Gap Pond Cemetery, Washington County, Florida File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Burnsed, cburnsed@geocities.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. ***************************************************************************** Directions: From Highway 77, turn on to Sunny Hills Blvd at main entrance to Sunny Hills development. Go about 3.2 miles to end of divided road. Turn right. Go 6/10 mile then turn left on Gap Blvd. Go another 6/10 mile, and the church and cemetery are at the end of the pavement on the left. Surveyed over a one year period of April 1998-April 1999 A 1 Finch Leonard 1790 1853 8 Fla Mto Militia, War of 1812 2 Finch Tallie Nov 2 1873 Feb 18 1970 Double plot w/Mary Albie Finch 3 Finch Mary Albie Jul 3 1892 Nov 14 1962 Double plot w/Tallie Finch 4 Unmarked F.H. marker with no information 5 Finch Rebecca Jul 10 1859 Feb 24 1947 "Mother"; "Mother's love will never be forgotten" F/S: "R.F." 6 Finch John E. Sep 18 1828 Jun 29 1929 Co K 11 Fla Inf CSA 7 Taylor John W. 1849 1913 Pvt Co K 11 Fla Inf CSA 8 Taylor Julie Finch May 18 1846 Jan 18 1944 "With the angels" 9 Taylor Willie A. Feb 27 1883 Mar 27 1948 "Rest in peace" 10 Taylor Willie C. 1913 1955 "Gone but not forgotten"; Double plot w/Belle Finch Taylor Pitts 11 Pitts Belle Finch Taylor 1914 1992 "Mama"; Double plot w/Willie C. Taylor 12 Antley "Our angel Antley" (child?) 13 Antley "Our angel Antley" (child?) 14 Finch James P. Jul 12 1909 Feb 25 1967 Mason; "Jack"; Double stone w/Ethel M. Finch 15 Finch Ethel M. Jun 15 1906 Jun 12 1982 Double stone w/James P. Finch 16 Hurd William C. Mason; Double stone w/Eva L. Hurd 17 Hurd Eva L. Jul 16 1924 Nov 23 1987 Star symbol 18 Pisarski Walter A. 1922 1969 Angel statue; "The hours part us but they bring us together again" 19 Kenny W. K. Morris Jul 25 1960 Mar 8 1982 Angel statue; "Rest in peace" 20 Morris Ernest Hasting Jun 14 1895 Jan 14 1979 Double stone w/Mattie Morris 21 Morris Mattie Nov 21 1896 Sep 16 1970 Double stone w/Ernest Hasting Morris 22 Morris Roland D. Jan 21 1927 Nov 29 1988 Double stone w/no name; married Sep 14 1946 23 Unused portion of double stone w/above Double stone w/Roland D. Morris B 1 Finch Nathaniel 11/12/32 2/15/96 "Age 63" according to funeral home placard 2 Finch Lockey Aug 2 1911 Jan 12 1990 "In loving memory" 3 McQuagge Minnie Finch 1892 1968 4 McQuagge Annie Oct 14 1892 Apr 30 1953 "Gone to rest, but not forgotten"; "Mother" 5 McQuagge James Angus Jun 17 1880 Aug 22 1964 "Gone to rest, but not forgotten"; "Father" 6 Posey Susan Ann Handwritten name in concrete slab 7 Taylor Steadman Sep 7 1910 Aug 24 1957 "Gone but not forgotten" 8 Unmarked F.H. marker with no information 9 Pettis Joseph Jonah Aug 5 1919 Sep 7 1972 "In memory of brothers and sisters" 10 Unmarked F.H. marker with no information 11 Taylor Joseph H. Mar 2 1956 Dec 24 1958 Lamb 12 Owens Herschel Sep 28 1917 Aug 11 1920 13 