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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Jane Nichol ================================================================================ July 1999 TRANSCRIBED BY JANE TALLEY NICHOLS & SUE ALLEN PITTMAN JULY 22, 1999. THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON HWY 79, COMING FROM SCOTTSBORO, NOT FAR PAST THE PINE ISLAND CHURCH ON THE RIGHT IN MARSHALL COUNTY. DECORATION FOR THIS CEMETERY IS THE FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY. BILL AND NELL HELTON ARE TRYING TO KEEP THIS CEMETERY MOWED AND CLEANED. THERE IS NO KIND OF FUND FOR THIS CEMETERY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO HELP WITH THE UPKEEP OF THIS CEMETERY, PLEASE CONTACT THEM AT 256-582-2086. IT IS SOMETIMES HARD FOR THEM TO DO THIS. IF THERE WAS A FUND SET ASIDE FOR THE UPKEEP, THEY COULD HIRE SOMEONE TO MOW IT. TERESA HOPE GECKLES 8-28-1959 4-7-1971 JAMES WALTER TAPSCOTT, SR. 8-13-1935 11-14-1984 THOMAS CHANDLER 12-2-1860 9-11-1934 THOMAS CHANDLER 12-2-1860 9-11-1934 ALICE CHANDLER 4-5-1874 10-27-1949 M.J. SAINT 1-1-1860 3-11-1905 A.Y. SAINT 9-8-1900 11-15-1915 M.E. SAINT 1-8-1845 5-27-1918 SARAH O. SMITH 2-4-1909 N/A JAMES G. SMITH 1-2-1907 6-9-1979 TOM SMITH 6-15-1905 3-12-1968 JESSY RUDOLPH SMITH 1867 2-28-1947 MARTHA HOPTON SMITH 1873 5-15-1956 INF. DAU. OF WALTER & NO DATES MARY LESLIE INF. DAU. OF WALTER & NO DATES MARY LESLIE JESSIE SMITH 3-7-1806 5-16-1889 C.E. SMITH, SON OF 5-25-1875 4-12-1885 JESSE & LAVINA SMITH ROBERT ALGER SMITH 7-18-1898 10-18-1918 JOHN JESSE SMITH 3-7-1859 12-7-1935 SERINA BAKER CHANDLER NO DATES R.S. LESLIE, WIFE OF 4-23-1854 6-17-1925 C.C. LESLIE W.C. SMITH 12-29-1903 11-14-1983 MARRIED: 6-11-1933 MATTIE E. SMITH 7-3-1916 N/A S. SMITH NO DATES P. SMITH NO DATES CALDWELL NO DATES SYBLE, INF. DAU. OF 8-9-1928 ONLY DATE JAMES G. & ODELL SMITH CALDWELL NO DATES JESSIE CALDWELL 5-29-1901 8-1-1983 LEATHA CALDWELL 9-28-1901 12-1-1980 ALBERT C. HENSON 5-27-1895 3-4-1973 PVT US ARMY FREDERICK LOUHMILLER 8-21-1779 8-28-1821 P.C. NO DATES (LOCATED BESIDE FREDERICK LOUHMILLER) KATHY LAVONE HELTON 8-5-1956 9-7-1997 KAYE P. HAWES 8-28-1934 N/A MARRIED: 8-11-1951 CHARLES R. HAWES 2-27-1928 9-28-1994 ROBERT SULLIVAN 3-29-1922 4-9-1984 US ARMY WWII ROBERT C. BAKER, JR. 4-21-1957 2-26-1999 H.I.C. NO DATES (I WAS TOLD THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 15 BLACK MEN BURIED IN THIS ONE GRAVE. IT IS AT THE END OF THE CEMETERY ALL BY ITSELF. THESE MEN WERE PRISONERS LOCKED IN A STATE TRUCK, WHEN THE TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THEY ALL DIED. THIS WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND THE YEAR 1930.) CORDELLA SHORES CHANDLER 6-15-1883 9-22-1970 ISOM B. CHANDLER 10-2-1879 8-22-1953 MINNIE LEE CHANDLER 12-14-1878 1-10-1944 JAMES T. BARNES 11-29-1836 2-15-1904 JAMES A. BARNES 8-29-1884 8-18-1948 MISS GENEVA GILBREATH 1936 1962 (FUN. HOME MARKER) SHIRLEY LAMAR 5-25-1923 N/A MARRIED: 2-4-1939 HARDEN S. LESLIE 1-26-1921 4-29-1997 CHARLIE C. LESLIE 1-31-1915 6-27-1964 OLLIE SMITH LESLIE 11-2-1886 11-5-1963 CHARLES TOM LESLIE 2-18-1886 11-26-1958 JESSE WALTER LESLIE 1-26-1884 12-10-1956 MARY LEE LESLIE 