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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Marilyn Girardi ================================================================================ October 2002 FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY – AFRICAN AMERICAN 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 MMGir@aol.com Thompson, Willie 1902—1979 Four (4) unmarked slabs Pinkard, W.T. II [William] May 15, 1915 OD Pinkard, Gertrude H. Mar 20, 1920 Mar 31, 1999 [d/o John and Minnie Hill] Trammell, Smilie SSGT USARMY WWII Feb 4, 1922 Jan 14, 1950 Trammell, Robert W. (CPL US ARMY Korea) Oct 30, 1928 May 23, 2000 [s/o P. G. and Lavada Paige Trammell-h/o Evangelist Virgie M. Trammell] Morris, James H. Nov 8, 1918 Sep 13, 1936 Morris, Charley W. Nov 2, 1915 Feb 16, 1941 Morris, Andrew 1920—1970 Morris, Rev. Henry 1886—1973 Morris, Ella G. 1885—[Deceased] Houston, Oliver Jun 29, 1918 May 8, 1992 Houston, Ruth Sep 8, 1918 Nov 24, 1990 Pinkard, Walter H. Jul 14, 1908 Jun 21, 1983 Pinkard, William III 'Junior' Aug 8, 1944 Jan 6, 1983 [s/o Wm. T. Hill II and Gertrude Hill Pinkard] Pinkard, Jesse R. TEC 5 US ARMY WWII Oct 21, 1907 Feb 9, 1980 Pinkard, Arthur G. Mar 26, 1914 May 19, 1969 AL PVT 8 SERVICE COMD WWII Two (2) unmarked slabs Harris, Linnie P. Oct 19, 1902 Oct 17, 1932 Three (3) unmarked crosses Pinkard, Kenneth B. (SM2 US NAVY) Sep 12, 1916 Nov 22, 1990 [Rev. Pinkard is h/o Mrs. Georgia Pinkard] Two (2) unmarked graves Pinkard, Bonnie L. Aug 11, 1911 May 23, 1975 One (1) unmarked grave Marable, Fannie (Mother) Nov 16, 1898 Jan 11, 1985 Marable, W.M. (Father) Jan 28, 1894 Dec 19, 1952 Green, A. J. Mar 12, 1907 Sep 9, 1992 Phillips, Idella Patton Dec 5, 1926 Sep 1, 1998 [d/o Louis and Annie Patton] 'Our Loving Mother' Phillips, Beotis [Rev.] Aug 28, 1920 Jun 8, 1972 AL SSGT 582 PORT CO TC WWII Phillips, Ocie [now unreadable] Mar 11, 1910 May 27, 1964 Houston, Goldia M. FHM Died Nov 9, 1986 Houston, James S. FHM 1935-1996 One (1) unmarked child's grave Wright, Anthony Oct 18, 1909 Mar 7, 1977 Goodwin, Minnie E. Jun 9, 1932 Jan 27 1968 Goodwin, Harvey May 30, 1931 Feb 29, 1996 Wright, William Mar 20, 1943 Jun 6, 1965 Wright, Sharon Jan 2, 1964 Apr 12, 1964 Houston, Wilson Sep 26, 1880 Jun 21, 1968 Two (2) unmarked graves Huston, Kinnie Died Apr 1, 1927 Houston, Mary Green Died May 1925 Two (2) unmarked graves Green, Charles W. [Wesley] May 12, 1843 May 14, 1915 [Age 72 yrs 2 days] Tucker, Lugenia G. [Green] 1867—1931 Hawthorne, Nancy Green 1887—1986 (w/o Paton Hawthorne) Stitt, Louis S. Feb 3, 1894 May 30, 1971 Stitt, Delila P. Jan 6, 1895 Apr 12, 1945 Seven (7) unmarked crosses Ross, Paul (AL PVT 366 INF 92 DIV WWI) May 18, 1891 Dec 6, 1951 Ross, Minnie L. Aug 6, 1892 Jul 4, 1974 One (1) unmarked grave Three (3) unmarked graves Houston, Eunice Wright Oct 29, 1912 Jun 17, 1976 Eighteen (18) unmarked graves Kimber, Wesley (PFC MG CO 366 INF WWI) Dec 6, 1896 Oct 24, 1956 One (1) unmarked grave Kimber, Robert Lee (Dad-In God's Care) Jun 12, 1887 Jan 3, 1983 Kimber, Theo Sr. (US ARMY) Nov 2, 1915 Feb 5, 1992 Greene, Andrew J. 1872—1940 Greene, Elizabeth P. 1878—1963 Ten (10) unmarked graves Smith, Bertha H. (Mother) Mar 2, 1904 OD Smith, Rev. Willis S. (Father) Mar 17, 1902 Feb 2, 1974 Bussey, George W. 1889-1939 One (1) unmarked grave Williams, Emmer [marker broken] 1862 Oct 26, 1923 Fourteen (14) unmarked graves Five (5) unmarked graves Pinkard, Reginald Sep 3, 1970 OD Pinkard, Jewell M. Mar 8, 1974 Mar 13, 1997 Fourteen (14) unmarked graves Cameron, Louise May 15, 1915 Nov 14, 2001 [d/o Mose and Rose Emma Cameron Thirteen (13) unmarked graves Cameron, Joseph Scott Dec 24, 1956 Jun 18, 1981 [s/o Scott and Hattie Cameron] Cameron, Scott (Pvt US ARMY WWII) Mar 26, 1912 Mar 20, 1999 Twelve (12) unmarked graves Patillo, Clara Jane Jun 1, 1884 Nov 24, 1966 O'Neal, Pierce Mar 5, 1892 Feb 24, 1970 (AL PVT 809 PIONEER INF WWI) O'Neal, Robert (AL PVT US ARMY) Mar 19, 1934 Apr 23, 1969 O'Neal, Adella Johnson No Dates O'Neal, James H.[Huey][drowning incident] 1941 [Jun 9]2000 [s/o James Isom O'Neal and Pearlie Lee Davenport O'Neal] O'Neal, Pearlie (Mamma) 1899—1988 O'Neal, J.I. (Father) Jun 10, 1862 Aug 27, 1955 O'Neal, Mary Blake (Wife of J.I. O'Neal) Feb 14, 1865 Jun 24, 1928 Davenport, Walter Sep 3, 1899 Jan 26, 1954 (AL CPL CO C 416 Service BN QMC WWI) One (1) unmarked grave Wright, Mary G. Aug 6, 1906 OD Jones, Eunice Mar 23, 1920 OD (AL PVT 1 CL 868 CO TRANS CORPS) Nine (9) unmarked graves Patillo, Willie (Adult) Apr 1, 1939 OD One (1) unmarked grave Harris, Queenie (Mother) 1900—1954 Two (2) unmarked graves Mosley, James L. [marker sunk in ground] Jun 3, 1930 Nov 2, 1969 Mosley, Friddie Sue Apr 13, 1932 Mar 11, 1965 One (1) unmarked grave Ross, Pearl May 10, 1890 Jun 18, 1979 One (1) unmarked grave Thirteen (13) unmarked graves Seventeen (17) unmarked graves Grimmett, A.A. [Sep 2002-now unreadable] Died July [Earlier survey shows this grave as A.A. Immett Heflin] Ten (10) unmarked graves Higgins, Elizabeth R. Apr 23, 1916 Dec 27, 1992 Higgins, Marshall W. Jun 7, 1910 Feb 22, 1984 Weaver, Harold Carey (SFC US ARMY Korea) Nov 17, 1930 Feb 4, 1999 ["Sarge", s/o John and Mattie Weaver-h/o Freddie Mae Weaver] Fannin, Adell H. May 6, 1909 Mar 9, 1996 Three (3) unmarked graves Baker, Mrs. Ludie Feb 4, 1885 Mar 24, 1985 Houston, Estella P. Feb 6, 1908 Jun 6, 1957 One (1) unmarked grave Three (3) unmarked graves Phillips, J.W. (Father) Died Feb 23, 1927 Phillips, Cresel (Mother) Died Aug 30, 1926/27 Houston, Harvey Manley Oct 11, 1944 Sep 1, 1998 (PFC US ARMY Vietnam)[s/o John Wesley & Rosie Lee Houston] Wright, John B. (Husband, Father) Dec 26, 1902 Jun 29, 1988 Wright, Mary P. (Wife, Mother) Sep 14, 1904 Dec 14, 1986 Brady, Sidney Mar 5, 1913 May 15, 1997 [s/o Jessie and Pearl Brady] Brady, Nora Apr 19, 1926 OD Crowder, Willie E. Apr 26, 1939 OD Crowder, Frances W. Apr 13, 1932 OD One (1) unmarked grave Houston, John W. [Wesley] Jan 22, 1906 OD Houston, Rosie L. [Lee] Feb 18, 1909 [Mar 3, 1999] [d/o Arthur and Lula Bell Minnifield] Houston, Leroy May 10, 1936 Apr 11, 1967 [s/o John Wesley and Rosie Lee Minnifield Houston] Three (3) unmarked graves Woodgett, Willie M. [PX] Jan 3, 1955 Sep 9, 1987 Woodgett, John R. [Rufus] Aug 23, 1922 Jan 31, 1998 "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." [s/o Willie Andrew and Cora Bell Woodgett] Two (2) unmarked graves Johnson, Warren Milton US NAVY WWII Apr 17, 1927 Feb 2, 1987 Lowe, Genus S. Sep 15, 1902 Sep 18, 1990 Lowe, Jerry W., Sr. Apr 20, 1898 Sep 15, 1973 Lowe, Jerry W.., Jr. Jul 3, 1942 Mar 20, 1976 Lowe, Beauford B. Mar 20, 1901 Jan 14, 1919 [Son of J. W. and Vashtie Lowe] Fifteen (15) unmarked graves Higgins, Selley Jan 8, 1863 Jul 7, 1949 Higgins, W.H. May 1, 1863 Jun 13, 1938 Kellum, Harriet No Dates Six (6) unmarked graves Higgins, Sidney (Father) Oct 4, 1905 Mar 20, 1932 Treadwell, Henrietta (Mother) Feb 11, 1903 Jul 22, 1988 ****** 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. CAMERON, Louise, 86, of Roanoke; Mrs. Cameron died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001 at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Mrs. Cameron was preceded in death by her parents, Mose and Rose Emma Cameron and her former husband, Eddie B. Wilson. CAMERON, Scott, 86, of Roanoke; died Friday, March 19, 1999 at Randolph County Hospital, Roanoke; survived by wife, Hattie Cameron of Roanoke; preceded by parents, Mose and Rose Emma Cameron. DAVENPORT, Elizabeth F., 98, of Wedowee; died Monday, Feb. 27, 1995 at Randolph County Hospital, was born May 10, 1896, in Chambers County. Preceding her in death was her husband, Walter Davenport. 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. HEFLIN, Willie, 81, of Wadley; died Dec 27, 1989 at Randolph County Hospital in Roanoke; survived by wife, Mrs. Mollie Mae Heflin. HOUSTON, Bobby, 58, of Atlanta, GA; died Dec 26, 1997 at Crestview Nursing Facility, Atlanta; survived by wife, Johnnie Mae Houston of Atlanta; parents, John Wesley Houston and Rosie Lee Houston of Wedowee. HOUSTON, Ethel Bell, 52, of Atlanta; died Jun 15, 1998 at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta; survived by father, E. C. Houston of Roanoke; preceded by mother, Eunice Houston. 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. THORNTON, Annie Lois Veal, 74, of Roanoke; died Dec 31, 1989 at Randolph County Hospital in Roanoke; born in Radolph Co, AL; d/o Lewis and Eunice Veal; married 1st Lewis Davenport who preceded her in death; later married Myles Thornton who also preceded her in death. WOODGETT, Cynthia Lula [Bell], 75, of Wedowee died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham. Ms. Woodgett was born Sept. 26, 1926, to the late Willie C. Davenport and Rosie Lee Minnifield in Wedowee. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Rufus Woodgett. 1