Owens Henry Jul 20 1895 Nov 16 1928 14 Pettis Neatie V. 1898 1991 "Let's meet by the river"; Brown Funeral Home placard says: "Neatie Virginia Pettis, died Jan 12 1991, aged 92" 15 Pettis J. B. (Buck) 1909 1960 "Our love goes with you and our souls wait to join you" C 1 Mercer Lenny S. Nov 11 1957 Dec 20 1957 Lamb symbol; s/o L.G. Mercer 2 Mercer Infant Angel statue; handwritten in concrete slab; inf of Mr-Mrs W-G-Mercer 3 Mercer Infant Angel statue; handwritten in concrete slab; inf of Mr-Mrs W-G-Mercer 4 Vickery Nancy Mar 25 1913 Handwritten in concrete slab 5 Vickery Bettie Mar 13 1913 Handwritten in concrete slab; Child 6 Vicker? Annie Lue? Jan 24 1910? Handwritten in concrete slab 7 Vickery Infant (illegible date) Handwritten in conrete slab; i/o Mr. an Mrs. 8 Vickery Jimiele? Dec 24 1913? Handwritten in conrete slab; at foot of Infant Vickery; probably infant or child 9 Walters John Hilton 1942 1958 F.H. marker only 10 Walters Enoch Lamar 1956 1958 F.H. marker only 11 Walters George W. 1908 1978 F.H. marker only 12 Walters Ollie L. 1908 1978 F.H. marker only 13 PVC pipe with lettering "Howard Walters" D 1 Hicks Dallas Dec 25 1900 Sep 30 1980 Mason; "Book of life"; "Gone but not forgotten"; Double stone w/Vinnie Hicks; married Aug 6 1922 2 Hicks Vinnie Mar 12 1905 "Book of life"; Double stone w/Vinnie Hicks 3 Mercer William G. Apr 17 1900 May 26 1972 Shares base marked "Mercer" w/Louie E. Mercer 4 Mercer Louie E. Mar 9 1904 Apr 29 1966 Shares base marked "Mercer" w/William G. Mercer 5 Finch Lonnie Sep 20 1883 Apr 12 1921 6 Hicks Charity Jul 22 1874 Jun 1 1932 Handwritten in concrete slab 7 Hicks Marry? Jul 1 1877 Mar 31 1926? Handwritten in concrete slab 8 Finch William Sep 5 1834 Nov 6 1916 Handwritten inscription in concrete slab looks like "Nov 1 1916"; Co K 6 Fla Inf CSA 9 Finch Mrs. W. M. May 6? 1844 Nov 31(sic) 1899 Handwritten inscription in concrete slab has death date of "Nov 30 1899" 10 Finch John Early Jan 5? 1904 Sep 10 1914 Handwritten inscription in concrete slab says "Earley Finch" 11 Finch Mrs. W. D. Oct 23 1881 Aug 4 1946 "She is not dead but sleeping" 12 Finch William Dallas Feb 5 1873 Nov 28 1942 Mason; "He was the sunshine of our home" 13 Finch Annis Beulah May 25 1908 Sep 15 1928 "She was a kind affectionate wife a fond mother an (sic) a friend to all" 14 "O" Footstone: "O" - no other information 15 Page Dave Jun 19 1880 Apr 4 1956 F.H. placard says "A. Dave Page"; Double plot w/Lizzie Page 16 Page Lizzie 1887 1981 F.H. placard only w/small cross monument; Double plot w/Dave Page 17 Baker Ralph C. Nov 24 1913 Aug 11 1979 Shares base marked "Baker" w/Violet H. Baker; bench 18 Baker Violet H. May 12 1910 Shares base marked "Baker" w/Ralph C. Baker E 1 Milton Lilliam E. Dec 20 1946 Oct 29 1994 2 Walters Daniel Apr 11 1915 Feb 6 1992 "In Memory Of"; "At rest with Jesus" 3 Walters John Apr 11 1915 May 17 1947 Fla Pvt 704 TD BN 4 Armd div WWII 