Marshall County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Rooks Cemetery - Complete Survey
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Carol Rooks Johnson sharebmas@juno.com April 16, 2008, 5:37 pm

Abstracted By: Carol Rooks Johnson

The Rooks Cemetery is very small, containing only eleven 
graves (one of them is a leg!). The first person buried in 
the cemetery was Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler Rooks.  She had 
commented to family members she thought the location would 
be a nice place for a cemetery.  When she passed away 
sometime after 1880 the cemetery was established.  
Directions to the Rooks cemetery:  From Albertville, AL at 
the intersection of US-431 and SR-75, take 75 N for 
approximately 1/2 mile (first traffic light) and make a 
left onto Martling Rd.  Travel about 5 1/2 miles and make a 
right onto Asbury Rd.  Asbury Methodist Church will be 
about 3 miles on the left.  When you get to the church make 
a left turn (immediately) after you pass the church as if 
you were pulling into the church yard, but this is a road 
(no road sign is posted here,  some maps have it listed as 
Asbury Church Rd).  At about .8 miles you will see the 
cemetery up on the hill to your left in a fenced pasture.  
You will need to go on to the cross roads, make a left and 
go through the gate at the barn to drive to the cemetery.  
Make sure you close the gates as you go in and out.  

Last Name        First Name    Middle Name   Birth         Death        Comment
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Rooks            Julia Ann     Buckner       1808          aft 1880     
Centers          Effie                                                  
Rooks            William       Jacob         1849          7 Mar 1917   
Joiner           Benjamin                                               
Joiner           Elizabeth                                              
Rooks            Reese         R.            29 Sep 1844   11 Nov 1911  'Kind father of love, thou art gone to thy rest'    Pvt Co A 14 GA Infantry, Confederate States Army
Rooks            Martha        Ida           20 July 1863  1 July 1902  'When the angels called her home, she smiled farewell to earth.
Joiner           Lelar         F.            7 Feb 1870    28 Apr 1898  Wife of J.T. Joiner
Joiner           Infant                      1897          1897         son of J.T & L. F. Joiner
Rooks            Baby                                                   Infant of Jake & Dorothy Rooks
Reese Rooks leg                                                         



Additional Comments:
Line 1 above:  Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler Rooks, wife of John, mother of William 
Jacob Rooks and Reese Rooks.
Line 2 above: Effie Notley Centers, b. 1879 in GA, died unknown. Granddaughter 
of Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler Rooks, dau of John Franklin Centers & Lucretia 
Rooks, sister of Lela Frances.  Lucretia is dau of Julia Ann and sister of 
Reese and Jake.
Line 3 above: William Jacob "Jake" Rooks, son of Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler 
Rooks and bro of Reese Rooks, son in law of Benjamin & Elizabeth Joiner, 
husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Joiner (Dorothy buried in TN).
Line 4 above: Benjamin K. Joiner, b. 26 Oct 1824, Pike Co, GA - died 27 Sep 
1891, Marshall Co, AL
Line 5 above: Mary Ann Elizabeth Smith Joiner, b. 18 May 1831 in GA, d. 8 Feb 
1900, Marshall Co, AL.
Line 6 above: Reason "Reese" Robert Rooks, husband of Martha Ida Joiner, son 
Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler Rooks, bro of William Jacob, son in law of Benjamin & 
Elizabeth Joiner.  
Line 7 above: Martha Ida Joiner Rooks, wife of Reese, dau of Benjamin & 
Elizabeth Joiner, sister in law of William Jacob, dau in law of Julia Ann.  
Line 8 above:  Lela (not Lelar as per stone) Frances Centers Joiner, 
granddaughter of Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler Rooks, dau of John Franklin Centers 
and Lucretia Rooks.  Wife of John Thomas Joiner and dau in law of Benjamin & 
Elizabeth Joiner.
Line 9 above: Infant Joiner, son of John Thomas Joiner & Lela Frances Centers.
Line 10 above: Baby Rooks, infant of William Jacob Rooks & Dorothy Elizabeth 
Joiner.  Grandchild of Benjamin & Elizabeth Joiner & Julia Ann Buckner Wheeler 
Rooks.
Line 11 above:  When Reason "Reese" Robert Rooks leg was amputated in 1894 from 
a wound sustained at Fredricksburg in 1862, family members buried it in the 
family cemetery.  Reese is buried on one end of the cemetery and his leg on the 
other end.  


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