EBENEZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Madison, 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, especially if it was unusual or damaged is included. A truly outstanding work, which will serve to preserve 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. ******************************************************************************* EBENEZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY FROM US 90 IN MADISON, GO 1.8 MILES NORTH ON FLA 53. GO WEST 8.2 MILES ON COUTY ROAD 146. TURN WEST ON PAVED ROAD, GO .5 MILES. AT INTERSECTION CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD .7 MILES ON GRADED DIRT ROAD. TURN WEST ON GRADED DIRT ROAD, GO .1 MILES. CHURCH IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD. NORTH SIDE OF CEMETERY. BEGIN ALONG EAST FENCE. GO SOUTH. #/JOHN T HENDERSON/FLORIDA/PVT UTILITIES DET QMC/WORLD WAR I/JUNE 24 1895 JULY 9 1945 TWO STONES AND A HEAVY METAL MONUMENT MAY MARK A GRAVE. #/JAMES A DREW/FLORIDA/PVT 6 REGT CAC/MARCH 10 1927 [STONE DOWN, ON FACE, IN 1989] DREW JOE SYERIS MARY ALICE APR 24,1873 FEB 21,1976 MAR 1,1958 AUG 4,1927 SINGLE STONE APPEARS TO BE ON LOT LINE: ANDREWS SINGLE STONE APPEARS TO BE ON LOT LINE: McCARTHY HARRELL TOGETHER FOREVER THEODORE WESLEY MARIE FRANKLIN NOV 20,1920 JUNE 16,1927 MARCH 7,1971 NANNIE ARNOLD HARRELL/DEC 20,1887/DEC 14,1973/WE WILL MEET AGAIN///[ON FOOT OF SLAB:] MAMA HAZEL W. HARRELL MD. /AUG 25,1875/APRIL 20,1931/AT REST DAISY A./WIFE OF/H.W. HARRELL/MAY 6,1881/JAN 21,1912/SHE WAS A KIND/AND AFFECTIONATE/WIFE, A FOND MOT-/HER, AND A FRIEND/TO ALL. BROTHER/JERRY J./HARRELL/DEC 27,1911/DEC 29,1933/HE HAS GONE TO THE MANSIONS OF REST BEGGS FHMM: PRESLEY WOOD HARRELL/OCT 16,1905.JULY 3,1987 TEMPORARILY USE THIS AS A SOUTH LINE [TO LARGE PINE TREE]. THE REST OF THE GRAVES TO THE SOUTH ARE A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE AWAY. NOW GO NORTH: MARY EVA CLARK/DAUGHTER OF/J.J. & S.A. HARRELL/BORN/APR 3,1880/DIED/SEPT 23,1906 PRESLEY PAUL/SON OF/J.J. & SARAH/ HARRELL/BORN/NOV 22,1888/DIED/JULY 22,1900/BUDDED ON EARTH TO BLOOM/IN HEAVEN OUR DARLING/THELMA AGNES/DAU OF C.F. & DAISY/HAMILTON/BORN/NOV 26,1905/DIED/MAR 3,1907 HARRELL JOHN JEFFERSON SARAH AGNES HARRELL PAUL/HIS WIFE JAN 8,1853 MAY 30,1846 FEB 14,1916 DEC 14,1932 GEORGE HUNTER HARRELL/APRIL 12,1873/OCT 27,1963 LILLIE HARRELL/JAN 18,1888/SEPT 28,1967 #/GEORGE JEFFERSON HARRELL/PVT US ARMY/WORLD WAR II/JULY 5 1917 APR 22 1977 SOUTH AGAIN TO PINE TREE SARAH SAPHRONIA/HUGHES/DAUGHTER OF/W.H. & S.A. HARRELL/BORN/FEB 22,1874/DIED/FEB 17,1897/'TIS BUT THE CASKET LIES HERE,/THE GEM THAT FILLED IT SPARKLES YET JOHN MANLY/CLARK/JULY 23,1910/DEC 7,1911/OUR DARLING/ASLEP IN JESUS FATHER/W.H. HARRELL/MAR 16,1833 - JAN 25,1894/AN HONEST MAN'S THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD MOTHER/SARAH A. HARRELL/MAR 22,1835 - APR 4,1915/A TENDER MOTHER AND A FAITHFUL FRIEND//HARRELL [THE TWO INSCRIPTIONS ABOVE ARE