CHARLOTTE JANE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY aka GROVE'S BAHAMIAN, Coconut Grove, Dade County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Mary Washburn, (jawsc@bellsouth.net). USGENWEB 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 cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** This cemetery is every differt from most, all the burials here are above ground. Their is no lay out to this cemetery. The graves are inches way from each other and their is just room to put a foot between each grave. There are still a few more burial schuled in the future here. They have to be done by hand there is no way to being a machine to place the valt. The Grove Bahamian Cemetery now know as Charlotte Jane Memorial Park is a colored cemetery. The Cemetery open in 1904 and was owned by the city. In 1913, the cemetery property was purchased by five families for the sum of $140.00. The families that purchased the property are Burrow, Higgs, Reddick, Ross and the E.W.F. Stirrup families. The first burial was Joseph Mayor he was buried as Daniel Anderson. Daniel Anderson and his wife Catherine Anderson were the founders of the Christ Episcopal Church. Also buried here is Capt. John Sweeting, developer and commercial fisherman who Settled the ground now know as Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery. There are about a hundred or more unmarked sites. There are about six or so which are unreadable. ************************************************************************ ADAVIS, Ruby Elaine, b. Dec 24 1925 d. Apr 4 1969 ADDERLY, Alfred, b. Feb 3 1904 d. Apr 17 1964 ADERLY, Jeff W., b. Mar 26 1945 d. Feb 1 1969 ALBURY, Eugene, b. Jan 13 1907 d. Jul 12 1962 ALLEN, Alice Mae, b. Dec 25 1906 d. Oct 27 1967 ALLEN, George B., b. Sep 25 1904 d. May 21 1980 ASHE, Leasher, b. Dec 1 1883 d. Nov 9 1964 ASHE, Lorena, b. Aug 12 1917 d. Jun 9 1961 ASHE, William, b. Sep 2 1905 d. Jul 7 1966 BALDWIN, Walter, b. Aug 19 1902 d. Aug 2 1969 BAPISH, Sarah, b. Nov 10 1889 d. Sep 1 1955 BAPTISTE, Edna, b. Oct 14 1930 d. Nov 28 1968 BAPTISTE, Edwed O., b. Apr 9 1895 d. Apr 24 1965 BAPTISTE, Rene E. (James), b. 1922 d. 1962 BAREY, James, b. Mar 13 1896 d. Feb 9 1964 BELL, Cornelia C., b. May 4 1913 d. Mar 12 1965 BERRETT, Grace, b. Nov 26 1934 d. May 20 1966 BETHEL, George F., b. Oct 18 1882 d. Oct 15 1967 BETHEL, Margaret, 1897 BETHEL, Milton, b. Nov 11 1875 d. Dec 8 1954 BETHELL, Hattie L., b. 1888 d. 1961 BRAILSFORD, Sandra L., b. Jul 13 1951 d. Jun 4 1973 BROWN, Charlie, b. 1898 d. 1964 BROWN, Leroy A. Jr., b. Mar 8 1953 d. Jun 6 1978 BROWN, Minnie, b. Sep 24 1898 d. Jul 16 1985 