4 Walters W. M. Dec 27 1876 Sep 13 1953 "At rest with Jesus" 5 Walters Mary Lillor Feb 23 1880 May 3 1952 "At rest with Jesus" 6 Johns Obert Apr 9 1897 Dec 27 1926 7 Johns William H. Sep 1868 Nov 25 1926 "At rest with Jesus" 8 Johns Francis I. Jun 25 1875 Nov 3 1926 "At rest with Jesus" 9 Johns Infant Handwritten in concrete slab 10 Johns Baby Handwritten in concrete slab 11 Walters Infant Handwritten in concrete slab; i/o Enoch Walters 12 Walters Eunice Handwritten in concrete slab; Child 13 Reeder Alice Jan 21 1901 Sep 3 1951 "Mother"; Bench 14 Hutchison Mary Ann May 16 1854 Dec 8 1924 15 Hutchison William H. Jul 18 1830 Nov 2 1910 Stone broken at top 16 Hutchison Grover J. Feb 2 1916 May 28 1924 17 Hutchison William Ira Sep 5 1912 Sep 12 1918 18 Hutchison Velma E. Apr 1 1929 Nov 23 1929 19 Hutchison Walter Marvin Jul 18 1887 Mar 3 1969 Double stone w/Nancy Elizabeth Hutchison 20 Hutchison Nancy Elizabeth Jun 3 1893 Feb 28 1978 Double stone w/Walter Marvin Hutchison 21 Hutchison Kansas B. Jan 3 1885 Oct 8 1970 Double stone w/M. J. Perry Hutchison 22 Hutchison M. J. Perry Jun 22 1882 Jan 16 1971 Double stone w/Kansas B. Hutchison 23 Hutchison Hardy K. Dec 10 1919 Oct 22 1986 Bench 24 Unused portion of double stone w/above 25 Hughes Joseph A. Apr 15 1923 26 Hughes Elizabeth Hutchison Aug 25 1927 F 1 McQuagge Charley 1-29-1903 12-26-1989 Handwritten in concrete slab 2 McQuagge Birdie D. Jul 21 1966 Blackburn F.H. marker only; says "Aged 60 yrs 0 mos 3 days" 3 Godwin Lizzie Lee Handwritten in tombstone and concrete slab 4 Johns Robert Wesley Sep 28 1921 Feb 13 1944 Also handwritten in concrete slab under tombstone 5 Johns Ira Coleman Aug 8 1926 May 8 1951 6 Unmarked F.H. marker w/ no information 7 Finch William Leslie Nov 20 1907 Dec 6 1960 Mason; "Not dead only asleep" 8 Finch Baby Boy Jun 16 1927 Jun 19 1927 9 Finch Attie Susan Dec 27 1915 Aug 12 1917 10 Finch James Leonard Jun 22 1869 Apr 6 1936 "Absent here but present with the Lord"; Double stone w/Willie Ellen Finch 11 Finch Willie Ellen Sep 20 1883 Oct 30 1968 "Absent here but present with the Lord"; Double stone w/James Leonard Finch 12 Finch Rex Reeves Feb 8 1929 Jul 9 1959 Mason; "Not dead only asleep" 13 Finch Ezelia? Handwritten in concrete slab 14 Finch John E. At foot of Ezelia? Finch 15 Finch (child) Handwritten in concrete slab 16 Finch John Wesley 1872 1939 "Father" "Dear Father though we miss you much we know you rest with God"; F/S: "J. W. F." 17 Finch (child) Handwritten in concrete slab 18 Finch Infant Handwritten in concrete slab 19 Finch Bertie Child; handwritten in concrete slab 20 Finch Ranzie Sep 17 1887 Sep 17 1971 "A loving mother she is forever with the Lord" 21 Finch Trim Aug 18 1918 Sep 25 1973 Double stone w/Esther Finch; tombstone depicts a couple facing the sunset; "Beyond the sunset" 22 Finch Esther Jan 27 1923 Double stone w/Trim Finch; tombstone depicts a couple facing the sunset; "Beyond the sunset" 23 Myers Louis William Jr. Oct 14 1958 May 5 1990 Fish symbol; "We love you freedom" G 1 White Mary Johns Feb 11 1905 2 Johns Mrs. Nellie Handwritten in concrete slab 3 Johns Clifford Handwritten in concrete slab 4 Johns Thomas W. Sep 1 1868 Feb 26 1960 5 Johns Roxie Ann Sep 29? 