 FEB. 17, 1947 "BUILD THEE MORE STATELY MANSIONS O MY SOUL" THOMAS W. TOLIN ALABAMA PFC 27 INF. WORLD WAR I MAY 20, 1882 JUNE 30, 1946 (UNKNOWN MARKED WITH IRONSTONE) FLORIDA A. TOLIN AUG. 24, 1860 OCT. 6, 1933 "AT REST" W. H. TOLIN MAR. 29, 1853 JULY 6, 1932 "AT REST" HENRY MOYE FEB. 25, 1930 SEPT. 5, 1988 EVIE MOYE 1922 - 1928 HUAL MOYE 1926 - 1935 WILEY MOYE 1932 - 1940 ALFORD MOYE 1888 - 1940 JODIE EVANS NOV. 15, 1904 FEB. 4, 1975 "BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL" INFANT OF MR. & MRS. H. H. GODWIN 1963 INFANT GODWIN JAN. 12, 1947 (ONLY ONE SLAB. ONE CHILD IS APPARENTLY BURIED OVER THE OTHER) ELLA MAE GODWIN NOV. 12, 1924 AUG. 22, 1993 HARVEY GODWIN JAN. 6, 1924 JUL. 9, 1999 ROW TWO DONNIE D. LOWERY JAN. 11, 1899 NOV. 12, 1969 LEO TAYLOR LOWERY APR. 9, 1895 NOV. 29, 1983 VIC WIFE OF W. M. DUNAWAY MAY 29, 1862 NOV. 15, 1938 W. M. DUNAWAY BORN NOV. 1, 1863 DIED FEB. 12, 1926 "AT REST" "UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE, UNITY" SHEPARD E. FAULK SEPT. 28, 1881 JAN. 2, 1926 "A FAITHFUL FATHER" AUBREY H. FAULK MAY 22, 1912 FEB. 8, 1931 "WOODMEN OF THE WORLD" "DUM TACET CLAMAT" "MEMORIAL" TEARENCE WARD MAY 30, 1893 FEB. 25, 1929 (UNKNOWN MARKED WITH IRONSTONE) OLLIE M. MCCOLLUN JUNE 29, 1924 OCT. 16, 1969 MOYE JOHN D. 1887 - 1928 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" MOYE FRANCES P. 1890 - 1929 "A FLOWER IN THE MASTER'S BOUQUET" "JIMMIE" JAMES A. MOYE 1922 - 1943 "GONE TO BE WITH JESUS" LONNIE BOUTWELL 1941 - 1942 "BABY" (FOOT STONE) L.C.B BOUTWELL DONNIE MOYE SEPT. 9, 1909 AUG. 28, 1994 "MARRIED SEPT. 21, 1930" BOUTWELL -BILL- WILLIAM J. SR. SEPT. 8, 1912 MAR. 2, 1981 ROW THREE (UNMARKED CHILD) (UNMARKED ADULT) SMITH M. EVA 1899 - 1921 SMITH J. HERMAN 1892 - 1943 (UNMARKED CHILD) JIMMIE MOYE DEC. 27, 1891 DEC. 27, 1921 MOYE VINNIE 1850 - 1947 MOYE ALLEN 1848 - 1939 (ON SLAB) "CHRIST LOVED HIM AND TOOK HIM HOME" MCCAW VINNIE M. JUNE 20, 1893 NOV. 21, 1993 MCCAW JOSEPH A. JUNE 16, 1887 SEPT. 7, 1971 INFANT SON LARRY BOUTWELL DEC. 30, 1953 ROW FOUR NANCY MATHIS WIFE OF ADAM UNDERWOOD 1839 - 1880 "IN GOD'S CARE" INFANT OF TOM (AND) KATT HALL 5 - 29 - 1919 A. FAULK (ON CONCRETE CROSS) (UNMARKED ADULT) J. FAULK (ON CONCRETE CROSS) (UNMARKED, OUTLINED IN BRICKS) STELLA IRENE WIFE OF W. H. BELL BORN SEPT. 11, 1877 DIED JULY 15, 1896 CHARLES M. NEAL SR. 1890 - 1965 ETHEL LOWERY NEAL 1899 - 1946 ANDREW M. LOWERY JUNE 21, 1855 JULY 22, 1938 MILDRED B. LOWERY 1860 - 1952 LULA E. LOWERY JUNE 2, 1883 MAR. 27, 1967 IRVIN MOYE OCT. 11, 1911 DEC. 11, 1955 "IN GOD'S CARE" BEN MOYE JR. 1918 - 1933 "AT REST" BEN MOYE SR. 1876 - 1945 "GONE HOME" MEDDIE MOYE FEB. 25, 1877 APR. 15, 1960 "GONE HOME" EDWARD MOYE AUG. 24, 1930 NOV. 3, 1941 MOYE JURN FEB. 25, 1906 "A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER DIE" MOYE ELLEN E. JUN 25, 1909 JUL. 18, 1990 NETTIE P. ROBBINS JAN. 10, 1943 OCT. 22, 1972 