BULLARD, Richard George, b. Oct 6 1932 d. Apr 3 1976 BURNEY, Carrie W., b. 1897 d. 1949 BURNEY, Kathleen M., b. Jan 6 1906 d. Nov 29 1975 BUTLARD, Annie, b. Sep 15 1876 d. Mar 4 1972 BUTLER, Felisidell J., b. May 27 1947 d. Dec 24 1969 BUTLER, Lottie E., b. Oct 13 1890 d. Aug 14 1972 BUTLER, Rev George W., b. Dec 15 1880 d. Jun 10 1966 BYRD, Fannie, b. Sep 17 1877 d. Jan 14 1965 BYRD, John, b. 1877 d. 1954 CAMBRIDGE, Alfred S., b. Nov 25 1917 d. Jun 15 1976 CAMBRIDGE, Louis Roosevelt, b. Sep 7 1923 d. Mar 11 1977, "Stm2 US Navy, World War II" CAMBRIDGE, Ruth L., b. Aug 27 1920 d. Mar 13 1981 CAMBRIDGE, William G., b. Dec 20 1919 d. Dec 13 1975 CAREY, Ruth, b. Sep 23 1880 d. Dec 28 1968 CASH, George Thadd, b. Jul 14 1889 d. Jan 5 1967 CASH, Marie Chatman, b. Oct 5 1918 d. Apr 24 1979 CLARK, William, b. Sep 5 1891 d. Mar 9 1979 CLARKE, Alexander Sr., b. Apr 13 1883 d. Nov 14 1970 CLARKE, Amelia A., b. Feb 5 1885 d. Apr 4 1963 CLARKE, William D., b. Jun 7 1890 d. Feb 2 1975 CLARKS, Adeliza, b. Mar 10 1900 d. Aug 4 1981 COLEMAN, Fannie L., b. Feb 27 1940 d. Sep 3 1971 COLEMAN, Mae Bell, b. Dec 10 1922 d. May 1 1978 COLLIER, Rosa Lee, b. Jun 15 1911 d. Dec 20 1992 COLLIER, Sylvester, b. Jul 4 1905 d. Mar 27 1968 COLMER, Yvonne I., b. Dec 20 1940 d. Sep 12 1971 CULMER, Betty, b. Feb 1 1932 d. Feb 1 1970 CULMER, Myrtle, b. Oct 11 1902 d. Jun 28 1974 CULMER, Richard Anderson, b. 1930 d. 1980, "US Army Korea" CULVER, Margaret C., b. Mar 24 1915 d. Apr 1 1988 CURRY, Rev Perman J., b. Apr 16 1897 d. Dec 11 1968 DAVIS, Louise, b. Aug 15 1883 d. Jan 23 1966 DAVIS, Silvia, b. Jul 10 1959 d. May 7 1978 DELANGY, Joseph, b. Mar 12 1916 d. Apr 19 1978 GAITER, Nora, b. Jun 14 1900 d. Aug 31 1967 GATLIN, Mattie T., b. Apr 30 1911 d. Jul 26 1978 GIBSON, Agnes W., b. May 6 1922 d. Jun 11 1958 GIBSON, Hattie Pearl, b. Sep 15 1942 d. Sep 9 1976 GIBSON, Jannie b. 1910 d. 1951 GIBSON, Joe, b. 1881 d. 1949 GIBSON, Lucy, b. 1893 d. 1954 GLENN, Rodulph V., b. Mar 31 1950 d. Aug 27 1964 GREEN, Carrie Lou, b. May 20 1876 d. May 21 1964 HALL, Sallie, b. Feb 2 1888 d. Jan 3 1968 HARBYIS, Mary Lizzie, b. Aug 9 1889 d. Jul 3 1981 HAWES, Burt Green, b. Aug 2 1896 d. Dec 5 1963 HAWES, Dank, b. Mar 25 1850 d. Dec 10 1968 HIGGS, Lafronia, b. Nov 18 1900 d. Apr 25 1993 HILL, Jessie R., b. May 19 1891 d. Jan 3 1964 HILL, Nettie, b. Mar 19 1894 d. Nov 29 1977 HILLMAN, Ellen, b. Oct 5 1906 d. Apr 16 1972 HOPKINS, Emma Bain, b. Feb 7 1900 d. Nov 5 1981 HUNINGS, Veronigg, b. Jan 3 1911 d. Jan 23 1984 INGRAHAM, Ethel L., b. May 14 1895 d. Jul 8 1978 JACKSON, Aline, b. May 2 1898 d. Mar 28 1968 JACKSON, Essie Mac, b. Oct 6 1900 d. Sep 5 1961 JACKSON, Joe, b. Sep 