HOPEWELL CHURCH CEMETERY, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Donna Murray Allen (cherokee@cftnet.com) 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. *********************************************************************** The Hopewell Church Cemetery, located near the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida, is surrounded on three sides by a red brick wall. Wrought iron gates mark the two official entrances. The Hopewell Church no longer exists. Family members of those who are buried there maintain the small cemetery. Hopewell Cemetery is the burial site of many members of the prominent Culbreath Family. ACREE, Mabel Tyler, b. Dec 2 1885 d. Jun 17 17 1971 ANNIS, Leonard S., b. Oct 22 1913 d. May 29 1995 ANNIS, Lou Washington, b. Jan 3 1915 d. Mar 19 1985 BARNES, Betty Jean, b. Feb 28 1932 d. Dec 11 1933 BARNES, V.A., b. Apr 15 1914 d. Aug 6 1915 BARNES, Baby, b. Oct 10 1916 d. Oct 11 1916 BARNES, John, b. Aug 26 1908 d. Feb 11 1920 BARNES, Oscar, b. 1903 d. 1976, "Army" BARNES, Julia H., b. Feb 15 1880 d. Nov 23 1964 GARNES, John, b. Nov 20 1878 d. Dec 26 1952, h/oJulia BARNES, James F., d. 1897 BARNES, Alice, d. 1899 BLOOMHEART, John Emory, b. May 27 1860 d. Aug 21 1927 BOEHNING, Max, b. Feb 22 1901 d. Jun 19 1931 BOEHNING, Maria L., b. Jan 27 1872 d. Dec 4 1964 BOEHNING, W.H. "Max", b. Jul 21 1870 d. Feb 13 1961 BOEHNING, Victoria, b. 1897 d. 1960 BOLESTA, Ramon, (triple headstone), b. 1830 d. 1890 BOLESTA, Julia, (triple headstone), b. 1832 d. 1902 BOLESTA, Joseph, (triple headstone), b. 1860 d. 1919 BOLESTA, Henry, b. 1898 d. 1970, h/o Nancy BOLESTA, Nancy, b. 1915 d. 1964 BOLESTA, George W., b. Feb 22 1918 d. Nov 25 1963 BOLESTA, William, b. 1913 d. 1964 BOLESTA, Richard Douglas, b. May 30 1938 d. Feb 6 1995 BOLESTA, Franklin, b. 1855 d. 1934, h/o Mary BOLESTA, Mary, b. 1862 d. 1933 BOLESTA, Lawrence, Sr., b. 1895 d. 1963 BOLESTA, Joseph, b. Nov 17 1892 d. Dec 5 1971, h/oElizabeth BOLESTA, Elizabeth, b. Jan 8 1896 d. Jan 27 1979 BOLESTA, June Colson, b. Jun 15 1920 d. Jun 17 1972 BOLESTA, William, b. Mar 31 1888 d. Nov 2 1971, h/o Lula BOLESTA, Lula, b. Jan 15 1902 d. Dec 5 1961 BOLESTA, John, b. Jan 19 1910 d. Jul 14 1982, h/o Doria BOLESTA, Doris, b. Jul 21 1923 d. ND BOLESTA, Edna, b. Mar 10 1932 d. ND BOLESTA, Charles, b. Aug 24 1919 d. Oct 28 1986, h/o Ruby BOLESTA, Ruby, b. Sep 6 1927 d. ND BOLESTA, Harold, b. 1921 d. 1993, h/o Emily BOLESTA, Emily, b. 1937 d. ND