HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY, Pinetta, 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. ******************************************************************************* HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY FROM US 90 IN LEE, GO NORTH 8.2 MILES ON COUNTY RD. 255 ( 4.5 MILES NORTH OF FLA 6). TURN EAST. GO .3 MILES TO RANGER STATION. TURN SOUTH, GO .3 MILES. THIS CEMETERY WAS DAMAGED DURING THE TORNADO OF 19 APRIL 1988. IT APPEARS THAT SOME FHMM WERE BLOWN AWAY, AND FALLING LIMBS BROKE MONUMENTS. AS OF THIS WRITING THE DEBRIS HAS BEEN CLEARED AWAY, SEVERAL STONES HAVE BEEN MENDED, AND A NUMBER OF OLD STONES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE OLDER STONE READINGS HAVE BEEN RETAINED HEREIN, AND READINGS FOR THE REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED. IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL SPRUCING-UP OF THE CEMETERY. THIS HAS GREATLY FACILITATED THE READING OF THE INSCRIPTIONS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THIS CLEAN-UP HAS ADDED TO THE NUMBER OF LOST GRAVESITES. TO SIMPLIFY THE RECORDING OF DATA, THE WRITER ARBITRARILY DIVIDED THE CEMETERY INTO FOUR SECTIONS. IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL ALSO AID THE READER SHOULD HE DECIDE TO SEARCH FOR PARTICULAR GRAVESITES. ONE LOT IS ENCLOSED BY AN IRON FENCE. NOT KNOWING WHICH FAMILY OWNS THE LOT, THIS WRITER HAS CHOSEN TO CALL IT "THE HIGDON LOT" AFTER THE NAME ON ONE OF THE GRAVESITES. THE CEMETERY IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST BY WIRE FENCING. THE WEST SIDE IS OPEN, AND IS THE SIDE FROM WHICH THE CEMETERY IS APPROACHED. THE FIRST SECTION - "A" - IS THE AREA BETWEEN THE SOUTH FENCE LINE OF THE HIGDON LOT AND THE SOUTH FENCE. NOTE THAT THIS SECTION RANGES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE CEMETERY TO THE EAST FENCE. READINGS ARE BY NORTH-SOUTH ROWS, BEGINNING IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY. THE SECOND SECTION - "B" - IS THE AREA BETWEEN THE EAST FENCE AND THE HIGDON LOT, BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH AND NORTH BY EAST-WEST LINES COINCIDENT WITH THE SOUTH AND NORTH FENCES, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE HIGDON LOT. READINGS ARE BY NORTH-SOUTH ROWS BEGINNING IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS SECTION. THE THIRD SECTION - "C" - IS THE HIGDON LOT ITSELF, AS BOUNDED BY THE IRON FENCE. THE FOURTH SECTION - "D" - RUNS FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE, AND IS IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE HIGDON LOT LINE (A LINE FROM WEST TO EAST ALONG THE NORTH FENCE OF THE HIGDON LOT). IT RANGES FROM THE HIGDON LOT FENCE LINE TO THE NORTH FENCE. READINGS ARE BY NORTH-SOUTH ROWS, BEGINNING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CEMETERY AT THE HIGDON LOT FENCE. THERE ARE SEVERAL SHORT ROWS IN THIS SECTION, WHICH TEND TO CAUSE CONFUSION. &&&&& SECTION A &&&&& SOUTH END, WEST SIDE. GO NORTH. TO THE/MEMORY OF ANDREW W.W./GRAMLING/BORN/FEB 10,1847/DIED/JAN 26,1964/BLESSED ARE/THEY THAT DIE/IN THE LORD [4' STELE] BRICK-COVERED GRAVE. NO MARKER. GRAVE IS PROBABLY OLD, ALTHOUGH THE BRICK WORK APPEARS RECENT. ANNIE SUE RYKARD/JUNE 3,1890/JAN 4,1966/REST IN PEACE [ALSO JOHN M. BRINKLEY FHMM: ANNIE SUE RYKARD/1890 1966 HIGDON LOT FENCE RYKARD FATHER MOTHER GEORGE W. POLLY V. 1859-1931 1856-1935 GEORGIA