ON THE SAME STONE. THERE ARE TWO FOOTSTONES. ONE HAS "W.H.H." THE SECOND IS BLANK.] INFANT/SON OF/J.C. & V. HARRELL/JULY 8,1906/ONLY SLEEPING WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEMORIAL/JAMES C./HARRELL/OCT 26,1871/JULY 4,1928 PIECE OF CONCRETE BLOCK MAY MARK A GRAVE. [GONE IN 1989] ADDIE FLOWERS/WIFE OF/J. FRANK MARTIN/OCT 5,1886/AUG 15,1972 J. FRANK MARTIN/NOV 24,1865/SEPT 22,1945 MAGGIE//MAGGIE/THE WIFE OF/J.F. MARTIN/FEB 19,1882/SEPT 28,1915/DEAR MAGGIE, I MISS/YOU EVERY DAY OF MY/LIFE. IT WILL NOT BE LONG/UNTIL WE ALL MEET WHERE/THERE IS NO PARTING. INFANT'S GRAVE, OUTLINED WITH BRICKS, STEEL STAKE AT HEAD. WILLIAM COFFEE ELIZABETH VIRGINIA SMITH MARTIN SMITH JULY 11,1872 SEPT 29,1872 SEPT 5,1937 FEB 19,1951 [AT FEET:] DAD MAM MISS BELLE MARTIN/JAN 27,1868/AUG 17,1944 LITTLE SUSIE BELLE/PRECIOUS DARLING OF/WILL & JENNIE/SMITH/FEB 6,1898/AUG 20,1900/A SWEET FLOWER BUDDED/ON EARTH TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN JULIAN E. DANIEL,JR./MIAMI. FLA./SEPT 16[18?],1932/DEC 29,1949//[ON SLAB:] BUD JULIAN E. DANIEL/JUNE 26,1898/HENDERSON, N.C./SEPT 14,1941/MIAMI,FLA.//[ON SLAB:] MASONIC EMBLEM OPHELIA DANIEL TOMS/OCT 2,1902/MADISON, FLA./SEPT 23,1987/MIAMI, FLA. STONE BENCH. ON SEAT: IN MEMORY OF/VIRGINIA SMITH CLINE/OCT 2,1907 - JAN 27,1969 ZIPPERER AZELL BRITTON ALMON SMITH JULY 21,1906 DEC 7,1911 JAN 26,1987 OCT 6,1983 THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. [SHRINER EMBLEM IN CENTER OF MONUMENT.] NANCY/HINTON/GASTON/FEB 3,1856/JUNE 25,1913 #/SGT/H.W. GASTON/CO. D./FLA. RES.INF./CSA J.B. GASTON/NOV 19,1876/APRIL 11,1947 CARTER PAFFORD CHARLIE GASTON OCT 1,1901 OCT 31,1894 DEC 17,1981 OCT 27,1975 SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/ANDREW BURTON/SON OF/J.A. & M.E./GASTON/MAY 11,1892/MAY 27,1896/ANOTHER LAMB FOR JESUS MOTHER// FATHER// MARY E./GASTON JAMES A./GASTON SEPT 12,1863 MAY 20,1853 OCT 2,1930 NOV 19,1933 GASTON GASTON WILLIAM LEWIS GEORGE MARTIN MARCH 30,1890 DIED AUG 28,1960 JAN 29,1966 [AT FEET:] BIG BOY GEORGE FANNIE F./RUTHERFORD/BORN/JUNE 29,1868/DIED/AUG 25,1900/AGED 32 Y'S. 1 M. 27 D./WE'LL JOIN THEE IN THAT HEAVENLY/LAND,/NO MORE TO TAKE THE PARTING/HAND. GEORGE BESSIE/RUTHERFORD/BORN/SEPT 1,1897/DIED/AUG 16,1900/AGED 2 YRS. 11 M'S. 15 D'S./IN HEAVEN THERE IS/ONE ANGEL MORE. WADE ANN/MANNING/1842 -1924/FAITHFUL TO HER TRUST/EVEN UNTO DEATH IN MY FATHERS HOUSE/ARE MANY MANSIONS/JNO. M./MANNING/BORN/JAN 20,1838/DIED/NOV 12,1912/*** CRI ***//MAMMING [STELE] MARBLE STONE OFF BASE, NOT ON A GRAVE: J.W. GASTON/FEB 1,1850/JAN 24,1921/AT REST GASTON J.W. ADA 1845 - 1921 1865 - 1941 [FOOTSTONES:] J.W.G. [BLANK] GASTON M.C. THETIS 1888 - 1947 1888 - 1963 [FOOTSTONES:] DAD MOM NORTH FENCE SINGLE CONCRETE POST. COULD BE A LOT MARKER OR A GRAVE MARKER. #/LOWELL J HART/FLORIDA/PFC CO B 166 ENGR C BN/WORLD WAR II BSM/DEC 22 1908 MARCH 3 1966 THOMAS T. HART/1872 - 1949 HOWELL/EUGENE/PRIDGEON/AUG 29,1915/JULY 7,1916/IT WAS