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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Paul Hays ================================================================================ April 2005 MORTON CHAPEL CEMETERY Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama No. 70 on the 2002 map of Cemeteries of Lamar County Located on Morton Chapel Road, approx. 1.5 miles north of Hwy. 18 East Transcribed by Paul Hays, October 31, 2004, last revised April 23, 2005. NOTE: Information in parentheses ( ) added by Paul Hays. The parenthetical annotations reflect the transcriber's best efforts to identify, based on his own personal knowledge and research, the parents and/or spouses of the people buried there. Corrections or additions are welcomed. Please send corrections to Paul Hays at the above email address. First Row Pennington, Infant No dates, child of Mr. & Mrs. E. Pennington (no other information; otherwise illegible) Second Row Two concrete stumps, which may be footstones Third Row , Alice S. Feb 11, 1866 May 27, 1940 (Wife of John A. Tate) I. H. Sprayberry No date No date Co. C. 3 Ala. Res. C.S.A. Fourth Row Ford, Rebecca Jane Sep 11, 1864 Jan 11, 1946 Saem stone with Everett W. Ford (Rebecca Jane Morton Ford, daughter of Margaret R. Moore Morton & Milton Robertson Morton) Ford, Everette W. Feb 8, 1863 Jul 4, 1919 Same stone with Rebecca Jane Ford (Everette West Ford) Ford, Curtis Milton Oct 24, 1894 Sep 29, 1915 Woodmen of the World marker (Son of Rebecca Jane Morton Ford & Everette West Ford) Moore, James W. Apr 1, 1829 Aug 5, 1905 (James Wesley Moore, son of Elizabeth Kirkland Moore & John Patterson Moore; husband of Eliza Jane W. Hankins Moore (buried at Vernon City Cemetery) Three concrete stumps Kennedy, Addie Hankins Dec 23, 1888 Jan 2, 1960 Same stone with Clinton L. Kennedy (Adline Rachel Hankins Kennedy, daughter of Priscilla Rebecca Harvey Hankins Finch & her first husband, John B. Hankins) Kennedy, Clinton L. Nov 16, 1886 Jun 18, 1955 (Clinton L. Kennedy, son of Nancy "Nannie" Molloy Kennedy & Leroy H. Kennedy) Kennedy, Hunter C. Feb. 9, 1927 No date Same stone with Ruby Lee Kennedy (Hunter C. Kennedy, son of Adline Rachel Hankins Kennedy & Clinton L. Kennedy) Kennedy, Ruby Lee Apr 7, 1928 Nov 10, 1994 McLeroy, Danny Mik Aug 4, 1952 May 18, 1998 Fifth Row Morton, Lillie Aug 20, 1881 Mar 18, 1944 (Lillie Sims Morton, wife of Thomas D. Morton) Morton, Tom Sep 14, 1876 Apr 22, 1946 (Thomas D. Morton, son of Margaret R. Moore Morton & Milton Robertson Morton; husband of Lillie Sims Morton) Morton, Margaret Moore Feb 1, 1834 Nov 27, 1915 (Margaret R. Moore Morton, daughter of Elizabeth Kirkland Moore & John Patterson Moore; wife of Milton Robertson Morton) Morton, Milton R. Confederate Soldier, C.S.A. (Milton Robertson Morton, born May 6, 1828, died 1914, son of Mary A. (--?--) & James B. Morton; served 1862 - May 1865 as Private (Blacksmith), Harrington's Co. Cavalry, CSA; husband of Margaret R. Moore Morton. There is a question as to whether his mother's maiden name was Brown or Malloy) Morton, N. F. Dec 28, 1822 Apr 20, 1899 "She sleeps swetley here" (sic); 3 stars on stone (Uncertain who this is: perhaps the wife of Newton F. Morton, Lydia Matilda Redus Morton? Newton F. Morton was a son of Mary A. (--?--) Morton & James B. Morton) Concrete stump Morton, Josie Morton 863 1952 (Martha Josephine Gibson Morton, daughter of Mary J. Davis Gibson & Joel E. Gibson; wife of William Locke Morton) Morton, W. Lock, Jr. Mar 25, 1855 Feb 25, 1910 (William Locke Morton (Jr.?), son of Margaret R. Moore Morton & Milton Robertson Morton; husband of Martha Josephine (Josie) Gibson Morton. The "Jr." was most likely adopted to distinguish him from an uncle of the same name.) Morton, J. Oscar Oct 14, 1881 Sep 18, 1906 (Son of Martha Josephine Gibson Morton & William Locke Morton) Spann, Alma Jul 20, 1909 Aug 19, 1999 Same stone with Frank Spann (Alma Glover Spann) Spann, Frank Jul 10, 1903 Aug 7, 1974 Same stone