9-2-1898 11-6-1982 MARGARET YANCEY 11-23-1933 N/A CLAUDE "BILL" YANCEY 6-4-1931 8-30-1990 GENE H. PENDERGRASS 10-3-1923 6-26-1997 LOUELLA I. PENDERGRASS 8-6-1920 9-20-1990 ESTHER WALLS SUBLETT 10-6-1894 2-15-1975 JOHN W. WALLS 10-3-1892 10-1-1962 GILBERT KING 4-19-1915 5-5-1956 THELMA KING 3-15-1916 N/A ALVIN, SON OF H.B. & N.R. 1-30-1958 11-13-1958 BENSON HOWARD BENSON 5-11-1924 3-22-1989 MARRIED: 11-1-1947 NELLIE R. BENSON 3-18-1926 N/A LEONARD COLLIE 5-21-1914 9-5-1977 MINNIE O. COLLIE 6-20-1916 11-13-1995 AMBER LASHAYE, INF. DAU. 1-24-1982 ONLY DATE OF MARTY & TAMMY DUNN DORA HUMPHREY DUNN 7-22-1927 3-31-1972 KATIE LEE DUNN 6-17-1910 N/A MAHALIE H. PENDERGRASS 12-30-1890 10-13-1969 DENNIS F. PENDERGRASS 3-7-1884 4-4-1966 JAMES PLEASANT BAKER 2-22-1869 10-18-1925 MARY ELIZABETH BAKER 1-8-1908 4-14-1962 JOHN W. MASON 12-16-1873 7-19-1896 MARY ANN HARRIS DABBS 7-8-1847 9-1922 WIFE OF SAM DABBS BUD EUBANKS 9-28-1855 3-18-1886 MARTHA N. BAKER 10-6-1943 ONLY DATE BIRDIE R. BAKER 7-25-1909 9-20-1990 MURPHY MAHALA BAKER 9-29-1880 10-21-1959 CASSIE LEE BAKER 3-11-1903 9-22-1953 BILLIE O. PEACE 1932 1992 J.G. DABBS 2-10-1867 1-25-1903 EDWARD EUBANKS 9-26-1884 7-16-1899 MARY JANE M. EUBANKS 8-28-1846 8-21-1903 EDWARD BAKER 8-16-1905 1-14-1987 INF. DAU. OF MR. & MRS. 3-21-1938 ONLY DATE ELBERT GENTRY INF. SON OF T.E. & ELIZA 10-8-1879 ONLY DATE ROBINSON ISSAC GILMORE GROSS 4-14-1845 2-16-1926 CORP. HENRY PENDLETON 10-2-1822 1-13-1897 CO E 3 MISS INF C.S.A. BARNEY GRAY 12-1-1953 12-2-1953 LOVIE H. GRAY 4-20-1928 N/A CHARLES EUBANKS NO DATES ADDIE EUBANKS NO DATES FRANCIS CATHRINE GROSS 1-6-1839 7-20-1916 DORINDA KLASLER PENDLETON 9-10-1843 5-10-1925 CARL M. GRAY 11-4-1924 1-24-1997 S1 US ARMY WWII DORA SLATER 6-15-1914 6-16-1916 EDFORD HOLMAN 3-28-1925 4-10-1926 ROBERT WHITAKER 10-12-1910 8-25-1984 SALLIE CHAMBLESS 3-29-1875 2-27-1959 JAMES B. CARLTON 10-28-1912 N/A BETTY GOODWIN 7-19-1945 5-29-1968 JAMES S. COLLIE 4-2-1929 2-18-1964 ALA PFC BTRY C 18 AAA GUN EN FAY H. HOLMAN 11-6-1922 4-5-1925 ETHEL WHITAKER 1-10-1916 8-18-1991 J.G. CHAMBLESS 4-30-1867 8-12-1945 MAGGIE BENSON CARLTON 11-8-1914 10-24-1989 BERNICE PAULINE COLLIE 3-2-1928 3-13-1976 PAUL COLLIE 3-9-1924 11-7-1966 PAULINE COLLIE 1933 ONLY DATE NELLIE JO COLLIE 1930 1932 CHARLES COLLIE 8-15-1892 4-18-1945 AVIE L. COLLIE 9-26-1894 8-30-1979 ARBLE STUBBLEFIELD 1912 1966 GLADYS STUBBLEFIELD 1-6-1878 9-3-1947 ANNIE BENSON 11-26-1891 6-20-1966 BOBBY LEE BENSON 3-8-1941 12-1-1963 BARBARA JEAN BENSON 3-10-1947 N/A INF. SON OF GILBERT & 3-10-1936 N/A THELMA KING BOBBY RAY BENSON 4-27-1927 9-27-1927 CLARENCE EDWARD BENSON 1931 1932 L.Z. BENSON 12-13-1921 3-15-1936 OMEGA BENSON 9-2-1929 5-15-1943 WILLIAM BENSON 1-25-1913 12-30-1993 ILA BENSON 5-16-1918 11-10-1973 GARRY KEITH BOWDEN 5-5-1957 5-5-1957 IRA L. GECKLES 10-1933 10-1933 LEON M. GECKLES 8-7-1934 9-7-1934 B.L.G. NO DATES SOME OF THESE GRAVES CAN REALLY USE SOME ATTENTION. LIKE I SAID, BILL & NELL HELTON, 582-2086, TRIES TO MOW THIS WHOLE CEMETERY WHEN THEY CAN. IF YOU HELP THEM WITH A CEMETERY FUND, IT CAN BE COMPLETELY MOWED ON A REGULAR BASIS. IF THESE ARE YOUR RELATIVES, PLEASE GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS CEMETERY.