HARD/INDEED TO PART/WITH THEE,/BUT CHRIST'S/STRONG ARM/SUPPORTED ME. CARRIE M./DAUGHTER OF/MR. & MRS. T.T. HART/1919 - 1920 RAYMOND T./SON OF/MR. & MRS. T.T. HART/1907 - 1909 RETURN TO NORTH FENCE: SMALL MOUND WITH FIELD STONE MAY MARK THE GRAVE OF AN INFANT. HOLY BIBLE/MOLLIE/WILLENS/WIFE OF/L.D. WILLENS/MAR 25,1887/OCT 11,1917/IN HEAVEN THERE IS ONE ANGEL MORE V.H. FLOWERS/DEC 11,1860/AUG 21,1925 [ON SAME STONE WITH:] IDA M. CAVES FLOWERS/JAN 30,1867/JUNE 6,1948 GUSSIE/DAU OF/V.H. & I.M./FLOWERS/NOV 12,1892/NOV 25,1904/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTTEN INF DAU OF MR. & MRS./HOMMER BUSH/1917 MATTIE L. BUSH/1913 - 1914 J.M. RYKARD/1897 - 1915 THE NEXT THREE GRAVES HAVE OLD CONCRETE HEADSTONES MORTARED TO ADULT-SIZE [!] CONCRETE SLABS: 1) THOMAS G. RYKARD/BORN FEB 14,1887/DIED JAN 26,1902/ *** CRI *** 2) ANNIE BELL RYKARD/BORN SEPT 7,1901/DIED JAN 22,1902/ANOTHER LITTLE/ANGEL BEFORE THE/HEAVENLY THRONE./ *** CRI *** 3) ROBERT B. RYKARD/BORN APRIL 30,1889/DIED AUG 16,1900/THOSE WHOM GOD/LOVES DIE YOUNG EMORY L. RYKARD/ 1915 - 1918 E.C. RYKARD/1883 - 1915 MRS. T.L.H. RYKARD/1862 - 1925 T.L.H. RYKARD/1855 - 1915 MAUDE VANN/WILSON/OCT 4,1900/MAR 14,1945 ISABELLE S. GIBSON/WIFE OF/ JOHN R. WILSON/DEC 1,1871/FEB 24,1957 WILLIE RUSSELL/WILSON/JUNE 27,1897/AUG 19,1936 INF DAU OF J.R. &/ISABELLA WILSON/JULY 2-7,1911 NELLIE/YATES/DAU OF J.M. & S.A./WILSON/BORN/APR 23,1901/DIED DEC 24,1901//WILSON [ON OPPOSITE SIDE:] DARLING WE MISS THEE [STELE] AUNT CARRIE//CARRIE WILSON/EDWARDS/1829 - 1911/AT REST STELE - NORTH SIDE: FANNIE E./WILSON/BORN JUNE 24,/1836,/DIED/JULY 25,1906 EAST SIDE: DEAR PARENTS/THO WE MISS/YOU MUCH,/WE KNOW YOU /REST WITH GOD SOUTH SIDE: THOS. J./WILSON/BORN IN/ABBEVILLE/CO. S.C./JAN 12,1834/DIED IN/MADISON/CO. FLA/MAR 7,1900 WEST SIDE: PRECIOUS IN THE/SIGHT OF THE/LORD IS THE/DEATH OF HIS/SAINTS//WILSON FOOTSTONES: F.E.W. T.J.W. WILSON THOMAS WORDLAW LUCY L. MAY 8,1868 MARCH 26,1876 AUG 28,1929 SEPT 29,1963 SAMUEL PAUL BURNETT,SR./AUG 16,1897/MARCH 6,1951//[AT FOOT:]#/SAMUEL P BURNETT/FLORIDA/PVT 2 CO COAST ARTILLERY/WORLD WAR I/AUG 16 1897 MARCH 6 1951 BURNETT SAMUEL H. CARRIE L. JULY 4,1870 SEPT 29,1874 JAN 23,1897 AUG 16,1942 [FOOTSTONES:] S.H.B. C.L.B. FLOWERS LOT. SURROUNDED BY IRON FENCE. CONCRETE SLABS COVER THE SIX GRAVES. NAMES ARE ETCHED IN THE SLABS. DIFFICULT TO READ. ARCHIE T. SON OF/E.C. & M.T. HASSELL/BORN SEPT 3,1885/DIED JULY 18,1893/THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL REGION ABOVE/THE SKIES/AND I LONG TO REACH ITS SHORE/FOR I KNOW I SHALL FIND MY TREASURE THERE/THE LOVED ONE GONE BEFORE. MAGGIE T. WIFE OF/E.C. HASSELL/BORN FEB 5,1856/DIED JAN 4,1903/ *** CRI *** THOMAS J. FLOWERS/BORN MAY 8,1858/DIED JUNE 5,1889/AT REST FROM HIS LABORS SIMON P. FLOWERS/BORN/NOV 13,1854/DIED JAN 21,1897/WHY SHOULD WE MOURN ONE BROTHER'S LOSS,/SINCE DEATH TO HIM IS BLISS? REBECCA FLOWERS/BORN IN GREENWOOD, S.C./JUNE 16,1833/DIED IN MADISON, FLA./OCT 