Bethel AME Church Cemetery (African American), Wilcox, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/wilcox/cemetery/bethelame.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: B. J. Smothers ==================================================================== October 2000 BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH CEMETERY Boiling Spring, Wilcox County, Alabama Surveyed by B.J. Smothers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Located in T15N, R6E, Sec 33 off Hwy 28 in Boiling Spring. Visited in Oct 1998 with Elijah Shaw, Superintendent, as guide. Mr Shaw provided names for some of the unmarked graves. Surveyed completely in Oct 2000. Listed all the headstones and unmarked sites that were visible on the church grounds. The church also uses an old cemetery variously referred to as the "Hayes Cemetery", the "Kelly Cemetery" or the "Shaw Cemetery". It is set back in the woods in T15N, R6E, Sec 29 on private property and is accessed by L.C. Shaw Dr. off Hwy 28. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Minnie Lee Gamble 11-12-1912 7-12-1999 "Home With The Lord" 2. Unmarked 3. Eddie Rand Tec 5 US Army World War II Oct 15, 1912 May 23, 1997 4. "Our Beloved Father" Walter Ree Sanders, Sr. Apr 22, 1923 Dec 6, 1959 "Forever in our Hearts and Minds We dearly love you" 5. "Our Beloved Mother" Gracie Burrell Sanders "Victory in Him I Sing" Feb 9, 1930 July 18, 1972 "Your eternal love will remain in each and every one of our hearts and lives till we meet on paradise shore" 6. "Our Beloved Father and Grandfather" Rev. William L. Burrell Aug 2, 1902 Apr 12, 1962 "We pledge our everlasting love, honor and respect to you" 7. "Our Beloved Mother and Grandmother" Frances C. Jackson Burrell Aug 4, 1904 Feb 9, 1988 "A devoted Missionary Serbant of the King Too well loved to ever be forgotten" 8. Unmarked 9. Arthur Lee Sanders PFC US AAC World War II Jun 5, 1920 Oct 7, 1995 10. Unmarked (Group of four headstones only, #11-14) 11. Lusend Mauldin Shaw Nov 23, 1895 Apr 3, 1964 "At Rest" 12. "In Memory Of" Elijah Shaw, Sr. May 15, 1886 Dec 21, 1966 "At Rest" 13. Not engraved 14. Not engraved 15. Unmarked 16. Hendless DuBose March 31, 1902 Sept 8, 1992