BOLESTA, Ramon, b. Oct 4 1890 d. May 14 1952, h/o Fannie BOLESTA, Fannie E., b. Sep 14 1886 d. Apr 18 1970 BOWDEN, Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct 3 1868 d. Sep 19 1944 BRAENDEL, Philip, Oct 31 1899 d. Mar 30 1972 BREWER, Clinton, b. Feb 25 1882 d. Feb 7 1965 BREWER, Pearl Culbreath, b. Mar 9 1895 d. Apr 17 1992 CAMPBELL, Elizabeth, b. Aug 15 1857 d. Mar 4 1885, w/o TA Campbell CAMPBELL, James R., b. Oct 30 1879 d. Aug 14 1908 CAREY, Fannie (triple headstone), b. Mar 8 1928 d. ND CAREY, Hollon (triple headstone), b. Feb 22 1900 d. Aug 27 1964 CAREY, Julia (triple headstone), b. Mar 8 1900 d. Mar 3 1992 CARTER, Fred Kirk, b. Feb 11 1889 d. Apr 10 1962, "Army WWI" CAUSEY, Frances Culbreath, b. Apr 5 1906 d. Sep 13 1994, "Army WWII" CHAFIN, William, b. Jun 3 1896 d. Apr 15 1978 CHAFIN, Marion E., b. Mar 17 1904 d. Jun 8 1948, "Mother" CHAFIN, W.S., b. Sep 11 1870 d. Sep 30 1904 CLARK, S.A., "NY Infantry" COLLINS, Bonnie, b. Nov 11 1886 d. Jan 14 1964, Son of Albert & Henrietta Collins; born in Kansas COLLINS, Maude Jackson, b. Nov 21 1886 d. Jun 11 1986, Born in Sparta, Ga.; died in Ga.; d/o Solomon Jackson & Bessie Hemphill COOPER, W.B., b. Jun 1 1879 d. Sep 8 1929 CRAWFORD, Walter, b. Feb 16 1880 d. Feb 17 1949 CRAWFORD, Massie D., b. Mar 2 1888 d. May 24 1953 CUDDEBACK, George, b. 1913 d. 1959 CULBREATH, Sallie Wall, b. Mar 20 1874 d. Mar 15 1952 CULBREATH, Joseph H., b. Mar 7 1867 d. Nov 20 1953, h/o Sally Wall CULBREATH, Percival Potts, b. Feb 13 1856 d. Jul 24 1941, h/o Mittie CULBREATH, Mittie Pate, b. Dec 17 1868 d. Oct 22 1961 CULBREATH, Percival Potts, Jr., b. Apr 21 1893 d. Mar 8 1968, s/o P.P. & Mittie CULBREATH, Ira P., Feb 1 1900, s/o P.P. & Mittie CULBREATH, Clarence, b. Nov 1 1895 d. May 29 1966, "Army WWI" CULBREATH, Evelyne, b. Dec 25 1902 d. Jun 28 1992, w/o Clarence CULBREATH, Cecil, b. Feb 9 1900 d. Jul 21 1982 CULBREATH, Hugh, Sr., b. Aug 15 1897 d. Nov 12 1966, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, Daphne, b. Sep 19 1898 d. Nov 21 1989, w/o Hugh CULBREATH, Rosa Hays, b. Mar 19 1863 d. Sep 18 1942, w/o John, Sr. CULBREATH, John, Sr., b. May 19 1854 d. Mar 14 1925, s/o Harry & Matilda CULBREATH, Henry, b. Oct 24 1887 d. May 8 1964, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, Will, b. Nov 30 1885 d. Sep 13 1936, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, William, b. Nov 30 1885 d. Sep 13 1936, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, Henry