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This file is copyrighted and contributed by: Sarah Winters ==================================================================== October 2000 New Hope Baptist Church and Cemetery, Natchez, Monroe Co., Alabama New Hope Church, established in 1855, is located in the community of Natchez, in Monroe County, Alabama. To get there from Beatrice, go to the Robbins-Finklea Hotel, and take the paved road directly in front of the hotel. This is F. D. Stallworth, Sr., Lakeview Drive. Follow it for 2.9 miles until you come to a New Hope Baptist Church sign, on the right side of the road. Turn right at the sign, onto a dirt road, and go .6 mile and you will be at the church. Submitted by Sara Winters, 6-01-2001. Name Birth Death Other Information Helton, Charles Hixon 02/05/1893 03/30/1949 Helton, Essie Warren 04/14/1898 10/31/1978 Helton, Lester H. 12/17/1926 01/18/1997 U.S. Navy McPherson, James Gilbert 07/06/1889 12/09/1952 McPherson, Gertrude Helton 03/14/1896 01/29/1979 Wife of Gilbert Helton, Fred N. 02/14/1892 03/17/1971 World War I, 17 FLD ARTY Helton, Willie Claude 10/11/1885 01/20/1970 Helton, Lucille Thompson 01/25/1900 09/28/1959 Helton, Hamilton L. 11/20/1903 01/09/1987 Helton, Forrest Earl 10/04/1907 10/04/1983 Helton, J. Wheeler 09/21/1905 02/11/1971 Dendy, Josephine Elizabeth 01/16/1847 06/28/1935 Helton, Dora Webb 08/21/1866 09/09/1946 Helton, W. D. 12/20/1859 11/19/1944 Helton, Lawson Dendy 05/22/1894 11/21/1917 Helton, Infant son Only one date: 12/11/1927 Parents: S. B. & Mae Black Helton Helton, Shirley Bryan 04/22/1899 03/20/1967 Helton, Mattie Mae Black 06/11/1893 04/19/1984 wife of Shirley Helton Kearley, Challie L. 03/13/1884 05/27/1966 Kearley, Mary A. 01/15/1882 06/02/1969 Kearley, Albert E. 02/14/1899 10/23/1978 Kearley, Eula A. 03/14/1908 06/29/1989 McPherson, Gerald W. 08/14/1927 04/20/1991 McPherson, Thelma (Tina) Living Farise, Eliza 09/30/1851 03/13/1933 Reaves, W. T. 09/04/1831 02/23/1898 Old Tombstone All writing gone, Unable to read Child's Tombstone All writing gone, Unable to read Reaves, Jennie Rebecca 07/08/1855 11/02/1896 Mother Reaves, James T. (Jimmy) 05/06/1848 07/28/1902 Father Richardson, Martha Ann 11/18/1853 11/16/1939 Wife of David M. Watts Watts, David M. 11/24/1850 02/20/1900 Walston, H. C. 04/09/1864 01/24/1909 Walston, Samuel 07/10/1826 12/23/1908 Tombstone Missing All that is left is a small footstone with "Ellen" on it. Fore, Sr., James T. 09/02/1900 01/19/1989 Fore, Ethel C. 05/11/1911 11/12/1989 Fore, Jr., James T. Living Fore, Melba B. Living Fore, Curtis S. Living Fore, Dorothy T. Living Fore, Ervin R. 08/04/1908 08/15/1985 PFC, US Army, WWII Reaves, Mary Alice 09/22/1914 10/24/1914 Reaves, Fannie Lee 04/11/1908 06/07/1914 Helton, Mary Virginia 05/02/1852 04/13/1929 Helton, James Monroe 01/22/1837 12/21/1919 McDonald, Randall Cornelius 05/16/1806 01/01/1889 Black, James Alvin 09/19/1885 06/03/1955 Black, Mae Rhoad 01/22/1898 03/02/1968 Black, Infant son 02/12/1932 02/13/1932 Parents: Mae Rhoad & James Alvin Black Black, Annie Bell 07/15/1927 12/01/1994 Daughter of Mae Rhoad & James Alvin Black Black, Robert Lee 04/15/1902 09/23/1928 Spearman, Celesta 02/01/1906 02/15/1996 Black, John Davison 02/22/1898 09/19/1970 Black, Infant daughter Only one date: 11/09/1931, Parents: Celesta Spearman & John Davison Black Black, James Monroe 04/24/1857 09/09/1945 Black, Mattie Elizabeth 10/01/1866 01/17/1925 (nee Davison) Black, William Neal 07/18/1888 10/25/1911 Fore, W.N. 02/26/1890 06/24/1890 Parents: S. C. & M.F. Fore Fore, J. E. 08/02/1903 09/01/1904 Parents: S. C. & M. F. Fore Fore, Albert C. 08/19/1888 12/17/1917 Fore, S. C. 01/10/1859 09/19/1922 Fore, Mary E. 1868 1940 Fore, William Ervin 05/14/1939 01/16/1941 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Roscoe Fore Davison, John N. 11/22/1874 09/02/1904 BABY 04/08/1910 01/28/1911 Davison, Leo McDonnel Helton, Annie Lee 07/04/1887 09/09/1913 wife of W.J. Davison Davison, William Jasper 06/24/1883 01/02/1962 Davison, Julia Jackson Fountain 09/02/1889 04/08/1964 The Bear Man No name or dates shown More to come on this at a later date Kearley, Minnie V. 09/26/1861 05/21/1936 Kearley, R. P. 02/26/1860 03/23/1911 Camb, Ruby Mae 05/28/1889 06/05/1968 Fore, Steven Miller 06/26/1906 06/11/1987 Fore, Helen Davis Living Norwood, Margaret 12/09/1842 05/18/1918 Norwood, J. W. 05/25/1837 06/01/1910 Vernon, Robert R. 04/01/1880 03/02/1965 Fore, Mary Alice 03/06/1887 10/19/1946 wife of R.R. Vernon Fore, John N. 08/24/1893 01/18/1941 Fore, Birdie H. 12/26/1898 07/20/1945 McNeil, Ruby Cornelia 01/01/1832 08/23/1835 Davison, William M. 08/15/1835 12/13/1918 Powell, Missouri 04/09/1841 02/26/1914 wife of William M. Davison Davison, Cornelia 11/11/1872 11/17/1963 Helton, Monroe McDonald 10/02/1914 12/18/1918 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Helton Reynolds, Sr., Charles Robert 03/04/1934 07/12/1991