M./DAU OF/G.W. & P.V./RYKARD/BORN/MAY 7,1889/DIED APR 13,1890/SUFFER LITTLE/CHILDREN TO/COME UNTO ME SHELLIE/JANE/DAU OF G.W./& P.V./RYKARD/BORN/FEB 3,1888/DIED/SEPT 11,1888/BUDDED ON/EARTH TO/BLOOM IN/HEAVEN SOUTH FENCE JANE WILLIAMS BLAIR/1825-1884 TO THE MEMORY OF/CYNTHIA/SUSANNAH/BLAIR/WIFE OF/M.L. LESLIE/BORN/APR 22,1852/DIED/FEB 3,1904/AT REST HIGDON LOT FENCE WILLIAM/SON OF/W.A. & P.P./GRAMLING/BORN/AUG 29,1874/DIED/NOV 3,1876/GONE TO BE/AN ANGEL NANCY LOUISA/DAU OF/W.A. & P.P./GRAMLING/BORN/APRIL 13,1870/DIED/APRIL 18,1875/OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN [MONUMENT IS TWICE BROKEN, TWICE MENDED.] HOLY BIBLE/IN MEMORY OF/LOUISA GRAMLING/NEE WALDEN/BORN APRIL 27,1827/DIED/JUNE 1,1888/ASLEEP IN JESUS,BLESSED/SLEEP. FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKE TO WEEP GRAMLING PRISCILLA P. WILLIAM A. MAY 25,1844 MAR 17,1847 OCT 16,1932 APR 22,1900 G. PIERCE GRAMLING/NOV 5,1888/MAR 18,1964 FLORIDA GRAMLING/OCT 21,1883/DEC 12,1965 CHARLES P./GRAMLING/1868-1936 MOTHER/BEULAH ALICE/McCULLOUGH/DEDC 25,1876/MAR 6,1958/THE LORD GIVETH AND/THE LORD TAKETH AWAY SOUTH FENCE GEER//WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEMORIAL/W.J. GEER/MAR 6,1864/AUG 8,1936 RHODA ANNIE/GEER/WIFE OF/W.J. GEER/FEB 11,1858/NOV 19,1929/HAVING FINISHED/LIFE'S DUTY SHE NOW/SWEETLY RESTS ALMEDIA/GEER/JUNE 6,1893/AUG 15,1893/ASLEEP IN JESUS/BLESSED SLEEP/FROM WHICH NONE/EVER WAKE TO/WEEP WILLIAM/GEER/NOV 2,1889/DEC 25,1890/SAFE IN THE/ARMS OF JESUS INFANT/DAU OF/W.J. & R.A./GEER/JUNE 3,1888/ASLEEP IN/JESUS INFANT/DAU OF/W.J. & R.A./GEER/JUNE 3,1888/ASLEEP IN/JESUS [THE ABOVE TWO STONES ARE IDENTIC.] HIGDON LOT FENCE LINE SAMUEL/MILLER/GEER/JULY 6/1886/JULY 22,1887/FROM MOTHER'S ARMS/TO THE ARMS OF JESUS. SOUTH FENCE NANCY JANE KEELING/WIFE OF ROBERT KEELING/BORN JULY 30,1861/DIEDSEPT 27,1900/AT REST INFANT/SON OF/R. & N.J./KEELING/BORN & DIED/FEB 15,1889/ONLY SLEEPING MELTON/CLAUD/SON OF/R. & N.J./KEELING/BORN NOV 23,1884/DIED DEC 28,1884/GONE SO SOON [THIS STONE IS BROKEN INTO TWO, POSSIBLY FOUR, PIECES, WHICH LIE AGAINST THE STONE ABOVE. TWO PIECES THAT MATE :] INF/DAU OF/M.A. & A.O./DAVIS --- BORN AND DIED/???????84 ---. [THE OTHER TWO PIECES HAVE:] ________/ASLEEP IN/ ________ AND _______ ASLEEP IN/JESUS BLESS'D/SLEEP./ ________ INFANT/DAUGHTER OF/M.A. & A.O./DAVIS/BORN AND DIED/AUG 10,1902 JAMES C./SON OF/M.A. & ALICE/DAVIS/BORN/AUG 22,1889/DIED/JUNE 11,1890 INFANT/DAUGHTER OF/M.A. & A.O. DAVIS,/BORN & DIED/DEC 28,1884 INFANT/SON OF/M.A. & A.O. DAVIS/BORN & DIED/AUG 22,1883 HIGDON LOT FENCE LINE WILLIAM M./DAVIS/BORN DEC 7,/1823/DIED FEB 15,/1884/AGED 61 YRS.,/2 MOS. & 8 DS./PREPARE THY FEET,/ TO TREAD THE ROAD/THAT LEADS TO ENDLESS REST [STONE BROKEN AND MENDED] SOUTH FENCE JOHN M. LAWSON/BORN/MAR 26,1820/DIED APR 14,1891 HIGDON LOT FENCE LINE EDGER ROBERT KEELING/BORN JAN 7,1902/DIED/MAY 18,1902 INFANT/SON OF/M.A. & A.O./DAVIS/BORN AND DIED/AUG[?] 