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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Vicky Speegle Tidwell ==================================================================== February 2002 Williams Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery Williams Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery is located on Hwy. 69 N, Walker County Alabama. It is uncertain when the church was built, but United Methodist archival records show that as early as 1842, it was a stop on a circuit called Williams. The present church was most likely built in the late 1800's according to a notation made in an old church record book. Deeds show R. Nealy and Charlotte Willis Tidwell on June 7, 1886 donated the property, to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Williams Chapel. Deeds also show John Wesley and Sarah Adeline Lindsey Powell on August 12, 1899 donated the cemetery to Williams Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church. My comments are in parenthesis, names not separated by a space are on the same marker. Prepared by Vicky Speegle Tidwell on 2/26/02 Old Section Row 1 Donald Vest Son of Joyce & Sonny Vest b. 1/21/1957 d.1/23/11957 (Son of Quinton & Lora Joyce Lindsey Vest) Row 2 Herman Abbott, Jr. Infant son of Herman & Ruby b.9/20/1952 Daisy J. Short b. 2/14/1881 d. 3/29/1905 J. Albert Short b. 4/12/1879 d. 3/4/1953 Minnie L. Short b. 2/21/1881 d. 10/19/1970 (James Albert Short was married to Daisy Elizabeth, James then to Minnie Lee Smith. James & Minnie are the parents of Verla Beatrice Short Myers.) Nan Parker James b. 1852 d. 1912 Daniel James b. 1845 d. 12/22/1919 (Father of Daisy Elizabeth James) Allen Berry Estes b. 1858 d. 1922 Sarah Jane Estes b. 1866 d.1901 Curtis Kircus b. 1/15/1922 d. 8/19/1945 Mendie E. Kircus b. 7/27/1897 d. 11/12/1983 Joe B. Woods Ala PFC QM Corps WWWII b. 1917 d. 1948 (Date on Military Marker 4/9/1910 - 3/4/1948) Luther Stewart b. 5/15/1890 d. 1/14/1942 Sarah E. Stewart b. 5/2/1893 d. 8/26/1973 Berton Lay b. 7/20/1908 d. 7/9/1925 John H. Lay b. 8/7/1876 d. 12/17/1952 Martha B. Lay b. 7/5/1878 d. 3/27/1962 Row 3 Thelma Odell Short b. 1/16/1926 d. 3/11/1996 (Dau. of James Albert &Minnie Lee Smith Short) Betty James b. 1851 d. 1925 Annie Anton b. 1870 d. 1956 Mattie Lovell b. 2/22/1904 d. 9/27/1905 Leonard E. Haynes Leina D. Haynes b. 1884 d. 1960 Annie Tidwell b. 4/1/1892 d. 7/14/1975 S. M. Tidwell b. 2/1/1891 d. 5/10/1944 (Sidney Monroe Tidwell & Annie Martha Aaron, husband & wife) Pauline Tidwell b. 5/12/1913 d. 3/10/1923 (Daughter of Sidney & Annie Tidwell) Edsel Eugene Tidwell Ala PVT 1CL 513 Parachute Int. b. 5/23/1923 