ROW FIVE DARWIN N. PATTISON BORN NOV. 16, 1813 DIED OCT. 19, 1872 ???L DAWSON (ON CONCRETE CROSS WITH TREES GROWING THROUGH IT) A.M. LOWERY SR. BORN 1833 DIED 1871 KESIAH WIFE OF A.M. LOWERY SR. BORN OCT. 14, 1835 DIED APRIL 10, 1920 "HER MOTTO" "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU" (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED CHILD) MATTIE J. DUNAWAY BORN SEPT. 21, 1858 DIED DEC. 18, 1898 "SHE WAS A TENDER MOTHER HERE, AND IN HER LIFE THE LORD DID FEAR" IN MEMORY OF INFANT SON OF A.M. & M. T. LOWERY BORN MAY 19, 1887 DIED MAY 19, 1887 "ASLEEP IN JESUS" IN MEMORY OF BERTHA IRENE DAUGHTER OF A.M. & M. F. LOWERY BORN SEPT. 12, 1881 DIED OCT. 21, 1897 "ANOTHER LINK IS BROKEN IN OUR HOUSEHOLD BAND, BUT A CHAIN IS FORMING….. (ILLEGIBLE BELOW GROUND LEVEL) INFANT OF A. M. LOWERY JR. SEPT. ?, 1926? JOHN MOYE JUNE 12, 1865 JUNE 22, 1937 (GRAVE IS UNDER A SHED) JOHN H. MOYE ALABAMA PVT. CO. 13, INF. REGT. WORLD WAR II JAN. 10, 1910 - AUG. 14, 1970 ROW SIX (ON SLAB) SUSIE DAW NO RECORD (UNMARKED WITH IRON STONE) IN MEMORY INFANT DAUG HTER OF L. T. & LOADIE GODWIN NO RECORD (UNMARKED WITH IRON STONE) LEVY GODWIN APRIL 29, 1884 FEB. 5, 1956 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" IN MEMORY OF TIRA(?) GODWIN BORN MAR. 7, 1838 & DIED 1892 "SWEET IS THY REST" IN MEMORY OF ABBIE M. (?) GODWIN BORN AUG. 8, 1831 DIED 1889(?) "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN IN MEMORY OF LODA GODWIN IN MEMORY OF LEVY T. GODWIN (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED CHILD) (UNMARKED CHILD) (UNMARKED CHILD) ROW SEVEN CAIN (ON CONCRETE CROSS) (UNMARKED, CONCRETE CROSS) (UNMARKED, CONCRETE CROSS) KATHY LOUISE COLEMAN MAY 4, 1957 MAY 3, 1992 (FOOT STONE) DAUGHTER DALLAS ELLEN MOYE MAY 16, 1924 DEC. 5, 1995 "GONE HOME TO REST" (FOOT STONE) MAMA JURM CALVIN MOYE AUG. 8, 1926 FEB. 19, 1988 (FOOT STONE) DADDY JURM CALVIN MOYE PVT. U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II 1926 - 1988 (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED CHILD) SNOOPY HAROLD MCLEAN STANTON JR. JAN. 26, 1955 JAN. 20, 1976 "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" (PICTURE IS ON HEADSTONE) THOMAS CREAMER JAN. 1, 1880 FEB. 28, 1961 "THERE IS REST IN HEAVEN" LENA C. CREAMER DEC. 15, 1888 APR. 27, 1974 "REST IN PEACE" JOE EVANS OCT. 13, 1874 MAY 3, 1951 LODIE EVANS 1874 - 1943 "AT REST" (ON SLAB) ARTHUR EVANS NOV. 22, 1916 MARCH 3, 1937 CECIL ARDIS NOV. 27, 1925 JUNE 5, 1937 JOHN ARDIS ALABAMA PVT. 167 INF. 12 DIV. OCTOBER 28, 1939 ROW EIGHT JOHN W. BOWMAN 1824 - 1909 SARAH F. BOWMAN 1844 - 1924 HATTIE L. HALL OCT. 8, 1869 OCT. 4, 1961 HATTIE LOU HALL APR. 15, 1909 SEPT. 2, 1992 ANTHONY BOWMAN ROBERT BOWMAN MALINDA BOWMAN ANTHONY PRESLEY (UNMARKED, CLUMP OF CONCRETE) RALPH EVANS DEC. 18, 1918 FEB. 23, 1963 WALTER C. EVANS PFC U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II MAY 21, 