22[?],1888[1883?] [BROKEN STONE] [THIS GRAVE STONE IS DISPLACED 6' FORM N-S LINE OF MONUMENRS.] JUST BELOW THE ABOVE ......DEC 28.../ASLEEP IN/JESUS BLESSED/SLEEP [GONE IN FEB 1989] JOHN M. DAVIS/BORN/MAR 26,1870/DIED/APRIL 11,1891/ASLEEP IN JESUS WHO/SHALL WAKE HIM [GONE IN FEB 1989] GLASS/JOHN COLEMA/NOV 1875/DEC 1953 GEORGE L. GLASS/JUNE 5,1894/FEB 8,1936/GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN GLASS FATHER// MOTHER// EDWARD M. MISSOURI R. GLASS GLASS 1851-1927 1857-1942 HAVING FINISHED LIFE'S DUTY THEY NOW SWEETLY REST GROVER G./SON OF/E.M. & MISSOURI/GLASS/BORN/DEC 7,1884/DIED SEPT 6,1898/HOW MANY/HOPES LIE BURIED/HERE LEWELL C./SON OF/E.M. & M.A./GLASS/BORN/MCH 25,1897/DIED JULY 6,1901/OUR DARLING ONE HATH/GONE BEFORE/TO GREET US ON THE/DISTANT SHORE SOUTH FENCE WILLIE D./SON OF/M.L. & L.A./LAND,JR./JAN 11,1915/SEPT 12,1923 LYONS JOHN LECIE 1853-1942 1856-1935 GRUETZMACHER OTTO CARL FRITZ ALMA WILLIAMS JAN 6,1906 MAY 1,1911 JUNE 20,1984 JAN 22,1984 WILLIAMS W.H. KNOX ALICE L. JUNE 13,1872 OCT 21,1877 MAY 23,1960 OCT 11,1911 RENA M. WILLIAMS/JUNE 9,1899/MAR 12,1900 HIGDON LOT FENCE LINE EDWARD L. BEASLEY/SEPT 23,1925/MAY 22,1929 WALTER PERRY BEASLEY/JUNE 26,1896/MAY 26,1980 ROBERT J. BEASLEY/MARCH 7,1908/JANUARY 6,1966/RETIRED U.S.N. JOYCE LYONS/BEASLEY/APRIL 9 ,1978/JAN 29,1947 LLOYD BEASLEY/1899 - 1912 JOHN P. BEASLEY/1878 - 1911 SOUTH FENCE. THIS GETS ALL MARKERS SOUTH OF THE SOUTH FENCE LINE OF THE HIGDON LOT. NEXT, GET ALL MARKERS EAST OF THE HIGDON LOT, BEGINNING AT EAST SIDE OF CEMETERY, AND SOUTH FENCE LINE OF THE HIGDON LOT. &&&&& SECTION B &&&&& JAMES/CLEVELAND/DAVIS/BORN AUG 23,1877/DIED JUNE 11,1889[?] [THIS MARKER WAS GONE 15 FEB 1989] ESTELLE T. HAMILTON/WIFE OF/JAMES H. SAPP/NOV 14,1900/JAN 6,1919 ORA ALICE/HAMILTON/OCT 18,1902/NOV 17,1919/HER SPIRIT SHINES/FROM THAT/BRIGHT SHORE,/AND SOFTLY WHISPERS,/WEEP NO MORE ANDREWS ZACK M. IVA C. JULY 21,1901 JAN 25,1904 FEB 28,1981 JUNE 12,1988 INFANT/DAU OF/T.A. & I.F./HAMILTON/NOV 17,1893/GONE SO SOON IVA F. HAMILTON/OCT 12,1869/JAN 30,1904/SHE WAS A KIND AND/AFFECTIONATE WIFE/ **** MENDED CRACK ****/A FRIEND TO ALL [STONE BROKEN AGAIN IN FEB 1989.] T.A. HAMILTON/SEPT 1,1855/MAR 12,1918/KIND FATHER OF LOVE/THAT ART GONE TO THY/REST FOREVER TO/BASK MID THE JOYS/OF THE BLEST SOUTH LINE AMELIA A. DAVIS/WIFE OF/WILLIAM M. DAVIS/BORN APR[?] 26,1862[MENDED CRACK. VERY DIFFICULT TO READ.]/DIED JULY 10,1897[?]/AGE 65 YS. 2 MO./& 14 DAYS/ASLEEP TILL JESUS/CALLS ARISE,/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US/HAS GONE,/A VOICE WE LOVED IS/STILLED,/A PLACE VACANT IN OUR/????/WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED. [DATES DO NOT MAKE SENSE UNLESS THE "6" IS A REVERSED "3" - WHICH IS CERTAINLY NOT IMPOSSIBLE.] [THIS GRAVE LIES TO THE NORTH OF THE GRAVE OF WILLIAM M. DAVIS. THIS GRAVE IS IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE GRAVE OF WILLIAM M. DAVIS, SECTION A ABOVE. JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS GRAVE (AMELIA A. DAVIS) THERE IS A HOLE WHICH MAY MEAN THAT A MONUMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED.] NORTH LINE FATHER//MILTON A. DAVIS/JAN 20,1861/OCT 18,1933 [MASONIC EMBLEM] ALICE O./WIFE OF/MILTON A. DAVIS/BORN JUNE/9,1859/DIED NOV/11,1906/NO PAINS, NO/GRIEFS, NO/ANXIOUS FEARS/CAN REACH OUR/LOVED ONE SLEEPING HERE [4' STELE] SOUTH LINE SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/LITTLE SISTER/DAUGHTER OF/R.J. & N.C. BEVAN/BORN/MAY 16,1883/DIED NOV 11,1885 IN MEMORY OF/BABY/INFANT SON OF/R.J. & N.C. BEVAN/BORN/NOV 23,1885/DIED/NOV 30,1885 NORTH LINE HOLY BIBLE/IN LOVING/REMEMBRANCE OF MARY J. BEVAN/NEE/RAMSEY/BORN/MARCH 11,1809/DIED MAY 25,1882 SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/WM. J. BEVAN/BORN APRIL 30,1796/DIED APRIL 12,1979 SOUTH LINE ISRAEL TOWNSEND/CO. E./11 FLA INF/CSA SILAS S. OVERSTREET/1800 - 1848 [SAME STONE:] NANCY SEAVER OVERSTREET/1810 - 1875 REBECCA J. BEVAN/BORN/APRIL 5,1833/DIED/SEPT 22,1872/DIED IN THE FAITH [SEEMS TO BE AT THE FOOT OF A GRAVE FOR A NEWER, LARGER STONE:] REBECCA JANE O. BEVAN/1833 - 1872 LEAD KINDLY LIGHT/RICHARD JAMES BEVAN/BORN JUNE 1,1827/DIED JUNE 1,1901 NORTH LINE SMALL BROKEN STONE. UNREADABLE EXCEPT FOR: DIED DEC 18,1849/ b JAN ???? [GONE IN FEB 1989] WILLIAMS JAMES LEWIS LAURA NAOMI SMITH ABOUT 1855 - DEC 13,1889 MAR 8,1854-OCT 17,1916 MARRIED - JULY 2,1874 OUTSIDE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HIGDON LOT FENCE, THERE ARE THIRTEEN FRAGMENTS OF CONCRETE MONUMENTS. &&&&& SECTION C &&&&& IN FENCED AREA -----HIGDON LOT: 7' TALL MONUMENT WITH A 5' ANGEL ATOP IT: HIGDON J.P.Y. HIGDON SARAH WEST HIGDON 1835 - 1895 1838 - 1896 [AT FEET] HUSBAND WIFE J.P.Y.H. S.W.H. 10' HIGH MONUMENT: IRVINE/MATTIE A. IRVINE/NEE WEST/WIFE OF W.L. IRVINE/BORN/DEC 14,1839/DIED/NOV 1,1888/A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US IS GONE,/A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILLED,/A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME/WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED. LARGE MONUMENT 8' OR 9' TALL, A "STEEPLE" IS ATOP IT, AND THERE IS A PLACE BUILT-IN FOR FLOWERS: WEST MARY A. WEST JAMES WEST BORN/AUG 18,1815,/ BORN/JAN 18,1811/ DIED/OCT 29,1888/ DIED/SEPT 2,1880 'TIS MOTHER'S GRAVE, AN HONEST MAN, THE WELL HER MEMORY LIVE/ NOBLEST WORK OF GOD A CHARM TO THIS LOVED ///J.W. SPOT, HER NAME DOTH GIVE./LONG WILL POSTERITY HER VIRTUES OWN,/WHEN BLANK OR BROKEN IS THIS PILLOID STONE. ///M.A.W. END OF FENCED HIGDON LOT &&&&& SECTION D &&&&& BEGIN AT NORTHWEST CORNER OF HIGDON LOT AND PROCEED NORTH. THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTI0N D. JAS. A. DAVENPORT/CO. E/5 FLA. INF.?C.S.A. CLIFFORD/D. RHODEN/DAU OF/J.M. & M.L. WARREN/BORN/OCT 9,1879/DIED/JULY 5,1908/ROBED AND READY SHE/HAS BEEN CALLED UNTO/THE MARRIAGE SUPPER/OF THE LAMB [SHEEP ON TOP OFSTONE] J.M. WARREN/JAN 24,1857/JUN 28,1930/GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN NEXT TO THE ABOVE IS A SMALL SLAB LIKE A FOOTSTONE WITH THE INITIALS "M.L.W." DETERIORATED MONUMENT. THERE IS NO WAY TO READ THIS. CLINTON STEWART INF SON OF/TOMMIE AND AMANDA/HERNDON/NOV 19-25,1925 NORTH FENCE CARY/HUDSON/BORN JAN/22,1908/DIED DEC/9,1909 ROSA CLEO/HUNTER/BORN OCT 30,1913/DIED OCT 30,1913//[ON BACK:] BUDDED ON EARTH TO/BLOOM IN HEAVEN] BABY/DAVENPORT/1921 [THIS GRAVE IS AT THE FOOT OF THE GRAVE OF JAS. A. DAVENPORT. SEE ABOVE.] JOSEPH EARL McLEOD/MAY 30,1884/NOV 13,1929 FAREWELL/MARTHA/BELSER/CLARK,/WIFE OF D.O. McLEOD/SEPT 14,1846/MCH 14,1911/THY LIFE WAS BEAUTY,/TRUTH, GOODNESS/AND LOVE. FAREWELL/DELORME/ONEAL/McLEOD,/JUNE 15,1852/JUNE 15,1904/TWAS HARD TO/GIVE THEE UP,/BUT THY WILL, O/GOD BE DONE MOSES O./McCLEOD/MCH 23,1879/JULY 28,1904/AN HONEST MAN --- THE/NOBLEST WORK OF GOD HIGDON LOT FENCE JAMES L. MANN/SEPT 11,1882/APR 28,1888/WEEP NOT/FATHER AND/MOTHER FOR ME. FOR I AM/WAITING IN GLORY FOR THEE W.T./MANN/DEC 27,1851/SEPT 2,1918/OUR BROTHERS/BLEST/WHO IS/AT REST WITH/CHRIST/FOREVER/MORE MOTHER//MARY M./MANN/MAY 25,1844/JAN 23,1923/AT REST THOMAS J./TOWNSEND/FEB 14,1846/AUG 23,1914/HERE IS ONE WHO/IS SLEEPINGIN/FAITH AND LOVE/WITH HOPE THAT/TRUSTED IN/HEAVEN ABOVE. MARGUERITE/TOWNSEND/MAY 8,1832/SEPT 1,1912/O 'TWILL BE SWEET/TO ME TWO UNREADABLE STONES NORTH FENCE TERRY CARY MYRTLE L. HAMILTOM JULY 7,1896 DEC 13,1898-FEB 