29,1908/GONE TO HER REWARD WILLIAM H. FLOWERS/BORN OCT 12,1852/DIED/OCT 1,1889/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US IS GONE,/A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED/A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HEARTS/THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED END FLOWERS LOT ++++++++++ IRON FENCE ENCLOSES SEVEN GRAVES: STELE: SOUTH SIDE: FATHER &/ALEX/GASTON/BORN JULY/8,1817,/DIED SEPT/30,1864/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN EAST SIDE: MOTHER/JANE/GASTON/BORN 1817/DIED SEPT 29,1905/AT REST ELIZA A. GASTON/APRIL 3,1848/FEB 25,1934 CHARLIE G.//WILSON/BORN/NOV 6,1885/DIED/SEPT 26,1889/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US HAS GONE W.F. WILSON/BORN APRIL 21,1861/DIED/JAN 11,1890//ASLEEP IN JESUS/BLESSED SLEEP REBECCA GASTON/FLOWERS/JAN 10,1861/APRIL 21,1947 JESSE RUSSELL/FLOWERS/MARCH 16,1873/FEB 27,1944 END FENCED LOT +++++ THIS BRINGS US TO PINE TREE. COMPLETING THE NORTH END OF THE EAST SIDE. BEGIN SOUTH END OF EAST SIDE: A LOW CONCRETE WALL SURROUNDS THE NEXT AREA: "MARTIN" IS WRITTEN ON THE EDGE OF A MARBLE BENCH. DALY DEVERE MORRIS/DEC 28,1893 - DEC 23,1985 KATIE MARTIN MORRIS/NOV 20,1896/JAN 5,1980 WILLIAM GORDON MARTIN/APR 18,1893/SEPT 5,1957 DELLA MARTIN/OCT 10,1888/MARCH 24,1976 W. CLARK MARTIN/OCT 11,1855/JULY 3,1914/AT REST//MARTIN MARY J. MARTIN/JAN 6,1858/AUG 6,1911/AT REST//MARTIN OUR BABY/BORN/NOV 15,1890/DIED/NOV 23,1890/GONE TO BE AN/ANGEL ROY/SON OF/W.C. & M.J./MARTIN/BORN/ AUG 5,1886/DIED/APR 8,1888/SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO/COME UNTO ME CLARA/DAU OF/W.C. & M.J. MARTIN/BORN/NOV 8,1883/DIED/AUG 2,1900/SHELTERED AND/SAFE FROM SORROW END OF MARTIN LOT. +++++ LUCINDA S. HINTON/BORN/MAR 30,1853/DIED/SEPT 9,1896/GONE TO A FAIRER LAND/OF PLEASURE AND LOVE./TO JOIN THE BRIGHT BAND OF/ANGELS ABOVE. [AT FOOT:] L.S.H. J.H. HINTON/BORN/OCT 4,1839/DIED/NOV 20,1889/WE SHALL NO MORE BEHOLD THEE IN THE FLESH/NOR HEAR THY FRIENDLY VOICE./YET WE WILL KEEP THY MEMORY FRESH/AND FRAGRANT ON THE ALTAR OF OUR HEART. STELE - NORTH SIDE: SARAH/WIFE OF/SAMUEL S./HINTON/BORN/NOV 23,1814/DIED/JULY 25,1886 [AT FOOT OF GRAVE:] S H SOUTH SIDE: SAMUEL S./HINTON/BORN/JAN 11,1812/DIED/FEB 25,1872 [AT FOOT OF GRAVE:] S S H WEST SIDE: ALL THINGS THAT WE LOVE/AND CHERISH/LIKE OURSELVES/MUST FADE AND/PERISH IN MEMORY OF/GRANDMOTHER/HINTON/DIED MAY 6,1879/AGE 95 YEARS/PREPARE TO MEET ME IN HEAVEN MARGARET E. HINTON/BORN/OCT 31,1848/DIED/FEB 16,1903/NOW THOU ART GONE BEYOND/THE REACH OF WOE, WHERE SORROW'S TEARS SHALL/EVER CEASE TO FLOW [AT FOOT:] M E H [THIS GRAVE LIES JUST EAST OF THAT OF LUCINDA HINTON, ABOVE.] NANCY REBECCA/HINTON/SEPT 7,1841/MAY 8,1918/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN S.S. HINTON/BORN/JULY 15,1833/DIED/SEPT 17,1921/HIS TOILS ARE PAST/HIS WORK IS DONE/HE FOUGHT THE/FIGHT, THE VICTORY/WON. SARAH A./HINTON/NOV 14,1851/OCT 