Leeth Cemetery, Etowah County, Alabama

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This cemetery is also called "Old Lonesome Graveyard." It is located in northwestern Etowah County, Alabama. 

Directions: From Dekalb County Road 221 go South 7 miles on DeKalb County Road 345  (Sand Valley Road).  There will be a chirt drive on the right.  The Cemetery is about 200 feet up the drive.

*  Leeth, P.F.: b. Dec.11, 1875 ~ d. Jan.23, 1899.
*  Unmarked Small Grave.
*  Unmarked Small Grave.
*  Unmarked Small Grave.
*  Unmarked Small Grave.
*  Unmarked Small Grave.
*  Badgett, James W.: b. July 17, 1883 ~ d. July 17, 1960.    
*  Fannie B.: b. Nov.18, 189? d. Apr.27, 1925.
*  Badgett, Laura Irene: b. Mar.15, 1925 ~ d. Apr.12, 1925.
*  Badgett, James Forney: b. ~ d. 1909.
*  Burns, Amanda: b. April 13 [or 18], 1868 ~ d. July 19, 1891.  Daughter of B.T. and Mary Leeth. 
*  In memory of Infant: July 4, 1891. [This grave is set against that of Amanda Burns].
*  Unmarked Grave.
*  Unmarked Grave.
*  Leeth, Forney: b. Nov.17, 1881 ~ d. Aug.5, 1889.
*  Leeth, B.T.: b. Feb.7, 1832 ~ d. Apr.3, 1905. PVT Co.K, 3rd Conf. Cav. CSA. 
*  Leeth, Mary: b. Mar.27, 1842 ~ d. Mar.27,1904. 
*  Unmarked Grave
*  [Strawn], Annie: b. Oct.6, 1900 ~ d. July 26, 1903.  Daughter of WS & ML Strawn.
*  Unmarked Grave.
*  Unmarked Grave.
*  Burns, Ernest J.: b. May 8, 1919 ~ d. Feb.10, 1986.  U.S. Army WWII.
  	   Josephine P.: b. Sept.9, 1919 ~ d. July 2, 1990.
*  Burns, Elvis: b. 1936 ~ d. 1968. [Youngest Son of Ras and Letti Burns]
*  Burns, Edgar: b. Dec.1913 ~ d. Sept.1914.
*  Burns, Rubi: b. Jan.1912 ~ d. Aug.1914.
*  Leeth, Sara: b. Apr.1915 ~ d. Nov.1915.
*  Leeth, Edna: b. Aug.1913 ~ d. Dec.1914.
*  Leeth, Fred: b. Jan.12, 1906 ~ d. Feb.10, 1908.
*  Burns, James: b. March 26, 1916 ~ d. July 11, 1992. [He is a brother to Ernest].
*  Burns, Letti: [No dates].[She is Ras Burns's wife].[Maiden name Summerford; D.O.B. July, 1892].
*  Burns, Ras: b. 1889 ~ d. 1968.
*  Unmarked Grave.
*  Thompson, Jim: b. Feb.14,1909 ~ d. Oct.5, 1997.
*  Presley, Sue: b. June 14, 1920 ~ d. March 6, 1977.
*  Thompson, .......[illegible first name and dates] At Rest.
*  Phillips, Jimmy: b. Aug.14, 1929 ~ d. Aug.11, 1990.
*  Westcott, Billy Jack: b. Apr.19, 1943 ~ d. Feb.14, 1998. PFC. US ARMY.
*  Note:  One of the unmarked small graves is the little finger of Otway Leeth.  The rest of Otway Leeth is buried at Whitesburg Cemetery in Aroony, Alabama.