1873 Nov 8 1918? Handwritten tombstone says "Roxeyan Johns"; broken stone, propped up 6 Johns John Henry Handwritten in concrete slab 7 Johns Carl Handwritten in concrete slab 8 Johns Comi Handwritten in concrete slab 9 Johns Infint (sic) Handwritten in concrete slab: "Infant Johns" 10 Johns Infint (sic) Handwritten in concrete slab: "Infant Johns" 11 Johns Infint (sic) Handwritten in concrete slab: "Infant Johns" 12 Finch (infant) Mar 11 1911 "At rest"; s/o Mr. + Mrs. A. A. Finch 13 Finch (infant) Feb 15 1917 Feb 18 1917 "At rest"; d/o Mr. + Mrs. A. A. Finch 14 Finch Cecil Nov 6 1917 May 9 1918 "At rest"; s/o Mr. + Mrs. A. A. Finch 15 Finch (infant) Dec 20 1942 Dec 31 1942 "At rest"; s/o Mr. + Mrs. Harry Finch 16 Finch John L. Jan 26 1927 Sep 23 1946 Fla Tec 4 Inf WWII 17 Finch Fannie G. 1886 1966 Double stone w/Alex A. Finch 18 Finch Alex A. 1881 1979 Mason; Double stone w/Fannie G. Finch; "Asleep in Jesus" 19 McAdams Charlie Aug 18 1868 Jul 6 1919 Stone in the same style as that of Addie McAdams 20 McAdams Addie Feb 2 1876 Feb 23 1921 Stone in the same style as that of Charlie McAdams 21 Canington Minnie M. May 12 1907 Jul 24 1992 Shares base marked "Canington" with Fred L. Canington 22 Canington Fred L. Mar 24 1902 Oct 29 1967 Shares base marked "Canington" with Minnie M. Canington; "In his will is our peace" H 1 Levins Grandmother 2 Levins Mr. John 3 Levins Mrs. Ellen 4 Atwell Baby 5 Atwell Baby 6 Atwell Baby 7 Unmarked Concrete slab; azalea plant at head 8 Unmarked (infant) In same style as previous unmarked stone w/azalea 9 Tharp Cecil Allen Oct 19 1931 Jun 30 1987 Azalea plant at head; headstone brass plaque; footstone marble; PFC US Army Korea 10 Tharp Infant Nov 10 1955 Azalea plant at head 11 Finch Allen H. Sep 23 1921 Jul 4 1963 "Gone but not forgotten"; Florida PFC US Marine Corps Res WWII 12 Finch Margaret Sullivan Jul 11 1923 Feb 13 1991 headstone "Gone but not forgotten"; footstone "For her reward is won" 13 Unmarked 14 Unmarked 15 Unmarked 16 Smith William I. Oct 3 1861 Nov 6 1929 Concrete slab 17 Finch Cleavon I. Nov 13 1928 Mar 26 1984 "Beloved husband and devoted father" 18 Unmarked iron stake I 1 Goodman Leslie Concrete slab 2 Goodman Infant Concrete slab 3 Goodman Infant Concrete slab and rusted funeral home marker (unmarked) 4 Goodman Mary Francis Concrete slab 5 Johnson Bud Concrete slab 6 Unmarked (infant) Between rows H & I 7 Johnson O? Concrete slab w/ initial O? at top 8 Johnson Minnie 1890 1924 Concrete slab 9 Johnson Infant Concrete slab 10 Johnson Infant Concrete slab 11 Johnson Mr. Sneed Concrete slab 12 Johnson Mrs. Sneed Concrete slab 