d. 2/21/1944 (Son of Sidney & Annie Tidwell) Henry Person Pruitt b. 3/15/1902 d. 9/9/1969 Glenda Lodennie Pruitt b. 11/13/1965 d.11/18/1965 Nicie Lodennie Pruitt b. 9/9/1902 d. 10/23/1974 Linda Carol Prescott b. 6/5/1952 d. 10/23/1983 Joe H. Prescott b. 8/25/1944 d. 8/15/1984 Row 4 Amy Lynn McNair b. 6/12/1981 d. 7/24/2000 (Dau. of Charles & Jennifer Gosa McNair. Killed in car accident on 69 Hwy.) Charles B. McNair b. 10/7/1977 d. 10/18/1977 (Son of Charles & Jennifer Gosa McNair. The B. is for Brandon) Elton Odell Kilgo b. 10/18/1912 d. 12/9/1937 Dwynez Kilgo b. 2/21/1915 d. 5/30/1919 Licie Brown b. 12/21/1864 d. 9/16/1932 Pauline Parris Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. L. R. Parris b. 1910 d. 1911 Dovie Smanthie Duncan b. 5/28/1887 d. 6/19/1887 John Brown b. 4/21/1828 d. 8/22/1890 Martha G. Brown b. 8/17/1836 d. 3/30/1915 M. L. Gunter b. 4/18/1873 d. 6/8/1901 G. W. Gunter b. 3/20/1908 d. 8/1/1903 L. B. Gunter (The marker is broke and name is all that is legible) Known (Stone Broke and unlegible) Gunter (Marker Broke) Hubert S. Cantrell TSGT US Air Force WWII Korea b. 4/29/1910 d. 8/5/1989 Jessie L. Cantrell b. 5/20/1926 (Hubert & Jessie Lindsey Cantrell, husband & Wife) Row 5 Audrey Gosa b. 7/29/1909 d. 3/26/1970 Travis Gosa b. 5/15/1908 d. 3/26/1970 (Shepard Travis Gosa & Audrey Sara Jane Lynn, married July 03, 1933. Killed in car accident on 69 Hwy.) Mae Kilgo b. 10/29/1890 d. 12/19/1977 Walter S. Kilgo b. 5/8/1885 d. 5/17/1918 Elzie Opal Kilgo b. 1/8/1911 d. 10/16/1911 M. M. Brown b. 12/20/1855 d. 12/2/1916 Pheobe E. Brown wife of M. M. Brown b. 2/12/1858 d. 6/30/1898 Milton Brown son of M. M. & P. E. Brown (no Date) William I. Brown son of M. M. & P. E. Brown (no Date) E. E. Brown b. 6/10/1893 d. 7/17/1894 W. C. Brown b. 10/23/1896 d. 11/31/1902 F. M. E. Brown b. 3/18/1906 d. 6/11/1906 Clyde Brown b. 1/31/1898 d. 9/10/1916 John C. Brown Cleveland Lumber Co. b. 10/20/1870 d. 3/17/1934 Leiza Jane Abbott Brown b. 11/27/1884 d. 8/13/1958 Loy Abbott Brown b. 6/5/1907 d. 3/20/1962 Bertha Lindsey b. 5/16/1899 d. 7/22/1986 Earl Lindsey b. 9/27/1902 d. 11/25/1972 Joseph Ervin Lindsey b. 2/12/1932 Row 6 Newt Q. (Barlo) Powell b. 8/4/1912 d. 4/19/2001 (Newton Quinton Powell, son of Newton Thomas Powell) Charlie E. Callaway b. 9/2/1905 d. 2/1938 Ara Kilgo b. 9/28/1874 d. 6/5/1919 Johnie Posten b. 1906 d. 1950 J. J. Kilgo (no date) Joseph S. Lindsey b.1883 d. 1926 Redia L. Lindsey b. 1882 d. 1972 (Joseph Simms Lindsey & Redia L. Stewart, husband & wife) Mary Emily Rushing Dutton b.1832 d. 1896 (This grave has the slabs of rock) Sim B. Dutton b. 5/11/1860 d. 11/22/1905 Beatrice Dutton b. 1/5/1928 