Pope, b. Oct 24 1887 d. May 8 1964, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, John, Jr., b. Mar 31 1891 d. May 23 1962, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, Harry, b. Oct 12 1814 d. Sep 4 1885, "Civil War Veteran" CULBREATH, Matilda Maynard, b. Jan 16 1820 d. Nov 18 1895, w/o Harry CULBREATH, Catherine, b. Oct 20 1895 d. Mar 9 1963, w/o Ernest CULBREATH, Ernest, b. Jul 24 1899 d. Dec 31 1961, s/o John & Rosa CULBREATH, Mildred, b. Sep 3 1858 d. Nov 11 1949, d/o John & Elizabeth Ellis CULBREATH, W.P. "Bob", b. Feb 5 1853 d. Jul 25 1926, s/o Harry & Matilda CULBREATH, Harry, b. Jan 17 1882 d. Aug 23 1958, s/o W.P. & Mildred CULBREATH, Harry Ellis, b. Feb 10 1911 d. May 30 1996, s/o Chas. & Myrtle CULBREATH, Charlotte, b. Oct 23 1923 d. Apr 25 1985, w/o Chas., Jr., d/o Carlos & Lee Wells CULBREATH, Mary Batholomew, b. Feb 20 1923 d. No Date CULBREATH, Melvin, b. Apr 16 1909 d. Oct 13 1993 CULBREATH, Lily Barnes, b. Jan 6 1913 d. Dec 14 1968 CULBREATH, Linda, b. Dec 18 1963 d. Apr 15 1981 CULBREATH, Joseph Eric, b. 1894 d. 1918, "Killed Battle of Soissons on July 20, Child of J.H. & Sadie" CULBREATH, Infant Son, d. 1897 CULBREATH, Ralph, b. 1902 d. 1903 CULBREATH, Mildred, b. Jun 2 1924 d. Nov 4 1979, d/o Charles & Mildred CULBREATH, Myrtle Mullins, b. Nov 4 1885 d. Mar 2 1974, d/o Rev. &Mrs. S.G. Mullins CULBREATH, Charles Ellis, b. Oct 27 1884 d. Oct 2 1938, s/o WP & Mildred CULBREATH, Infant Son, d. Sep 24 1882, s/of WP & Mildred CULBREATH, Robert Lee, b. Sep 25 1888 d. Jul 2 1900, s/o WP & Mildred CULBREATH, Paul, b. Sep 23 1895 d. Sep 3 1899, s/o H. & Ella Smith CULBREATH, Avaline, b. 1890 d. 1966 CULBREATH, William, Sr., b. 1883 d. 1956 (Two small unmarked stones, probably baby graves) CUSTER, Bethel Moore, b. Oct 14 1890 d. Oct 7 1938 CUSTER, Jack, b. Sep 16 1917 d. Sep 21 1986, Dual stone; nothing on other side DAVIS, Joyce, b. Feb 3 1926 d. Jan 2 1983 DENNY, Marion Taylor, b. May 21 1902 d. Aug 22 1964 EICHORN, Tracy Finch, b. Feb 28 1961 d. Aug 22 1987 FIELDING, Daniel, b. Jan 19 1934 d. Jul 6 1955, "Navy" FINCH, Jimmy, b. Apr 23 1975 d. Apr 26 1975 FINCH, Nellie, d. Dec 21 1978 FINCH, James, b. Jan 1 1898 d. May 8 1965, Dual stone; nothing on other side FITTS, Jessie, b. Apr 19 1881 d. Oct 3 1917 FITTS, Ruby, b. 1886 d. 1960 FITTS, Wilmot, b. 1874 d. 1959 FLETCHER, Nancy H., b. Aug 21 1847 d. Sep 15 1933 FLETCHER, Sgt. Sidney S., b. Jan 9 1844 d. Oct 15 1925, Indiana Infantry GRAMLING, Joel