1914 - MAR. 19, 1990 (CHILD, MARKINGS ON SLAB ARE ILLEGIBLE) (HAND ETCHING ON SLAB J ???WTA ? ILLEGIBLE) (JOHN ? ILLEGIBLE ON SLAB) (? A.? GODWIN ON SLAB) (UNMARKED) ROW NINE MR. W. W. DAWSON (ON CONCRETE CROSS) MR. L. S. DAWSON (ON CONCRETE CROSS) MRS. JULIA DAWSON (ON CONCRETE CROSS) WILLIAM ZEBEDEE MILES 1834 - 1876 ELLEN FRANKLIN MILES 1804 - 1870 JAMES MILES 1798 - 1868 ELIZABETH MILES BRYARS 1836 - 1868 ANNIE MAE GODWIN AUG. 3, 1906 OCT. 9, 1997 ARTHUR W. GODWIN SR. JAN. 30, 1904 SEPT. 9, 1989 MARY GODWIN PLEMONS JUNE 15, 1944 APR. 10, 1987 HENRY J. LINK 1ST LT. U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II MAR. 5, 1924 FEB. 29, 1992 (CONCRETE BASE WITH MISSING METAL PLAQUE) QUINTERO SON MICHAEL R. OCT. 23, 1959 JAN. 28, 1967 QUINTERO SON RAYMOND D. OCT. 14, 1960 OCT. 21, 1960 EVANS CLARENCE JAN. 27, 1905 DEC. 21, 1977 "ROSES IN THE GARDEN OF GOD" EVANS EDNA DEC. 16, 1906 FEB. 17, 1981 ALENE EVANS 1944 - 1965 "IN HIS WILL IS OUR PEACE" CLINTON G. EVANS ALABAMA PVT. U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II - KOREA NOV. 18, 1928 FEB. 20, 1971 CARL JAMES EVANS 1951 - 1973 "IN GOD WE TRUST, IN HIS WILL IS OUR PEACE" VAN C. EVANS U. S. ARMY KOREA OCT. 25, 1933 - JUL. 19, 1986 (UNMARKED CHILD) (UNMARKED ADULT) CLARK E. GODWIN PVT. U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II DEC. 20, 1922 FEB. 9, 1989 ROW TEN CLYDE J. HENDERSON BORN MAY 4, 1909 DIED SEPT. 22, 1964 "RESTING WITH JESUS" REATHA H. MOYE BORN NOV. 4, 1885 DIED JAN. 7, 1965 "RESTING IN PEACE WITH HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION" GEORGE W. MOYE DEC. 17, 1880 FEB. 4, 1973 "GONE TO REST" ROW ELEVEN AUBREY GODWIN CPL. U. S. ARMY KOREA JUNE 18, 1929 - DEC. 20, 1950 MARVIN E. GODWIN A1 U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II - KOREA APR. 26, 1926 - JAN. 22, 1990 RILEY LEE MOYE PVT. U. S. ARMY WORLD WAR II AUG. 22, 1913 - SEPT. 25, 1990 GLADYS E. SPENCE MOYE APR. 16, 1928 JUNE 16, 1980 ROW TWELVE MARY ANN ELLIOT SEPT. 12, 1839 MAY 15, 1911 FRANKLIN BOOTH JUL. 5, 1940 APR. 18, 1983 ISAC BOOTH FEB. 13, 1915 JUNE 9, 1999 (UNMARKED ADULT) (UNMARKED ADULT) ROW THIRTEEN MILES MULLINS BORN GA. FEB. 10, 1815 DIED OCT. 27, 1880 "TWAS HARD TO GIVE THE UP, BUT THY WILL O GOD BE DONE" ERA MAE HARRELSON FLOWERS JUNE 10, 1952 DEC. 23, 1997 "ALWAYS LOVED" (ON BACK OF HEADSTONE) TERESA TIMOTHY FLOWERS HANNAH B.O. DAWSON BORN DEC. 3, 1851 DIED JUNE 28, 1909 "TO HIM WE TRUST, A PLACE IS GIVEN AMONG THE SAINTS WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN" DAWSON (FOOT STONE) B.O. D. ROW FOURTEEN INFANT SON OF R.N. & A. L. BROWN DIED OCT. 1, 1896 AGED 4 MOS. 10 DAYS "SLEEP ON DEAR CHILD AND TAKE THY REST IN JESUS ARMS FOREVER BLEST" (POSSIBLE UNMARKED CHILD'S GRAVE BELOW AND ADJACENT TO THE ABOVE MARKED WITH IRON STONES) *Note: Due to converting to text format for uploading to the Archives, Bold formatting was lost.