9,1969 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN HUSBAND/JOHN CARL/TOWNSEND/NOV 17,1915/SEPT 15,1958/AT REST MOTHER/ETHEL A./TOWNSEND/FEB 18,1894/JAN 2,1956/GONE HOME TO JESUS FATHER/JOHN H./TOWNSEND/AUG 30,1892/APR 4,1924/THERE IS REST IN HEAVEN BABY TOWNSEND/AUG 30,1911 SOUTH FENCE AGNES McLEOD/FEB - 1871/SEPT - 1942 ESTELLE B. McLEOD/APRIL 4,1870/AUG 15,1956 IDA R. COFFEE/1870 - 1953 GIBSON H. COFFEE/1855 - 1937 ANDREW J. COFFEE/1853 - 1930 RETURN TO SOUTH LINE JARVIS IDA McLEOD NEWTON BAKER AUG 6,1886 NOV 2,1918 DEC 6,1929 JULY 10,1943 MOTHER SON U.S.S. MADDOX OFF SICILY GEORGIA/WIFE OF/H.W. McLEOD/BORN SEPT 19,1845/DIED APRIL 23,1904 H.W. McLEOD/DEC 31,1839/SEPT 4,1920/THERE IMMORTAL SPIRITS/REIGN/THERE WE SHALL/MEET AGAIN INFANT SON/OF H.W. AND ESTELLE/McLEOD/BORN AND DIED/NOV 8,1910 MOTHER/ANNE C. DAVENPORT/JAN 10,1840/DEC 16,1923 STEBBINS/ANNE EMILY/STEBBINS/BORN/DEC 26,1885/DIED/MAR 11,1912/IN SUCH IS/THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN MOTHER/GEORGIA C./STEBBINS/OCT 9,1851/DEC 1,1942 BROTHER/COFFEE/STEBBINS/MAR 1,1882/JAN 13,1943 DAVENPORT FATHER MOTHER J. COMER EMMA D. 1874 - 1938 1880 - 1965 WE WILL MEET AGAIN MASTER SGT./BERYL E. DAVENPORT/U.S. MEDICAL CORPS/FEB 20,1913/DIED IN GERMANY/DEC 16,1947/THO LOST TO SIGHT TO/MEMORY DEAR [ALSO:]BERYL E. DAVENPORT/FLORIDA/MASTER SGT 120 STATION HOSP./WORLD WAR II/FEB 20 1913 DEC 16 1947 EDWIN BRUCE DAVENPORT/MAY 25,1917/JUNE 7,1983 [AT FOOT:] EDWIN BRUCE DAVENPORT/US ARMY/WORLD WAR II/MAY 25 1917 JUNE 7 1983 THE NEXT FOUR STONES ARE SIDE BY SIDE, SOUTH TO NORTH, AS GIVEN. McLEOD CHILDREN - HARRIS,JR.AND FRED HARRIS CLARA OCT 10,1906 MARCH 20,1912 SEPT 21,1985 NOV 27,1987 [AT FEET:] FATHER MOTHER FATHER// MOTHER// HARRY McLEOD ADA D. McLEOD FEB 3,1867 FEB 11,1879 OCT 1,1935 DEC 6,1940 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BEGGS FHMM: MR. DONALD M. HITCHCOCK/AUG 6,1950/JAN 23,1984 [THIS WAS GONE IN FEB 1989. IN ITS PLACE IS A MONUMENT:] #/DONALD MICHAEL HITCHCOCK/SP6 US ARMY/VIETNAM/AUG 6 1950 JAN 23 1984 CHARLES F. SIMS/OCT 18,1912/JUNE 26,1984/AT REST /// BRONZE PLAQUE: CHARLES F SIMS SR/PVT US MARINE CORPS/WORLD WAR II/OCT 18 1912 # JUNE 26 1984 SIMS/CHARLE FITCH SIMS,JR./JAN 19,1935/MAY 31,1954/IN GOD WE TRUST THIS IS A SHORT ROW. RETURN TO NORTH FENCE. [AT FOOT OF GRAVE OF FRANCIS A. BUCHANAN:] JEROME BUCHANAN/OCT 9,1936/OCT 19,1936//[AT FOOT:] SON BUCHANAN IN LOVING MEMORY CHRISTOPHER A. SUSAN OLLIE MAY 13,1873 JAN 2,1870 JULY 16,1950 JAN 21,1957 IN BLAIR LOT: BLAIR WILLIAM E. MAE BUCHANAN JUNE 17,1892 JULY 17,1893 MAY 25,1977 SUG 20,1971 AT REST INF. SON OF MR./& MRS. W.E. BLAIR/DEC,1937 BABY CANTRELL/JULY 20,1945 END BLAIR LOT: +++++ ULM ANDERSON CHARLES RUBY FLOREE "A.C." McCULLOUGH MAY 29,1910 JULY 4,1920 APRIL 21,1986 [ON FOOT OF SLAB:] BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER McCULLOUGH LOT: McCULLOUGH WILLIAM IRWIN KATHLEEN LOCKHART AUG 29,1898 DEC 14,1897 AUG 4,1979 ASLEEP IN JESUS INF. DAU. OF/MR. & MRS./W.I./McCULLOUGH/FEB 3,1918 END OF McCULLOUGH LOT +++++ TO SOUTH LINE DAVID GREEN/BORN/AUG 29,1801/DIED/DEC 5,1893 [STONE BROKEN AND MENDED.] [BROKEN AGAIN IN FEB 1989] SARAH/WIFE OF/DAVID GREEN/DIED/OCT 15,1864/HAPPY ARE THEY WHO/SLEEP IN JESUS SARAH GREENE/WIFE OF DAVID GREENE/DIED OCT 16,1864 *** CRI *** [BROKEN IN FEB 1989] DAVID GREEN/AUG 29,1801/DEC 5,1892/ASLEEP IN JESUS/BLESSED SLEEP/FROM WHICH NONE EVER WAKE TO /WEEP