Randolph County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, African American aka Canann 'Shining Light' Baptist Church Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Girardi Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery (African American) Township 21, Range 11, Section 1 Randolph County, Alabama From Highway 431, 4 miles S of Wedowee Take County Road 33 S for approximately 2 miles; Take first dirt road to left approximately 2 ½ miles; Cemetery is on the left. Canaan Baptist Church 2738 County Road 815 Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL Surveyed May 2000 by Marilyn M. Girardi and Marie M. Cain. Submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi Submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi 2020 Update: Additional information enclosed in [brackets] by Linda Ayres (Parenthesis) or "quotes" indicate info on markers. This information is for personal research ONLY. This information is NOT to be copied on any Cemetery Website. Please respect our work by not claiming it as your own. Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information Knight, Jimmie Lee Mar 15, 1927 Dec 18, 2012 [S/o Lee Knight & Lizzie Bussey] Knight, Lee Aug 06, 1869 Dec 09, 1972 [S/o Hiram J. Knight & Loretta Hardnett] Knight, Lizzie Dec 17, 1896 Mar 30, 1984 [Lizzie Bussey] Heflin, Wilson May 24, 1893 Aug 27, 1975 [S/o Benjamin Heflin & Susan Marable] [H/o Hattie Pool 1899, died May 3, 1926, died after the birth of Annie Heflin May 2, 1926-Jul 22, 1926][THEY ARE NOT BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY] Heard, Mattie Will Jun 27, 1916 Sep 29, 1989 [D/o Wilson Heflin & Hattie Pool][W/o Early Heard] (In Loving Memories Mary Finley Grandchildren: Dinah Bryant, Hope Brown and Sam Jones III. Great Grandchildren: Tony Bryant, Jr, Catherine Bryant and Vanessa Wright) Heard, Rosa Lee Jan 25, 1941 Jan 05, 1987 Stevens, Mittie T. Mar 08, 1891 Nov 21, 1980 [Mittie T. Haley] Stevens, Rev. Jerry Nov 14, 1896 Sep 21, 1975 Denny, Charles Fred Dec 02, 1952-1968 Denny, Louis C. 1925-1968 [S/o John Denny & Julia Sears] Denny, Daniel R. Sep 23, 1953 Mar 20, 2015 [S/o Louis Denny & Annie Bailey] Denney, David (Age 4) [1954-1957] No Dates [S/o Louis Denny & Annie Bailey] Dennie, Jessie Jan 20, 1912 Feb 01, 1949 (AL CPL QM CORPS WWII) Clark, Jimmy Lee Sep 27, 1938 Apr 28, 1976 [S/o Hershall Clark & Annie Ray Denny] Clark, Donald F. Sep 22, 1960 Sep 06, 2008 [S/o Jimmy L. Clark & Rosa Lee Allen] Caselberry, Woodford M. 1894 -- 1966 [S/o Ben Castleberry & Betsy Ware] Caselberry, Cora 1898 -- 1989 [Cora Lee McLemore] Whatley, John Jun 01, 1884 Dec 22, 1972 [S/o Jack Whatley] Whatley, Norman May 22, 1916 Aug 28, 1945 (AL PFC 369 INF 92 DIV WWII) Whatley, Maggie L. Mar 01, 1884 Oct 13, 1966 [D/o Harmon & Emma Phillips] Whatley, John 1887 OD Whatley, Jack Oct 15, 1856 Mar 01, 1937 [S/o Jim Whatley & Lizzie Strong] Denny, William 1913 -- 1980 Denny, Gladys 1917 -- 2009 [D/o Woodford & Cora Castleberry] Houston, Mary Seymore 1885 -- 1970 [Mary Allen Seymour] Seymour, Guy Dec 10, 1903 Jun 23, 1965 [S/o Garfield Seymour & Mary Allen] Lee, Annie L. Jan 10, 1928 Dec 23, 2018 [D/o Guy Seymour & Bertha J. Hines] Reid, Jethro 1888 -- 1976 [H/o Lena Sears] [UNMARKED? Reid, Lena 1885-1961 D/o Augustus Sears & Fannie Crim] Robertson, Jess T. Mae Dec 10, 1918 Jan 01, 1928 [D/o Guy Robertson & Fannie Heflin] Robertson, Mary Ann No Dates [Child's grave] Dukes, Iner P. R. [Ina Pearl] Jul 09, 1922 May 18, 1960 [D/o Hardy Robertson & Fannie Kimble][W/o Albert Dukes] Robertson, Fannie Feb 14, 1888 Mar 22, 1963 [D/o