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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Marilyn Girardi ================================================================================ October 2002 EAST ROANOKE CEMETERY-African American (BROWN CEMETERY) Township 21, Range 12, Section 35 Randolph County, Alabama Surveyed September 2002 by Marie M. Cain and Marilyn M. Girardi. Mr. Hill, who cares for the cemetery located on land owned by his parents, identified burial sites of many unmarked graves which, without his help, could not have been identified or noted in this listing. Submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi MMGir@aol.com One (1) unmarked grave Everette Died 1993 Hill, Luke, Jr. Apr 1, 1938 Mar 17, 1989 [s/o Luke Sr. and Annie Elizabeth Hill] Whitlow, Mattie L. 1911-OD Whitlow, Nathaniel 1911-1988 Three (3) unmarked graves Winston, Minnie B. [Bell] Oct 7, 1910 Nov 28, 1994 Winston, William M. Jun 18, 1913 Oct 25, 1989 Winston, Corey D. [Dontell][Obit below] Oct 10, 1982 May 8, 2000 [s/o Michalyn D. Winston & Jeffrey Few-grandson of Nathaniel Few] Stevenson, Janie E. [Pate][Obit below] Apr 5, 1939 Dec 31, 1994 Two (2) unmarked graves Reed, Charlie Frank Nov 18, 1925 Dec 4, 1987 (PFC US ARMY World War II) Hill, Beatrice Jul 3, 1936 Sep 25, 1984 Hill, Dallas, Jr. Sep 6, 1925 OD Robinson, Ike Jan 3, 1936 Dec 31, 1999 [s/o Walter and Pearl Robinson] At the corner of first row of graves, in no larger area than two adult graves, is the burial site of twelve (12) babies. Tucker, John T. May 2, 1938 Apr 1, 1974 Tucker, Dessie B. Dec 23, 1936 Aug 14, 1997 Parker, Oscar Jan 1, 1913 Oct 5, 2000 [s/o Charlie & Bessie Trammell Parker][Both are marked w/same bd] Parker, Mrs. Addie Mae Jan 1, 1913 Mar 7, 1999 Watson, Thomas (SM3 US ARMY WWII) Nov 13, 1927 Apr 27, 1999 Two (2) unmarked graves Nolan, Helen Gray May 22, 1929 Nov 22, 1997 Sims, Sgt. Sandy F. Sr. 1955-1996 Sims, Dicie A. 1957-OD Two (2) unmarked baby graves One (1) unmarked grave Alford, Beulah Mae 1909-1980 Alford, Bradfield 1907-1980 Seven (7) unmarked graves Jones, Mary G. Sep 25, 1925 Jun 29, 1982 Williams, Booker T. Aug 3, 1923 Feb 27, 1984 (TEC 5 US ARMY World War II) Gates, Lucille Harolyn Oct 29, 1914 Jun 3, 1993 Williams, Marie Jun 17, 1927 Mar 21, 1996 Beason, Lonnie (PVT US ARMY World War II) May 11, 1922 (Deceased) Rowland, Inez Winston Dec 23, 1915 Jun 24, 1986 Varner, Howard Aug 24, 1918 Jan 13, 1987 (STM1 US NAVY World War II) Slaughter, Annie Mable May 15, 1908 May 3, 1991 Chapman, George E.(European Theatre WWII) Nov 1, 1923 Apr 7, 2001 [s/o John & Mahalia Aurelia Jones Chapman-h/o Countess Chapman] Ware, Ebenezere [Death as on marker] Dec 31, 1912 Feb 31, 2001 Foster, Beulah Mae Nolan May 24, 1955 Jul 7, 2002 [d/o Harold and Helen Nolan-w/o Amos Foster, Jr.] Shealey, Thomas Austin Jun 2, 1923 Dec 3, 1988 (AS US NAVY World War II) Shealey, Agil L. Jul 25, 1920 Jan 11, 1980 (SSGT US ARMY World War II) Moore, Juanita Shealey Jul 31, 1916 Dec 14, 1978 Shealey, Mayme B. Jun 12, 1893 Feb 23, 1989 Shealey, John T. Apr 13, 1892 Jan 18, 1975 Marable, Ellie Starks 1886-1971 Royston, Mayfield Sr. (SGT US ARMY WWII) May 23, 1922 Dec 11, 1991 Royston, Texanna M. Mar 21, 1923 OD Watkins, Arthur, Sr. Jun 15, 1907 Apr 23, 1982 Watkins, Ruth Mar 13, 1916 OD Holliday, Rosa Lee Oct 10, 1900 Apr 11, 1985 Holliday, Cleothus Mar 4, 1945 Apr 11, 1985 Patillo, Charlie "Button" Jun 16, 1941 Sep 10, 1983 Thomas, Marie Jul 6, 1906 Apr 11, 1991 Threatt, Bertha C. 1929-1992 Two (2) unmarked graves Allen, Robert (US ARMY WWI) Apr 18, 1893 May 4, 1993 One (1) unmarked grave Winston, Harry W. (SGT US ARMY WWII) Nov 17, 1917 May 28, 1998 One (1) unmarked grave Tatum, Nolan B. [Obit below] Dec 15, 1961 Apr 20, 1997 Four (4) unmarked graves Holliday, Ruth J. [Fannie Ruth] Nov 9, 1925 Jul 8, 1994 Five (5) unmarked graves Nolan, Betty Jean Jul 8, 1944 Sep 1, 1969 One (1) unmarked grave Tatum, Louise 1945-1991 Bell, Gussie Mae Dec 25, 1926 Oct 13, 1991 Two (2) unmarked graves Williams, Mary R. Feb 12, 1940 Sep 18, 1989 Hairston, Quillan F. Nov 18, 1987 Nov 18, 1987 Morgan, Jessie L. Nov 26, 1970 Aug 5, 1971 Brown, Peggy Watkins Aug 5, 1937 Jul 14, 1993 Pogue, Hop (PVT US ARMY World War I) Dec 23, 1898 Aug 26, 1970 LOCKHART-BALLARD: Ballard, Yvonne Oct 21, 1954 Jul 21, 1987 Lockhart, Jerry Jun 15, 1970 Jul 21, 1987 [Mother and Son were killed in a car accident] Six (6) unmarked graves Heard, Ora Aug 18, 1909 [Dec 15, 1998] Heard, Dock R. Feb 16, 1896 Mar 31, 1973 Three (3) unmarked graves Ware, Lee Andrew Jan 18, 1928 Jan 1, 1996 Four (4) unmarked graves Three (3) unmarked graves Watkins, Donald Sep 27, 1972 Mar 31, 1996 Brown, James L. (US ARMY) 1922-1996 Three (3) unmarked graves McNeil, Hattie Mae Aug 25, 1925 Feb 8, 1985 Sherrell, Mr. Frazier May 14, 1938 Feb 16, 1971 Four (4) unmarked graves Taylor, Darnell 1933-197- One (1) unmarked grave Muhammad, Bilal De'von Jul 25, 1992 Apr 28, 1996 "God's Precious Angel, We Love You and Miss You" One (1) unmarked grave Wood, Jessie "Jake" Dec 16, 1920 Dec 12, 1978 Wright, Dave Feb 22, 1894 May 28, 1958 (AL CPL MG CO 366 INFANTRY WWI) Three (3) unmarked graves Crankfield, Mattie L. Feb 20, 1925 Jul 5, 1966 Moss, Hope Denise Mar 9, 1967 Apr 20, 1996 Four (4) unmarked graves Boone, Charlie W. Dec 25, 1888 Aug 26, 1968 Two (2) unmarked graves Pogue, Nathaniel Oct 14, 1935 Nov 18, 1968 (Alabama PFC US AIR FORCE Korea) One (1) unmarked grave Houston, Rueben "Peter" Mar 14, 1956 Aug 3, 1970 Three (3) unmarked graves Wright, Elder Wade Jan 1, 1903 Jul 13, 1969 Heard, Oscar Lewis May 5, 1921 Apr 15, 1974 (Alabama S1 US NAVY World War II) Two (2) unmarked graves Watts, Eldora Heard Aug 1, 1945 Nov 5, 1986 One (1) unmarked baby grave [Huguley Baby] Heard, Bernice Henderson May 4, 1921 Apr 12, 1998 One (1) unmarked grave Heard, James L. "Gone but not forgotten" Feb 1, 1944 Jun 7, 1965 Two (2) unmarked graves Wood, Deara Died Aug 9, 1964 Three (3) unmarked graves Stevens, Pickens No Dates Two (2) unmarked graves Dunson, Leonia Mar 1, 1891 Aug 4, 1991 Dunson, Henry Feb 12, 1891 Oct 11, 1948 Heard, Joseph Milton, Jr. (PVT US ARMY Vietnam) 1947-1987 Heard, Joseph Milton, Jr.[Should be Sr.] Mar 8, 1918 Aug 2, 1980 One (1) unmarked grave Hill, Dallas Apr 30, 1890 Oct 24, 1961 Hill, Martha Aug 18, 1905 Dec 14, 1962 Hill, Gordon (STM3 US NAVY WWII) Apr 2, 1927 May 11, 1977 Ware, Mae Bell (23rd Psalm) Mar 2, 1911 May 11, 1991 Seven (7) unmarked graves Huffman, Earnest (STM3 US NAVY WWII) Jul 15, 1924 Oct 14, 1981 Four (4) unmarked graves Three (3) unmarked graves Two (2) unmarked graves Huffman, Mary B. (1 Thessalonians 4:17) Jan 20, 1926 May 6, 1989 Huffman, SGT. Marvin E., Sr.