29,1922/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN MAYBN/DAU OF/J.P. & N.A. MARTIN/BORN/MAY 20,1875/DIED/JAN 11,1885/MABYN WE WILL MEET/AGIN IN MEMORY OF OUR/BABE/BORN JESSIE NINER MARTIN/JAN 24,1880/DIED MARCH 27,1880 MRS. NANCY A. A TRUE UNIVERSALIST MARTIN JUDGE JAMES P. BORN/IN ABBEVILLE CO.,S.C. MARTIN NOV 13,1836 BORN DIED IN ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, S.C. IN MADISON CO., FLA. JUNE 19,1838 JANY 6,1893 DIED HER WORK IS FINISHED IN MADISON CO., FLA. SHE'S NOW AT REST AUGUST 8,1916 "DEEP BELOW AS HIGH ABOVE, SWEEPS THE CIRCLE OF GOD'S LOVE SAM MARTIN/MAR 7,1870/APR 19,1919 TWO PIECES OF CONCRETE AND A BRICK MAY MARK A GRAVE. SINGLE SMALL STONE: WATTS NOW GO EAST: J.T. HAMNER/OCT 22,1853/MAR 3,1919/HOLY BIBLE BOOK,DIVINE/PRECIOUS TREASURE/THOU ART MINE MOTHER/MAGGIE E./WIFE OF/J.T. HAMNER/BORN FEB 13,1853/DIED MAY 4,1905/SHE WAS A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE/A FOND MOTHER AND A FRIEND TO ALL IN MEMORY OF/LITTLE FANNIE/DAUGHTER OF/J.T. & MAGGIE/HAMNER/BORN/NOV 27,1889/DIED/FEB 20,1903/BUDDED ON EARTH TO/BLOOM IN HEAVEN WILLIAM A. HARRELL/BORN/MAR 16,1833/DIED/JAN 25,1894/AN HONEST MAN'S THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD [STONE BROKEN AND DOWN. LOCATED IN REAR OF MARTIN LOT.] MOLLIE LESLIE/DEC 22,1871/APR 30,1898/ ADULT'S GRAVE MARKED BY TWO HEAVY METAL MONUMENTS. [IN 1989, THE ONE AT THE HEAD IS ROTTED AT THE BASE AND HAS FALLEN OVER.] #/JAMES T. EDWARDS/DYKE'S/FLA. LT. ARTY,/C.S.A. LITTLE BETTIE DAU/GHTER OF W.J. BER/THA MANNING HIS/WIFE WAS BORN/SEPT THE 20 1898/DIED SEPT 28 1898/WEEP NOT FATHER AND/MOTHER FOR ME FOR/ *** THE REST IS BURIED *** LITTLE FLORIDA/DAUGHTER OF W.J./BERTHA MANNING/HIS WIFE WAS BORN/FEB THE 9,1897/FEB THE 17 1897/ANOTHER LITTLE/ANGEL ????????????????????? LITTLE FANNIE/DAUGHTER OF W.J./BERTHA MANNING/HIS WIFE WAS BORN/APRIL 10,1901/OCT 7,1901 [IN 1989 THIS STONE IS NEARLY UNREADABLE.] [EMAL?]ILINE HORTON/DIED APRIL 13,1889 [STONE IS OF CONCRETE. BADLY ERODED. DIFFICULT TO READ.] [BROKEN IN 1989] WOODMEN OF THE WORLD TREE TRUNK: WILLIAM S./EDWARDS/BORN/DEC 12,1866/DIED/OCT 20,1910 STELE - WEST SIDE: //EDWARDS SOUTH SIDE: MARY LEOLA/WIFE OF W.S. EDWARDS/BORN/FEB 1,1877/DIED/JUNE 26,1908/GONE TO A BRIGHT/HOME,/WHERE GRIEF CAN/NOT COME ELIZA ELVIRA/WIFE OF W.L. HAMILTON/BORN/NOV 17[?],1853/DIED/DEC 20,1889///[AT FOOT:] E E H [STONE BROKEN.] [DOWN IN 1989] FOOTSTONE-TYPE MARKER MAY MARK A GRAVE. STELE - NORTH SIDE: MARY PAUL/WIFE OF/GEORGE W. PAUL/BORN/DEC 4,1810/DIED/DEC 10,1870/A MOTHER IN LOVE HAS/FALLEN./SERVANT OF GOD WELL/DONE./REST FROM THY LOVED EMPLOY/THE BATTLE FOUGHT THE/VICTORY WON/ENTER THY MASTER'S JOY. WEST SIDE: //PAUL SOUTH SIDE: GEORGE W./ PAUL/HUSBAND OF/MARY PAUL/BORN/MAY 14,1808/DIED/FEB 14,1861/IN REMEMBRANCE/OF OUR FATHER. HE IS AT/REST. WE HOPE TO MEET/HIM IN HEAVEN. EAST SIDE: FATHER/AND/MOTHER FOOTSTONES: M P G W P LOUIE HUGHEY/AUG 15,1927 [INFANT'S GRAVE.] WESLEY LEVIE/DAU OF