Randolph County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, African American ************************************************ 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 October 2002 FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY AFRICAN AMERICAN #1 Township 21, Range 11, Section 22 County Road 26 (East of Level Road Community) Wadley, Randolph County, Alabama Surveyed September 27, 2002 by Gilbert & Julia Marshall and 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 Thompson, Willie 1902-1979 Thompson, Willie Frank Mar 08, 1951 Dec 02, 2014 [S/o Joel Hughley & Tessie Thompson] ? UNMARKED: [Thompson, Tessie 1930-1962 D/o Oscar Thompson & Lena Higgins] Four (4) unmarked slabs Pinkard, W.T. II [William] May 15, 1915 May 09, 2006 [S/o Wm T. Pinkard & Ada Wood] Pinkard, Gertrude H. Mar 20, 1920 Mar 31, 1999 [d/o John Hill & Minnie Fears] Trammell, Smilie (SSGT USARMY WWII) Feb 04, 1922 Jan 14, 1950 [S/o John Trammell & Lena Stephens] Trammell, Robert W. (CPL US ARMY Korea) Oct 30, 1928 May 23, 2000 [S/o P. G. Trammell & Lavada Paige][H/o Evangelist Virgie M. Trammell] Morris, James H. Nov 08, 1918 Sep 13, 1936 [S/o Henry Morris & Ella Green] Morris, Charley W. Nov 02, 1915 Feb 16, 1941 [S/o Henry Morris & Ella Green] Morris, Andrew 1920-1970 [S/o Henry Morris & Ella Green] Morris, Rev. Henry 1886-1973 [S/o Judge Morris & Susie Johnson] Morris, Ella G. 1885-[1978] [Ella Green] Houston, Oliver Jun 29, 1918 May 08, 1992 [S/o J.W. Houston & Carrie Pool] Houston, Ruth Sep 08, 1918 Nov 24, 1990 [D/o Wm T. Pinkard & Ada Wood] Pinkard, Arlevia W. Sep 18, 1912 Dec 29, 2005 [D/o Willie Woodgett & Cora B. Gay] Pinkard, Walter H. Jul 14, 1908 Jun 21, 1983 [S/o Wm T. Pinkard & Ada Wood] Pinkard, William III 'Junior' Aug 08, 1944 Jan 06, 1983 [S/o Wm T. Pinkard & Gertrude Hill] Pinkard, Jesse R. (TEC 5 US ARMY WWII) Oct 21, 1907 Feb 09, 1980 [S/o Wm T. Pinkard & Ada Wood] Pinkard, Arthur G. Mar 26, 1914 May 19, 1969 (AL PVT 8 SERVICE COMD WWII) [S/o Wm T. Pinkard] Two (2) unmarked slabs [Pinkard, William Thomas I. 1881-1936 S/o Wm B. Pinkard & Nancy Pool][Married 1. Ada Wood, 2. Mattie Lee] [Pinkard, Mattie Lee 1889-1936 D/o Lafayette Lee & Josie Adams][2nd w/o William T. Pinkard] Harris, Linnie P. Oct 19, 1902 Oct 17, 1932 [D/o Wm T. Pinkard & Ada Wood][W/o Luther Harris] Three (3) unmarked crosses Pinkard, Kenneth B. (SM2 US NAVY) Sep 12, 1916 Nov 22, 1990 [S/o John D. Pinkard & Lizzie Lee][Married 1. Lizzie Johnson] Two (2) unmarked graves [Pinkard, Lizzie 1883-1933 D/o Lafayette Lee & Josie Adams w/o John David Pinkard] [Pinkard, John David 1880-After 1940 S/o Wm Pinkard & Nancy Pool] Pinkard, Bonnie L. Aug 11, 1911 May 23, 1975 One (1) unmarked grave Marable, Fannie (Mother) Nov 16, 1898 Jan 11, 1985 [Fannie Heard] Marable, W.M. (Father) [Manning] Jan 28, 1894 Dec 19, 1952 [S/o Morris & Warner Marable] Green, A. J. Mar 12, 1907 Sep 09, 1992 [S/o Wesley Green & Roxie] Phillips, Idella Patton Dec 05, 1926 Sep 01, 1998 [D/o Louis & Annie Patton] 'Our Loving Mother' Phillips, Beotis [Rev.] Aug 28, 1920 Jun 08, 1972 (AL SSGT 582 PORT CO TC WWII)[S/o Luther & Roxie Phillips] Phillips, Ocie [now unreadable] Mar 11, 1910 May 27, 1964 Roundtree, Maggie Lee Jun 10, 1937 Nov 12, 2003 [D/o Charles W. Houston & Goldia Mae Wright] Houston, Goldia M. FHM Died Nov 09, 1986 [D/o Jim & Nora Wright][W/o Charles Wilson Houston] Houston, James S. FHM 1935-1996 [S/o Charles W. Houston & Goldia Mae Wright] One (1) unmarked child's grave Wright, Anthony Oct 18, 1909 Mar 07, 1977 [S/o Jim Wright & Nora Ford] Wright, Velmar Feb 12, 1912 Oct 14, 2010 [D/o Wilson Houston & Mary Green] Goodwin, Minnie E. Jun 09, 1932 Jan 27, 1968 [D/o Anthony Wright & Velmar Houston] Goodwin, Harvey May 30, 1931 Feb 29, 1996 [S/o Bill Goodwin & Emma Wilson] Wright, William Mar 20, 1943 Jun 06, 1965 [S/o Anthony Wright & Velmar Houston] Wright, Sharon Jan 02, 1964 Apr 12, 1964 [D/o Wm Wright & Flora M. Prothro] Houston, Wilson Sep 26, 1880 Jun 21, 1968 [S/o John Houston] Two (2) unmarked graves Huston, Kinnie Died Apr 01, 1927 Houston, Mary Green [1882] Died May 1925 [D/o Charles Green & Laura Heflin] [W/o Wilson Houston] Two (2) unmarked graves Green, Charles W. [Wesley] May 12, 1843 May 14, 1915 [Age 72 yrs 2 days][H/o Laura Heflin] Tucker, Lugenia G. 1867-1931 [D/o Charles & Laura Green] Hawthorne, Nancy Green 1887-1986 (w/o Paton Hawthorne) UNMARKED? [Hawthorne, Patton 1894-1964 S/o Frank Hawthorne & Nancy Thompson] Stitt, Louis S. Feb 03, 1894 May 30, 1971 [S/o Louis Stitt & Henrietta Ford] Stitt, Delila P. Jan 06, 1895 Apr 12, 1945 [D/o Wm Phillips & Jennie Green] Seven (7) unmarked crosses Ross, Paul (AL PVT 366 INF 92 DIV WWI) May 18, 1891 Dec 06, 1951 [S/o Elbert Ross & Georgia Heath] Ross, Minnie L. Aug 06, 1892 Jul 04, 1974 [D/o Lafayette & Josephine Lee] One (1) unmarked grave Three (3) unmarked graves Houston, Willie Louis Jan 16, 1952 Jul 05, 2010 [S/o E.C. & Eunice Houston] Houston, Eunice Wright Oct 29, 1912 Jun 17, 1976 [D/o Jim Wright & Nora Ford] Houston, E.C. Mar 11, 1911 Nov 24, 2003 [S/o Wilson Houston & Mary Green] Houston, Ethel B. 1947-1998 [D/o E.C. & Eunice Houston] Williams, Catherine Jan 06, 1941 Sep 12, 2018 [D/o E.C. & Eunice Houston] Eighteen (18) unmarked graves Kimber, Wesley (PFC MG CO 366 INF WWI) Dec 06, 1896 Oct 24, 1956 [S/o John Kimber & Sallie Green] UNMARKED: [Kimber, John Henry 1864-1934 S/o Lewis Kimber][H/o Sallie Green] UNMARKED: [Kimber, Sallie 1874-1944 