CHATHAM COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES Elkins (partial) ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:NINNA9258@aol.com Elkins Cemetery Elkins Cemetery is located in Chatham County on Georgia Highway 204 approx. 2 miles east of the Bryan County Line. Closest Road intersection would be the intersection of GA 204, John Carter Road and Old River Roads. The following is a Partial Survey of the Cemetery. The Partial Survey was conducted by the family of Brenda McDonald Collins, daughter of Harrie Earl McDonald. (ninna9258@aol.com) (Inside of McDonald Family Plot. A chain link fence encloses the plot.) Lula Louise Kessler 9/10/1886 2/17/1974 (Daughter of Peter and Mary McDonald) David Austin Kessler 8/12/1878 6/1/1946 Our Beloved Mother Lottie Kessler Cowart 9/20/1907 12/19/1948 2 infant or children graves no names 1 adult unmarked 1 infant or child grave Mary Elizabeth Kessler 2/15/1913 3/25/1913 Peter McDonald 4/1837 5/17/1900 Mary McDonald 4/8/1849 11/3/1948 (Wife of Peter McDonald) Grave marker no name, Right side of Peter McDonald (Twin brother of Mamie McDonald Child of Peter & Mary) Peter McDonald 5/17/1874 5/20/1955 (Son of Peter & Mary McDonald) Agnes Elizabeth Stokes McDonald (Lizzie) 11/27/1880 10/14/1956 Married 4/17/1897 Willie McDonald 10/1/1899 4/10/1973 Harrie Earl McDonald 4/1/1927 1/20/1979 Charles Franklin Parham 3/1/1934 7/26/1991 (Husband of Living McDonald) Inscription IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 1579 End McDonald Plot Walter P. Bodaford S1 US Navy 4/28/1920 1/22/1990 Latrelle G. Bodaford 9/18/1922 Backside of Bodaford Russell C. Koontz 5/1/1943 1/17/1995 Capt. US Army Vietnam Linda B. 6/23/1947 5/17/2003 George E. Bodaford, Jr. 7/16/1928 5/11/2000 US Marine Corp. WWII Robert I. James 8/28/1939 7/14/1991 AK1 US Navy Johnny L. (Lambert) Love 7/12/1909 10/20/1987 Edna Barrow Love 4/15/1923 Warren H. Love 3/22/1907 11/15/1965 Inscription: Love Always, Wife Thelma (Brother of Johnny L. Love) Mrs. Anna (no date) James Benjamin Love 1875 1956 1 grave marked by funeral home marker no name Ralph Larry Wilmot, Sr. 3/28/1938 2/6/2002 Beloved Husband, Father and V.I.P. (Very Important Pop) CWS US Army Vietnam Bronze Star Medal Patricia C. Stokes 12/10/1936 2/20/1993 Bervin F. Stokes, Jr. 7/27/1941 Married 2/6/1891 Mary Elizabeth Rahn 5/18/1928 Inscription: Sister Mother and Son Robin Ann Stokes 7/3/1957 6/10/1996 Jason Seth 1/27/1979 Bervin F. Stokes, Sr. 10/21/1919 2004 Aleene R. (Rahn) 5/18/1923 Wed September 14, 1940 Benjamin F. Dickerson 9/17/1895 6/6/1964 Virginia PVT US Marine Corps. WWI Lottie Falligant 5/9/1895 3/7/1935 Inscription: Mother From Frank and Pearl Wooden Marker directly behind-no name Lucious Sapp 5/6/1909 10/7/1936 Elizabeth