THOMAS LANGFORD/BORN/JAN 20,1814/DIED/SEPT 1,1882/ *** CRI *** OUR MOTHER/LUCINDA P./LANGFORD/AUG 19,1825/AUG 10,1895/FAITHFUL TO HER TRUST/??? UNTO DEATH GEORGE R. SARAH C. SON OF WIFE OF A.L. & S.C. JOHNSON A.L. JOHNSON BORN FEB 5,1895, BORN DIED DEC 23,1876 MAR 12,1895 DIED OCT 13,1902 JOHN THOMAS/McCULLOUGH/DEC 16,1883 - MARCH 10,1931 McCULLOUGH LAVELLE KINSEY ROBERT IRWIN FEB 9,1926 NOV 1,1923 APR 19,1988 APRIL 19,1988 SETH W. McCULLOUGH,JR./DEC 24,1915/JAN 17,1916 JAMES C. McCULLOUGH/MARCH 26,1917/APRIL 30,1917 FANNIE P. McCULLOUGH/SEPT 1,1921/SEPT 10,1921 RANDOLPH F. McCULLOUGH/FLORIDA/SGT ARMY AIR FORCES/WORLD WAR II/NOV 18,1912 APR 21 1974 MARTHA PEARL McCULLOUGH/JAN 17,1887/DEC 7,1975 SHORT ROW. RETURN TO SOUTH LINE JOHN WARREN/DIXON/FEB 24,1852/AUG 1,1868/HE IS RESTING IN THE/ARMS OF JESUS IN/HIS ?????? HOME [THERE IS A FOOTSTONE WITH THE INITIALS "S.J." LEANING AGAINST THIS MONUMENT. MARTHA/KEEN/MARCH 23/1832/FEB 26/1923/ *** CRI *** //KEEN C.E. KEEN/MAR 30,1859/APR 28,1927/FOREVER WITH/THE LORD/KEEN BESSIE P./DAUGHTER OF/T.A. & M.P./EDWARDS/BORN/JUNE 9,1880/DIED/SEP 3,1881/GONE TO BE AN ANGEL BETHENY RYKARD/1828 - 1913 MARTHA/RITCHERSON/BORN NOV 15,1862/DIED SEP 7,1893/SHE IS GONE, HER/WEARY SOUL FREED/FROM ITS TENAMENT/OF CLAY BATHED IN SEAS OF BLISS/ ???? [REPAIRED BREAK] ???/ONE ETERNAL DAY [IN FEB 1989 THE ABOVE IS GONE, HAVING BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW STONE:] MARTHA RICHERSON/NOV 15,1862/SEPT 7,1893 ??????? RITCHERSON/BORN/AUG 23,1888[18?8]/DIED SEPT 8,1890/ *** CRI *** [IN FEB 1989 THE ABOVE IS GONE, HAVING BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW STONE:] INFANT DAUGHTER OF/MARTHA RITCHERSON/AUG 23,1893/SEPT 3,1893 VERNA GIBSON McCULLOUGH/WIFE OF JOHN T. MCCULLOUGH/JUNE 21,1881 - NOV 23,1914 WILLIAM T./McCULLOUGH/APR 29,1910/MAR 6,1931/GONE, BUT NOT/FORGOTTEN HENRY R./McCULLOUGH/OCT 10,1847/MAR 29,1919/A LIGHT FROM OUR/HOUSEHOLD IS/GONE. A VOICE WE/LOVED IS STILLED./A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HEARTS/THAT NEVER CAN BE FILLED. [STONE BROKEN IN FEB 1989] ISRAEL J./TOWNSEND/JULY 28,1859/JUNE 28,1937/THY LIFE WAS/ BEAUTY, TRUTH,/GOODNESS AND LOVE [STONE BROKEN AND MENDED] JOHNNIE A./TOWNSEND/MAR 24,1862/SEPT 1,1921/BLEST MOTHER IN/QUIET SLEEP WHILE/FRIENDS IN SORROW/O'ER THEE WEEP. INF. SON OF/MR. & MRS./N.S. McLEOD/SEPT 11,1943 GROVER McLEOD/BORN JAN/29,1914,/DIED JULY/10,1916./BUDDED ON/EARTH TO/BLOOM IN HEAVEN ALLEN THOMAS SON OF/ELWYN AND MARTHA McLEOD/OCT 20-21,1968 FATHER//FRANCIS A. BUCHANAN/FEB 24,1872/SEPT 21,1944/GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN MOTHER//BETHIE BUCHANAN/FEB 3,1883/SEPT 3,1966/GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ROYCE DEAN/POIRER/MAR 20,2964/JULY 27,1981/SON/FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS POIRER FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS FATHER MOTHER ARTHUR J. NANCY C. APR 3,1925 SEPT 9,1937 DEC 18,1978 BABY KISSINGER/JAN 15,1932/MAR 30,1932 OWEN [ON SLABS:] EARL B. OWEN THELMA WILLIAMS OWEN OCT 12,1904 AUG 14,1905 APR 27,1984 JAN 8,1966 DADDY MOTHER "POP" MOTHER//EMMA/BUCHANAN/APR 11,1869/OCT 4,1930/SHE WAS THE SUNSHINE OF/OUR HOME FATHER//FRANCES M./BUCHANAN/MAR 6,1864/OCT 2,1942/GONE BUT NOT/FORGOTTEN JIMMIE BUCHANAN/McLEOD/JUNE 9,1889/FEB 7,1969/SHE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH T.S. McLEOD/APRIL 7,1878/MARCH 4,1966/THERE IS REST IN HEAVEN