4 1901 d. May 3 1967 JACKSON, Walter, b. Jul 14 1895 d. Oct 16 1967 JAY, Lillian Robinson, b. 1925 d. 1961 JENKINS, Beatrice, b. Jan 16 1909 d. Dec 2 1961 JENKINS, Mamie Lester, b. May 2 1890 d. Jan 18 1973 JENKINS, Rosen, b. Aug 22 1903 d. Aug 14 1995 JENKINS, Sharron, b. Aug 22 1902 d. 1978 JOHNSON, Albert, b. Dec 19 1924 d. Jul 13 1976 JOHNSON, Benjamin R., b. Nov 8 1918 d. Mar 2 1955 JOHNSON, Ethel, b. Aug 20 1904 d. Jan 6 1958 JOHNSON, Frances L., b. Aug 27 1926 d. Oct 25 1968 JOHNSON, Hattie H., b. Mar 13 1913 d. Dec 26 1961 JOHNSON, Howard, b. Mar 20 1898 d. Aug 4 1961 JOHNSON, Ida Lee, b. Mar 3 1917 d. Jul 25 1967 JOHNSON, Joanna, b. Aug 4 1890 d. Mar 26 1958 JOHNSON, Ola L., b. 1842 d. 1961 JOHNSON, Thomas W., b. Sep 19 1916 d. Oct 22 1946 JOHNSON, Victoria, No Dates KING, Robert, b. Feb 16 1937 d. Jul 13 1965 KING, Viola, b. Aug 5 1895 d. Jun 3 1978 KITCHEN, Pinkey R., b. Jul 8 1925 d. Mar 5 1986 KNOWLES, Celeste G., b. Apr 18 1903 d. Apr 8 1972 LAING, Georgina, b. Jun 24 1889 d. Jun 15 1974 LANE, Alexander, b. Oct 2 1905 d. Jul 11 1968 LANE, Rudolph, b. 1928 d. 1957 LAWRENCE, Josephine, b. Sep 28 1918 d. Jun 11 1978 LEE, Ardelia, b. Nov 5 1912 d. Mar 30 1976 LEE, Jessie V., b. May 3 1900 d. Jun 5 1958 LESTER, Pearlmon M., b. 1907 d. 1963 LESTER, Vina, b. Jul 30 1907 d. Nov 30 1987 LEWAN, Luli, b. Feb 20 1885 d. Jun 16 1968 LEWIS, Donald E., b. Sep 28 1950 d. May 8 1970 LEWIS, Joseph B. H., b. Feb 9 1901 d. Nov 11 1975 LOKEY, Robert, b. 1886 d. 1959 MARTIN, George Louis, b. Mar 1 1906 d. May 5 1962, "Georgia Tec5 579 Ordnance Co, World War II" MATHIS, Essie, b. Mar 12 1895 d. Jun 26 1969 MCAFEE, Henry II, b. Jul 2 1929 d. Apr 19 1963 MCAFEE, Henry, b. Sep 25 1892 d. Aug 6 1979 MCAFEE, Leola, b. Jan 25 1898 d. Oct 11 1977 MCCUFF, Elizabeth, b. Apr 2 1891 d. Dec 8 1971 MCNORTON, Erma Lee, b. Aug 27 1913 d. Jul 25 1966 MCKINNEY, Anna E., b. 1867 d. 1952 MCKINNEY, Curtude, b. Jun 28 1925 d. Jun 2 1972 MILLER, Alfonso L., b. Dec 31 1961 d. Mar 13 1964 MILLER, John W., b. Jan 9 1914 d. Jul 25 1972 MILLS, Donnell, b. Dec 2 1947 d. Jun 14 1970 MINCEY, Claude, b. May 10 1888 d. Jun 24 1968 MINCEY, Mary, b. May 27 1894 d. Dec 20 1994 MINUS, Harold Pereival, b. Oct 31 1909 d. May 7 1964 MITCHELL, Eddie, b. Apr 4 1914 d. Jun 25 1973 MITCHELL, Jamie Thomas, b. Aug 29 1934 d. Jan 31 1963 MITCHELL, Lee, b. Feb 15 1901 d. Mar 8 1968 MOBLEY, Anne E., b. Jul 19 1917 d. Nov 4 1964 MOORE, Cornelious Jr., b. Dec 24 1900 d. May 28 1978 MOORE, Willie Mae, b. Dec 21 1917 d. Dec 11 1972 NELSON, Isaac, b. May 6 1920 d. Jan 20 1959 NESBITT, Rufus, b. Aug 9 1896 d. Jun 4 1967 PARKER, Mary, b. Aug 22 1912 d. May 