ROCKY HAMMOCK CEMETERY, Chiefland, Levy County, Florida

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Located on the west side of County Road 336 about half way between County 
Road 345 and State Road 24, the Rocky Hammock Cemetery is due south of 
Chiefland, Florida.  It is across the street from the Concord Baptist Church.  
The church, however, does not own or maintain the cemetery.  Samuel 
Worthington originally deeded the land for the cemetery and the cemetery 
has been privately maintained ever since.  An attractive sign was placed 
on the property in 2000.  Originally, many graves with mounds of shells 
covered some of the earliest graves.  Someone leveled these old graves 
within the past few years and most of the old shell mounds have been removed.  
Nearly twenty-five small markers with the inscription "Unknown" are located 
in the cemetery, mostly at the north end.

The book "Cemeteries of Levy County" written by Lindon J. Lindsey and 
published in 1994 is a wonderful resource for anyone doing genealogical 
research in Levy County.  The description for the Rocky Hammock Cemetery, 
however, is incomplete and contains several typographical errors.  Gary and 
Melissa Peltier of Blue Springs, Missouri Springs did this transcription 
in January 2002.  Melissa is the great, great granddaughter of M. A. Beck.

ALLEN, Ouida, b. Dec 1 1818 d. Oct 12 1947
ALLEN, Lee, b. Mar 22 1903 d. Nov 28 1929
ALLEN, Iccie, b. May 5 1905 d. Apr 20 1947
ALLEN, Robert, b. Jan 20 1868 d. Feb 19 1919, "Gone but not forgotten"
ANDERSON, Addie May, b. Oct 17 1905 d. Nov 18 1951
ANDERSON, Daniel Faro, b. Mar 7 1905 d. May 20 1950
ANDERSON, Lillian C., b. Oct 24 1914 d. Sep 16 1982 (shares a stone with Willie B. Anderson)
ANDERSON, Wilford, b. Oct 29 1930 d. Mar 30 1985
ANDERSON, Willie B. b. May 2 1925 d. Jan 12 1991 (shares a stone with Lillian C. Anderson)
ANDERSON, Wilma J., b. Feb 2 1941 d. Apr 20 1975
ANDERSON, W. L., b. Aug 28 1928 d. Sep 14 1977
ANGLES, Christina Allan, b. Dec 7 1887 d. Sep 16 1978, "In loving memory" (buried next to Evelyn Angles Patmore)

BARBER, Lillian J. "Candy", b. Jan 24 1936 d. Nov 9 1936
BECK, Alva, b. Oct 9 1901 d. Oct 28 1903, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven"
BECK, Asa, b. Oct 28 1923 d. Feb 16 1924, "Rest baby rest", son of Mr. & Mrs. C. H. Beck
BECK, Baby, b. Apr 13 1934 d. Apr 13 1934, son of Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Beck
BECK, Charles H., b. Aug 11 1870 d. Jan 29 1964
BECK, Janie C., (no dates)
BECK, Ellis C., b. Aug 20 1918 d. Mar 8 1924, "Those whom God loves, die young", son of J. R. and Mary Beck
BECK, J. C., b. Aug 18 1861 d. Aug 11 1897, "Weep not, he is at rest"
BECK, James R., b. 1867 d. 1939 (shares a stone with Mary E. Beck)
BECK, M. A., b. Jul 30 1832 d. Nov 17 1911, "May he rest in peace"
BECK, Mary E., b. 1884 d. 1981 (shares a stone with James R. Beck)
BECK, Nellie I., b. May 30 1836 d. Aug 12 1922, "Rest, mother, rest in quiet sleep, While friends in sorrow o'er thee weep"
BECK, Oliver A., b. Aug 8 1906 d. Oct 5 1933, "Not dead, but sleepeth"
BECK, Theo, b. Aug 10 1918 d. Jun 15 1919, "A little bud of love to bloom with God above", dau. of Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Beck
BRASIEL, Charles E., b. Dec 1 1890 d. May 31 1929, (stone is shaped like an upright log on top of two smaller horizontal logs with the inscription "Woodmen of the World Memorial")
BROWN, Filicia, b. 1824 d. Dec 27 1899, "There is rest in heaven", wife of S. H. Worthington

