BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Lee, Madison County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Joseph T. Burval, e-mail: JBurval@mindspring.com COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Copyright (c) 1990 by Joseph T. Burval, Publisher. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Publisher. The publisher donates the contents of this file in digital format to USGenWeb Project Archives for inclusion in USGenWeb's Digital Library (Archives) for the purpose of making this work freely available to researchers under the rules and policies of The USGenWeb Project. 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. CORRECTIONS AND ERRORS: Comments from readers concerning errors in the data, or information readers may have about unmarked graves should be addressed to Joseph T. Burval, 1995 Parkwood Road, Charleston, West Virginia 25314, USA or e-mail at JBurval@mindspring.com ******************************************************************************* INTRODUCTION The tombstone inscriptions for the cemetery below are the same as those contained in the book "Madison County Florida Cemeteries" authored by Joseph T. Eichelberger (Privately Published: J. T. Burval, Charleston, WV (1990)). In some cases, additions and corrections have been made. They are digitally reproduced here to make this information available to the USGenWeb Project Archives. Mr. Eichelberger surveyed all the cemeteries of Madison County, Florida known to him over an eight year period from about 1985 to 1993. In most cases, the date of the survey, as well as, the date of his second survey used to verify his data is included at the end of the listing. The reader will note the detail that Mr. Eichelberger has used to record the inscriptions in this work. This work is more than a listing of names and dates. It is the next best thing to actually seeing the gravesite in person. Its content shows the author's obvious extraordinary effort to preserve what he called the "flavor" of the tombstone by recording full inscriptions. His work includes misspellings, error notation and describing the marker's location so it can be found by the reader. Often a description of the tombstone marker, especially if it was unusual or damaged. A truly outstanding work, which will serve us well in preserving our heritage. Mr. Eichelberger very concisely and modestly explained his work in part as follows: "This project has been a one-man effort. As a result the readings and the typing have not been checked by a second party. To make matters worse, the elapsed time between reading the tombstones and typing the listing from notes has been rather great. Reading old notes written hurriedly in the field can be a trying experience, especially if the writer's handwriting isn't too neat." "An effort was made to preserve the "flavor" of the inscriptions by retaining misspellings and errors. In general, no attempt was made to correct any data, but occasionally observations have been inserted. These are in square brackets [] except where no confusion should result. It is hoped that few errors have been introduced in recording and typing the data, but surely some have been." It is a pleasure to donate this work to the USGenWeb Project Archives to make this very valuable information available to all researchers interested in Madison County. J. T. Burval Charleston, West Virginia October 26, 1998 ******************************************************************************* SYMBOLS USED: A "/" is used to indicate a new line on the tombstone. A "//" indicates a new section of the tombstone. "FHMM" means funeral home metal marker. "CRI" means cannot read inscription. A "#" indicates a cross as used on stones and