Ragsdale Cemetery, Madison Co., AL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb File Manager - Carolyn Golowka ----------------------------------------------------------------------- February 2000 Contributed by Betty McCulloch, AL Hwy 72 East past Huntsville. Turn left on Ryland Pike. Go to the 4 way stop sign and go straight (the road turns into Hurricane Creek Road), towards County Lake. Turn right on County Lake Road. Turn right on Sharp's Cove Road. There will be a curve to the left, then one to the left, then another to the right. The cemetery is on the left. Note - FS stands for Foot stone. Note - Names that are together have same headstone. Natasha Marie Johnson June 18, 1982 - January 20, 1998 J. Leon Saint April 29, 1940 - April 10, 1987 FS - Papaw Mary L. Saint April 7, 1943 - no date FS - Memaw Joseph M. Light January 25, 1962 - June 19, 1981 FS - Joey (this headstone is within 2 inches of the Saint's headstone) Emogene Mosley June 1, 1929 - May 1, 1984 FS - Mom Lizzie O. Bradford July 15, 1915 - September 25, 1987 FS - Mom John Wayne Bradford February 13, 1944 - November 2, 1974 Carol D. Mayes December 13, 1969 - Gordon C. Mayes December 8, 1923 - May 2, 1980 Essie L. Mayes March 30, 1930 - Ruby Mae Mayes June 11, 1917 - July 11, 1988 Herbert A. Mayes August 12, 1917 - October 9, 1976 FS - Herbert Allen Mayes S2 US Navy WWII Charles R. Mayes July 27, 1972 - December 24, 1972 Herman C. Johnson March 19, 1950 - January 31, 1992 FS - Son Mary E. Johnson December 22, 1910 - no date FS - Mother Christopher Kimbrough Lack September 11, 1976 - January 31, 1977 Darrell L. Spivey December 3, 1974 - November 19, 1994 FS - Son Donna L. Spivey May 10, 1972 - May 10, 1972 FS - Daughter Charles R. Thompson, Jr. September 13, 1954 - January 19, 1978 FS - Daddy Wanda M. Thompson November 21, 1973 - January 19, 1978 FS - Sissy Raymond G. Thompson November 9, 1974 - January 19, 1978 FS - Buba Stephanie D. Thompson September 6, 1977 - January 19, 1978 FS - Precious Brenda J. Thompson February 14, 1955 - October 16, 1996 FS - Mommy Marcus J. Barcus January 16, 1958 - March 1, 1997 Deborah L. Barcus December 5, 1963 - no date Robert Reed 1878 Evie Reed 1888 - 1965 Fred Reed 1904 - 1905 Floyd Reed 1920 - 1921 Fred E. Reed December 27, 1904 - October 22, 1919 Alfred Press Campbell December 27, 1906 - January 14, 1983 FS - Press James S. Campbell June 15, 1869 - February 16, 1956 Sarah B. Campbell June 26, 1872 - May 14, 1962 Nora L. Sneed Wife of Enough Campbell January 1900 - October 23, 1918 W. P. Sneed June 2, 1898 - October 16, 1918 Willie M Campbell "Mother" December 15, 1895 - March 13, 1988 William J. Campbell "Father" October 5, 1890 - July 21, 1949 Alvin Campbell April 1894 - September 1920 Mitchell Big concrete slab (approx 7 feet by 18 feet) no information. Marindia K. Wilder February 22, 1832 - June 27, 1902 Willie Mae Tipton 1890 - 1912 Wife of William J. Campbell Rutha Olley Daughter of W.M & M.A. Campbell February 22, 1887 - July 29, 1900 Katherine Campbell Wife of T.M. Campbell 1824 - ? Wed 1843 Theophilus Marion Campbell August 12, 1823 - September 11, 1899 Ernest Erwin January 2, 1902 - May 22, 1903 John Joel Ragsdale February 1829 - April 11, 1905 "Marker replaced by the family 1996" written on the stone Adaline Ragsdale July 26, 1839 - November 30, 1924 Grace A. Hill February 11, 1916 - May 21, 1962 Nellie L. Alverson October 20, 1896 - April 6, 1928 William Pleas Hill, Jr. November 3, 1945 - December 11, 1989 FS - Son Carl W. Hill July 26, 1947 - June 13, 1992 FS - Son April Lynn Wilbourn January 