MR. & MRS./R.W. HAMILTON/BORN AUG 18,1918/DIED SEPT 1,1929 IDA MAE ROSS/WIFE OF.R.W. HAMILTON/BORN DEC 2,1893/DIED APRIL 6,1936 ROBERT W./HAMILTON/MAR 23,1886/AUG 3,1955 NORTH AND WEST TO PAUL LOT: PAUL LOT IS SURROUNDED BY A LOW CONCRETE WALL. CARLIE PAUL/BORN/JAN 8,1873/DIED/APRIL 10,1892/AT REST [AT FOOT:] C.P. AGNES JANIE PAUL/SEPT 21,1846/OCT 21,1934 GEORGE W. PAUL,JR./BORN/DEC 3,1839/DIED/NOV 16,1874/LIVING, HE MADE THE POOR MAN'S/HEART BE GLAD,/AND AT HIS DEATH THE/SORROWING ONES MORE SAD. END PAUL LOT +++++ FENCED LOT CONTAINING ONE STELE - SOUTH SIDE: A.R. SUTLEY/FEB 8,1836/MAR 30,1865/GONE BUT NOT/ FORGOTTEN NORTH SIDE: MARTHA E. PAUL/WIFE OF/A.R. SUTLEY/JUNE 10,1834/DEC 28,1919/GONE BUT NOT/FORGOTTEN TWO FOOTSTONE-TYPE MARKERS, HEAD AND FOOT, MARK THE ADULT'S GRAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STELE. END FENCED LOT ++++ LOPER LOT. OUTLINED WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS. THERE ARE FIVE GRAVES, BUT ONLY THREE MONUMENTS. LOPER MOTHER FATHER THERESA DENNETT WATTS MAYES 1853 - 1933 1856 - 1898 JOSEPH D./SON OF/D.M. & THERESA/LOPER/BORN/MARCH 26,1887/DIED/NOV 5,1910/ALTHOUGH HE SLEEPS HIS/MEMORY DOTH LIVE LOPER THEODORE CALVIN BELLE FLOWERS MARCH 4,1879 APRIL 1,1888 APRIL 4,1963 SEPT 27,1980 [AT FEET:] DADDY MAM END LOPER LOT +++++ MARSHALL T./SON OF/JAS. H. & M.S.A./MORROW/BORN APR 1860/DIED MAY 1877/BLESSED ARE THE EARLY DEAD MARTHA S.A./MORROW/BORN APR 1826/DIED MAY 1896/EVERY JOY TO US IS DEAD/SINCE MOTHER IS NOT HERE. JAMES H./MORROW/BORN MAR 1820/DIED SEPT 1864/TO THE MEMORY OF A BRAVE MAN/WHO DIED THAT HIS COUNTRY/MIGHT LIVE. GEORGE E./SON OF/JAS. H. & M.S.A./MORROW/BORN NOV 1848/DIED JUNE 1863/A LITTLE TIME ON EARTH HE SPENT,/TILL GOD FOR HIM HIS ANGEL SENT. JAMES W./SON OF JAS. H. & M.S.A./MORROW/BORN JULY 1852/DIED SEPT 1860/THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN./JOHN II.23, FIRST GRAVE/JOHN LOGAN/1844 [ADULT'S GRAVE.] FOOTSTONE-TYPE MARKER PROBABLY DEFINES LOT LINE. SISTER/MARTH A./EDWARDS/DEC 25,1835/SEPT 13,1911/BLESSED ARE THEY THAT/TRUST IN THE LORD AUNT/MARGARET HUGHEY [CONCRETE SLAB COVERS ADULT'S GRAVE.] ELIZABETH/G.S. HUGHEY/BORN IN ABBV./DIST. S.C./DEC 21,1813/DIED/FEB 16,1884/BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD [OLD CONCRETE STONE MORTARED TO SLAB.] JOHN HUGHEY/BORN/IN ABBV. DIST./S.C. JAN 11,/1806/DIED JUNE 22/1862/PRECIOUS IN/THE SIGHT OF/THE LORD IS/THE DEATH OF/HIS SAINTS TWO MORE FIELDSTONES MARK THE GRAVE OF AN ADULT. WILLIAM W PRIDGEON/FLORIDA/PFC CO A 106 ENGINEERS/WORLD WAR I/JULY 22 1892 JULY 10 1919 [BRONZE WW I MARKER AT HEAD.] NORTH AND EAST TO LOT FENCED BY A LOW CONCRETE WALL: NEIL DEAN WINTENBURG THELMA P. WINTENBURG US NAVY SP2 US NAVY MAY 22 1924 # OCT 21 1978 WORLD WAR II OCT 14 1922 # AUG 22 1979 [BRONZE PLAQUES MOUNTED ON HEADSTONES.] LOTTIE KINSEY/L.K. PRIDGEON/NOV 19,1896/MAR 5,1955 MASONIC EMBLEM/G.L. PRIDGEON/JAN 25,1885/MAR 12,1934 RUBY PRIDGEON/WIFE OF/J.W. DAVENPORT/OCT 