CANNON, Eunice, b. Dec 26 1898 d. Feb 5 1990 (shares a stone with Morris Cannon)
CANNON, Mack "Billy", b. Jan 10 1932 d. Aug 7 1998, "Beloved brother"
CANNON, Margaret E., b. Dec 17 1926 (only date)
CANNON, Morris, b. Jan 30 1902 d. May 25 1978 (shares a stone with Eunice Cannon)
CANNON, Ruby Amanda, b. Mar 5 1908 d. Nov 28 1918, "Safe in the arms of Jesus"
CASON, Arthur Harly, b. Feb 12 1877 d. Aug 5 1944, "At Rest"
CASON, C. J., b. Nov 18 1920 d. Aug 21 1921, "Suffer little children to come unto me"
CASON, Rhoda Felicia, b. Jan 27 1878 d. Nov 14 1929, "At Rest" (top of stone says "Mother")
COLLIER, Ben Jack, b. Nov 8 1878 d. Feb 9 1962
COLLIER, Dora F., b. May 26 1883 d. Oct 7 1893 [note- could be 1883, the stone was very faded]
COLLIER, E. C., b. Aug 25 1854 d. Jul 4, 1937, "How desolate our home bereft of thee"
COLLIER, Edna, b. Oct 17 1886 d. Jul 14 1972
COLLIER, Elizabeth, b. Feb 9 1859 d. Apr 13 1923, "A place is vacant in our home that never can be filled"
COLLIER, Eltis, b. Oct 19 1914 d. Oct 8 1934
COLLIER, Ellzy E., b. Jan 9 1894 d. Nov 7 1897
COLLIER, James S., b. Apr 1 1896 d. Oct 10, 1901, "A little while on earth he spent, till God for him his angels sent"
COLLIER, Samuel R., b. Mar 15 1881 d. Aug 12 1884, "Of such is the kingdom of Heaven"
CREECH, Alpine, b. Jan 10 1882 d. Aug 8 1884, daughter of  ?  & J. B.? Creech [ inscription is faded]
CREECH, Jane Ruth, b. Jun 27 1856 d. Feb 27 1942, "Goodbye our loved one"
CREECH, John Allen, b. Aug 20 1855 d. Oct 16 1919, "A place is vacant in our home which shall never can be filled"
CREECH, Samuel John, b. Aug 31 1887 d. Aug 30 1941, "At Rest"

DAVIS, Hattie I., b. Sep 29 1889 d. Jan 26 1938 (shares a stone with Joseph S. Davis)
DAVIS, Joseph S., b. Dec 5 1866 d. Mar 31 1964 (shares a stone with Hattie I. Davis)
DAVIS, Katie Corene, b. Aug 26 1917 d. Jul 11 1988 (shares a stone with "Red John Earnest Earl Davis)
DAVIS, Ralph J., b. Mar 10 1910 d. Apr 22 1944 (top of stone says "brother")
DAVIS, "Red John" Earnest Earl, b. Sep 6 1925 d. Jul 3 1993 (shares a stone with Katie Corene Davis)

GREGGS, Eddie "Father", b. Jun 24 1919 d. Sep 18 1977 (shares a stone with Nellie Greggs)
GREGGS, Nellie "Mother", b. May 17 1921 d. Dec 23 2001 (shares a stone with Eddie Greggs)
GREGGS, Wilton Collier, b. Aug 10 1941 d. Oct 6 1994, "A loving son"

HOWARD, Charles K., CO G 2 FLA CAV (no dates)
HOWARD, Georgia, b. Nov 6 1880 d. Feb 11 1901 [inscription is faded], daughter of C. K. and Mary Howard
HOWARD, James Marion, b. Aug 1876 d. Mar 1929 [see note for SAVAGE]
HOWARD, Mary, b. Nov 29 1845 d. May 3 1911
HOWARD, W. W., b. Oct 26 1878 d. Aug 20 1911
HUDSON, Amanda, b. Apr 3 1857 d. Mar 12 1936 [note- Amanda Beck Hudson is the daughter of M. A. Beck]
HUDSON, Carl, b. Sep 20 1882 d. Mar 20 1954
HUDSON, Creasie W., b. 1855 d. 1875
HUDSON, Garret V., b. Jul 13 1841 d. Nov 10 1912
HUDSON, Theron, b. Jul 11 1916 d. Oct 30 1924, "Asleep in Jesus"

OGLESBEE, Baby Boy, "born and died 1901"
OGLESBEE, Felicia Weeks, b. 1875 d. 1949
OGLESBEE, Joseph William, b. Jun 27, 1873 d. Jan 14 1954
OGLESBEE, Oniste, b. Oct 8 1903 d. Jul 21 1925 (top of stone says "At Rest"), Son of J. W. and F. C. Oglesbee