d. 2/10/1928 Infant Inf. Sons of Bertha & Luther Dutton b. 1930 Johnnie M. Dutton b. 5/1923 d. 9/1923 Aline Lindsey b. 10/5/1903 d. 12/24/1918 John D. Lindsey Ala Tec. 4 656 Engr. ToPo BN WWII b. 3/20/1913 d. 2/26/1968 Row 7 Ida L. Powell b. 9/21/1882 d. 3/24/1969 Newt T. Powell b. 9/21/1882 d. 3/24/1969 (Ida Lovell & Newton Thomas Powell, husband & wife) Alvin Powell b. 1908 d. 1916 James M. Powell b. 1904 (Infant grave) Stella Powell Gregory b. 11/6/1911 d. 1/25/1948 (Dau. of Willie Riddlesperger & William Riley Powell) WM Raymond Gregory SGT US Army b. 9/28/1905 d. 5/23/1984 (Husband of Stella Powell Gregory) William R. Powell b. 9/1878 d. 2/1955 (William Riley Powell) Willie R. Powell b. 1/1880 d. 7/1954 (Willie Riddlesperger Powell) Infant Inf. Son of D. E. Abbott, age 7 days b. 7/1892 Unknown (Marker broke, only thing legible is James S. Abbott 1/8 & Rebecca Bobo 1/10) Sarah S. Abbott b. Aug (Old marker not legible) Sharon Abbott b. 3/13/1852 d. 2/5/1924 Dicie E. Abbott b. 10/27/1853 d. 3/28/1926 J. L. "Biege" Self b. 1/22/1875 d. 4/10/1943 Inf. Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Lindsey b. 12/7/1925 (Inf. Dau. of Rosie Lee Forrester & Everett Lee Lindsey) Infant Barton (no date) W. M. Barton b. 1899 d. 1927 Rosie Bell Barton b. 1903 d. 1929 Dwight Barton b. 5/14/1949 d. 6/27/1965 Larry Barton b. 11/25/1947 d. 6/27/1965 (Sons of Elizabeth & Arlen Barton) Arlen Barton CPL US Army WWII b. 9/2/1921 d. 12/26/2000 Elizabeth Barton b. 10/29/1927 d. 4/30/1999 (Elizabeth & Arlen Barton, husband and wife) Row 8 Clarence W. Lynn b. 7/30/1907 d. 5/7/1926 (Son of Dovie Lane Powell & Riley Francis Lynn) Dovie Lynn b. 9/23/1887 d. 4/24/1915 R. Frank Lynn b. 3/12/1878 d. 3/16/1955 (Dovie Lane Powell & Riley Francis Lynn, husband and wife) John W. Powell b. 1854 d. 1913 Sarah A. Powell b. 1852 d. 1932 (John Wesley Powell & Sarah Adeline Lindsey, husband & wife. Donated cemetery land to Williams Chapel on August 12, 1899) Jake W. Powell Ala. Pvt U.S. Marine Corps WWI b. 9/6/1889 d. 6/23/1961 Canzadie Powell b. 6/20/1892 d. 12/20/1968 (Canzadie Barton & Jacob Wilbert Powell, husband & wife. Together they had no children) Milton Myers b. 9/3/1886 d. 2/27/1965 Maudie Myers b. 12/15/1892 d. 7/26/1985 Frances Imogene Chandler b. 4/15/1929 d. 2/5/1930 Rebecca Abbott b. 5/16/1816 d. 9/5/1891 James S. Abbott b. 12/12/1826 d. 1/28/1903 Marion Abbott b. 1/8/1899 d. 3/17/1900 Rebecca Abbott Bobo b. 1/10/1882 d. 5/7/1900 R. B. Aaron b. 8/6/1922 d. 8/15/1922 Inf. Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Aaron b. 1929 William E. Carroll b. 8/21/1926 d. 9/30/1979 Norm J. Carroll b. 8/3/1928 Row 9 W. J. Aaron Richard Allred b. 1888 d. 1919 Jim Allred b. 1887 d. 1914 Mary E. Allred b. 2/5/1855 d. 4/12/1940 Andrew Allred b. 3/2/1845 d. 7/6/1900 Inf. Dau. of J. T. & M. M. Myers b. 9/23/1902 d. 9/23/1902 Walters Myers b. 3/17/1889 (Infant marker) Margaret B. Myers b. 1865 d. 1913 John T. Myers b. 1867 d. 1921 Ora A. Myers b. 10/7/1895 d. 1/27/1919 Maudie B. Chandler b. 2/6/1898 d. 4/5/1949 Moore (This is a homemade marker that just says Moore) Tennie M. Hemrick b. 2/11/1915 d. 5/15/1995 Ola J. Hemrick b. 10/4/1908 d. 10/7/1980 R. J. Aaron b. 1/4/1862 d. 8/12/1938 M. E. Aaron b. 5/17/1862 d. 6/16/1939 Ed Aaron b. 12/13/1900 d. 5/16/1924 Birtie J. Aaron b. 12/28/1892 d. 10/2/1969 Sam I. Aaron b. 2/20/1891 d. 9/26/1960 Charles (Bill) Aaron b. 2/28/1928 d. 11/9/1985 Inf. son of Lonnie & Birtie Murray b. 6/3/1935 Bertie M. Murray b. 5/24/1904 Lonnie W. Murray b. 3/17/1908 d. 9/6/1976 Row 10 Jerry D. Aderholt b. 10/9/1949 d. 12/27/1949 (Son of Grady & Betty Aderholt) Sandra M. Aderholt b. 9/27/1950 d. 5/3/1951 (Dau. of Grady & Betty Aderholt) Row 11 Bill Wilson Laura W. Akins b. 1837 d. 1918 Isaiah Q. Akins PVT Co H 56 Ala. Inf. Partisan Rangers CSA b. 3/30/1837 d. 2/20/1891 Effie Akins b. 9/23/1895 d. 8/25/1904 Martin Akins b. 9/7/1906 d. 9/7/1906 Gladis Akins b. 1/23/1917 d. 3/15/1917 Bobbie Nell Allred b. 7/12/1938 d. 2/18/1939 John W. Allred b. 7/6/1930 d. 7/17/1930 Inf. Dau. of James & Jane Stewart (no date) James Stewart b. 3/17/1857 d. 4/7/1922 Jane Stewart b. 12/25/1865 d. 6/25/1931 Dorthan Browning b. 3/5/1925 d. 7/15/1927 Orlan Browning b. 10/6/192 d. 5/30/1929 Alton Browning b. 10/12/1933 d. 9/14/1934 Oscar Browning b. 11/3/1896 d. 4/22/1972 Nola Browning b. 5/10/1903 d. 5/25/1987 C. C. Akins b. 2/20/1869 d. 2/11/1950 Nan Akins b. 3/22/1878 d. 5/22/1952 Row 12 Wilburn W. Allred b. 1/10/1918 d. 3/14/1955 Maudie B. Allred b. 12/26/1900 d. 3/21/1949 Ocie O. Allred b. 7/18/1894 d. 7/1/1987 W. D. Allred b. 1875 d. 1960 Martha Jane Allred b. 1875 d. 1948 Andy Allred b. 5/29/1898 d. 6/26/1898 I. L. Ramek Henry Allred b. 4/14/1883 d. 11/8/1920 Necy Allred b. 5/13/1890 d. 5/14/1927 Myrtle Allred b. 12/27/1909 d. 11/2/1933 David Akins b. 4/5/1866 d. 5/15/1947 Martha A. Akins b. 12/19/1865 d. 12/9/1920 Christopher Akins b. 3/15/1893 d. 10/10/1936 Ora Dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Rufus Akins b. 1930 David A. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Arlon Akins b. 1942 Inf. Dau. of D. L. & Clara B. Mays Morrow b. 1940 Janie Allred b. 4/17/1913 d. 5/22/1991 Razzie Allred b. 7/12/1909 d. 4/25/1972 David H. Allred Son of Razzie & Jannie Allred b. 1/29/1937 d. 7/4/1987 Row 13 Inf. son of Mr. & Mrs. Kelts Riddlesperger b. 3/22/1922 Son of Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Riddlesperger b. 9/22/1917 Sarah Riddlesperger b. 1885 d. 1921 J. D. Riddlesperger b. 1868 d. 1954 Martha Riddlesperger b. 1899 d. 1936 Dolphus McClendon Son of Rev. & Mrs B. McClendon (no date) Lonnie McClendon Son of Rev. & Mrs B. McClendon (no date) H. D. Ramey (no date) M. E. Ramey (no date) Viola Frances Ramey Wife of T. G. Ramey b. 8/10/1859 d. 8/17/1915 John Bishop (no date) Howard A. Mays M Sgt. U.S. Army WWII Korea b. 1913 d. 1975 Row 14 Rufus Son of Mr & Mrs. Rufus Akins b. 1918 Dau. of Mr & Mrs. A. B. Riddlesperger b. 2/3/1919 Baby of J. D. & Sarah Riddlesperger (no date) Baby of J. D. & Sarah Riddlesperger (no date) Nancy Brown b. 1892 d. 1962 Ben Brown b. 1877 d. 1946 Warren L. Son of W. B. & N. J. Brown b. 12/18/1916 d. 12/26/1917 Infant of Lois Stewart b. 6/31/1929 d. 6/31/1929 Row 15 Ronald Lee Weaver Son of Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Weaver b. 9/17/1953 Row 16 Milford G. Powell b. 1900 d. 1946 Nell R. Powell b. 1901 d. 2000 (Milford Gladstone Powell (11/16/1900 - 9/7/1946) & Nell Ruth Bartley (9/25/1901 - 12/10/2000), married in 1924. Nell Ruth Bartley, Nell's ashes were buried on 5/5/2001) M. Jo Phillips b. 12/10/1944 d. 7/21/1956 M. Jewell Phillips b. 3/1/1920 d. 4/1/1968 Sid O. Phillips b. 6/2/1914 d. 10/28/1972 Betty L. Williams b. 8/12/1940 d. 8/24/1940 Alton James Loyd b. 6/8/1941 d. 6/5/1968 Jill Abbott b. 12/31/1982 d. 12/31/1982 Narbalee Stewart b. 11/12/1933 d. 3/16/1946 Row 17 Willie B. Kell b. 1899 d. 1972 Wennieth Robinson b. 1972 James R. Heard b. 8/7/1951 d. 9/23/1951 Merritt Lester Heard b. 1903 d. 1956 Lois Heard b. 1913 d. 1971 Row 18 Norman C. Dutton Ala Sgt U. S. Air Force WWII b. 6/28/1927 d. 12/29/1956 Luther S. Dutton b. 6/15/1906 d. 2/23/1981 Bertha M. Dutton b. 4/23/1909 (Luther S. & Bertha M. Dutton, husband and wife) Mamer Dutton b. 5/15/1902 d. 1/14/1963 Manley W. Dutton b. 11/2/1900 d. 2/6/1976 (Mamer & Manley W. Dutton, husband and wife) New Section Row 1 Evertt Lee Lindsey b. 6/26/1905 d. 6/12/1973 Rosie Lee Lindsey b. 3/25/1909 d. 11/16/1986 (Evertt & Rosie Lee Forrester, married November 07, 1924) Row 2 Carla Lee Mays b. 4/24/1974 d. 10/26/1994 (Found dead at the cemetery, on grand-parents grave) Fred L. Mays b. 6/27/1910 d. 3/14/1977 Emily Mays b. 8/25/1914 d. 4/30/1987 (Carla Mays' grand-parents) Row 3 Otis Lindsey b. 6/3/1910 d. 3/14/1990 Bertha Lindsey b. 11/25/1916 (Bertha Allen Lindsey) Row 4 Jimmy D. Dutton, Sr. b. 2/14/1934 d. 9/25/1986 Jimmy D. Dutton, Jr. b. 11/4/1957 d. 8/21/1977 Dothola Carr Dutton b. 9/12/1934 Row 5 Bennie J. Short b. 