D/o Charles W. Green & Laura Heflin] Kimber, Robert Lee (Dad-In God's Care) Jun 12, 1887 Jan 03, 1983 [S/o John Kimber & Sallie Green] Kimber, Theo Sr. (US ARMY) Nov 02, 1915 Feb 05, 1992 [S/o Robert Lee Kimber & Minnie Lee] Kimber, Johnnie Mae Dec 12, 1919 Jun 23, 2003 [D/o Elijah Lawson] Greene, Andrew J. 1872-1940 [S/o Charles W. Green & Laura Heflin] Greene, Elizabeth P. 1878-1963 [Elizabeth Pinkard] Ten (10) unmarked graves Smith, Bertha H. (Mother) Mar 02, 1904 Aug 19, 2004 [D/o Wilson Houston & Mary Green] Smith, Rev. Willis S. (Father) Mar 17, 1902 Feb 02, 1974 [S/o Willie Smith & Carrie Houston] Bussey, George W. 1889-1939 [S/o Henry & Fannie Bussey] UNMARKED: [Bussey, Fannie 1873-1931 D/o Charles W. Green & Laura Heflin] UNMARKED: [Bussey, Henry 1862-1927 S/o George & Emily Bussey] Williams, Emmer [marker broken] 1862 Oct 26, 1922 [Emma Ford W/o Bill Williams] UNMARKED: [Williams, Bill 1852-1941 S/o -Williams & Carrie Darden] UNMARKED: [Williams, Clinton 1876-1914 S/o Bill & Emma Williams] UNMAKRED: [Williams, Jimmie 1875-1933 S/o Bill Williams] Fourteen (14) unmarked graves Five (5) unmarked graves Pinkard, Reginald Sep 03, 1970 OD Pinkard, Jewell M. Mar 08, 1974 Mar 13, 1997 Fourteen (14) unmarked graves Cameron, Louise May 15, 1915 Nov 14, 2001 [D/o Moses & Rose Emma Cameron] Thirteen (13) unmarked graves Cameron, Joseph Scott Dec 24, 1956 Jun 18, 1981 [s/o Scott Cameron & Hattie Mae Gross] Cameron, Scott (Pvt US ARMY WWII) Mar 26, 1912 Mar 20, 1999 [S/o Moses Cameron & Rose E. Lake] Cameron, Hattie M. Sep 07, 1925 Dec 23, 2002 [D/o Frank Gross & Ione Strickland] Twelve (12) unmarked graves O'Neal, Pierce Mar 05, 1892 Feb 24, 1970 (AL PVT 809 PIONEER INF WWI)[S/o James Isom O'Neal & Mary Blake] O'Neal, Robert (AL PVT US ARMY) Mar 19, 1934 Apr 23, 1969 [S/o James Isom O'Neal & Pearlie Lee Davenport] O'Neal, Adella Johnson No Dates O'Neal, James H.[Huey][drowning incident] 1941 [Jun 9]2000 [S/o James Isom O'Neal & Pearlie Lee Davenport] O'Neal, Pearlie (Mamma) 1899-1988 [Pearlie Lee Davenport] O'Neal, J.I. (Father) Jun 10, 1862 Aug 27, 1955 [S/o Emanuel O'Neal] O'Neal, Mary Blake (Wife of J.I. O'Neal) Feb 14, 1865 Jun 24, 1928 Teague, Lillie 1900-1995 [Lillie O'Neal] Davenport, Walter Sep 03, 1899 Jan 26, 1954 (AL CPL CO C 416 Service BN QMC WWI)[S/o John Davenport & Rosa Stephens] One (1) unmarked grave [Davenport, Elizabeth Fielder May 10, 1896-Feb 27, 1995] Davenport, James H. Aug 29, 1935 Nov 11, 2011 [S/o Walter & Elizabeth Davenport] Wright, Mary G. Aug 06, 1906 OD Jones, Eunice [1891] Mar 23, 1920 [D/o Henry Jones & Trudie Davis] (AL PVT 1 CL 868 CO TRANS CORPS) Nine (9) unmarked graves Patillo, Willie (Adult) Died Apr 01, 1939 [S/o Shade Patillo] Patillo, Clara Jane Jun 01, 