memorials, and denotes military Service. Brackets [] indicate the authors comments and are used to distinguish comments from the tombstone inscription. Two names side by side indicate either a common headstone or two headstones on a common pedestal. Two names side by side with a third name below and indented, indicate that all three names are included on a common headstone or that all three headstones are on a common pedestal. ******************************************************************************* BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY GO 4 MILES EAST OF COUNTY RD. 255 FROM LEE ON US 90. TAKE GRADED DIRT ROAD NORTH 1 MILE. TURN RIGHT. BEGIN AT WEST SIDE OF CEMETERY, NORTH END FROM DRIVEWAY, GO WEST. WEBB MARTHA F. BARTON C. WEBB WEBB APR 20,1856 MAY 13,1858 JUNE 9, 1935 SEPT 9,1933 HIS WIFE DEACON BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD FATHER/EARLY C./WEBB/SEPT 4,1876/FEB 1,1954/FAITHFUL TO HIS/TRUST EVEN UNTO/DEATH MOTHER/JANE/WEBB/NOV 1884/OCT 27,1921/A DEVOTED WIFE/AND MOTHER IRA D. EZELL/DEC 17,1915/MAY 28,1917/AN ANGEL VISITED THE GREEN/EARTH AND TOOK THE/FLOWER AWAY//[AT FOOT:] I D E W.A. WATERS/1856-1930/FATHER OF PIERCIE DRIGGERS WEST FENCE FATHER/B.G. BELL/JUNE 20,1855/SEPT 12,1933/FATHER LET THY GRAVE/BE GIVEN/THAT WE MAY MEET IN/HEAVEN MOTHER/MARTHA/WIFE OF B.G. BELL/OCT 31,1865/MAR 31,1922/SHE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE,/A FOND MOTHER, AND A/FRIEND TO ALL BELL/VIRGINIA L./BELL/JAN 6,1924/JULY 2,1934/ONLY SLEEPING BELL/JAMIE L. BELL/JULY 21,1920/FEB 20,1931/ONLY SLEEPING ELIZABETH F./WIFE OF S.K. DRIGGERS/SEPT 13,1860/MAR 16,1914 SLEEP ON MOTHER/TAKE THY REST. GOD CALLED THEE HOME, HE/ THOUGHT IT BEST SIMEON K. DRIGGERS/MAY 15,1870/JAN 29,1961/REST IN PEACE PIERCE WATERS/DRIGGERS/SEPT 6,1887/SEPT 27,1973/A GOOD MOTHER TWO BEGGS FHMMS. CANNOT READ. BEST GUESS: 1) MR. WILLIAM H. GALLWAY (?)/---------/JULY 3,1956 2) ???????/???????/ DIED JULY __,1954 THESE GRAVES ARE SIDE BY SIDE NEXT TO WEBB PLOT. DRIVEWAY INF. SON/OF MR. & MRS./F.L. BRAY/JULY 18,1939 DELLA E./JOHNSON/AUG 25,1922/OCT 3,1922/FROM MOTHER'S/ARMS TO THE/ARMS OF JESUS RETURN TO DRIVEWAY GRAVE MARKED BY SEASHELLS. PROBABLY A CHILD'S GRAVE. STOKES EDGAR SUSIE MAE SEPT 17,1897 JULY 26,1901 APR 12,1973 SEPT 20,1983 [AT FOOT:] #/EDGAR STOKES/FLORIDA/ PVT US ARMY/WORLD WAR I/ SEPT 17 1897 APRIL 12 1973 STOKES FRANK A. EFFIE D. APR 16,1895 APR 13,1897 MAR 12,1969 [AT FEET:] FATHER MOTHER JOSIE M. STOKES/AUG 1926 - AUG 1931/"WE MISS YOU" INF. SON OF/MR. & MRS. F. STOKES/1928 #/ED/SNIPES/???????/GEORGIA/PVT 52 INF/6 DIV/SEPTEMBER 2,1933 WEST FENCE INF. SON OF/MR. & MRS./ M.C./WYNN/AUG 23,1953 DRIVEWAY LINDA DIANE/COMBASS/JULY 31,1957 [INFANT'S GRAVE. MARBLE SLAB.] ROSA LEE/COMBASS/JULY 2-3,1946 [MARBLE SLAB.] MARTIN FRED SHEPERD JOANNE PAYNE APRIL 29,1921 MARCH 2,1939 ------------ ------------ [MARRIED:] MAY 7,1960 [GRANITE SLABS.] WEST FENCE WILLIAM T. PAYNE/JUNE 27,1942/JAN 28,1975 BEGGS FHMM: THOMAS C. DIXON/JULY 17,1911/FOUND DEC 17,1988 NELLIE S. PAYNE/MAY 14,1905/FEB 20,1971 [ON SAME STONE:] GEORGE W. PAYNE/NOV 20,1900/MAY 14,1980 COMBASS W.C. SARAH J. APRIL 3,1870 SEPT 1.1871 NOV 11,1962 JUNE 28,1962 DRIVEWAY. END WEST SIDE OF CEMETERY BEGIN EAST SIDE AT SOUTH END START AT EAST FENCE. KATHERINE W. TIPPETTE/JAN 26,1931/SEPT 20,1958//[AT FOOT OF GRANITE SLAB:] ASLEEP IN JESUS #/EMORY JACKSON/PFC US ARMY/WORLD WAR II/JAN 3,1914 JUNE 2 1988 THOMAS EMORY/JACKSON/BORN AND DIED/OCT 23,1958 DRIVEWAY BEGGS FHMM: MRS. LOU ANNIE RIDGDON/FEBRUARY 5,1888/MARCH 11,1969 WILLIAM R. RIGDON/OCT 25,1849/NOV 11,1951/HE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH BIRTIE LYONS/WIFE OF/G.W. BRIDGES/MAR 26,1893/SEPT 20,1943/ASLEEP IN JESUS SAMUEL M./HILLHOUSE/FLORIDA/PVT/US