9,1910/JUNE 1,1952 END OF FENCED LOT/ +++++ EAST OF ABOVE LOT: T. PRIDGEON [CONCRETE SLAB COVERS ADULT'S GRAVE.] SOUTH OF ABOVE LOT: MARY F./DAUGHTER OF/S.S. & SARAH/HINTON/BORN/AUG 10,1846/DIED/DEC 25,1855/A LITTLE BUD OF LOVE/TO BLOOM WITH/GOD ABOVE VACHEL HINTON/BORN/DEC 14,1817/DIED/OCT 31,1862/THOUGH THOU ART GONE/FOND MEMRY CLINGS TO THEE [STONE IS BROKEN IN TWO PLACES.] NOW EAST: INSIDE SMALL IRON FENCE THERE IS A SINGLE GRAVE: JOSEPH B./SON OF J. & R. FLOWERS/BORN/FEB 2,1862/DIED/MAY 21,1865/THOSE WHOM GOD LOVWS DIE YOUNG JESSE H./FLOWERS/DIED/JULY 25,1892/AGE/11 MOS/28 DAYS/PREPARE TO MEET/IN HEAVEN THIS GRAVE IS WELL OUTSIDE OF THE IRON FENCE (SEE SECOND GRAVE ABOVE). THE MONUMENT IS OF CONCRETE. - JOSEPH B./SON OF J. & R. FLOWERS/BORN FEB 2,1862/DIED MAY 21,1865/GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN [IN 1989, THIS STONE HAS BEEN BROKEN IN TWO PLACES AND IS DOWN.] FLAT STONE : "FLOWERS" [PROBABLY DENOTES THE FLOWERS LOT AS THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A GRAVE.] HENRY T./FLOWERS/DIED MARCH 12,1888/AGE 11 MOS 22 DAYS/EARTH'S BRIGHTEST YEARS ARE FADING FOOTSTONE-TYPE CONCRETE MARKER PROBABLY MARKS A CHILD'S GRAVE. BEGGS FHMM: KATHLEEN FLYNN MOORE/JULY 19,1906/JULY 4,1987 #/JEFFERSON H MOORE/GEORGIA/1 MUS US NAVY/WORLD WAR I/AUG 29/1895 JUNE 8 1973 FLOWERS WILLIAM B. COLLIE B. AUG 17,1871 OCT 11,1877 DEC 11,1948 MAY 18,1963 NOW GO SOUTH: FLOWERS D.HUNTER F. KATHERINE FEB 14,1879 JAN 9 1892 APR 6,1937 19 FLOWERS FATHER MOTHER JOHN THOMAS LULA A. WILLIAMS JAN 10,1875 JULY 17,1894 JUNE 7,1948 AUG 24,1941 SOUTH FENCE NOW GO WEST: SINGLE MONUMENT IN IRON-FENCED LOT: FLOWERS JESSE LORENA FLOWERS FLOWERS APR 27,1838 JAN 14,1848 APR 27,1889 AUG 15,1936 [ON BASE OF STONE:] FATHER AND MOTHER TO SOUTH FENCE AGAIN: TWO SHORT PICES OF IRON FENCE POST PROABLY MARK TWO GRAVES. FAREWELL/JOSEPH H./McCLELLAND/DIED/NOV 7,1908/AGED 76 YEARS/TO HIM WE TRUST/A PLACE IS GIVEN/AMONG THE SAINTS/WITH CHRIST IN HEAVEN. MARY HINTON/WIFE OF/J.H. McCLELLAN/BORN OCT 3,1828/DIED JAN 18,1896/ASLEEP IN JESUS/BLESSED SLEEP BROKEN CONCRETE STONE, NEARLY UNREADABLE: LARRIA LOPER/BORN NOV[?] 3[?23?] 1888[1868?]/DIED OCT 19,1878/ *** CRI *** [GRAVE IS APPROXIMATELY 5' LONG. IF THE 1878 IS CORRECT, THEN THE FIRST DATE SHOULD BE 1868, AND SHE DIED AT AGE 10] NOW SOUTH AGAIN: IRON PIPE MAY MARK A GRAVE. WILLIAM A./SON OF/W.S. & E.J./BURNETT/BORN/NOV 10,1887/DIED MAR 4,1888/ASLEEP IN JESUS [AT FOOT:] W.A.B. INFANT SON/E.J. & W.B./BURNETT/BORN NOV/15,1894/DIED SAME/DAY ELLA J./LOPER/WIFE OF/W.S. BURNETT/BORN/AUG 14,1868/DIED/DEC 28,1902/GOD'S FINGER TOUCHED/HER AND SHE SLEPT WILLIAM SHELTON/BURNETT/JAN 3,1862/FEB 20,1926 SOUTH FENCE AGAIN JESSE BENNETT/SON OF/A.J. & S.E. LOPER/BORN MAR 4,1889/DIED/AUG 26,1895/DARLING WE MISS THEE SHELLIE MAY/DAUGHTER OF/A.J. & S.E. LOPER/BORN JAN 1,1891/DIED SEPT 29,1893/GONE TO BE AN ANGEL//[AT FOOT:] S M L J.E. LOPER/BORN JULY 29,1885/DIED NOV 9,1892//[AT