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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Jane Nichols ================================================================================ MAY 1999 TRANSCRIBED BY JANE AND RANDY NICHOLS MAY 28, 1999. THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED OFF HWY. 79 COMING FROM SCOTTSBORO, GOING TOWARD GUNTERSVILLE. AFTER YOU CROSS THE JACKSON COUNTY, AL LINE YOU TURN RIGHT ON PRESTON CEMETERY ROAD JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO THE FIRST BODY OF WATER ON A DIRT ROAD. THE CEMETERY IS DOWN THE DIRT ROAD JUST A LITTLE WAYS UP ON A HILL. THERE IS A DIRT DRIVE TO THE RIGHT THAT MAKES A CIRCLE AROUND THE CEMETERY ON A HILL. YOU CANNOT SEE THE CEMETERY UNTIL YOU START UP THE CIRCLE. THE CEMETERY IS A LITTLE GROWN UP RIGHT NOW, BUT HAS SOME OF THE GRAVES CLEANED OFF. THERE ARE ALOT OF UNMARKED GRAVES AND ALOT MARKED WITH FIELDSTONES WITH NO WRITING. BOBBY RAY HAMILTON 6-15-1932 7-20-1963 WANDA MALONE McDADE 2-22-1951 8-14-1994 NOAH B. MALONE 4-7-1898 12-27-1969 KAREN MELISSA DUNN 7-8-1965 7-22-1965 BARBARA ANN MALONE 3-15-1949 7-23-1964 DESARAY MILLICENT PANNELL 10-25-1983 ONLY DATE WILLIAM R.V. GUTHRIE 5-6-1912 12-24-1963 MARY FRANCES WARD 7-25-1938 4-20-1982 COLON E. GUTHRIE 4-2-1915 8-18-1985 BERTHA M. GUTHRIE 3-28-1929 3-18-1998 JAMES E. GUTHRIE (COTTON) 1940 1975 MOLLIE D. GUTHRIE 8-19-1947 N/A PAUL H. GUTHRIE 6-17-1943 4-16-1977 LULA BELL VINCENT 1-3-1939 4-22-1941 EMMA H. RAINWATER 1-23-1889 1-5-1965 J.J. HAMILTON 4-12-1865 9-18-1949 BETTY LEE JONES 10-15-1901 7-14-1966 JOHN W. GUTHRIE 2-16-1889 3-10-1960 BERTHA OLIVER 12-25-1917 N/A LOYD OLIVER 9-9-1910 2-17-1988 BRUCE A. PENDERGRASS 1909 1981 MARY C. PENDERGRASS 1887 1958 SOLON L. PENDERGRASS 1877 1951 INF. BOY & GIRL OF MR. & MRS. JOHN BENSON BOY 10-31-1921 10-31-1921 GIRL 12-20-1924 12-20-1924 PAUL BENSON 5-2-1929 2-8-1931 JOHN BENSON 1872 1934 MARIE BENSON 1881 1904 BETTIE GUFFEY DIED 1909 HAZEL C. BENSON 11-3-1910 N/A GARLAND BENSON 4-18-1909 N/A SOLOMON BENSON 1875 1952 JIMMIE J. BENSON 1885 1918 JAMES B. SMITH 11-6-1951 11-6-1951 JOSEPH WILEY DUNN 6-11-1907 11-1-1946 VIOLA BENSON DUNN 12-13-1907 10-19-1995 PICK B. BENSON 8-15-1885 8-13-1921 OLMA ELSEA 2-21-1883 3-17-1919 CLYDE BENSON 9-13-1910 