F., b. Oct 30 1828 d. Dec 5 1903, h/o Margaret GRAMLING, Margaret, b. Jun 25 1833 d. Feb 22 1905, md. Sep 20 1866 GRAMLING, Mary E., b. Feb 9 1868 d. Dec 18 1962 HAGIN, Elmer, b. Mar 12 1904 d. Nov 6 1985 HAGIN, Joseph, b. Aug 8 1876 d. Jun 22 1943 HAGIN, I. Bertha, b. Apr 7 1882 d. Jan 7 1961 HARMON, James, b. Nov 28 1920 d. Jan 6 1995, "Army WWII" HAWKINS, C.H., b. Jul 15 1882 d. Oct 24 1918 HAWKINS, B.J., b. May 16 1863 d. Oct 22 1937 HAWKINS, Lillian, b. Feb 8 1908 d. Oct 9 1980 HAWKINS, Charles, b. Apr 11 1905 d. Jul 31 1994 HEATH, Hallie, b. Aug 11 1880 d. Mar 13 1928 HEATH, Rachel, ND HEATH, William, ND HEATH, Andrew, b. 1875 d. 1935 HEATH, Isaac, b. Sep 23 1882 d. Nov 18 1954 HEATH, Mamie, b. Aug 5 1891 d. Feb 25 1954 HOLCOM, TJ, b. Aug 5 1849 d. Mar 18 1924 HOLCOM, Andrew, b. 1881 d. 1959, w/o Hattie HOLCOM, Hattie B., b. 1881 d. 1918 HOLCOM, Nancy, b. Jun 22 1861 d. Apr 11 1954 HOLCOM, Lou P., b. Jan 11 1842 d. Jan 30 1934 HOLMES, Jack, b. Aug 2 1905 d. ND, w/o Louise HOLMES, Louise, b. Aug 15 1903 d. Dec 23 1978 JOHNSON, Arthur H., b. Jan ???? d. Apr 1883, s/o Joseph & Annie JONES, James W., b. Mar 21 1864 d. Nov 11 1929, h/o Mary Ann JONES, Mary Ann, b. Mar 11 1862 d. Nov 22 1929 JONES, Johnny Brackett, b. Dec 8 1894 d. Jun 1 1960 JONES, Charles, b. Oct 19 1897 d. Jan 2 1964 JONES, Annie, b. Jun 4 1906 d. Jul 9 1993 JONES, Julius, b. Jan 14 1891 d. Jan 4 1970, "Army WWI" JONES, Susie, b. Apr 12 1901 d. Feb 28 1983 JONES, Addie, ND JONES, L.A., b. Sep 16 1880 d. May 20 1920 JONES, James Neil, b. Jul 24 1966 d. Jul 31 1966 JONES, James, b. Jul 24 1966 d. Jul 31 1966 JORDAN, Thomas Robert, b. Apr 26 1943 d. Feb 1 1977 JORDAN, Burwell III, b. Oct 26 1936 d. Sep 11 1978 KEELEY, James Henry, b. May 3 1888 d. Jan 10 1878 KEELEY, Infant, Buried next to James KELLY, Reba, b. Jul 31 1877 d. Nov 27 1956 KELLY, Charles, b. May 26 1866 d. Dec 25 1957 KELLY, Charles, Jr., b. Jul 18 1911 d. May 26 1981 KELLY, Alice M., b. May 10 1884 d. Jun 4 1896 KELLY, James, b. 1851 1873, h/o Alice KELLY, George A., b. Feb 29 1860 d. Nov 29 1888 KING, Jessie L., b. Mar 30 1884 d. Feb 2 1927 KING, Oscar Winter, b. Aug 18 1889 d. Dec 6 1949, h/o Esther, (b) Washington DC, s/o Oscar & Betty Chandler King KING, Esther Liebmann, b. Mar 7 1893 d. Jan 6 1968 LEUE, Electra, b. 1862 d. 1943 LOPEZ, Henrietta Hill, b. May 21 1881 d. Nov 10 1937 LYNN, Dorothy Bowden, b. Feb 15 1907 d. Jan 20 1997 LYNN, Earl Culbreath, b. Sep 22 1909 d. Oct 23 1981 