Sapp 5/20/1877 3/22/1925 Wooden marker beside Sapp-no name Charles H. Carter 1919 1936 Inscription: Brother Henry Cason 1/15/1871 3/23/1902 Margaret J. Hancock 10/21/1922 9/28/2002 Inscription: We will always love you Molly Isaiah Hancock, Sr. 3/10/1879 7/31/1948 Daisy Belle Hancock 8/22/1900 5/12/1982 Inscription: Our Loving Parents Isaiah Hancock, Jr. 8/21/1928 11/19/1986 Corrine W. Hancock 9/23/1930 10/30/1983 Izetta Hancock Guyton 9/19/1918 8/31/1985 Inscription: Wife of Leslie N. Guyton Interred Bladenboro, N.C. Mother of Janice & Ikie Obie Steven Pierce 5/3/1922 Catherine H. Pierce 4/18/1920 1/29/1997 Married 6/12/1948 One unmarked no name grave next to Pierce. Hancock Twins Ikie 2/14/1924 3/10/1924 Daisy Belle 2/14/1924 3/6/1924 *Martha Jane Harwell 1870 1910 Catherine C. Heath 2/6/1865 8/6/1931 Bryan M. Heath 8/4/1847 8/2/1913 Willie B. Heath 4/21/1885 6/17/1887 George T. Heath 1/14/1881 11/12/1881 Infant 11/20/1879 11/20/1879 W. H. Carter 2/15/1867 8/13/1891 Inscription: To the Memory of. Erected by brother & sister. Other unreadable Inscription. Cross & Crown Emblem on stone. Sarah Ann Carter 10/1/1843 2/6/1882 Inscription: Our Mother John Alexander Carter 6/1/1825 12/2/1904 Inscription: Father Elizabeth Carter 9/9/1866 In the 40th year of her age. Inscription: My Sister D.C. 8/9/1888 9/18/1889 Inscription: Son of D. O. & A. E. T. Carter. Our Loving Babe C. F. Carter 1859 1885 Inscription: My Father Unmarked no name grave Paul Braxton Bragg 1/14/1906 12/11/1981 Mary Alice Bragg 2/2/1908 8/26/1977 Married 9/20/1958 John Henry Collins 1944 2000 Strickland Funeral Home Marker Abby Call Orendorff 4/29/1823 10/7/1943 William C. Sapp 8/22/1868 10/7/1943 Inscription: Our Father Ruth Sapp Hargroves 2/5/1907 11/15/1977 Henry Franklin 3/25/1888 5/8/1962 Harry McKuhen J. W. McKuhen 1874 unreadable dates Sarah McKuhen unreadable dates 2 graves no name surrounded by brick Alice Sanders 1915 1968 Joseph A. Dailey 4/29/1886 8/31/1940 Gladys R. Dailey 5/7/1905 7/18/1979 Joseph "Joe" Peyton Zeagler 12/15/1942 12/26/1963 Ben P. Zeagler 6/29/1915 5/15/1983 TSGT US Army WWII Charles Hubert Sapp 1/21/1917 47/1990 Inscription: Husband & Father Dorothy V. M. Sapp 3/22/1922 11/23/1984 Unmarked no name grave. Appears to be infant or child Levy Ramsey 6/3/1924 2/17/1980 Mary Hayne Hattie C. Hargroves 1/23/1929 8/30/1944 Inscription: Wife of Levy Ramsey. Daughter of H.