(John 14:2) Dec 31, 1927 Nov 15, 1964 Two (2) unmarked graves Ware, Ruth H. Jun 16, 1918 Jul 31, 1981 Ware, Charlie F., Sr. Jan 26, 1905 Apr 21, 1983 Ware, Annie Ray Jun 28, 1905 Feb 10, 1961 Ware, Henry 1931-1981 Ware, Joe Frances Jan 9, 1946 Feb 12, 1978 Trammell, Alice I. May 31, 1876 May 13, 1950 Gates, Otis V. Jan 28, 1921 Jul 30, 1965 (Alabama PVT US ARMY World War II) Wood, Worren Died Feb 20, 1944 Ten (10) unmarked graves Outland, Alma C. Died May 11, 1956 Pearson, Cathrine Feb 22, 1878 Aug 21, 1956 Two (2) unmarked graves Outland, Alma Amelia Sep 21, 1923 Jul 4, 1967 Tolbert, Oleathia (Ola)(Mother) Died Jan 6, 1973 Kelser, Elijah (Age 41) Apr 1, 1909 Jun 5, 1950 Dianne Herren's listing of 1992 shows that an earlier survey lists the following grave not found for her listing. Stak, Ellie 1886-1971 OBITS LIST EAST ROANOKE CEMETERY AS BURIAL SITE FOR: BURTON, Eppie Mirage, 92, a resident of Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke; died Jan 7, 1990 at Randoph County Hospital. HARRIS, Melvin, 54, of Roanoke died Thursday, Aug. 19, 1999, at Randolph County Hospital. Survivors include his mother, Dora Askew of Birmingham. HILL, Luke Sr., 93, of Roanoke; died Jun 23, at Estes Nursing Facility, Birmingham; survived by wife, Annie Elizabeth Hill of Roanoke; preceded by his parents Harry and Jenny Hill. HOLLIDAY, Clara Mae, 61, of Roanoke; died Dec 30, 1989 at her home; d/o George and Rosa Lee Holliday. JOHNSON, Willie Bessie, 68, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1994, at University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham. MONAGAN, Oscar Lee II, 75, of Roanoke died Wednesday, June 15, 1994, at Capital Hill Medical Center, Montgomery. Mr. Monagan was a native of Chambers County. He was married to the late Mary Eleanor Baker Monagan, who preceded him in death in 1966. POLLARD, Willie [Mrs.], 83, a resident of Traylor Nursing Home in Roanoke; died Aug 15, 1998. TATUM, NOLAN B., 35, of Roanoke; died Apr 18, 1997 at Med Ctr, Columbus, GA; survived by wife, Betty Marie Haynes of LaFayette; preceded in death by father, John Henry Carter; his mother, Louise Tatum, and his step-father, Johnny Tatum. SHEARS, Willie Frank, 56, of Atlanta died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta. Survivors include his father, Willie Earnest Shears of Roanoke; his stepmother, Harriet Shears of Roanoke; preceded in death by his mother, Gertrude Shears. SLAY, Genie, 96, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1994, at South Fulton Medical Center, East Point, Ga. Mrs. Slay was born in Troup County, Ga., and was the widow of the late Shafford Slay. STEVENSON, Janie Pate, 55, of Roanoke died Saturday, Dec. 31, 1994, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika; Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Helen Brown Jelks of Roanoke; her father, Frederick Douglas Pate of Norfolk, Va. TAYLOR, Mosie W., 99, of Roanoke died Sunday, April 21, 2002 at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke; preceded by husband, Eddie Taylor. THOMAS, Maggie, 85, of Roanoke died Saturday, Dec. 24, 1994, at Randolph County Hospital. WARE, Minnie I. Watkins, 96, of Roanoke, died Sunday, April 21, 2002, at Traylor Nursing Home. Ms. Watkins was the llth of 14 children, born Jan. 16, 1906, in Heard County, Ga. She was the widow of the late James Ware, who died in the 1970s. WEATHERS, Ruth, 89, of Roanoke died Saturday, July 30, 1994, at her residence in Roanoke; Mrs. Weathers was one of nine children born into one of Randolph County's oldest African-American families. Her parents were the late Mr. Mance and Mrs. Pearl Turner Finch. She was the widow of the late Alvin Weathers. WHITE, Lorenza, 56, of Roanoke died Thursday, April 5, 2001, in Park City, Kentucky; Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Catherine White of Roanoke. WINSTON, Corey Dontell, 17, of Roanoke died Monday, May 8, 2000, at Children's Hospital in Birmingham; Survivors include his mother, Michalyn D. Winston of Roanoke; his father, Jeffrey Few of Lineville; his grandfather, Nathaniel Few of Lineville. 1