PATMORE, Evelyn Angles, b. Mar 13 1927 d. Feb 21 1982, "In loving memory" (buried next to Christina Allan Angles)
PINNER, James, b. Sep 24 1842 d. Dec 19 1911, PVT. CO B 2 FLA 

SAVAGE, Dora M., b. Apr 1920 d. Nov 1933
SAVAGE, Infant son of L. H. Savage, died 1933 (only date)
SAVAGE, Leo H., b. Feb 2 1897 d. Apr 19 1956 [note- the SAVAGE graves are all located together and are enclosed by a small, stone curb- about six inches high.  The grave of James Marion Howard is also located within this enclosure.  It does appear that other graves may have been also located within this enclosure, but no markers remain]
SHEPPARD, Fannie Belle, b. Nov 1 1887 d. Feb 7 1911, "Gone but not forgotten"
SHEPPARD, Henry H., b. May 6 1848 d. Jan 10 1911, "Rest in Peace"
SHEPPARD, Stephen Anne, b. Nov 1854 d. Nov 1923, "Rest in Peace"
SCHIBLEY, Ralph A. "Bud", b. Feb 19 1915 d. Nov 20 1997 "Private, CO M 315th Infantry" (shares a stone with Willie Mae Yearty Schibley)
SCHIBLEY, Willie Mae Yearty, b. Mar 28 1913 (only date)

WALKER, Wilfred C., b. Jul 23 1916 d. Jun 29 1920, "From mother's arms to the arms of Jesus", Son of C. B. & A. M. Walker
WEEKS, Cabbel V., b. Apr 23 1908 d. Mar 4 1914, "No pain, nor grief, no anxious fear can reach our loved one sleeping here", Son of J. E. & A. M. Weeks
WEEKS, John Edward, b. Mar 30 1874 d. Jan 28 1911, "At Rest"
WHITE, John J., b. Aug 24 1867 d. Apr 11 1932 (stone is very unique- see note for Charles E Brasiel)
WHITE, Nancy J., b. Aug 10 1857 d. Jun 26 1942, "The hours part us, but they bring us together again"
WOOD, Nellie May, b. May 8 1884 d. Sep 15 1918, "Gone to a brighter home where grief cannot come"
WORTHINGTON, Emma R., b. 1866 d. 1945 (shares a stone with Samuel E. Worthington)
WORTHINGTON, Frances, b. Oct 8 1865 d. Feb 22 1898, wife of W. F. Kirkbride
WORTHINGTON, Granville, H., b. 1827 d. 1908, PVT CO A 9 FLA INF CSA, Indian Wars, Mexican War
WORTHINGTON, Iris F., b. Dec 22 1886 d. Sept 5 1891
WORTHINGTON, Reginald Howard, b. May 22 1938 (only date), Florida, SGT 159 INF 40 DIV
WORTHINGTON, Samuel, b. 1785 d. 1857, PVT FLA MTD MIL
WORTHINGTON, Samuel E., b. 1862 d. 1926 (shares a stone with Emma R. Worthington)
WORTHINGTON, Samuel H., b. Jul 16 1821 d. Oct 10 1896, "Fear not, Peace be unto you"
WORTHINGTON, Sarah A., b. Dec 13 1837 d. Jul 24 1901 (top of stone says "My Children")

YEARTY, Betty, b. May 19 1919 d. Jun 7 1919
YEARTY, Cyril Orton, b. Oct 10 1907 d. Feb 25 1911, Son of W. S. & Lula Yearty
YEARTY, Dr. Eugene H., b. 1883 d. 1936, "Living, he made the poor man's heart be glad, and at his death, the sorrowing ones more sad"
YEARTY, Felicia C., b. Aug 13 1852 d. Sep 6 1904, "A place is vacant in our hearts that never can be filled" (top of stone says "Our Mother")
YEARTY, Imogene C., b. Aug 23 1915 d. Jun 14 1995 (shares a stone with John F. Yearty)
YEARTY, Jay Vincent, b. Aug 8 1905 d. Jan 29 1972 (foot stone has the following inscription: "Jay V. Yearty, Florida, PVT CO 8 97 QM BKRY BN World War II, b. Aug 8 1905 d. Jan 29 1992")
YEARTY, John F., b. Jun 28 1910 d. Sep 3 1992 (shares a stone with Imogene C. Yearty)
YEARTY, Lula H., b. Jul 15 1878 d. Aug 28 1968 (shares a stone with William S. Yearty)
YEARTY, William E., b. Jun 26 1845 d. Jun 15 1915
YEARTY, William S., b. Jul 2 1877 d. Mar 12 1971 (shares a stone with Lula H. Yearty)