13 "O" 14 Davis Clyde Jul 13 1916 1917 Concrete slab marked "Clyde Davis July 13 1916" 15 Davis Ocie May 27 1915 1917 Concrete slab marked "Ocil (sic) Davis May 27 1915" 16 Finch D. C. Oct 28 1914 "Our loss is Heavens Gain" - double headstone w/Altha Mae Finch 17 Finch Altha Mae Feb 12 1929 Apr 30 1987 "Our loss is Heavens Gain" - double headstone w/D. C. Finch 18,19 2 marked w/ PVC pipe J 1,2 2 marked "R" Head and foot marked off "R" 3 Johns Leonard Sep 30 1889 Jan 19 1964 Concrete slab 4 Johns James Leonard May 9 1914 Oct 21 1962 Concrete slab 5 Dean Jason C. May 22 1919 Mar 22 1982 Concrete slab 6 Johnson Infant 7 Unmarked Iron stakes 8 Johnson Henry Lee Jun 21 1921 Jul 31 1990 Enclosed w/ wood beams and covered w/ white marble chips; TEC 5 US Army World War II 9 Unmarked Iron stakes K 1 "S" Head and foot marked off 2 Finch Douglas Sep 12 1911 Feb 3 1983 Mason; Double stone w/Bena Finch; Blackburn F.H. marker "Douglas Ira Finch" 3 Finch Bena May 12 1913 Double stone w/Douglas Finch 4 Unmarked Iron stake at head 5 "F" Head and foot marked off 6 Johns John W. 1877 1940 Mason; Large azalea at top right of double headstone w/Cassie E. Johns 7 Johns Cassie E. 1891 1974 Large azalea at top right of double headstone w/John W. Johns 8 Finch William R. Mar 8 1902 May 7 1979 Mason; #8-13 in "Finch" family plot; Double stone w/ Maudie L. Finch; married Aug 18 1922 9 Finch Maudie E. Jul 1 1904 May 15 1995 Double stone w/ William R. Finch 10 Jones Timothy Craig Dec 19 1966 Dec 22 1966 11 Finch Wesley Alton Sep 17 1942 Jan 27 1945 "I pray the Lord my soul to keep" 12 Finch Robert D. A. Jul 15 1967 Jul 15 1967 Raised concrete slab with cross 13 Finch Bessie Marie Sep 14 1940 Aug 23 1941 14 Odom John Wesley Feb 14 1878 Sep 22 1950 Concrete slab 15 Odom Nancy E. Feb 6 1877 Dec 4 1940 "Mother of 7 children" "Resting"; w/o J. W. Odom 16 Odom Alfred V. Oct 28 1915 Mar 21 1995 Shared "Odom" base w/Katie Odom 17 Odom Katie Oct 15 1915 Shared "Odom" base w/Alfred V. Odom 18 Odom Steven E. Feb 14 1960 Feb 27 1960 19 Unmarked Marked off with iron stakes L 1 Unmarked 4 wooden stakes w/azalea at head 2 Johnson Herbert A. Mar 5 1915 Dec 26 1975 Concrete slab; Sgt US Army, World War II 3 Kane Alwin Sevier Jan 22 1899 Jun 12 1978 BM2 US Navy, World War I & II 4 Hicks Whit A. (or Whita) Apr 7 1886 Oct 10 1940 Concrete slab can be read, but not headstone 5,6 Unmarked Two small graves marked with formed cement blocks 7 Unmarked Concrete slab 8 Finch Robert Leslie Aug 23 1929 Oct 29 1997 Shared "Finch" base w/Evy Finch 9 Finch Evy Oct 2 1936 Shared "Finch" base w/Robert Leslie Finch 10 Hanson Robert "Grandsons of Dalton Finch" - one headstone, one plot w/William Hanson Hanson William "Grandsons of Dalton Finch" - one headstone, one plot w/Robert Hanson 11 Odom Joshua Clifton May 19 1914 Jul 16 1968 Florida PVT Btry D 53 CA Tng BN 12 "O" 2 spaces marked off M 1,2 Unmarked Marked off w/ granite