LYNN, Tillie Culbreath, b. Oct 28 1883 d. Feb 3 1974 LYNN, Oscar Cleveland, b. Sep 1 1886 d. Jan 4 1952 LYNN, Clyde, d. Feb 15 1916 MCCLENDON, Connie, b. Aug 19 1934 d. Oct 12 1993, Wife/mother; dual headstone but no info on other side MCCLEOD, L.J., b. Jun 12 1809 d. Apr 15 1872 MCCORMICK, Charles, Sr., b. May 12 1906 d. Nov 28 1962 MCCORMICK, Martha, b. Apr 20 1908 d. Sep 25 1976 MESSICK, Jean Holmes, b. Jan 19 1924 d. ND MONTESINO, Cypriano, b. Jan 10 1902 d. Dec 3 1934, h/o Willie Mae MONTESINO, Willie Mae, b. Mar 30 1905 d. Jul 2 1986 MOORE, James, b. Dec 6 1885 d. Jun 23 1968, h/o Maggie MOORE, Maggie, b. May 1 1892 d. Dec 9 1987 MOTE, Jack L., b. Sep 27 1911 d. Dec 18 1943 MOTE, William, b. ND d. ND, "118th Indiana Infantry" NEWKIRK, A.M. Whitehurst, ND NEWKIRK, Anna Whitehurst, b. Oct 6 1906 d. Aug 23 1968, "Mother of Gilbert, Olivia & Winfield Whitehusrt" PALMER, Thomas, b. Apr 6 1859 d. Aug 11 1946 PALMER, Ruby, b. Sep 10 1867 d. Jan 1 1944 PAPY, Octavia, b. 1816 d. 1889 PAPY, J.C., d. Apr 26 1893 PARSONS, John, died Jul 19 1908, "age 74" PARSONS, Susan J., b. Aug 21 1843 d. Dec 15 1905, w/o John PARSONS, Sarah C., b. Dec 16 1869 d. Jan 23 1956 PARSONS, John H., b. Nov 25 1867 d. Jan 8 1948 PARSONS, Jennie, b. Feb 23 1905 d. ND PARSONS, John F., Sr., b. May 26 1893 d. Jan 22 1972 PATE, George, b. 1905 d. 1981 PATE, Mary Kennerly, b. 1874 d. 1957 PATE, Walter, b. Sep 23 1866 d. Jul 23 1946 PATE, Elizabeth, b. Sep 6 1846 d. Jun 30 1919 PATE, O.J., b. Jun 25 1838 d. Jun 11 1913 PATE, Robert O., b. 1873 d. 1948, h/o Hattie PATE, Hattie, b. 1885 d. 1980 PATE, Robert, Jr., b. Sep 4 1903 d. Oct 9 1958 PATE, Ethel Barnes, b. Nov 15 1906 d. Feb 19 1975 PEREZ, Alfredo, b. Oct 28 1918 d. ND PEREZ, Rose, b. Feb 23 1923 d. ND PETTEWAY, Lawrence, b. Oct 1 1902 d. Mar 5 1968 PETTEWAY, Palmer Lowe, b. Apr 6 1906 d. Dec 31 1985 PRESNELL, Frances Washington, b. Nov 29 1918 d. Dec 30 1995 PRESNELL, Boyce, b. Sep 18 1918 d. Oct 19 1992, "Coast Guard" PUGH, Ruby Roach, b. 1884 d. 1928, w/o A.P. ROACH, B.F., b. Nov 9 1851 d. May 29 1925 ROBERTS, William W., b. Sep 18 1880 d. Sep 5 1970, h/o Bessie ROBERTS, Bessie, b. Apr 20 1884 d. Jan 8 1943 RUMLEY, M. Maude, b. Dec 22 1880 d. May 7 1962 RUMLEY, Deidrich G., b. 1852 d. 1905, h/o Mary RUMLEY, Mary, b. 1850 d. 1934 RUMLEY, James, b. Mar 11 1884 d. Jan 13 1956 RUMLEY, Millicent, b. Sep 8 1883 d. Oct 22 1941 SESSIONS, Joseph, b. Dec 8 1880 d. Oct 10 1939, h/o Josephine SESSIONS, Josephine, b. Sep 