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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Dot Smith <5thcharm@alphainternet.net> ================================================================================ Jun 1999 Palestine Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Wilmer, Alabama Michael Brown 14Jan1878-2Jul1969 "Here he lies where he longed to be. Home is the sailor, home from the sea and the hunter home from the hills" Walter Paul Coursey 7Mar1886-9Feb1985 Ada Howell Coursey 16Oct1895-11Feb1996 John Frank Davis, Sr. 1898-1975 Verna Reaves 1906-1998 Gray Orestes Davis 1929 Age: 4 days son of J.F. & Verna Davis Arline, son of Catherine & Roam Davis 7May1918-23Jun1919 Ollie Davis Died: June 1916 infant grave no info infant grave no info "darling baby" John Edward Davis 25Mar1906-6Jul1906 Baby Davis no info has Angel headstone & Lamb footstone Baby Rester no info has same head/footstone as Baby Davis Lillie Rester Davis 7Mar1907-11May1930 Carrie P. Harris 2Dec1891-28Aug1950 Effie P. Howell 4Apr1895-17Dec1961 Irvin N. Howell 20Jul1898-4Sep1967 Hattie L. Howell 6Nov1946 Mother In memory of Ida R. Howell, 12Jul1889-15Jul1910 wife of G.W. Howell Harwood C. Hayles 5Jan1915-13Jan1996 "Buddy" Dextra Lee Hayles 12Dec1912-living "Deckie" Aeolus Samuel E. Lee 5Jul1916-9Apr1992 "Jiggs" Evelyn Delancey Lee 16Nov1919-living "Ebb" John Littleton Lee 28Jan1890-10Aug1924 Armentia Lowery Lee 9Oct1896-23Nov1978 Lambert Lee, son of J.L. & Armentia Lee 15Aug1913-11Jan1945 Lies in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium "If love could stop pain, he never suffered" Samuel Lee 3Sep1874-5Apr1950 Father "Another link is broken in our household band, but a chain is forming in a better land" Hagar Brown Lee 29Jan1881-12Mar1957 Mother "A precious link has been added to our family chain forming in the Promised Land" Roxie Guy Lee 7Aug1905-20Feb1985 Tressie Harper Lee 2Aug1904-17Mar1985 Samuel E. Lee 1Feb1929-11Dec1937 "Sammy" "Swift little feet are now resting on a safer shore" Anita Maureen Lee 22Sep1933-3Dec1947 "Bobby" "In the cold and moist earth we laid when the forest cast the leaf, and we wept that one so loved should have a life so brief" Hillard Lee 5Mar1900-1975 Lular Lee no info Robert L. Lowery 1Mar1890-2May1955 Martha Rebecca Lee Lowery 10May1898-12Jan1981 George Washington Lowery 22Feb1919-26Sep1995 "Bud" US Navy WW2 Frances Margaret Lowery 12Feb1924-living "Peggy" Patsy Faye, daughter of George & Peggy 13Dec1941-13Dec1941 Reuben Lundy 10Jun1916-4Aug1989 Beatrice Lowery Lundy 4Jan1923-29May1982 "Pat" Benjamin, son of Reuben & Pat 8May1948-8May1948 Heidi Evans, daughter of Roger & Sandra Evans 13Dec1970-13Dec1970 Lavada K. Pierce 7Jul1893-24Sep1981 Ella T. Pierce 25Oct1869-19Feb1952 Louis Yancey Pierce 20Mar1868-6May1943 Cammie E. Pierce 2May1879-5Jan1956 Silas R. Pierce, Elder 26Mar1872-15Feb1937 In memory of Floyd Pierce 14Jan1834-25Mar1893 Sarah Ann Pierce 11Jul1840-31Aug1933 Silas Pierce 