(Harold) & Bessie Hargroves Annie Lee Ramsey 1/6/1900 7/15/1942 Vance R. Ramsey 6/10/1890 Trudy M. Ramsey 10/7/1948 Vance R. Ramsey, III 1/4/1944 1/15/1983 Married 10/20/1969 Vance R. Ramsey 10/28/1919 11/4/1968 Edith D. Ramsey 8/4/1926 2/6/1967 2 infant graves Daniel O. Carter 4/9/1897 8/26/1961 Vietta G. Carter 3/4/1896 4/7/1983 Harold Hargroves 1900 1950 Bessie G. Hargroves 1907 1994 Ann Ramsey Reynolds 3/1/1944 1/22/1998 Inscription: Our Mohter Robert Ryan 3/26/1985 10/18/1985 Inscription: Infant son of Lori Ann Sharpe. Grandson of Ann M. Ramsey & Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. Joseph "Joe" A. Allen 12/19/1937 Edna "Louise" Love Allen 5/6/1943 1/30/1991 (Daughter of Johnnie L. and Edna Love) Jessie Stokes Burns 8/27/1924 9/6/1995 Luther Albert Burns 1/14/1925 4/28/2001 William Morris 8/9/1919 5/28/1996 Irene C. Morris 6/17/1927 5/21/1986 Mabel Morris 1/28/1880 4/30/1981 Irene E. Morris 3/8/1930 1/9/1983 David Edwin Collins 11/19/1896 6/3/1973 Myrtle McQueen Collins 12/14/1900 1/7/1981 Clinton Shannon Collins 11/22/1973 6/13/1974 Aretha Joann Collins 12/14/1972 12/14/1972 Mattie M. Stokes 4/23/1894 8/26/1976 Andrew "Obie" Stokes 8/18/1882 1/16/1948 Ruth V. Stokes 4/30/1924 3/3/1999 Horace Obie Stokes 6/19/1923 1/7/1981 Wed 7/28/1944 Jennifer Lee Stokes 5/16/1972 11/29/1984 James B. Horning 4/10/1852 2/27/1899 Cemetery Marker No name Judith E. Meservy 2/12/1957 6/14/1976 Beloved Daughter Emma Jean Stokes 1/3/1906 3/31/1975 Beloved Mother James S. Stokes 5/5/1898 8/5/1970 Beloved Father Margaret & James 3/8/1934 Beloved Twins of M & James Stokes Clyde A. Blitch 5/25/19?? 8/7/1977 Rexford O. Sapp 5/15/1904 2/21/1943 Seth Stokes 1870-1937 Viola Stokes 1880-1928 In Loving Memory Rosa T. Bridges 3/17/1923 5/20/1985 Lee M. Dickerson, Sr. 8/14/1893 8/19/1956 Clyde S. Dickerson 9/5/1905 3/9/1995 Charles W. Dickerson 9/29/1947 James P. Hess 2/4/1925 4/4/1993 MM3 US Navy WWII James H. Waller 1923-1992 SP3 US Army WWII Korea Odell Joyner Groover Waller 3/21/1898 5/17/1981 Alice C. Gill 11/7/1899 4/1/1947 Charles Henry Stokes 4/23/1906 5/3/1988 Estelle Latrelle 10/19/1911 1/10/1985 Kim Michele Stokes 6/22/1968 5/23/1974 Ralph A. Nicholson 5/31/1888 3/6/1972 Pearl S. Nicholson 4/12/1911 Elizabeth D. Ennis 8/23/1928 Norman F. Ennis 4/7/1923 6/28/1973 Nettie E. Stokes Powell 8/9/1923 3/24/1976 Loving Mother Kevin D. Waller, Sr. 4/15/1963 6/25/1988 Son and Father We Love You Always Phillip W. Waller, Jr. 10/26/1924 8/9/1996 Charlotte Waller 6/22/1940 3/25/2000 Lindwood L. Hughes 2/25/1930 8/27/1981 Helen W. Hughes 9/19/1928 1/2/1994 Wed 4/6/1962 George Lee Stafford 10/9/1917 6/6/1971 Nellie Mae Stafford 3/13/1918 11/29/2000 William H. King 7/21/1924 3/9/1989 Sergeant US Army Retired Mary W. King 4/6/1934 6/22/2002 Wed 2/13/1971 Susie Jane Waller 11/4/1951 3/5/2001 Beloved Mother and Grandmother Authur L. Waller, Jr. 3/1/1940 9/21/1976 David Allen Waller 7/8/1970 7/9/1970 Our Son One unmarked Grave Authur Lee Waller, Sr. 5/9/1892 12/15/1955 Beloved Husband and Father Robert James Smith 1905-1966 Funeral Home Marker Anna Manoy Sapp 3/3/1841 6/14/1906 In Memory of our Mother