blocks; #1-4 plus N#1-2 are in large family plot 3 Johns Timothy M. Nov 16 1960 "Gone to be an angel" 4 Johns Infant boy Oct 5 1964 "Gone to be an angel" Bench marked "Taylor, Our children Michael Fredrick, Rodney Bart" 5 Taylor Marion F. "Fed" Mar 5 1939 Jun 6 1993 Mason; Double headstone w/Betty H. Taylor; large family plot; See footnote # 1for inscription on headstone; married Aug 29 1959 6 Taylor Betty H. Nov 29 1938 Double headstone w/Marion F. Taylor 7 Barton Arthur F. Oct 7 1899 Feb 6 1968 Large family plot consists of plots #7-9; GA Sgt Co H 300 Infantry 8 Sanders Mary Gertrude Apr 17 1911 "Beloved wife and mother"; Large family plot consists of plots #7-9 9 Sanders James F. Jan 23 1915 Jan 15 1987 Large family plot consists of plots #7-9; PFC US Army, WWII N 1,2 See Row M for 1st two graves?? 3 Wheaton Roy C. Mar 25 1929 Oct 7 1979 Large family plot outlined in 4 granite "W" markers; US Navy Korea 4 Pedersen John May 9 1925 Dec 21 1981 Mason; Police, County of Nassau N.Y. 5 Taylor Fredrick Bartow Mar 13 1907 Feb 18 1929 Double stone w/Nona L. Riley Taylor; "Dad"; large family plot 6 Taylor Nona L. Riley Dec 24 1910 Jan 26 1996 Double stone w/Fredrick Bartow Taylor; "Mom"; large family plot 7 Finch Dallas M. Mar 16 1913 Jul 24 1992 Brown FH marker (Chipley): "Dallas (Boy) Finch"; PFC US Army WWII 8 Finch Theodore E. "Cooter" Jul 3 1917 Apr 25 1987 "Forever in our hearts" 9 Finch Thomas E. "Tommy" Dec 15 1956 Jan 2 1989 "Forever in our hearts"; Middlebrooks FH marker (Apalachicola/Eastpoint) 10 Roberson Jessie "Minister"? written in concrete slab; very old stone 11 Coker William C. Aug 26 1905 Apr 17 1996 Double stone w/Mary McClendon Coker 12 Coker Mary McClendon Mar 13 1926 Nov 17 1983 Double stone w/William C. Coker lots of space here 13 Taylor Madolin Dec 29 1910 Double stone w/John Lee Taylor; married Mar 3 1933 14 Taylor John Lee Sep 18 1901 Sep 2 1993 Double stone w/Madolin Taylor O Many marked w/PVC pipe 1 Johns Charlie E. Feb 2 1910 Oct 26 1991 Shared "Johns" base w/#2 Annie Corene Johns 2 Johns Annie Corene Sep 10 1915 Marked with PVC, iron rods 3 Russell Leonard P. Oct 14 1915 Feb 14 1985 Double stone w/Annie Mae Russell; married Feb 1 1941 4 Russell Annie Mae Mar 30 1921 Feb 2 1993 Double stone w/Leonard P. Russell; "The Lord is My Shepherd" P 1 Finch Don Earl "Fuzzy" Feb 10 1962 Nov 11 1998 Double stone w/Cynthia L. Finch; "By his stripes we are healed"; granite bench; married Mar 30 1981 2 Finch Cynthia L. Aug 7 1964 Large "Finch" family plot 3 Brock Exie M. Oct 11 1939 Shared "Brock" base w/High T. (H. T.) Brock; "I have kept the faith"; Bench inscribed: "Our children Travis, Ricky, Deanna, Rhonda Brock"; married Mar 29 1959 4 Brock High T. (H. T.) Jan 1 1938 May 30 1998 Shared "Brock" base w/Exie M. Brock; Large "Brock" family plot 5 Kittrell Claude Eugene Jan 12 1922 Apr 8 1989 Smith-Guardian Chapels FH Marker, Panama City; CPL US Air Force