13May1815-8Mar1895 (headstone has broken into 2 pieces) Mary Ann Pierce 25Dec1818-2Feb1908 Silas Pierce, infant no info A Confederate Soldier, Jerry Pierce 15Feb1847-10Jan1926 Rachel Ann Pierce 11Feb1861-4Aug1928 Frances A. Pierce 8Mar1885-29Dec1903 Henry F. Pierce 7May1886-4Jun1916 Celia Pierce Died: 12Apr1924 Age: near 82 years Lafayette Pierce Sept1839-4Apr1912 Jackson Pierce Died: 27Sep1903 Aged: 80 years (headstone erected by his son) M. Pierce no info F. Pierce no info Geraldine F. Pierce 7May1915 Wed 51 years Oliver C. Pierce 9Nov1916-30Mar1988 Edward Eugene Pierce 20Jan1925-8Sep1937 George W. Pierce 27May1871-23Sep1936 Katie A. Pierce 23Aug1891-4Jun1976 Harry K. Pierce 30Oct1909-19Mar1983 Syvilla B. Pierce 24Jun1912-? Charles N. Pierce 24Feb1864-6Dec1936 Emily F. Pierce 4Mar1869-6Dec1958 Mettie M. Pierce 14Aug1892-22Sep1906 In memory of L.M. Pierce 16Apr1832-1Mar1902 Sarah E. Pierce 7May1837-21Dec1915 Zebba Bolton Pierce 20Apr1900-7Sep1977 Joel Marvin Pierce 3Dec1895-15Aug1968 Children buried here: Marvin E. Pierce 3Oct1918-2Dec1918 Infant son of Joel & Zebba 17Aug1924 J.D. Pierce 5Aug1851-10May1912 Sallie E. Pierce 27Nov1852-17Aug1934 S. C. Pierce 3Sep1884-19Jan1933 Infant son of W.J. & M.D. Pierce no info Unmarked infant grave Cavians Pierce 6Oct1918-2Dec1918 Unmarked adult grave Thomas Leslie Pierce 22Nov1919-23Dec1920 son of H.J. & M.I. Pierce PollyAnn Pierce 26Mar1844-8Nov1916 James I. Pierce 4May1837-1Jul1923 In loving memory of Louis M. Pierce 6Feb1835-25May1921 In memory of Thena Pierce, wife of Louis M. 10Jun1842-16Dec1925 Garner Pierce 1870-1958 Married: 5Feb1891 Lelia Pierce 1870-1962 "Sister" Ruberter, daughter of George L. & Missouri Pierce 27Jul1905-14Mar1914 (Roberta is the twin sister of Rupert Pierce) Walter J. Pierce, Jr. 12Apr1919-10Sep1994 Dorothy M. Pierce 10Jan1928-living Walter Jerry Pierce 27Feb1881-25Nov1952 Maggie Parker Pierce 9Oct1892-17Apr1985 Elton Fay Pierce 22Jan1933-2Mar1996 "Our loving Daddy" Vawdy Pierce 16Aug1902-14Dec1993 Mabel M. Pierce 31Mar1903-25Jan1986 Married: 12Mar1925 Harry Pierce, Sr. 6May1907-9Feb1967 Sara L. Pierce 30Oct1907-14Aug1958 Unmarked adult grave Rev. Vernal S. Pierce 12Aug1910-21May1981 Lillie Mae Pierce 4May1904-living Infant son of V.S. & L.M. Pierce 12Feb1932 Infant son of V.S. & L.M. Pierce 1Mar1929 J.W. Pierce 1854-18Sep1928 Ella A. Pierce 1864-1945 Lula R. Pierce 1877-1967 Willie L. Pierce 1873-1940 (A footstone has been added that gives Willie's info as: 12Mar1873-7Oct1940) Posey Pierce 10Jan1901-28Nov1929 Idell Pierce 15Jul1918-29Apr1925 Ida Pierce 6Aug1903-11Mar1918 George W. Pierce 3Jan1843-18Feb1918 A Confederate Soldier Curtis D. Pierce 21Mar1889-2Jan1972 Lydia L. Pierce 3Apr1892-20Sep1976 Florence Rester 15Feb1882-19Jul1961 Harris Rester 5Oct1876-3Mar1958 Mandy Whatley Died: 13Apr1883 "Mother" Price Williams 1899-1970 Estelle Williams 1911-1991 There are still a few graves left to document and the names are below: Driskell, Jackson, Neidhardt, and South