31, 1977 - March 7, 1991 Jenelle Wilbourn November 6, 1951 - January 27, 1998 FS - "Jen" Thomas J. Holiday "Daddy" August 18, 1938 - December 4, 1988 Matthew Terrell April 23, 1886 - September 21, 1965 Hester Dee Furlow November 13, 1907 - January 20, 1993 (metal marker, no headstone) William T. Reed Pvt. Med Dept. March 7, 1920 Mary W. Moore November 2, 1924 - January 25, 1974 Elmer Arvilla Reed PFC US Army Korea June 18, 1928 - January 23, 1989 Martha E. Reed June 30, 1899 - January 18, 1982 Jessie L. Reed November 13, 1901 - January 23, 1989 Viola Elizabeth Reed November 26, 1925 - August 9, 1940 Jimmy Gordon Mayes 1941 Bobby Joe Mayes 1952 Ruby Lee Spivey October 28, 1914 - October 17, 1988 FS - Mamie Thomas William Spivey, Sr. April 23, 1905 - March 1, 1993 FS - Papa Robert L. Spivey, Jr. May 23, 1967 - August 23, 1970 (blank foot stone) Addie Spivey "Mother" 1868 - 1952 FS - A.S. Susan Ragsdale August 9, 1846 - February 20, 1920 James Ragsdale January 22, 1831 - April 1, 1900 Jesse B. Ragsdale January 31, 1869 - April 15, 1904 Susie Elizabeth "Betty" Parvin Wife of George Allen Pence January 3, 1860 - October 23, 1937 George Allen Pence June 12, 1858 - April 6, 1935 S. K. Pence V. R. Pence May 31, 1828 - May 31, 1902 Sallie Pence October 3, 1830 - October 22, 1890 Shellie Sharp December 17, 1895 - March 19, 1908 Roy Sharp January 17, 1907 - may 7, 1911 FS - R. S. L. C. Sharp March 2, 1874 - March 27, 1922 Mildred E. Sharp February 18, 1867 - August 11, 1919 John J. Crowson 1860 - 1929 Eliza P. Crowson 1863 - 1940 Elizabeth McCagha Lee March 12, 1866 - August 11, 1897 FS - Mother James M. Lee June 15, 1856 - January 31, 1949 FS - Father Mamie Barksdale December 2, 1900 - October 6, 1901 Infant daughter of T.A. & A.G. Barksdale June 30, 1908 William Howell Alverson August 24, 1918 - November 6, 1918 FS - Baby Ruthie L. Alverson 1865 - 1935 Jessie P. Alverson 1861 - 1946 J. R. Hawkins August 12, 1856 - October 6, 1922 Infant daughter of C.A. & Lucy Alverson Georgia Bell Daughter of George ? Currie Lester August 20, 1880 - September 27, 1885 Adeline Bradley March 22, 1831 - March 22, 1900 Serena Sharp June 18, 1819 - June 18, 1895 John M. Fowler June 8, 1862 - September 15, 1899 Louisa A. Fowler March 4, 1836 - February 29, 1920 John C. Fowler March 3, 1837 - August 20, 1921 Robert A. Fowler January 3, 1863 - December 23, 1921 FS - R.A.F. Mora Fowler Berry April 3, 1876 - March 31, 1959 William H. Troup February 26, 1883 Repsie V. Troup August 28, 1878 - January 1, 1937 Mary Troup 1880 - 1935 Essie & Jessie Jenkins April 18, 1921 T.J. Jenkins "Mother" January 25, 1845 - no date Nat Jenkins December 9, 1840 - April 17, 1915 Corp. Co. K 8th Reg. IND. Cavalry Richard Jenkins July 25, 1888 - January 25, 1963 FS - RJ Lillie Jenkins October 18, 1892 - September 21, 1940 Mary C. Jenkins July 8, 1912 - May 1, 1925 FS - MCJ Leonard Earl Jenkins February 6, 1922 October 6, 1922 Lydia P. Styles June 4, 1856 - September 20, 1891 William V. Styles April 15, 1854 - January 15, 1913 C. Casle or Casie October 18, 1831 - June 20, 1906 (stone was hand carved) Thomas F. Guthrie January 24, 1899 - April 12, 1965 Cynthia J. Guthrie February 1, 1909 - April 30, 1994 Thomas F. Guthrie, Jr. March 12, 1928 - March 12, 1928 Frank Gentry Oklahoma, Sgt 1cl, 213 Field Sig. BN. 13 Div. January 27, 1940 Marvin Gentry July 18, 1909 - November 12, 1986 Annie B. Gentry 1876 -1939 G. W. (Jerry) Gentry April 12, 1870 - June 19, 1942 Sallie Webster May 13, 1900 - December 19, 1988 Frank M. Tipton March 22, 1888 - December 21, 1979 Evie Bennett Tipton