ARMY/WORLD WAR I/JULY 10,1892/FEBRUARY 2,1959 AT REST/THELMA WESSON/WIFE OF/S.M. HILLHOUSE/DEC 26,1898/JUNE 23,1931 EAST FENCE WESSON MOTHER FATHER FRANCES E. LEE WILLIAM D.J. APRIL 21,1859 DEC 17,1855 AUG 15,1930 DEC 9,1929 IN MEMORY OF/JOHN C. HOLDER,JR./OCT 6,1911/JULY 27,1980 [CONCRETE SLAB] JOHN C. HOLDER/AUG 1,1877/MAR 17,1959/HE IS AT REST IN HEAVEN PALLIE DEES/HOLDER/DEC 29,1875/NOV 25,1959/AT REST DRIVEWAY BABY ROBINSON [CONCRETE SLAB] MYRTIE HOLDER/HURST/APRIL 27,1906/JAN 19,1976/AT REST [CONCRETE SLAB.] OSCAR R./HURST,SR./AUG 8,1901/AUG 18,1977/AT REST [CONCRETE SLAB.] BEGGS FHMM: KELLY ANN PARISH/MAY 18,1971/MAY 18,1971 EAST FENCE BEGGS FHMM: SALLY BEMBRY/MARCH 24,1971/NOV 30,1972 ROBERT WILLIAM/BEMBRY/OCT 18,1964/MARCH 18,1967/ASLEEP IN JESUS VALLRIE SUSAN/BEMBRY/AUG 16,1965/OCT 27,1965/AT REST #/ROBERT LEE BEMBRY/FLORIDA/PFC US ARMY/WORLD WAR I/FEB 8,1895 - OCT 12,1964 [BRONZE PLAQUE. ALSO A HEDRICKS FHMM.] [BUT SEE NEXT PAGE, 5th ENTRY.] #/IDA MAY BEMBRY/MAR 2,1898/MAY 13,1979 SON/INF SON OF/MR. & MRS. M./DONALDSON/JULY 26,1943 FATHER/JAMES F. STOKES/NOV 30,1868/APRIL 16,1947/HE WILL FIND JOY IN THE/LIFE EVERLASTING MOTHER/MARY A. BRYANT/WIFE OF J.F. STOKES/JAN 17,1871/APR 23,1939/A TENDER MOTHER AND A/FAITHFUL FRIEND DRIVEWAY JIMMIE RONALD/BEMBRY/MARCH 2,1949/MARCH 7,1949 #/EUGENE BEMBRY/FLORIDA/PVT/US ARMY/APRIL 24 1891/JAN 2 1954 AT FOOT OF THE ABOVE GRAVE IS A DAMAGED BEGGS FHMM:,ROBERT L. BEMBRY/1895 - 1964 [SEE PREVIOUS PAGE FOR ROBERT L. BEMBRY!] IDUNA CONINE BEMBRY/FEB 17,1911/FEB 13,1987/BELOVED MOTHER AND/GRANDMOTHER EAST FENCE RUTH STOKES/JAN 11,1928/AUG 31,1930 INF. DAU. OF MR. & MRS./HENRY LAMAR STOKES/MAY 19,1930 JOHNSON FATHER MOTHER REV. ELISHA DAVID OLIN LEE FEB 28,1885 FEB 21,1898 OCT 21,1955 JAN 3,1986 KIND FATHER OF LOVE SHE IS NOT HERE THOU ART GONE TO THY REST SHE IS WITH THE LORD DRIVEWAY GRACIE EZELL HEAD BRYANT H. HEAD MAY 9,1913 JUNE 3,1900 -------- MARCH 20,1967 AT REST AT REST INFANT BORN TO/JOE - GRACIE REAMS/JAN 30,1930 INFANT BORN TO/BEVAN - RUTH EZELL/MAY 17,1924 INFANT/DAU OF A.G. & ANNA/BELL/BORN & DIED/MAY 6,1921/ANOTHER LITTLE ANGEL ANNA HOLDER/WIFE OF A.G. BELL/JUNE 26,1902/FEBY 16,1928/SHE WAS THE SUNSHINE/OF OUR HOME ARTHUR G. BELL/JUNE 21,1893/DEC 30,1946/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN [AT FOOT:] #/ARTHUR G. BELL/FLORIDA/PVT MED DEPT/WORLD WAR I/JUNE 21,1893/DECEMBER 30,1946 NAVY WEBB TURLINGTON/APRIL 25,1896/MAY 29,1984/THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD [EASTERN STAR EMBLEM.] EMORY TURLINGTON/MARCH 31,1888/JULY 28,1958/I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH [MASONIC EMBLEM] AMANDA LEONA/WIFE OF/E.TURLINGTON/DEC 22,1892/JUNE 24,1924/MOTHER/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN EMORY MILTON/TURLINGTON/BORN DEC 4,1917/DIED NOV 6,1918/ C.R.I. MOTHER/SALLIE WILLIAMS/BEMBRY/MAY 14,1858/DEC 5,1931/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ALLIE MAY/WIFE OF H.L. STOKES/MAY 30,1897/APRIL 9,1918/SHE WAS TOO GOOD, TOO/GENTLE AND FAIR/TO DWELL IN THIS COLD WORLD OF CARE/STOKES STOKES PEARL McDANIEL HENRY LAMAR MAR 18,1896 AUG 13,1896 JULY 27,1977 OCT 12,1965 DAU OF SON OF THOMAS FRANK & JAMES F. & IOLA ELIZABETH NUNN MARY A. BRYANT STOKES A MORMON A BAPTIST CHILDREN BY 1st WIFE: HENRY LOUIS BY 2nd WIFE: LAMAR FRANKLIN, RUTH, RUBY & MARY [AT FOOT:] #/ HENRY L. STOKES FLORIDA PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I AUG 13 1896 OCT 12 1965 MAE CRAWLEY/FEB 28,1833/JUNE 30,1920 [STONE BROKEN AND DOWN. FOOTSTONE:] C CAROLINE/VIRGINIA/WIFE OF/WIFE OF J.H. STANFORD/MAR 7,1856/JAN 27,1927/HAVING FINISHED LIFE'S/DUTY SHE NOW/SWEETLY RESTS J.H./STANFORD/SEPT 30,1845/MAR 20,1915/ C.R.I. END OF CEMETERY RECORDED 23 JULY 1984 CHECKED 14 FEBRUARY 1989