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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Paul Hays & Kay Koonce and ================================================================================ October 2005 Providence Methodist Church Cemetery Lamar County, Alabama No. 75 on the 2002 Cemetery Map of Lamar County To reach the cemetery from Vernon, take Highway 18 to Crossville, turn left on County Road 49 to the intersection of County Road 9. Just past County Road 9 take the next road to the right, which leads to Providence Church and Cemetery. This cemetery was surveyed November 2, 2004 by Paul Hays and Kawatha "Kay" Chandler Koonce. The cemetery is listed from west (closest to the church) to east. Single spacing denotes multiple graves with one headstone, or adjacent headstones of identical design. Annotations added by the transcribers appear in parentheses. The annotations reflect the transcribers' best efforts to identify, based on their own personal knowledge and research, the parents and/or spouses of the people buried there. Names are transcribed exactly as they appear on the monuments, including spelling variations, such as Burnett and Burnette. Row One - South to North Black, Mattie Jane: 1900 – 1976 Black, John Carlos: 1898 – 1979 (Mattie Jane Harris; John Carlos Black, son of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black) Robert Leon Black: June 11, 1932 - Jan. 12, 1972 Black, Helen D.: Sept. 1, 1925 - Oct. 15, 1994 Black, Johnny: Sept. 21, 1924 – (no other information) (Johnny H. Black, son of Mattie Jane Harris & John Carlos Black) Row Two - North to South Miles, Owen: May 29, 1886 - Aug. 14, 1957 Miles, Florence: July 17, 1895 – Nov. 26, 1976 (Wilson Owen Miles, son of Rachel E. [--?--] & Francis A. Miles; Dena Florence Black, daughter of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black) Otts, George Albert: July 6, 1893 - March 5, 1974 [separate military marker:] Pvt U. S. Army 1893 – 1974 Otts, Cora Lola: June 25, 1898 - (no other information) (George Albert Otts, son of Maisey Flynn & James F."Jimmie" Otts [both buried at Crews Cemetery]; Cora Lola Lucas, daughter of Mary M. McCraw & Bartley J. Lucas) Dickson, Lola Mae: Jan. 4, 1911 - June 5, 1963 Marble Military marker (buried with exception of about 3" of top) Row Three - South to North Otts, Walter F.: Sept. 9, 1914 - Sept. 18 1974 Otts, Ruby V.: Jan. 31, 1922 - Aug. 28, 2001 (Walter Felton Otts, son of Ollie V. Black & James LaFayette Otts) Otts, Charlie Eugene: March 31, 1927 - Jan. 21, 1939 Otts, James L.: March 15, 1884 - June 13, 1940 (James Lafayette, son of Maisey Flynn & James F. Otts; husband of Ollie V. Black) Otts, Ollie, wife of J. L.: Sept. 17, 1886 - July 14, 1936 (Possibly Margaret O. E. Black, daughter of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Black, Dollie "Mother": Aug. 10, 1897 - June 21, 1933 Black, R. Bert "Father": Jan. 8, 1891 - Feb. 27, 1951 (Robert Bert Black, son of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Black, Maggie: May 2, 1899 - Dec. 26, 1961 Black, F. Colon: July 24, 1894 - May 21, 1977 (Felix Colon Black, son of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Row Four - North to South Black, Margie S.: Feb. 27, 1901 - Jan. 17, 1989 (Margie Susie Black, daughter of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Black, Laura J.: Dec. 6, 1895 - April 23, 1986 (Laura Jane Black, daughter of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Black, Daisy Lee: Feb. 25, 1903 - Sept. 28, 1976 (Daughter of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Black, Mary C.: May 4, 1861 - Jan. 4, 1942 Black, J. S.: April 11, 1862 - Nov. 12, 1928 (Mary Catherine Tarwater; Joseph S. Black, son of Jane Carolyn Miller & John Black) Black, Thomas S.: Jan. 24, 1888 - Dec. 26, 1926 (Son of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black) Black, John H.: Feb. 19, 1899 - Oct. 23, 1969 (John Hamilton Black, son of Mary Catherine Tarwater & Joseph S. Black – he has another stone in Row Five, below) Row Five - South to North Casey, Annie E.: March 30, 1861 - Aug. 28, 1931 Casey, Martha I.: Feb. 26, 1839 - June 3, 1923 Casey, Robert Samuel: April 13, 1896 - June 28, 1918, 1st Ala. Regiment, Co. A, 123rd Infantry Dixie Div. Black, John Hamilton: Feb. 19, 1899 - Oct. 23, 1969 (Same as John H. Black, Row Four, above) Dodd-Lawrence, Thelma Ethelind Guyton: May 6, 1926 - May 1, 2002 (Daughter of Lela Mae Miles & William McKinley Guyton) Whitehead, Mary Helen: April 4, 1922 - March 7, 1976, "Darling Sister" (Daughter of Lela Mae Miles & William McKinley Guyton) Guyton, Mrs. Lela Mae, wife of William McKinley, daughter of Louis Miles: Aug. 10, 1898 - May 28, 1937 (Lela Mae Miles, daughter of Mary Jane McDonald & Louis P. Miles; wife of William McKinley Guyton) Broken stone [no legible information] Row Six - North to South Miles, Verona: Oct. 28, 1905 - Nov. 18, 1998 (Daughter of Mary Jane McDonald & Louis P. Miles) Miles, Euel H.: Feb. 2, 1913 - Feb. 19, 1961 (Son of Mary Jane McDonald & Louis P. Miles) Miles, Roy B.: April 13, 1902 - Oct. 3, 1912 (Son of Mary Jane McDonald & Louis P. Miles) Miles, Mary J., wife of L. P.: Sept. 27, 1873 - May 19, 1924 (Mary Jane McDonald, wife of Louis P. Miles) Miles, Louis P.: Aug. 20, 1873 - Dec. 25, 1947 (Son of Eliza Cargle & Landon Miles; husband of Mary Jane McDonald) Black, Robert Sidney: April 9, 1900 - Dec. 24, 1978 Black, Velma Susie: May 5, 1901 - (no other information) (Robert Sidney Black, son of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black) McDonald, Robert K., Alabama SSgt. 326 AAF Bomb Sq. WW II: Sept. 9, 1902 - Sept. 12, 1942 (Son of Mary Catherine Black & Lou Allen McDonald) McDonald, Raymond: Sept. 30, 1905 - Nov. 27, 1916 (Son of Mary Catherine Black & Lou Allen McDonald) McDonald, Mary C.: April 10, 1875 - Dec. 7, 1905 McDonald, Lou A.: June 21, 1876 - Jan. 21, 1962 (Mary Catherine Black, daughter of Margaret A. [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black; Lou Allen McDonald) South, Eunice G.: Sept. 5, 1916 - Aug. 18, 1977 South, W. Revis: Aug. 24, 1915 - May 4, 1981 Infant sons of Revis & Eunice South, 1933 – 1956 [sic] Row Seven - South to North Black, Ada: Jan. 31, 1891 - March 5, 1968 Black, Lena: Jan. 24, 1894 - Jan. 23, 1977 (Laura Ada Black & Lena A. Black, daughters of Margaret A. [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black) Black, Gipsy Smith: June 25, 1917 - Sept. 6, 1920 Black, Margaret: July 10, 1856 - Sept. 19, 1928 Black, Robert: April 13, 1856 - May 2, 1918 (Margaret A. [Miller or Tarwater], daughter of Susan Miller & Bisha Tarwater; Robert Sidney Black, son of Jane Carolyn Miller & John Black) Black, Jane C., wife of John: Feb. 6, 1827 - Dec. 30, 1910 (Jane Carolyn Miller, daughter of Elizabeth G. Wilson & William Miller) Black, Isabella: Aug. 6, 1833 - May 27, 1916 (Isabella C. Miller, wife of 1) William H. Traylor, 2) James Black [his third wife; he and his second wife, Nancy Traylor, are buried at Sizemore Cemetery]) Footstone marked J. F. T. - (no other information) (Most likely, Jasper F. "Bud" Taylor) Taylor, Virgie Burnette: Oct. 14, 1888 - Oct. 16, 1970 Taylor, J. F. "Bud": June 1, 1886 - May 14, 1919 (Lillie Virgie Black, daughter of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black; wife of