3/9/1905 d. 4/4/1981 Audrey F. Short b. 9/23/1908 d. 2/17/1999 Authur W. Grace Ala PVT U.S. Air Force Korea b. 6/20/1930 d. 4/12/1973 Christine Grace b. 11/27/1933 Mary Etta Lay b. 9/3/1889 d. 3/18/1970 Mary Francis Stewart b. 9/24/1895 d. 6/2/1989 (Mother of Curtis Stewart) Hubert J. Stewart Mississippi PVT Co H 325 Inf. WWI b. 3/19/1893 d. 10/21/1969 Gaye Stewart d. 11/17/1905 b. 2/1/2000 (Hubert & Gaye Lynn Stewart, husband & wife) Sam C. Cole b. 1/2/1925 Lena Mae Cole b. 12/16/1930 d. 2/27/1993 Evie Johnsey b. 7/22/1915 d. 10/13/1984 Wallace Johnsey b. 1/9/1909 d. 7/26/1983 Opal M. Johnsey d. 1/2/1917 Troy Simmons Ala. PFC Co 238 Engr. CBT BN WWII b. 3/19/1919 d. 6/8/1972 Mildred Simmons b. 1/20/1927 William Hulsey b. 10/22/1944 d. 11/25/1998 Idella Talley b. 7/22/1885 d. 12/1/1971 Row 6 Marlin Moon TEC 5 U.S. Army WWII Married 12/23/1951 b. 1/27/1921 Dean Moon b. 9/4/1926 Jerry Taylor Married 1/1/1966 b. 2/1/1946 d. 1/7/1999 Judy Ann Taylor b. 12/5/1949 James Ronnie Ruppe b. 4/9/1948 d. 10/8/1981 Rev. B. Leon Chandler b. 4/2/1932 d. 2/22/1997 Estelle B. Chandler b. 4/25/1935 (United Methodist Minister, Williams Chapel Church. Leon & Estelle, husband & wife) Orville Tidwell b. 11/24/1922 d. 2/22/1983 Elzora Tidwell b. 4/28/1932 (Orville & Elzora M. Lindsey, husband & wife) Harlis Marion b. 10/24/1932 d. 10/22/2000 (Elzora M. Lindsey Tidwell's 3rd husband) Row 7 Reserved Row 8 Donnie Parker b. 1/8/1950 d. 5/31/1989 Benny Parker b. 9/7/1952 Gary Parker b. 6/22/1948 d. 1/29/1998 (Donnie, Benny & Gary are the sons of Ila Dean & Earnest Parker. Gary was hit by a car on 69 Hwy) Ila Dean Parker b. 11/3/1924 Earnest Parker b. 11/9/1922 (Ila Dean & Earnest Parker, husband & wife) Lawrence L. Orton b. 2/11/1924 d. 4/1/200 Ruby Orton b. 8/3/1923 (Lawrence & Ruby Orton, husband & wife) Jim H. Morris Married 6/16/1945 b. 9/21/1919 Annie Lou Morris b. 9/18/1925 Nicholas Anthony Valerio b. 1/2/1966 d. 10/8/1992 Louvena Aaron b. 12/30/1909 d. 7/22/1986 Arvil Lee Allred b. 10/8/1926 d. 12/28/1994 Ruby Lee Allred b. 2/4/1929 d. 2/24/1987 (Arvill & Ruby, husband and wife) Manuel Owen Chandler SA U. S. Navy WWII b. 6/28/1926 d. 8/8/1987 Willodean Chandler b. 3/26/1927 Marsha Katheleen Hunter Clark Dau. of John & Barbara Hunter b. 6/10/1967 d. 11/18/1989 (Killed in car accident on 69 Hwy) Levoy G. Niblett b. 6/26/1938 Nellie F. Niblett b. 5/6/1945 d. 1/21/1995 William G. Wood U. S. Army Air Corps b. 7/3/1928 d. 8/17/1994 Row 9 Jerry Alton Loyd b. 2/13/1968 d. 8/19/2000 Gene Pruitt b. 12/8/1943 d. 10/20/1995 Betty Pruitt b. 4/7/1948 Noah Wayne Tidwell b. 5/5/200 d. 5/30/2000 (Son of Teron Wayne & Raven Tidwell) 54 Unmarked graves