10-15-1918 ORA BENSON 6-29-1890 4-22-1891 DAU. OF I.D. & S.A. BENSON SOLOMON BENSON 1835 1917 JANE ROMANS BENSON 1869 1908 GURLEY BENSON 6-28-1864 6-24-1926 PEARL WILLMON 11-25-1912 11-26-1912 INF. DAU. OF J.E. & MAGGIE WILLMON W.B. WILLMON 9-24-1852 3-6-1908 CHINA WORD 1805 1855 MOTHER OF ELLEN, WESLEY, BRADFORD, PRESLEY, CLAY, MINERVA W.B. WORD 7-20-1832 10-21-1906 MARY E. WORD 9-25-1837 1-23-1911 INF. SON OF A.G. & M.M. 5-13-1909 ONLY DATE McCOMICK (SPELLED THIS WAY) INF. SON OF MR. & MRS. 6-3-1914 6-12-1914 LON McCORMICK JERUSHA E. MEANS 11-28-1862 2-15-1891 THOMAS B. BOGGUS 1-9-1928 (ONLY DATE) PVT 4 ALA CAV CSA JOHN B. MANNING 9-2-1864 9-24-1936 JENCIE L. MANNING 3-21-1865 1-3-1936 ADDIE WORD 3-3-1854 4-11-1896 REV. P.C. WORD 10-21-1833 3-18-1912 ALABAMA WORD 4-5-1835 8-19-1894 DAVID EARL BEARD 6-23-1957 7-4-1957 ROBERT L. BEARD 3-9-1886 1-24-1929 FANNIE MARTIN BEARD 8-28-1892 5-16-1971 COLONEL D. BEARD 9-6-1915 12-19-1982 MARGARET B. BEARD 6-30-1924 8-1-1992 JOSEPH W. BATEY 7-31-1874 1-25-1959 JESSIE L. CHAPMAN 7-26-1900 N/A BOYD C. BATEY 10-1-1912 10-18-1987 ? ANNIE GUTHRIE NO DATES (HANDMADE, HARD TO READ) TOADIE B. BEARD 10-17-1919 11-20-1986 CLEO T. BEARD 6-20-1922 3-7-1984 FRED THOMAS MANNING 1893 1956 FRED THOMAS MANNING, JR. 6-10-1924 1-3-1929 LAUDRA P. MANNING 6-9-1889 8-26-1922 IDA FERREL MANNING 10-6-1919 3-29-1923 MAE MANNING 2-17-1894 3-26-1928 SISTER MARY KATHALEEN 8-7-1917 2-2-1938 MANNING PAREOLEE HUNT 11-18-1860 12-25-1943 SAMUEL G. HUNT 11-29-1859 8-24-1905 WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEMORIAL LUIZE DUNN 10-9-1875 6-13-1951 J.R. (RANK) DUNN 7-14-1865 9-28-1949 CUE DUNN 8-14-1899 2-21-1952 BILLY G. DURHAM 9-15-1959 10-3-1959 IDA LOU "DOLL" ERBY 1-24-1911 11-24-1985 TROY W. "BRANEY" ERBY 4-16-1946 3-20-1991 ILENE PENDERGRASS NO DATES SILAS PENDERGRASS NO DATES MANDY V. GUTHRIE 5-7-1894 5-20-1938 JOHN WILLIAM GUFFEY 1867 1920 USLEY CALDONIA MAYHALL 1874 1904 GUFFEY JOHN G. BENSON 1-6-1917 10-17-1918 GEORGE L. BENSON 9-9-1927 4-12-1928 FRED W. WORD 1909 1976 INF. SON OF E.L. & M.N. 4-28-1949 4-28-1949 WORD RUFUS, SON OF J.P. & 3-20-1905 1-16-1906 WILLIE WORD MARY, INF. DAU. OF MR. & 3-2-1925 3-20-1925 MRS. JOHN WORD INF. SON OF MR. & MRS. 8-19-1941 ONLY DATE FRED WORD JOHN P. WORD 1874 1946 WILLIE BENSON