Lewis & Emily Kimble] Robertson, Hardy Sep 06, 1881 Oct 16, 1955 [S/o Jerry Robertson & Nancy Stephens] Lancaster, Elizabeth Robertson Aug 29, 1924 Feb 22, 1945 [D/o Hardy Robertson & Fannie Kimble] Robertson, William E. Jun 06, 1916 Dec 12, 1939 [S/o Hardy Robertson & Fannie Kimble] Bailey, Eddie Will Mar 03, 1939 Feb 17, 1996 [S/o Charles Bailey & Mary Boyd] Houston, Ruby L. Dec 15, 1952 Mar 13, 2003 [D/o Harmon Bailey & Annie R. Denney] Robertson, Guy Apr 08, 1905 Feb 20, 1998 [S/o Hardy Robertson & Fannie Kimble] Robertson, Fannie Sep 04, 1904 Apr 26, 1995 [D/o Benjamin Heflin & Susan Marable] Robertson, David No Dates McGahee, Josephine Molden Jun 29, 1946 May 25, 1993 Molden, William R. [Roy] Jul 28, 1937 Jan 21, 1992 [S/o John T. Molden & Vera A. Robertson] Molden, Deacon John T. Mar 04, 1914 Oct 02, 1975 Molden, Vera Agnes Oct 04, 1919 May 25, 1999 [D/o Hardy Robertson & Fannie Kimble] Molden, John Frank Jul 30, 1950 Aug 25, 2007 Molden, Keath D. Feb 02, 1973 May 09, 1991 [S/o John Frank Molden & Sharon Dukes] Sims, Mae Emma Sep 01, 1941 Mar 01, 2005 [D/o John T. Molden & Vera A. Robertson] Sims, Arthur R. Aug 01, 1943 Oct 30, 2018 [S/o Willis D. Sims & Fannie Mae Knight] Molden, Eldora S. May 17, 1942 Feb 24, 2015 [D/o Willis D. Sims & Fannie Mae Knight] Robertson, Charlie Feb 12, 1928 Apr 18, 1968 [S/o Wm Robertson & Cora Bass] Robertson, Dorothy M. Apr 04, 1933 Mar 28, 2016 [Dorothy Mae Livingston] Robertson, Clarence Mar 24, 1966 Nov 13, 2015 [S/o Charlie Robertson & Dorothy Mae Livingston] Molden, Ras No Dates Sears, Rev. Charlie F. [Franklin] [1879] 1866-1939 [S/o Guss Sears & Fannie Crim] [Unmarked? Sears, Melessie 1886-1951 D/o James Potter & Harriet Sterling] Woodget, John Henry May 10, 1921 Feb 11, 1941 [S/o Rufus Woodgett & Mary Terrell] Woodgett, Mary Ella 1898 -- 1966 [D/o Wash & Lizzie Terrell] Woodgett, Sonny May 25, 1938 May 22, 1972 [S/o Rufus Woodgett & Mary Terrell] Woodgett, Hattie Lee B. Sep 12, 1933 May 30, 1974 [D/o John H. Boozer & I. Andrews] Woodgett, Cleophus 1929 -- 1988 (PVT US ARMY Korea) [S/o Rufus Woodgett & Mary Terrell] Woodgett, Mary Jane 1915 -- 1981 [D/o Rufus Woodgett & Mary Terrell] Woodgett, Mattie Bell Mar 24, 1925 Dec 24, 2015 [D/o Rufus Woodgett & Mary Terrell] Carter, John Howard May 13, 1913 Aug 09, 1999 Carter, Mattie M. May 30, 1913 Apr 15, 1992 [Mattie Robertson] Carter, Willie H. Oct 29, 1940 Apr 28, 1991 [S/o Howard Carter & Mattie Robertson] Lancaster, Melissa Nov 07, 1970 Aug 29, 1980 [S/o L.C. Lancaster & Betty J. Molden] Lancaster, Hester Jan 18, 1975 Jul 15, 1976 [S/o L.C. Lancaster & Betty J. Molden] Lancaster, Betty Jean Dec 19, 1943 May 13, 2007 [D/o John T. Molden & Vera Robertson] Watts, Joe L. Jan 17, 1952 Mar 05, 1952 Woodget, Robert Lee May 26, 1919 Dec 10, 1994 [S/o Rufus Woodgett & Mary Ella Terrell] (PFC US ARMY WWII) Woodget, Martha A. Goodwin 19?3 -- 199? Possible unmarked graves: Denney, Louis 1925 -- 1968 [S/o John Denney & Julia Sears] Woodgett, Rufus 1891 -- 1991 [S/o George Woodgett & Jane Morgan] ***** OBITS LIST CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY AS BURIAL SITE FOR: DENNY-WRIGHT, Anquavious Lewis (infant), of Wedowee died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston; Survivors include his parents, Anthony Wright and Christy Denny of Wedowee; grandmothers, Brenda Rutlin and Lola Wright of Wedowee; grandfather, Wallace Rutlin of Wedowee; great-grandmother, Annie Mae Denny of Wedowee; great-grandfather, King David Turner of Wedowee. File located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/cemeteries/canaan.txt