GROVER McLEOD/BORN JAN/29,1914,/DIED JULY/10,1916./BUDDED ON/EEARTH TO /BLOOM IN/HEAVEN DOYLE BROWN/NOV 13,1905/JULY 20,1982/OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN "BILL"/WILLIAM FORREST/BROWN/OCT 17,1912 - JAN 17,1988/HE NEVER COMPLAINED BEULAH/BURNETT/WARNER/SEP 1/1888/SEPT 11,1914/HE BASKS IN/THE SUNSHINE/OF GOD'S/PRESENCE SALLIE E./GRAMLING/JAN 16,1874/DEC 24,1916//[ON BACK:] GOD IN HIS WISDOM/HAS RECALLED THE/BOON HIS LOVE/HAD GIVEN. AND THOUGH/THE BODY/SLUMBERS HERE/THE SOUL IS SAFE/IN HEAVEN. [SHEEP ON TOP OF STONE] SARAH ELIZABETH/GRAMLING/AUG 8,1847/MAR 9,1920/HERE IS ONE WHO IS/SLEEPING IN FAITH/AND LOVE WITH HOPE/THAT IS TREASURED IN/HEAVEN ABOVE J.C. GRAMLING/BORN/MAR 25,1849/DIED/FEB 3,1909 MARY A.T./GIBSON/WIFE OF/J.F./McCULLOUGH/MAR 25,1891/OCT 1,1912/ HERE IS ONE WHO IS/SLEEPING IN FAITH AND/WITH HOPE THAT/IS TREASURED IN/HEAVEN ABOVE. WOODSMEN OF THE WORLD [MEMORIAL]/JAMES F. McCULLOUGH/JAN 16,1889/MAR 1,1931/HOW DESOLATE/OUR HOME, BEREFT/OF THEE. SUSAN E. RYKARD, WIFE OF/R.F. McCULLOUGH/OCT 1,1856/APR 27,1931//ASLEEP IN JESUS/MOTHER R.F. McCULLOUGH/AUG 10,1851/DEC 11,1909/DEAR FATHER THO/UGH WE MISS YOU MUCH/WE KNOW YOU/REST WITH GOD [7' STONE LOOKS LIKE A TREE STUMP.] RUBY E. McCULLOUGH/OCT 31,1902/FEB 5,1909/SLEEP ON SWEET BABE, AND/TAKE THY REST, GOD CALLED/THEE HOME, HE THOUGHT IT NEST. MONUMENT TOO FAINT TO READ. PROBABLY IS A McCULLOUGH. [IN FEB 1989 THE ABOVE IS GONE, HAVING BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW STONE:] MARY BETHENY McCULLOUGH/AUG 18,1891/SEPT 2,1891 JUST WEST OF THE ABOVE GRAVE: HOLY BIBLE/SUSANNAH RYKARD/BORN JAN_1810/DIED MAY 30,1895/ASLEEP IN JESUS/PEACEFUL REST/WHOSE WALKING IS/SUPREMELY BLEST [IN FEB 1989 THE ABOVE IS GONE, HAVING BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW STONE:] SUSANNAH RYKARD/JAN 5,1810/MAY 30,1895 WM. HUNTER/LANGFORD/BORN/NOV 7.1879/DIED/JULY 23.1889[ON BACK:] SUFFER LITTLE/CHILDREN TO/COME UNTO ME.] SOUTH LINE MARY E./GRAMLING/BORN MAY 3,1825/DIED/MAR 9,1908/REST MOTHER, REST IN QUIET/SLEEP, WHILE FRIENDS IN SOROW OER THEE WEEP [BROKEN IN FEB 1989] [STONE BROKEN FEB 1989] MASONIC EMBLEM/J.N. GIBSON/NOV 17,1861/MAR 16,1916/ HERE I LAY MY BUR/DEN DOWN/CHANGE THE CROSS/INTO THE CROWN LUCINDA/GRAMLING/GIBSON/JAN 12,1857/JAN 1,1927/AT REST JOHN A./GIBSON/OCT 23,1894/APRIL 9,1958/ASLEEP BESSIE E./GIBSON/DEC 22,1899/FEB 4,1981/ASLEEP WILLIAMS VERNA LEE RALPH HUNT FEB 8,1925 SEPT 21,1923 FEB 27,1985 [ON MARBLE SLAB:] HE WAS A GOOD MAN, A KIND AND/LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER. HALL/ELLA MAE WILLIAMS/NOV 11,1921/JULY 24,1977/LOVING MEMORIES OF ONE WHO GAVE/HERSELF TO THOSE WHO NEEDED HER. WILLIAMS/WILLIAM M./FEB 18,1917/JULY 1,1975/RESTING WILLIAMS/SALLIE BUCHANAN/JAN 14,1899/MARCH 16,1976/RESTING WILLIAMS/FRANK H./JULY 2,1882/FEB 10,1945/RESTING NORTH FENCE FATHER//LEROY ROLAND/WILLIAMS/JULY 11,1876/MARCH 17,1944/WE MISS YOU MOTHER//ODESSA CAULK/WILLIAMS/NOV 15,1883/AUG 5,1967/WE MISS YOU WILLIAMS//[ON SLAB:] ADRIAN B. WILLIAMS/JULY 31,1910/OCT 24,1955/HE LEADETH THE WAY GERTRUDE BUCHANAN/WILLIAMS/FEB 14,1907/OCT 23,1966 RODGER WILLIAMS/AUG 3,1906/MAY 26,1980 #/ROLAND LEWIS WILLIAMS/US ARMY/WORLD WAR II/NOV 19 1914 JULY 31 1981 STEPHANIE MARIE/DAU OF/SANDY AND LINDA/SANDERSON/MAY 9,1973/SEPT 28,1973 COLUMBUS/TOWNSEND/1851 - 1922 CATHERINE E./TOWNSEND/1856 - 1922 ESTHER TOWNSEND/1892 - 1959 OLLIE BELL CRAFTON/BORN FEB 