WORD 1886 1956 IDELA, DAU. OF O.E. & 9-2-1905 9-24-1909 FLORENCE WOODALL FLORENCE C. WOODALL 12-21-1869 4-15-1949 OSCAR E. WOODALL 3-27-1868 1-17-1939 BEESON HILL RICE 1897 1966 PLUMA WORD RICE 1903 1953 W.B. "BUDGE" WORD 1-3-1908 6-20-1970 J.A. PENDERGRASS 8-7-1848 5-12-1912 WILLIAM L. DUNN 3-22-1926 9-21-1926 LORENE PANNELL 1-7-1919 2-4-1990 JESSIE J. PANNELL 7-18-1914 9-8-1964 PAULINE HUDISON 4-30-1928 N/A JONNIE HUDISON 6-22-1925 7-9-1972 W.J. "WILL" DUNN 9-9-1896 3-10-1984 BESSIE RICE DUNN 6-6-1906 11-6-1986 JESSIE VIOLA "DOODIE" 7-24-1919 7-24-1991 DUNN A.C. MILLER 2-17-1927 9-4-1997 ALFORD E. CARLISLE 7-14-1918 3-9-1978 US NAVY WWII FATE LOWE 2-26-1904 8-31-1977 MARY S. LOWE 12-18-1924 N/A JEWELL "POLLY" HOLLIDAY 8-2-1947 5-3-1979 HUNTER E. IVEY 7-7-1989 7-7-1989 HELEN J. GECKLES 7-18-1927 N/A JOHNIE H. GECKLES 7-5-1914 6-8-1975 ANGEL RENE MANGUM 12-6-1983 12-7-1983 INF. DAU. OF ADAM & TENA MANGUM ELLEN G. ANDERTON 9-26-1916 1-7-1977 JOSIE PENDERGRASS 1885 1911 JEFF KELLY 1861 1933 MONROE KELLEY 1906 1-25-1930 VERDIS GECKLES NO DATES WILLIAM L. DUNN 3-26-1926 9-21-1926 ELIGH W. QUALLS 7-24-1907 3-23-1925 ALA PVT 6 FIELD ARTY 1ST DIV MOSE E. QUALLS 1883 1944 NANCY QUALLS 1885 1976 GEORGE L. HOLCOMB 12-27-1899 12-20-1986 JOHN W. HOLCOMB 9-12-1887 2-1-1956 EVELYN HOLCOMB 11-11-1930 5-11-1991 WANDA R. HELTON 4-14-1944 5-5-1970 FS: WANDA RUTH HELTON ALA A3C US AF VIETNAM ELIZABETH HELTON 5-16-1902 10-11-1990 HENRY HELTON 5-8-1884 12-14-1958 JAMES HELTON 11-3-1935 10-8-1960 JANNIE E. BONDS 1-7-1952 N/A MARRIED: 4-1-1968 TOMMY L. BONDS 12-14-1951 LOIS DUNN 3-18-1911 7-13-1979 S.R. DUNN 1-27-1905 10-15-1976 HARRY LEON DUNN 8-7-1945 6-23-1960 GECKLES TWINS TIMMY & TOMMY NO DATES ANGELA GECKLES NO DATES ELMER GECKLES 1896 1964 JAKE GECKLES 1882 1963 MRS. DELLA PENDERGRAST 1871 1929 (SPELLED PENDERGRAST) J.M. PENDERGRASS 1874 1962 VIDA MAE DUNN 1-7-1928 3-9-1936 DAU. OF S.R. & LOIS DUNN DELTA WEEKS 6-23-1928 (ONLY DATE) ALA PVT US ARMY ROY SAMPSON, JR. 7-2-1929 10-15-1929 SUSIE HOLCOMB DUNN 9-28-1897 10-29-1929 ADA LIPSCOMB 12-1-1922 10-30-1930 (BETWEEN THESE TWO IS A STONE THAT SAYS: SISTERS CLIFFORD RICE 7-14-1920 9-4-1979 AUTHER GUFFEY 1919 1919 BULA GUFFEY 1927 1930 NAMON R. DUNN 4-13-1935 10-28-1998 (FUN. HOME MARKER SAYS: NAMON RAYBURN DUNN)