1884 Nov 24, 1966 [S/o Elbert Ross & Georgia Heath] UNMARKED: [Ross, Wm M. 1901-1995 S/o Elbert Ross & Georgia Heath] UNMARKED: [Ross, Ella 1888-1964 D/o Elbert Ross & Georgia Heath] Harris, Queenie (Mother) 1900-1954 [D/o Elbert Ross & Georgia Heath] UNMARKED: [Ross, Elbert 1856-1946] Mosley, James L. [marker sunk in ground] Jun 03, 1930 Nov 02, 1969 [S/o Fred Mosley & Mary S. Higgins][H/o Mattie Mae Terry] Mosley, Friddie Sue Apr 13, 1932 Mar 11, 1965 [D/o Fred Mosley & Mary S. Higgins] One (1) unmarked grave Ross, Pearl May 10, 1890 Jun 18, 1979 [W/o William Ross] One (1) unmarked grave Thirteen (13) unmarked graves Seventeen (17) unmarked graves Grimmett, Aaron A. 1865-Jul 1938 [H/o Cattie Phillips] Ten (10) unmarked graves Higgins, Elizabeth R. Apr 23, 1916 Dec 27, 1992 Higgins, Marshall W. Jun 07, 1910 Feb 22, 1984 [S/o David & Mary Higgins] Weaver, Harold Carey (SFC US ARMY Korea) Nov 17, 1930 Feb 04, 1999 ["Sarge", s/o John & Mattie Weaver-h/o Freddie Mae Weaver] Fannin, Adell H. May 06, 1909 Mar 09, 1996 Three (3) unmarked graves Baker, Mrs. Ludie Feb 04, 1885 Mar 24, 1985 Houston, Estella P. Feb 06, 1908 Jun 06, 1957 [Estella Phillips] One (1) unmarked grave Three (3) unmarked graves Phillips, J.W. (Father) [1864] Died Feb 23, 1927 [S/o Andrew Phillips & Angeline Lawson] Phillips, Cresel (Mother) [1873] Died Aug 30, 1926 [D/o Prince & Matilda Holloway] Houston, Harvey Manley Oct 11, 1944 Sep 01, 1999 (PFC US ARMY Vietnam)[s/o John Wesley & Rosie Lee Houston] Wright, John B. (Husband, Father) Dec 26, 1902 Jun 29, 1988 [S/o Jim Wright & Nora Ford] Wright, Mary P. (Wife, Mother) Sep 14, 1904 Dec 14, 1986 [Mary Pinkard] Brady, Sidney Mar 05, 1913 May 15, 1997 [S/o Jesse Brady & Pearlie Howell] Brady, Nora Apr 19, 1926 Apr 04, 2012 [D/o John Wright & Mary Pinkard] Crowder, Willie E. Apr 26, 1939 OD [S/o Wyley Crowder & Georgia Barnes] Crowder, Frances W. Apr 13, 1932 OD [D/o John B. Wright & Mary Pinkard] One (1) unmarked grave Houston, John W. [Wesley] Jan 22, 1906 Aug 08, 2007 [S/o Wilson Houston & Mary Green] Houston, Rosie L. [Lee] Feb 18, 1909 Mar 03, 1999 [D/o Arthur & Lula Bell Minnifield] Houston, Leroy May 10, 1936 Apr 11, 1967 [S/o John Wesley Houston & Rosie Lee Minnifield] Houston, Bobbie Jun 22, 1939 Dec 26, 1997 [S/o John Wesley Houston & Rosie Lee Minnifield] Wright, Ruthie Lee Nov 05, 1930 Jan 15, 2009 [D/o John Wesley Houston & Rosie Lee Minnifield] Three (3) unmarked graves Woodgett, Willie M. [PX] Jan 03, 1955 Sep 09, 1987 Woodgett, John R. [Rufus] Aug 23, 1922 Jan 31, 1998 [s/o Willie A. & Cora B. Woodgett] "Beloved Husband, Father, Brother, Grand and Great-grandfather. Loving wife, Cynthia, son, James R. and all the children. You will always be in our hearts." Woodgett, Cynthia