2,1907/DIED OCT 15,1920 INFANT SON CRAFTON/BORN DEAD/JAN 5,1917 INFANT DAU CRAFTON/BORN DEAD/OCT 4,1915 WILLIAM T. CRAFTON/BORN AUG 20,1901/DIED AUG 25,1901 BLAIR LOT: SISTERS MARY WILLIE BLAIR VIVIAN GRACE McCALL JUNE 30,1902 OCT 12,1901 MAY 29,1979 JUNE 29,1982 MARY S./GRAMLING/WIFE OF/R.J. BLAIR/DEC 17,1866/MAY 20,1946/AT REST R.J. BLAIR/OCT 20,1858/DEC 20,1928/AT REST RUTH P. BLAIR/DEC 4,1897/AUG 25,1900 END OF BLAIR LOT +++++ STELE - SOUTHWEST: ROBERT P. BUCHANAN/OCT 14,1828/JAN 2,2903/HE WAS A KIND/AND FAITHFUL/FATHER AND/AFFECTIONATE/HUSBAND SOUTHEAST: FRANCES AUGUSTUS BUCHANAN/APR 29,1832/JAN 5,1900/BLESSED ARE THE/PURE IN HEART/FOR THEY SHALL/SEE GOD NORTHEAST: NANCY A.M./BUCHANAN/APR 16,1805/OCT 17,1881/THY LIFE WAS BEAUTY, TRUTH,/GOODNESS AND LOVE NORTHWEST: ALFRED W. BUCHANAN/MAR 31,1870/APR 21,1916/HE WAS FAITHFUL/TO EVERY DUTY SOUTH LINE FATHER MOTHER JOEL S. NANCY A. COBB COBB 1849-1931 1855-1922 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN KATE SMITH COBB/APRIL 20,1882/AUG 29,1952 [ALSO BEGGS FHMM:] MISS KATE S. COBB/APRIL 20,1892/AUGUST 29,1952 FHMM, NO CARD. NEXT TO HAMILTONS ABOVE. MM IS FASTENED TO A SMALL FOOTSTONE-TYPE MARKER. OUR BABY/SEPT 29,1891/CHILD OF/A.G. & M.C./HAMILTON/IN HEAVEN, THERE IS/ONE MORE ANGEL. ARTHUR D./SON OF/A.G. & M.C./HAMILTON/BORN MAY/31,1894/DIED SEPT/16,1896/BUDDED ON EARTH/TO BLOOM IN HEAVEN ALLEN G. HAMILTON/JUL 18,1852/MAR 21,1911 MARTHA C./HAMILTON/OCT 13,1857/JULY 29,1935 SMALL FOOTSTONE - "M.H.H." [PROBABLY A HAMILTON] BALDWIN DAVENPORT/BORN MARCH 14,1885/DIED JUNE 17,1928/THERE IS STILL A BLESSED SLEEP FROM/WHICH NONE EVER WAKES TO WEEP W.H. DAVENPORT MARTHA J. 1857-1932 WIFE OF W.H. DAVENPORT 1859-1940 LILLER KING CRAFTON/MOTHER/BORN MAY 13,1877/DIED SEPT 25,1969/SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS JOSEPH ELWOOD CRAFTON/FATHER/BORN NOV 26,1865/DIED DEC 5,1943/AT REST IN HEAVENLY PEACE IN MEMORIAM/INFANT SON OF/L.R. & S.V./GRAMLING/JAN 14,1917/JAN 14,1917/FROM MOTHER'S ARMS/TO THE ARMS OF JESUS [SHEEP ON TOP OF STONE] L.R. GRAMLING/APR 1,1883/APR 13,1931/A LITTLE BUD OF LOVE/TO BLOOM WITH GOD/ABOVE. VIOLA GRAMLING/SEPT 25,1889/JAN 2,1970/IN LOVING MEMORY NORTH FENCE J.A./WILLIAMS/JAN 3,1868/AUG 28,1933 PERMELIA A./WILLIAMS/MAY 3,1874/AUG 8,1942 ANNA LAURA INF DAU/OF MR. & MRS./CHARLIE DUKE/FEB 4,1932 HELEN KINSEY/HALES/MAY 16,1920/OCT 13,1973///[ON SLAB:]MOTHER KINSEY LOT: WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEMORIAL KINSEY AT REST ELIAS W. RUBY B. APRIL 22,1880 MAY 6,1982 DEC 7,1934 MARCH 21,1967 ANNA VIVIAN/KINSEY/SEPT 11,1913/DEDC 26,1915/WEEP NOT FATHER AND/MOTHER FOR ME./FOR I AM WAITING IN/GLORY FOR THEE INF. SON/OF MR. & MRS./H.D. PARR/1935 END KINSEY LOT +++++ JANE A./AMBROSE/DIED/AUG 25,1929 P.G./AMBROSE/FEB 3,1852/AUG 10,1933 JOHN C. AMBROSE/1887 - 1944/SON THOMAS E. AMBROSE/1890 - 1948/SON MAGGIE C. AMBROSE/1892 - 1961/DAU WILLIE LEE/AMBROSE/NOV 18,1885/SEPT 11,1970 GROVER/HARRIS/PULLIAM/APR 21,1924/AUG 10,1940 INA JANE/DAU OF W.H. &/M.J. DAVENPORT/BORN OCT 5[?],1892/DIED MAR 24[?],1898/SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN/TO COME UNTO ME. OUR DARLING BABY [NO DATES] WILLIAMS NARCISSA LAVINIA ROLIN LEWIS OCT 13,1844-FEB 1,1927 OCT 29,1837-JUNE 11,1905 ROBERT OLIN WILLIAMS/OCT 27,1874/DEC 28,1874 MAXWELL S./COBB/SEPT 27,1879/SEPT 8,1922 SOUTH LINE END CEMETERY RECORDED 8 & 9 JUNE 1984 CHECKED AND UPDATED 14 & 17 FEBRUARY 1989