first, Jasper F. "Bud" Taylor, second, Charlie Franklin Burnett [his third wife]; Jasper F. "Bud" Taylor) Burnett, Homer T.: Aug. 16, 1928 - March 29, 1998 Burnett, Ora Lee: July 23, 1921 - (no other information) (Homer T. Burnett, son of Lillie Virgie Black & Charlie Franklin Burnett) Row Eight - North to South Black, Rachel S.: July 31, 1897 - June 2, 1965 Black, Eldon: June 17, 1898 - Feb. 3, 1968 (Rachel Elizabeth Stafford; Ferris Eldon Black, son of Nancy Adaline Black & William Henderson Black) Black, Nancy A.: Aug. 22, 1877 - July 2, 1964 Black, William H.: March 30, 1874 - Jan. 17, 1942 (Nancy Adaline Black, daughter of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black; her first cousin & husband, William Henderson Black, son of Sarah E. Flynn & John George Black) Black, Lusinda, wife of J. F.: March 4, 1884 - June 15, 1919 (Cardelia Lucinda Black, daughter of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black; wife of John Foster Black, her first cousin) One marker [no information] Space for several graves Lucas, Marie J.: 1908 – 1999 Lucas, Berton H.: 1904 – 1961 (Jappie Marie Taylor, Aug. 24, 1908 – Aug. 26, 1999, daughter of Lillie Virgie Black & Jasper F. Taylor; Burton H. Lucas, son of Mary M. McCraw & Bartley J. Lucas) Burnett, Daughter of C. F. & Janie: 1899 - (no other information) (Most likely a child of Charlie Franklin Burnett & Jane Black) Burnett, Janie: Aug. 2, 1879 – Feb. 2, 1899 (Jane Black, daughter of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black; first wife of Charlie Franklin Burnett) Large Burnett Marker (Most likely for the two previous graves and two following graves) Burnett, Charlie F.: June 7, 1877 - Feb. 10, 1961 (foot marker) (Charlie Franklin Burnett, husband of 1) Jane Black, 2) Venetta Zeo Black, 3) Lillie Virgie Black) Burnett, Zeo: Nov. 9, 1881 - Feb. 5, 1923 (Venetta Zeo Black, daughter of Margaret Ann [Miller or Tarwater] & Robert Sidney Black; second wife of Charlie Franklin Burnett) Burnette, Idea Estell: July 10, 1925 - Oct. 11, 1989 (Military marker:) Ida Estell Burnette, HA 2 US Army WW II Burnette, Walter J.: Nov. 17, 1922 - Sept. 8, 1990 (Military marker:) Walter Jones Burnette, SSgt. US Army WW II (Walter Jones Burnette, son of Venetta Zeo Black & Charlie Franklin Burnett) Row Nine - South to North Reese, Francis: Sept. 17, 1874 - Sept. 21, 1953 (Son of Permelia [--?--] & Henry Reese) Fieldstone [no information] Burnett, J. Thomas: Jan. 15, 1881 - Dec. 16, 1968 (Son of Lucinda E. Traylor & Robert A. Burnett; husband of Martha L. Otts) Burnett, Martha L., wife of J. T.: Feb. 24, 1877 - Aug. 10, 1941 (Martha L. Otts) Burnett, Orie, daughter of J. T. and M. L.: Feb. 28, 1903 - Oct. 16, 1904 Burnett, Infant son of J. H. and M. A.: Jan 7, 1908 - Jan. 14, 1908 Lucas, Japie Marie: Aug. 24, 1908 - Aug. 26, 1999 (Funeral Home marker – same person as the Marie J. Lucas buried with Berton H. Lucas in Row Eight, above: Jappie Marie Taylor, daughter of Lillie Virgie Black & Jasper F. Taylor; wife of Burton H. Lucas) Taylor, Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Taylor: 1928 - (no other information) Taylor, Myrtle: June 5, 1908 - March 23, 1928 (Presumably the son and wife of Marvin B. Taylor, son of Lillie Virgie Black & Jasper F. Taylor) Row Ten - North to South McLemore, Infant daughter of Evelne and V. L. M.: born and died Dec. 29, 1947 McLemore, Bobby Lee: Feb. 11, 1950 - Nov. 22, 1950 Burnette, Lou Etta: March 13, 1884 - Oct. 19, 1975 Burnette, James B.: March 4, 1887 - July 17, 1941 (James B., son of Lucinda Elizabeth Traylor & Robert A. Burnett) Lucas, Harvey: May 24, 1914 - Feb. 14, 1915 Lucas, Infant: June 10, 1916 - June 10, 1916; sons of J. E. and R. L. [single stone] Row Eleven - South to North Miller, Janie: Aug. 14, 1907 - Feb. 9, 1999 Miller, Bill: June 1, 1899 - Oct. 17, 1985 Miller, Ann: Died 1930 (in Miller plot - no other information) Dudley, Lilley, daughter of C. D. and S. A.: May 8, 1887 - July 6 (or 8), 1896 Otts, Cytha Jane, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. F. M.: Feb. 14, 1882 - Feb. 17, 1882 Otts, ___?