16 1875 d. Mar 11 1952 SMITH, Paul C., b. Sep 23 1888 d. Sep 2 1899, s/o H. & Ella Smith STALEY, Eula M., b. Mar 29 1880 d. Aug 31 1976 STALEY, Marcus C., b. Jul 20 1881 d. Jun 25 1959 STAUFFER, Sydnie Fletcher, b. Dec 18 1886 d. May 18 1938 STRICKLAND, Elizabeth, b. Feb 10 1886 d. Mar 23 1899 STRICKLAND, Lewis, b. Oct 23 1886 d. Feb 14 1906, h/o Elizabeth STRICKLAND, James Owen, b. Jan 29 1853 d. Aug 18 1891 STRICKLAND, Octavia, b. Jan 5 1853 d. Nov 20 1917 TATUM, Aleen Tatum, b. 1909 d. 1959 THOMAS, Thomas, b. 1847 d. 1932, h/o Hattie THOMAS, Hattie, b. 1864 d. 1930 THOMPSON, W.J., b. May 6 1855 d. Nov 17 1910 THOMPSON, Mary, b. Dec 22 1860 d. Sep 6 1949 THOMPSON, William R., b. Jan 18 1894 d. Sep 13 1963 THOMPSON, Sallie, b. Jan 15 1858 d. Mar 31 1920 TROWELL, Lena, b. 1893 d. 1946 TROWELL, Thomas J., b. 1847 d. 1932 TROWELL, Hattie D., b. 1864 d. 1930 TUCKER, Nell Walker, b. 1897 d. 1952, "Mother" TUCKER, Nathaniel, Infant son, s/o Nell and Todd TUCKER, Minter, b. Oct 20 1921 d. Mar 18 1924 TUCKER, Charles Newton, b. Sep 19 1882 d. Jan 21 1967, h/o Charles TUCKER, Georgia Strickland, b. May 30 1888 d. May 30 1959 TYLER, Oscar, b. Sep 25 1894 d. Sep 30 1951 TYLER, Elder E., b. Jul 4 1900 d. Oct 16 1984 WALKER, Annie, b. Nov 7 1894 d. Mar 24 1988 WALKER, James Ira, b. 1870 d. 1951, "Father" WALKER, Minnie Lee, b. 1873 d. 1968, "Mother" WASHINGTON, George P., b. Nov 2 1838 d. Jan 19 1905, h/o Louanna WASHINGTON, Louanna, b. Aug 20 1846 d. Feb 2 1923 WASHINGTON, Ira Perry, b. Sep 17 1869 d. Mar 25 1927 WASHINGTON, Capt. Phillip, b. Jul 14 1867 d. Jul 3 1930 WASHINGTON, Charles, Jan 30 1931, "Navy Reserves" WASHINGTON, Edward Packett, b. Oct 1 1878 d. Nov 2 1948 WASHINGTON, Maude Page, b. May 15 1888 d. Mar 19 1951 WASHINGTON, Edward, Jr., b. Oct 17 1916 d. Dec 24 1954, "Army WWII" WATLEY, Richard, b. 1854 d. 1909 WATLEY, Queen Hawkins, b. 1873 d. 1912 WHALEY, Roy, b. Jun 8 1919 d. Jul 30 1982, Dual stone; nothing on other side WHITEHURST, Capt. Winfield (triple headstone), b. May 10 1851 d. Jun 27 1918 WHITEHURST, Capt. H.C. (triple headstone), b. Nov 18 1885 d. Jan 5 1918 WHITEHURST, Winfield Scott (triple headstone), b. Oct 10 1849 d. Jun 23 1918, "Civil War/Navy" WHITEHURST, Gilbert (triple headstone), no dates WHITEHURST, Olivia (triple headstone), no dates WHITEHURST, Winfield (triple headstone), no dates WHITEHURST, Elizabeth, b. Sep 28 1823 d. Apr 14 1906, "Mother" WINSLOW, D. Byrl, b. Jul 30 1932 d. Jul 31 1932