H. Sep 26, 1926 Jan 17, 2002 [D/o John W. Houston & Rosie L. Minniefield] Two (2) unmarked graves Johnson, Warren Milton US NAVY WWII Apr 17, 1927 Feb 02, 1987 Lowe, Genus S. Sep 15, 1902 Sep 18, 1990 [Genus Houston] Lowe, Jerry W., Sr. Apr 20, 1898 Sep 15, 1973 [S/o J. W. Lowe & Vashtie Shavers] Lowe, Jerry W.., Jr. Jul 03, 1942 Mar 20, 1976 [S/o Jerry & Genus Lowe] Lowe, Beauford B. Mar 20, 1901 Jan 14, 1919 [S/o J. W. & Vashtie Lowe] Fifteen (15) unmarked graves Higgins, Selley Jan 08, 1863 Jul 07, 1949 [Celia Cary] Higgins, W.H. [Wm] May 01, 1863 Jun 13, 1938 [S/o Richard Dozier & Bethania Higgins] Kellum, Harriet No Dates Six (6) unmarked graves Higgins, Sidney (Father) Oct 04, 1905 Mar 20, 1932 [S/o Wm Higgins & Celia Cary] Treadwell, Henrietta (Mother) Feb 11, 1903 Jul 22, 1988 [Henrietta Pool-Higgins][Married 1. Sidney Higgins, 2. Josh Treadwell] ****** UNMARKED GRAVES Death Certs/Newspaper obits: Bowling, Roxie 1888-1929 D/o Sam Bailey & Lillie Smith Bowling, Sam 1889-1934 S/o Anderson Bowling ? Bowling, Lillie M. 1916-1917 D/o Sam Bowling & Roxie Bailey [Death Cert: Burial Wadley AL] Bussey, James L. 1922-1929 S/o Jim Bussey & Cora Marable ? Bussey, Cora Marable 1901-1932 Bussey, Arthur B/d 1915 S/o Henry & Fannie Bussey Bussey, Frank 1914-1940 S/o Henry & Fannie Bussey Higgins, Dave 1879-1938 S/o Dave Higgins & Mary Hall Higgins, Mary 1876-1943 D/o Robert & Lizzie Green Higgins, Richard 1916-1955 S/o David & Mary Higgins Houston, Fannie 1869-1919 Mosley, Cassie M. Wright 1920-1994 w/o Roby Mosley 1910-1983 Pinkard, Walter L. B/d Mar 19, 1936 S/o Walter & Eldora Pinkard Reid, Mary 1843-1918 ?Wright, Nora 1882-1932 D/o Anthony Ford ?Wright, Jim 1877-1942 S/o Bill & Nancy Wright OBITS LIST FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH, COUNTY ROAD 26, WADLEY AS BURIAL SITE: BAILEY, Oliver, b. Apr 7, 1988 Native of Roanoke; d. Apr 17, 2002 at Children's Hospital in Birmingham; survived by parents, Willie Frank and Recie Kimble Bailey of Wedowee and grandfather, Ralph Kimble of Wedowee; preceded by grandparents, Olden and Ocie Mae Bailey and grandmother, Vicie Knight Kimble. HEFLIN, Deborah Jean, 46, of Roanoke; Mrs. Heflin died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001 at West Georgia Medical Ceter, LaGrange. She is survived by her husband, Leon Heflin of Roanoke; her father, Rufus Burrows of Roanoke; her mother, Mattie Burrows of Roanoke. HOUSTON, Jacquelene Denise, 11 month-old daughter of James and Gretta Houston; died May 12, 1987 at Clayton General Hospital, Riverdale, Ga; survived by parents, grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Kelley, grandfather, Bishop Lawrence of Atlanta, great-grandfather, E. C. Houston of Roanoke, AL.