RAY CEMETERY, Shelby Co., AL ------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Project archivist with proof of this consent. ALGenWeb Archive File Manager – Carolyn Golowka, ------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed Martha Smith, April 2000 Originally transcribed From The Bledsoe Kelly Collection of Alabama., Samford University Library, Special Collections, Birmingham, AL. Taken from The Shelby County Cemetery Book, by the Shelby County Historical Society, pub. 1978. Re-transcribed AS FOUND for USGenWeb Project Archives, by Martha Smith, Dothan, AL, by permission. LOCATION: This cemetery is located near Westover, AL between Hiways 25 and 91. (LEGEND follows the listing ) RIDDLE, Orphie J., wife of W.E. Riddle, b. 14 Feb 1868, d. 18 Apr 1902 RIDDLE, E.J., b. 20 Jun 1841, d. 23 Dec 1903 RAY, Rudolph, son of J.R. & M.J. Ray, b. 21 Oct 1890, d. 30 May 1896 (my own family line) RAY, Emily Jane, wife of E.L. Ray, b. 2 Mar 1868, d. 11 May 1932 RAY, Minnie L., wife of B.B. Heaslet, b. 28 Sep 1886, d. 23 Feb 1914 RAY, Elred L., b. 18 Dec 1863, d. 31 Jul 1949 ARCHER, Charles N., b. 1 Aug 1933, d. 1 Aug 1933 ALVERSON, J. Burke, b. 16 Jan 1899, d. 2 Oct 1936 ALVERSON, Esther L., b. 17 Oct 1894, d. 27 Apr 1916 RAY, Nettie E., wife of E.L. Ray, b. 6 Jun 1866, d. 2 Jun 1906 RAY, Blossom, inf.son of E.L. & Nettie Ray, b. 1 May 1900, d. 1 May 1900 HEASLET, Ruedolph, son of R.H. & L. M., b. 16 Nov 1909, d. 25 Feb 1910 HEASLET, Lesley Mae, wife of R.H. Heaslet 20 Aug 1890 30 Mar 1910 HEASLET, Ruston H., b. 18 Sep 1880, b. 12 Nov 1914 ? , James, b. Sep 1922, d. 4 Jul 1923 Whorton, inf.dau. of James & Katy Whorton, b. 18 Dec 1906, d. 18 Dec 1906 WHORTON, inf. son of James & Katy Whorton, b. 18 Apr 1909, d. 18 Apr 1909 RAY, W.H., b. 4 May 1828, d. 14 Nov 1898 BENTLEY, Amos A., b. 5 Sep 1886, d. 24 Jul 1924 BENTLEY, Florence B., b. 14 May 1888, no death date BENTLEY, W.L., b. 30 Mar 1858, d. 21 Mar 1915 BENTLEY, Martha Isabella, b. 28 May 1862, d. 18 Feb 1935 GARDNER, Eunice, b. 26 Jun 1904, d. 4 Jan 1938 VICK, Albert, b. 10 May 1875, d. 30 Oct 1948 VICK, Minnie G., b. 14 Jul 1884, d. 7 Feb 1985 (SS records give her dob as 4 Jul 1884 and her dod as Feb 1885) RAY, John Marshall, b. 1 Feb 1857, d. 15 May 1938 RAY, Berthena Wilder, b. 5 Nov 1858, d. 6 Apr 1928 RAY, Vernon, b. 22 May 1895, d. 21 May 1896 RAY, Ethel, b. 9 Mar 1887, d. 30 Jan 1889 WALTON, Annie, wife of R.C. Ray, b. 4 Jul 1883, d. 2 Aug 1907 RAY, John C., son of O.C. & M.M.Ray, b. 12 Apr 1929, no death date RAY, Louella, b. 1872, no death date RAY, William T., b. 1866, d. 1939 RAY, Rufus T., b. 29 Jul 1897, d. 7 Sep 1917 GOSSMAN, Sarah, b. 15 Aug 1844, d. 20 Jan 1914 RAY, Nettie E. – twin, b. 11 Dec 1895, d. 20 May 1896 RAY, Jettie L. – twin, b. 11 Dec 1895, d. 20 May 1896 RAY, J.R. (John Rufus), b. 30 Sep 1830, d. 10 Feb 1920 *RAY, Martha J.(Martha L.P.J. Martin Adams), b. 13 Feb 1858, d. 20 Nov 1917, wife of J.R. Ray (my own family line) STATISTICAL INFORMATION: Total Individuals 39 Male 19 Female 20 Children & babies 14 Average Age 42 Men 50 Women 47 Earliest DOB 1828 Last burial 1985 Oldest Man 90 Oldest Woman 100