___: Dec. 15, 1894 - Oct. 30, 1896 [first name illegible] Otts, ___?___: Feb. 14, 1890 - July 20, 1892 [first name illegible] Otts, Clara ___?___, daughter of S. N. and M. C.: Oct. 10, 1905 - March 18, 1906 Nichols, Rube E.: Jan. 13, 1907 - Aug. 10, 1986 Nichols, Ola M.: Aug. 16, 1907 - Dec. 25, 1983 (Ruben Eunice "Rube" Nichols, son of Mattie Haney & David Jackson Nichols; Ola Mae McDonald, daughter of Irene M. Thomas & J. William McDonald, & sister of Nina Gilmer, next grave) Gilmer, Knowlton: Oct. 2, 1910 – Jan. 18, 1987 Gilmer, Nina: Jan. 14, 1915 [living] (Knowlton Gilmer, son of Mary Etta Thomas & Henry Grady Gilmer; Nina McDonald, daughter of Irene M. Thomas & J. William McDonald) Reese, Louie Edward: Oct. 25, 1930 - (no other information) Reese, Marcelene (Gilmer): Nov. 9, 1934 - Nov. 13, 1991 (Marcelene Gilmer, daughter of Nina McDonald & Knowlton Gilmer) Row Twelve - North to South (short row) Black, S. J.: 1860 – 1955 Black, Lillie: 1866 – 1935 (Solomon John Black, son of Jane Carolyn Miller & John Black; Lillie Mae Dodson, daughter of Nancy E. Reynolds & George W. Dodson) Black, John A. Sr.: 1902 - 1981 [Masonic marker: Davis Lodge 483] (Son of Lillie Mae Dodson & Solomon John Black) Black, Nancy Orabel, daughter of S. J. and Lillie: Aug. 16, 1886 - May 2, 1888 Black, Sarah: 1854 – 1939 Black, George: 1852 – 1926 (Sarah E. Flynn; John George Black, son of Jane Carolyn Miller & John Black) Row Thirteen - South to North Funeral Home marker [no information] Cantrell, C. Melton: April 18, 1933 - (no other information Cantrell, Myrtie B.: Jan. 28, 1937 - (no other information) Four old stones [illegible] McDonald, Infant daughter of Will: Jan. 1, 1912 - Sept. 14, 1912 McDonald, J. Will: May 21, 1878 - Jan. 31, 1968 McDonald, Irene M.: Jan. 25, 1879 - Sept. 17, 1949 (Irene M. Thomas, daughter of Mary Traylor & James Thomas) McDonald, Flora Ellen: Aug. 1, 1902 - March 10, 1988 Row Fourteen - North to South McDonald, Mary: March 6, 1866 - Jan. 8, 1944 McDonald, Robert: Jan. 26, 1850 - June 1, 1937 McDonald, Monica: March 4, 1846 - May 19, 1936 Fieldstone [no information] Wilson, Alice Magdaline: Feb. 10, 1900 - Sept. 23, 1905 Fieldstone [no information] Row Fifteen - South to North Marker [no information] McDonald, Thomas Tierce, son of Robert & Monica: Sept. 17, 1881 - Dec. 27, 1881 McDonald, Ellen W.: March 14, 1825 - July 31, 1888 Fieldstone [no information] Row Sixteen - North to South Kimbrough, James Ellis: Jan 5, 1925 - April 21, 2001 (Funeral Home marker) Miller, Charlene: Feb. 13, 1935 - July 16, 2003 Miller, W. Freddie: Feb. 27, 1920 - Sept. 21, 1995 Miller, Margaret Ann Cole, wife of John K.: Dec. 24, 1884 - March 13, 1963 Miller, Martha A., wife of J. K.: Sept. 24, 1873 - Jan. 9, 1910 Stone [no information] Miller, John K., Co. F. 23 SC Inf. C.S.A: March 12, 1841 - April 11, 1932 Miller, Jennie, wife of J. K.: 1857 - June 21, 1877[same single stone:] Miller, John T., son of J. K. & Jennie Miller, born April 6 & died Aug. 30, 1877 Two fieldstones [no information] Miller, Louisa: March 4, 1821 - Aug. 7, 1895 Fieldstone [no information] Casey, Infant son of J. D. and N. E.: Oct. 12, 1887 - (no other information) Miller, J. E.: 1871 – 1945 Miller, N. M.: 