with Alma Spann (son of Liffie Price Morton Spann & George Crockett Spann) Spann, Arnold R. Feb 14, 1931 May 20, 1996 SSgt USAF Korea Sixth Row Hankins, Emma J. Jun 14, 1875 Same stone with I. G. Hankins (Emma Jane Finch Hankins, daughter of Thomas Harvey Finch & his first wife, Talitha Douglas Morton Finch) Hankins, I. G. Sep 17, 1874 May 6, 1960 Same stone with Emma J. Hankins (Isham Green Hankins, son of Susannah K. Chandler Hankins & William Henry Hankins) Finch, Thos. H. Jan 26, 1842 Apr 26, 1929 Same stone with Lethia E. Finch (Thomas Harvey Finch, son of Elizabeth Catherine Harris Finch & Willis Finch) Finch, Lethia E. Apr 6, 1848 Mar 1, 1901 Same stone with Thomas H. Finch (Elizabeth (Lethia) E. Thomas Finch, second wife of Thomas H. Finch and daughter of Sarah Key Thomas & John Tapley Thomas) Guin, Bonnie Oct 19, 1905 May 4, 1908 Same stone with Connie Guin Guin, Connie Oct 19, 1905 Dec 16, 1905 Same stone with Bonnie Guin Spann, Mardis Oct 16, 1895 Feb 21, 1963 Alabama Cox. U.S. Navy WWI (son of Liffie Price Morton Spann & George Crockett Spann) Spann, Ben W. Mar 15, 1880 Mar 14, 1908 (son of Mary May Spann & William Benjamin Spann) (The following two stones are of identical design): Spann, Liffie Jul 22, 1873 Aug 26, 1908 (Liffie Price Morton Spann, daughter of Margaret R. Moore Morton & Milton Robertson Morton; first wife of George Crockett Spann) Spann, Geo. C. Dec 11, 1870 Apr 12, 1942 (George Crockett Spann, son of Mary May Spann & William Benjamin Spann; husband of 1) Liffie Price Morton Spann, 2) Donnie E. (--?--) Spann) Sgroi, Katherine Spann Feb 3, 1924 Aug 2, 1950 (Daughter of George Crockett Spann & his second wife, Donnie E. (--?--) Spann) Seventh Row Hankins, William Milner Jan 28, 1903 Sep 8, 1969 (Son of Adaline Olivia Collins Hankins & Joel Burton Hankins) Hankins, Joe B. Sep 24, 1876 Apr 12, 1961 (Joel Burton Hankins, son of Susannah K. Chandler Hankins & William Henry Hankins; husband of Adaline Olivia Collins Hankins) Hankins, Ada Collins Sep 23, 1881 Mar 9, 1950 (Adaline Olivia Collins Hankins, daughter of Benjamin F. Collins & his first wife, M. A. Harris Collins; wife of Joel Burton Hankins) Collins, Mary E. Jan 21, 1863 Feb 24, 1941 (Mary Elizabeth Morton Collins, daughter of Margaret R. Moore Morton & Milton Robertson Morton; third wife of Benjamin F. Collins) Collins, Benjamin F. Jul 2, 1862 Jul 31, 1929 (Benjamin F. Collins, son of Mary Melinda Shaw Collins & James L. Collins; husband of 1) M. A. Harris Collins, 2) Martha Melinda Oakes Collins, 3) Mary Elizabeth Morton Collins) Morton, Zillah Jun 10, 1846 Jul 12, 1904 Wife of Mardis Morton (Zillah Todd Morton, first wife of Mardis Thomas Morton) Morton, Eliza 1912 (Eliza Duckworth Morton, second (?) wife of Mardis Thomas Morton) Three concrete stumps Eighth Row Graham, Steven Ray May 18, 1956 Sep 19, 1957 Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Graham Graham, Henry Elbert, Jr. Nov 5, 1919 May 10, 1993 (footstone:) SSgt U.S. Army WWII (same dates) Two empty spaces; perhaps unmarked graves Graves, Jean Roy Jun 22, 1926 Jul 6, 1929 Son of W. G. and Emma Graves (Parents were Emma M. Collins Graves & W. Grady Graves) Empty space Collins, James A. May 8, 1888 Nov 16, 1926 (James A. Collins, son of Benjamin F. Collins & his second wife, Martha Melinda Oakes Collins; first husband of Tezzie Turner Collins Schlosser Roper) Empty space Collins, Infant Onlin one date: Mar 19, 1912 Daughter of F. F. and Ruby Collins Collins, Robert Owens Jan 2, 1936 Jun 24, 1937 (Robert Owens Collins, and the "Infant daughter" above, were children of Ruby Belle Morton Collins & Forbis F. Collins) Collins, Forbis F. Dec 31, 1889 Oct 3, 1942 (Forbis F. Collins, son of Benjamin F. Collins & his second wife, Martha Melinda Oakes Collins; husband of Ruby Belle Morton Collins) Collins, Ruby Morton Aug 4, 1893 May 20, 1970 (Ruby Belle Morton Collins, daughter of Mary Margaret Gilliam (or Gillam, or Gillham) Morton & James M. Morton; wife of Forbis F. Collins)