December 1, 1891 - July 31, 1981 Joe Caswell Fowlkes 1853 - 1932 Alice Benton Wife of F. W. Tipton July 17, 1867 - July 16, 1889 Jenny Ragsdale Wife of T. B. Ragsdale December 17, 1849 - December 15, 1916 Thomas B. Ragsdale 1839 - 1930 Lucy H. Ragsdale October 18, 1869 - May 11, 1955 Helen Aleene Tielking Born & Died August 23, 1934 Joyce Durham No dates - has a teddy bear and a baby rattle engraved on stone Melinda E. Durham "Mother" January 8, 1908 - November 26, 1981 Leslie Durham March 6, 1906 - June 10, 1061 Nancy Moss Durham September 21, 1887 - no date FS - Mother Thomas Ferrell Durham December 22, 1877 - October 2, 1962 O. E. "Buck" Durham October 8, 1913 - July 29, 1982 FS - Daddy Gleen M. Mayes November 11, 1910 - September 15, 1980 FS - Daddy FS - US Army WWII Evelyn S. Mayes July 13, 1913 - no date Gregory L. "Greg" Davis July 26, 1960 - April 26, 1984 FS - Peck George W. Mayes August 30, 1878 - May 9, 1951 Eliza E. Mayes April 28, 1888 - January 1, 1957 R. Huey Mayes June 14, 1915 - May 8, 1962 Jessie E. Mayes November 14, 1919 - March 25, 1963 Wilma J. Davis January 15, 1938 - February 16, 1990 Karen Davis Light February 19, 1958 - September 29, 1995 Lucille Marie Mitchell January 27, 1940 - June 1, 1996 Harvey E. Fields, Jr. November 10, 1944 - January 19, 1945 Harvey E. Fields September 21, 1921 - April 1, 1985 FS - Dad Married March 23, 1940 Kathrine H. Fields July 16, 1923 - no date Ollie H. Fields PFC US Army WWI September 23, 1893 - August 29, 1973 Thomas Eric Jenkins April 4, 1962 - July 17, 1993 Thomas S. Jenkins PFC US Marines Korea February 19, 1936 - July 18, 1982 Nellie M. Jenkins July 8, 1906 - July 18, 1981 FS - Mother Lonnie E. Jenkins February 9, 1902 - July 13, 1957 Gladys Lucille Jenkins January 13, 1927 - April 21, 1984 Allice E. Bishop October 23, 1923 - June 29, 1994 Ira L. Jenkins December 1, 1913 - July 6, 1942 George M. Jenkins January 6, 1884 - February 10, 1952 Adder B. Jenkins June 28, 1892 - May 6, 1966 Jonathan Henry Tipton November 19, 1842 - March 16, 1929 Mary A. Tipton April 12, 1862 - May 20, 1944 FS - M.A.T. William W. Pierce April 17, 1902 - August 12, 1956 Edith S. Pierce April 9, 1906 - August 30, 1948 Daughter Ruthie Lee Pierce April 20, 1933 - April 23, 1934 Bobby Pierce Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Pierce December 7, 1940 Anthony W. Jones - Infant August 16, 1964 Edward C. Jones - Infant May 20, 1962 Martha A. Alverson December 27, 1894 - May 9, 1971 FS - Mama Bob Alverson February 16, 1890 - February 10, 1975 FS- Daddy Joe Billy Alverson Age 38 (nothing else on stone) Cora E. Alverson September 29, 1897 - January 29, 1963 Jim Alverson August 13, 1893 - June 1, 1975 Albert J. Albright September 6, 1927 - August 24, 1987 James Larry Albright January 23, 1951 - March 16, 1985 Sammy C. Alverson January 22, 1960 - April 30, 1977 FS - Son Wanda S. Alverson March 23, 1961 - May 1, 1975 Velma J. Alverson December 8, 1932 - April 13, 1981 FS - Mother Jim Ed. Alverson January 23, 1930 - no date Jessie Carl Jenkins September 29, 1938 - July 23, 1948 Sarah Melinda Pierce April 30, 1885 - November 25, 1948 FS - Mother John F. Pierce June 2, 1885 - August 4, 1956 FS - Daddy Noel Winfield Johnson November 22, 1915 - March 31, 1999 Donald Eugene Sorrows January 5, 1942 - October 29, 1991 Michael David Landers July 21, 1992 "Our Little Angel" Robert C. Holder May 3, 1909 - June 22, 1995 Mary Julie Holder March 5, 1917 - no date Jesse D. Erby Pvt. US Army WWII February 27, 1921 - April 26, 1995 Charles H. Langford, Jr. June 29, 1943 - April 1, 1998 FS - Daddy