FOOT:] J.E.L. MARGARET E./DAUGHTER OF/A.J. & S.E. LOPER/BORN OCT 15,1876/DIED/NOV 2,1882/HER SPIRIT SMILES FROM THAT BRIGHT SHORE/AND SOFTLY WHISPERS "WEEP NO MORE" IRON FENCE POST.EITHER MARKS A GRAVE, OR WITH THOSE ABOVE, A LOT. CSOUTH FENCE AGAIN MASONIC EMBLEM/A.J. LOPER/MAY 30,1846/JAN 2,1922/TO HIM WE TRUST/A PLACE IS GIVEN/AMONG THE SAINTS/WITH CHRIST IN/HEAVEN MOTHER//AUNT SALLIE WITT/WIFE OF A.J. LOPER/1849 - 1935 THIS COMPLETES EAST SIDE OF CEMETERY. BEGIN WEST SIDE OF CEMETERY. SOUTH END. WORK NORTH: GORDON EDWARD MORROW/BORN DEC 19,1885/DIED MAR 28,1886 MARSHALL O. BURNETT/BORN/MCH 8,1878/DIED/APR 13,1879/GONE IN HIS YOUNG YEARS/AFAR FROM LIFE'S/CARES JAMES EDDIE/SON OF/JOHN W. & GEORGIE/VANN/BORN/NOV 5,1871/DIED/JULY 13,1874/OUR LITTLE BOY IS GONE/BUT NOT FORGOTTEN EDWARD VANN/BORN/IN ABBEVILLE DIS. S.C./MAR 10,1797/DIED/IN MADISON CO. FLA/MAY 5,1877/HIS MEMORY IS BLESSED REBECCA VANN/WIFE OF/EDWARD VANN/BORN/IN ABBEVILLE DIS. S.C./DEC 5, 1802/ DIED/IN MADISON CO. FLA/MAY 24,1875/A TENDER MOTHER AND/A FAITHFUL FRIEND INFANT SON OF/MR. & MRS./J.R. WILSON/JUNE 3,1894 INFANT SON OF/MR. & MRS./J.R. WILSON/NOV 28,2889/APRIL 8,1890 JANIE IRIS/DAUGHTER OF/MR. & MRS./J.R. WILSON/FEB 28,1889 JOHN R. WILSON/OCT 15,1859/FEB 9,1946 NANNIE E. MORROW/WIFE OF/JOHN R. WILSOM/APRIL 15,1862/JUNE 8,1894 DORA BELLE/DAUGHTER OF/G.B. & D.A. CRANE/BORN SEPT 5,1881/DIED SEPT 15,1885/MEET ME UP YONDER MOUND OF BRICKS. COULD BE AN ADULT'S GRAVE OR THE END-TO-END GRAVES OF TWO INFANTS. BADLY DETERIORATED. B.W. SALE/BORN IN ABBEVILLE S.C./FEBY 14,1854/DIED IN MADISON FLA./JULY 25,1918/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN J.S. SALE/BORN/JAN 8,1848/DIED/DEC 28,1896/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN [AT FOOT:] J.S.S. MATTIE J./WIFE OF/J.S. SALE/BORN/AUG 10,1846/DIED/SEPT 6,1908/ *** CRI ***//[AT FOOT:] M.J.S. ESSIE SALE/LEONARD/NOV 22,1880/MAY 12,1965 SALLIE//SALLIE R./DAU OF/J.S. & M.J. SALE/BORN SEPT 24,1887/DIED OCT 18,1887/SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME.//[AT FOOT:] S R S WALLER SALE/SON OF J.S. & M.J. SALE/BORN/JULY 7,1874/DIED AUG 26,1892/THO LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR. JIMMIE MARIE DOLLAR/MAY 22,1959/AUGUST 3,1979 [PICTURE ON STONE] EMKINS FATHER MOTHER WILLIAM B. EVELYN M. OCT 24,1913 MAY 27,1920 APRIL 17,1988 OUR LOVING CHILDREN BETTY, JAMES AND JULIA MYRTLE E. GREEN/MARCH 17,1903/JULY 31,1979/BELOVED MOTHER EDWARD BRYAN WILSON/"BUB"/JAN 29,1899/SEPT 18,1973/SHRINER EMBLEM MARTIN JAMES RUSSELL MINNIE RYKARD SEPT 2,1900 APRIL 25,1903 OCT 7,1977 OCT 12,1985 [AT FEET:] FATHER MOTHER RYKARD GEORGE F.,SR. BEAULAH L. JAN 15,1900 JAN 30,1909 APRIL 13,1979 SMITH WILLIAM CARLTON IDA DENSON NOV 18,1899 JAN 17,1903 DEC 31,1963 APRIL 1,1975 [IN MIDDLE:] SHRINER EMBLEM AND EASTERN STAR EMBLEM.] [AT FEET:] DADDY MAMA SMALL FLAT STONE - "SMITH" - LOT MARKER. END OF CEMETERY DATA RECORDED 19 MARCH 1985 CHECKED 13 APRIL 1989