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This file was contributed by: Cindy Waren McCoy < cmccoy@frontiernet.net > ==================================================================== May 2001 Bear Creek Church Cemetery Located between Oak Hill and McWilliams on Hwy 21 T11N, R10E, Sec 31 Surveyed by Cindy Waren McCoy May 21, 2001 Robert C. Sadler Feb. 17, 1871 - Sept. 23, 1954 Evie P. Sadler Nov. 24, 1870 - June 18, 1942 Zelma Sadler July 9, 1902 - March 29, 1985 Our Beloved William A. McLean 1876 - 1931 Mary Florence Griffith Mollie Wife of W.A. McLean Jan. 16, 1872 - April 1961 John E. Hart Aug. 9, 1917 - Aug. 26, 1934 Lola M. Lewis 1865 - 1945 Lee L. Lewis 1861 - 1939 Jessie Philpot 1848 - 1930 Mary B. Philpot 1918 William Benjamin Philpot No dates William Bill Philpot Jan. 24, 1899 - 1920 Eugene Gene Philpot Jan. 30, 1897 - Dec. 3, 1955 Lena P. Jones Sept. 12, 1875 - March 4, 1916 William D. Jones July 15, 1867 - Feb. 28, 1917 Unmarked Mary Ellen Turner Age 69 years Henry L. Turner Feb. 7, 1850 - Feb. 22, 1940 Fred Allen Lamkin June 22, 1942 - June 3, 1943 Edna Earle Hamilton Lamkin Jan. 9, 1911 - Dec. 15, 1943 Unmarked William Thomas Woodson 1866 - 1919 Minnie Lee Woodson 1881- 1911 Martha Woodson 1830-1920 Unmarked John H. Watts No dates Ida Knox Harper Watts No dates John Henry Watts 1878 Howard Brutus Watts 1886 - 1936 Bricks Unmarked James Newton Holcombe Dec. 15, 1841 - June 12, 1896 2 unmarked Lot: Julious McDonald Turner March 21, 1877 - April 20, 1957 Mary Lee Dean Turner June 25, 1895 - Sept. 9, 1971 Virgil Louis Girlie Sept. 4, 1927 - April 24, 1978 Marguerite Turner Girlie Jan. 19, 1928 - May 8, 2000 End lot Mary Oswald 1836 - 1922 Jesse Daniel Oswald Co C 44 Al Reg CSA 1837 - 1903 John S. Watts Co I 3rd Ala Cal William J. Sessions Jan. 17, 1834 - Dec. 3, 1900 (?) Unmarked Unreadable Margaret Sessions Wife of John Watts 1820- 1880 Maggie Wife of CH Miller Oct. 18, 1837 Aged 24 years, 10 months, 24 days Lula Daughter of BF and Mary M Watts Aug. 15, 1878 - Feb. 2, 1910 John M. Dunnam 1902 - 1956 C A Oswalt Oct 20, 1835 - Aug. 27, 1898 S M Oswalt Sept. 27, 1839 - April 10, 1912 Unmarked J J Till, Jr. Aug. 24, 1907 - Dec. 15, 1907 J A Holloway Oct. 5, 1826 - Jan. 19, 1894 Alice Pritchett Jan. 30, 1859 - June 9, 19?9 Ida Pritchett Daughter of TJ and Alice Pritchett Wife of JJ Till Born Wilcox Co. Ala Oct. 5, 1883 Died Santa Rosa Co., Fla Nov. 24, 1907 Unmarked Unmarked Lot: A T Chappell July 23, 1837 - Oct. 20, 1915 Nannie L. Chappell Feb. 13, 1845 - March 11, 1929 End Lot 3 unmarked Sarah Daughter of MA and LC Hicks April 9, 1888 - April 4, 1889 3 unmarked Mary Wife of JC Boutwell Died Aug. 15, 1892 Issac C. Boutwell Died July 26, 1909 Aged 105 years Unmarked Indio Anna Hayes April 20, 1869 - July 16, 1901 John Thomas Hayes Oct. 2, 1862 - Oct. 11, 1943 Mary I Lewis Feb. 14, 1836 - Feb. 7, 1921 Ransom Lewis July 14, 1832 - Nov. 14, 1927 George Robert Andrews April 15, 1870 - Jan. 18, 1923 Jefferson Cornelia Pritchett Andrews Sept. 22, 1879 - Jan. 27, 1955 N S Pritchett Dec. 15, 1844 - Oct. 17, 1924 I J Pritchett April 13, 1848 - Feb. 22, 1922 Lot Jeff Cone Mims May 17, 1862 - Oct. 31, 1897 Mrs. LC Mims Oct. 9, 1864 - July 11, 1912 End lot 2 unmarked Ellen Skinner Dean No dates Rebecca "Aunt Becky" Skinner No dates Callie H. Dean June 29, 1861 - June 30, 1937 John W. Dean March 26, 1862 - Sept. 24, 1937 Sisters Ella E. Davis Dec. 23, 1886 - July 22, 1951 Mary A. Dean Sept. 18, 1888 - Sept. 5, 1965 William W. Dean Dec. 16, 1899 - Nov. 10, 1970 Fence Mary Lucile Turner Oct. 16, 1919 - Sept. 17, 1923 George Barlow Turner Oct. 18, 1845 - Feb. 28, 1928 Luisa Jane Warren Oct. 16, 1831 - Feb. 3, 1935 Alma Dean Turner Aug. 29, 1894 - March 13, 1939 Jesse Eugene Turner Feb. 28, 1839 - Oct. 6, 1972 Avon Turner Fuller Sept. 25, 1915 - July 24, 1971 Harold Eugene Turner MMC US Navy WWII March 2, 1920 - Sept. 16, 1994 New unmarked End fence JK Andrews July 14, 1856 - Nov. 5, 1918 Allie Andrews March 10, 1900 - Sept. 15, 1901 Sarah Carnelia Andrews Feb. 7, 1863 - Jan. 20, 1909 James Harvell Andrews Dec. 14, 1858 - Feb. 4, 1911 Unmarked Amelia M. Hopkins Nov. 23, 1877 - April 21, 1952 William F. Hopkins Sept. 3, 1883 - Sept. 25, 1925 Infant daughter of Marvin & Olivia McClurkin Aug. 19, 1909 Marvin L Son of Marvin & Olivia McClurkin Nov. 4, 1922 - Nov. 18, 1922 Robert Joseph Dunnam, Jr. July 14, 1872 - Aug. 1900 Earl Dunnam Infant son of Robert J Dunnam & Amelia McClurkin Dunnam 1900 Lot J H Hopkins Oct. 26, 1898 - May 21, 1944 J F Casey Feb. 4, 1851 - Dec. 17, 1943 Lillie Jane Hopkins Hardy Oct. 8, 1892 - Jan 18, 1923 James Franklin Hopkins June 16, 1860 - July 13, 1939 Emily Jane Casey Hopkins Nov. 19, 1862 - Nov. 27, 1909 Mary Hopkins June 30, 1886 - Oct. 5, 1901 Twins Infants Born 1890 Born 1900 End lot 2 fieldstones Mary Ann Casey April 11, 1827 - Nov. 17, 1894 Dr. W.T. Casey Aug. 9, 1817 - Aug. 9, 1899 Tom R. Bowman Feb. 12, 1869 - May 16, 1962 Willie P. Bowman Nov. 11, 1886 - April 23, 1958 2 fieldstones Henry James McGraw Co G 5th Ala Inf CSA No dates A J McGraw No dates ME McGraw Dec. 13, 1858 - July 3, 1929 J N McGraw 1887 - ?? Joseph B Son of DC and EA Nettles April 16, 1889 - Aug. 29, 1892 Thomas Meredith Eddins Husband of Lucinda Till Eddins July 11, 1858 - July 15, 1897 Benjamin F. Hardy 1840 - 1924 Jennie Sadler Hardy 1850 - 1898 Myrtice Hardy 1865 - 1890 Lot Joseph H. Son of EL and WE Hall Sept 10, 1893 - April 26, 1899 WE Hall May 17, 1864 - April 26, 1899 EL Hall Oct. 14, 1862 - March 30, 1907 End lot 3 slabs no markings Bernard Sadler 1886 - 1886 Fredonia Sadler 1881 - 1899 Annyce Sadler 1868 - 1893 Lucenda Hardy Sadler 1844 - 1909 Duck Leon Yelverton Sadler 1842 - 1893 A veteran of the Civil War Robert J. Dunnam Nov. 22, 1837 - June 14, 1927 Bricks James D. Rowell 1844 - 1900 James D. Rowell, Jr. 8 years old No dates J B Rowell Feb. 18, 1875 - March 21, 1905 Carrie Holcombe Rowell Montgomery Dec. 14, 1878 - March 4, 1959 Unmarked Infant daughter of RM and OM Staples Feb. 15, 1902 Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. TVG No dates Treasy Wife of TV Griffith 1876 - 1901 3 small slabs with one stone that reads 3 children of BF Jones Elizabeth Knoles Mother of Mary Jane Knoles Jones Mary Jane Knoles Jones Feb. 13, 1844 - July 8, 1896 Frances Virginia (Dunnam) Wife of JM Hardy March 26, 1842 - May 6, 1901 M L McWilliams Feb. 29, 1860 - Jan. 2, 1915 Bessie Garlington McWilliams Nov. 11, 1861 - Oct. 2, 1922 Mrs. EA Garlington March 25, 1829 - Nov. 22, 1901 Joseph H. McWilliams Our Soldier Boy March 26, 1886 - Oct. 18, 1918 Bttn C USA 116th Field Art John M McWilliams AL Pvt Co L 167 INF 42 INF PH Feb. 19, 1895 - Jan. 8, 1956 Nathan W. McWilliams June 1, 1889 - July 1, 1962 Unmarked Eva Baby Philpot No dates Anna E. Philpot 1873 - 1911 Davis Philpot 1871 - Feb. 2, 1953 Thomas G. Griffith Born in Mecklenburg Co, NC June 16, 1833 - May 15, 1905 Mary Ellen Griffith Daughter of Sarah and Green Vickers Aug. 11, 1837 Joined in matrimony to Thomas G Griffith Dec. 24, 1857 Died Dec. 20, 1901 Jerry M. Jones April 6, 1866 - Aug. 11, 1958 Katie Rowell Wife of JM Jones May 29, 1873 - Dec. 5, 1907 Jones Ernest Melton Dec. 14, 1904 - July 31, 1981 Lucile Lewis Jones Nov. 15, 1905 - Dec. 2, 1978 David P Watts May 4, 1861 - Sept. 5, 1948 Margaret Woodson Watts Wife of David Watts May 18, 1861 - Dec. 17, 1926 Carl Everette Watson April 17, 1918 - Nov. 11, 1974 Col US Army WWII Jessie Caudle Watson Wife of Carl E. Watson March 31, 1922 - Aug. 7, 1972 NC 2nd Lt Army Nurse Corps WWII Bonnie Watts Watson Sept. 27, 1887 - March 9, 1975 David O. Watson, Sr. Feb. 27, 1889 - Feb. 8, 1965 Eugene Watts Born Caledonia, Ala Aug. 9, 1892 Died Camden, Ala Jan. 14, 1965 Flora M. Watts Oct. 31, 1871 - Feb. 26, 1937 BF Watts Jr. Nov. 4, 1867 - Feb. 26, 1937 William F. Philpot Cpl US Army WWII Oct. 19, 1922 - Dec. 25, 1974 Frank Watts Griffith May 24, 1893 - Dec. 12, 1959 2 unmarked Lula B Philpot Jan. 5, 1889 - Aug. 29, 1977 Frank Philpot July 25, 1877 - Jan. 20, 1954 Sallie Griffith 1895 - 1935 W P "Press" Watts 1872 - 1942 Arthur L Lewis Jan. 18, 1897 - July 28, 1960 AL PVT CO B 4th BN REPL TNG CEN WWI T Jessie Lewis 1868 - 1937 Clara W. Lewis 1876 - 1925 Stone, unmarked Aunt Mag Margarette Watts Philpot 1878 - 1911 Infant son of DC and BP Watson Dec. 24, 1914 John Bracey Jones Oct. 21, 1876 - March 15, 1938 Julia Watts Jones June 6, 1880 - Dec. 19, 1968 William H Son of BF & Mary M Watts Aug. 4, 1869 - Oct. 18, 1915 E B Watts Son of BF & Mary M Watts Aug. 22, 1873 - July 18, 1910 Mary M Watts Wife of BF Watts May 22, 1838 - July 4, 1910 BF Watts Feb. 23, 1833 - Oct. 27, 1916 Jessie Pamela Watts May 24, 1931 - May 26, 1931 James David Watts Feb. 11, 1844 - Dec. 6, 1937 Jessie Pamela Watts Sept. 13, 1895 - June 28, 1973 Clifford Hall Sheffield May 1, 1918 - April 28, 1935 Carrie P. Sheffield Feb. 5, 1880 - Aug. 23, 1954 Frederick C. Sheffield Dec. 26, 1886 - April 28, 1971 John Ervin Jones Feb. 10, 1914 -Jan. 24, 1990 Nell Gwin Jones Dec. 24, 1917 - Aug. 12, 1996 Carrie Melton Jones Jan 28, 1888 - Nov. 15, 1950 Mal C. Jones Sept. 1, 1881 - Oct. 31, 1951 William Bill Griffin July 19, 1911 - July 15, 1992