17 1964 PATTERSON, George, b. Aug 13 1908 d. Mar 10 1964 PEALY, John Sr., b. Mar 10 1902 d. Jun 28 1975 PEARSON, Mae Bell, b. Mar 1 1923 d. Oct 17 1959 PERD____, Gwendolyn E., b. Feb 26 1954 d. Oct 5 1960 PRATT, Lillie Mae G., b. Apr 18 1927 d. Aug 16 1957 RICHARDSON, Flossie, b. 1893 d. 1960 ROBEINS, Roosevelt, b. Dec 25 1909 d. Jun 30 1958 ROBERTS, J. Sephi, b. Apr 1 1901 d. Jul 19 1968 ROBINSON, Lula Bell, b. Oct 25 1922 d. Nov 20 1965 ROLLE, Dobadiah, b. Mar 27 1901 d. Apr 8 1951 ROLLE, Rovena, b. Dec 7 1907 d. Apr 18 1975 ROLLENSON, Guspenia, b. Apr 2 1923 d. Mar 29 1976 RUSSELL, Louise R., b. Sep 14 1894 d. Nov 10 1965 RUTLEDGE, Druesiller, b. Jun 28 1903 d. Jan 19 1991 SANDERS, Timothy A., b. Nov 2 1892 d. Dec 19 1958 SANDS, Joseph, b. 1882 d. 1960 SANDS, Michael Gene, b. Jun 5 1946 d. Aug 6 1974 SANDS, Romelda, b. Feb 28 1897 d. Jun 12 1976 SANDS, Theorhlus Jr., b. Jul 6 1880 d. Jun 28 1961 SCOTT, Alma Bullard, b. Apr 10 1905 d. Mar 28 1977 SCOTT, Melvin, b. Jun 5 1921 d. Apr 17 1970 SETHEL, Sister Evelyn, b. May 2 1900 d. Jan 14 1969 SMITH, Daisy Ann, b. 1881 d. 1953 SMITH, Doris M., b. Sep 9 1920 d. Oct 28 1972 SMITH, James, b. Dec 25 1913 d. Oct 12 1966 SMITH, Joseph V., b. Sep 8 1952 d. Oct 11 1968 SMITH, Lillian Gibson, b. Apr 1 1924 d. Mar 26 1971 SMITH, Pennie, b. Jun 15 1917 d. Aug 8 1951 STARKS, Calvin J., b. Apr 26 1928 d. Oct 8 1968 STIRRUP, Joseph F., b. Apr 27 1891 d. Mar 3 1964 STIRRUP, Mary C., b. May 21 1896 d. Sep 24 1962 STUBBS, Nadina Bethel, No Dates SYMONETTE, Mary, b. May 11 1888 d. Mar 17 1969 THOMAS, James, b. Jan 1905 d. Apr 1968 THOMPSON, John H., b. Jan 10 1895 d. Oct 31 1971 THOMPSON, Mabel L., b. Aug 25 1891 d. Jun 18 1985 THOMPSON, O J A S, b. 1885 d. 1969 TOWNSEND, SP4 Bruce, b. Jan 17 1940 d. Jun 15 1957 TURNER, Frank E., b. Jun 27 1928 d. Oct 19 1969 WASHINGTON, Alex, b. Oct 5 1920 d. Nov 22 1977 WASHINGTON, Jacob H., b. May 4 1913 d. Nov 29 1968 WELCH, Robert, b. May 10 1948 d. Sep 6 1973 WELLS, Elder Alexander Jr., b. Dec 12 1887 d. Apr 23 1962 WELLS, Rebecca, b. Jul 15 1896 d. Oct 9 1971 WEST, James, b. Feb 9 1910 d. Aug 16 1965 WIGGINS, Hauley, b. Apr 8 1903 d. Sep 22 1982 WIGGINS, Lucille, b. Jan 12 1906 d. May 11 1966 WILLIAM, Gloria Louise, b. Sep 20 1928 d. Feb 1 1960 WILLIAMS, Charles Dell, b. Sep 8 1913 d. Dec 6 1967 WILLIAMS, Nora, b. Jul 9 1915 d. Apr 15 1966 WILLIAMS, Sarah Ann, b. Nov 28 1899 d. Jan 10 1959 WILLIAMS, Viron, b. Oct 11 1918 d. Jun 21 1970 WILLIAMS, William H., b. Feb 13 1927 d. Nov 22 1971 WILSON, Elizabeth, b. Feb 26 1881 d. Dec 23 1967 WILSON, Marilyn Joyce, b. Feb 25 1939 d. Apr 29 1969 YARN, Donald T., b. Sep 13 1954 d. May 5 1968