1878 - 1953 Perkins, Tezzie L. Burnett: Jan. 5, 1925 - Oct. 13, 1953 Burnett, Robert Lee: Jan. 7, 1906 - June 4, 1975 Row Seventeen - South to North Miller, L. D.: Oct. 19, 1847 - June 16, 1929 Miller, E. L., wife of Samuel: June 16, 1832 – Aug. 14, 1929 Miller, Samuel: July 7, 1837 - Jan. 28, 1913 Miller, James: March 8, 1812 - Dec. 14, 1878 Miller, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel & Lucinda: March 22, 1864 - June 22, 1865 Three fieldstones [no information] Thomas, Margaret Ann, daughter of James & Mary: (no other information) Two fieldstones [no information] Hankins, Pearl Miller: Aug. 4, 1893 - March 22, 1960 (Pearl Miller, daughter of Mary Ellen [--?--] & William Miller; wife of Thomas Leroy Hankins) Miller, William: Oct. 4, 1861 - Nov. 31, 1953 Miller, Mary Ellen: Dec. 26, 1858 - Jan. 24, 1932 Miller, Nellie May: May 12, 1896 – Mar. 22, 1960 McCraw, Walter: Nov. 22, 1882 - Dec. 3, 1959 McCraw, Georgia Ann: 1886 – 1942 McCraw, Linnie Eva: 1909 - 1944 Row Eighteen - North to South Thomas, Richmond H. "Son": Feb. 29, 1908 - April 10, 1946 Thomas Minnie Lee "Mother", wife of W. M.: June 24, 1892 - April 9, 1910 Thomas, William M.: Nov. 15, 1886 - July 15, 1977 Thomas, Minnie Belle: May 23, 1889 - Feb. 9, 1964 Small marker inscribed J. A. T. - (no other information) Thomas, James Anderson: March 4, 1854 - May 4, 1888 Fieldstone [no information] Burnett, Infant daughter of R. A. & E. L.: [no other visible information] Cunningham, John Thomas, son of W. B. & T. A. J.: Sept. 16, 1870 - Oct. 18, 1873 Burnett, Franklin L.: June 22, 1857 - Aug. 5, 1860 Burnett, Winslow: July 16, 1885 - Oct. 4, 1886 Burnett, Elizabeth C., wife of W. E.:, _?_ 23, 1823 - __?__ 29, 18?? [stone deteriorated] (Wife of William P. Burnett; she died Dec. 29, 1889) Burnett, Mary A.: Sept. 13, 1890 - June 21, 1892 Burnett, Infant son: Nov. 22 - Nov. 23, 1893 (These and the following were children of Elizabeth Lucinda Traylor & Robert Augusta Burnett) Burnett, Bedford: July 6, 1892 - Sept. 18, 1894 Burnett, Murray: Dec. 8, 1898 - Jan. 25, 1899 Burnett, R. A.: July 30, 1855 - Sept. 3, 1935 Burnett, E. L.: Aug. 8, 1857 - Sept. 28, 1936 (Robert Augusta Burnett, son of Elizabeth C. [--?--] & William P. Burnett; Elizabeth Lucinda Traylor, daughter of Isabella Miller & William H. Traylor) Burnett, W. B.: April 21, 1876 - June 11, 1952 Row Nineteen - South to North Eleven fieldstones [no information] Empty spaces Burnette, Charles C.: Dec. 15, 1890 - May 15, 1894 Burnett, Sarah A.: April 4, 1841 - Oct. 26, 1917 Cunningham, W. R.: May 1, 1838 - April 28, 1903 Cunningham, T. A. J., wife of W. R.: Oct. 15, 1846 - May 31, 1919 Cunningham, Henry E.: May 10, 1888 - May 24, 1907 Cunningham, George H.: Oct. 17, 1881 - May 3, 1908 Row Twenty - North to South Three fieldstones [no information] One partial stone [no information] Evers, Rebecca Cora, daughter of J. A. and B. E. Gosa: Oct. 2, 1893 - Sept. 7, 1894 Fieldstone [no information] Cunningham, Infant child of J. W.: (no other information) Cunningham, Infant child of J. W.: (no other information) Cunningham, Sarah F., wife of J. W., and their two children: Jan 29, 1873 - June 11, 1904 Cunningham, James W.: Aug. 19, 1877 - May 12, 1930 (Son of Tabitha A. J. Burnett & William R. Cunningham; husband of Sarah F. [--?- -]) Two partial stones [no information] Cunningham, Annie, wife of J. F.: April 30, 1871 - June 8, 1917 (Annie V. Hankins, daughter of Sarah Jane Lawrence & Samuel Houston Hankins; wife of Joseph Franklin Cunningham) Cunningham, Joseph Franklin: April 16, 1867 - May 5, 1939 (Son of Tabitha A. J. Burnett & William R. Cunningham; husband of Annie V. Hankins)