Clarkston Town Cemetery Inscriptions Dekalb County, GA CLARKSTON TOWN CEMETERY DEKALB CO. GEORGIA This Cemetery is located on Norman Rd. in the town of Clarkston Ga. across from Milam Park. Beginning from left to right if you are facing the cemetery, the rows are transcribed from left to right. Unmarked graves are noted as are overturned headstones that cannot be read and large plots with no graves or graves with no markers. Inscriptions are written the way they appear on the headstones. Surnames are capitalized. Asterisks separate plots or groups of graves. Most stones face south unless otherwise noted. Transcribed January 20, 1999 by Dave and Mary West ALPHABETICAL INDEX Allen, Alice A. Allen, Annie M. Allen, Connie M. Allen, Harry L. Allen, John T. Armistead, J.J. Armistead, Mrs. J.J. Armistead, S. Dewey Armstrong, Edith W. Armstrong, Francis E. Armstrong, James B. Armstrong, Nellie B. Armstrong, Stuart Irwin Armstrong, Virginia Askew, E. Askew, Mary M. Austin, Frank Barrett, Alpha D. Brarrett, Augustus Barrett, Daisy Barrett, Edgar Beauchamp, Arthur A. Beauchamp, Clara M. Beauchamp, Cora L. Beauchamp, Joseph Beauchamp, Willie B. Bennett Bettencourt, Cora Belle B. Bodenhamer, Anne Branyon, Calvin S. Branyon, Fannie Branyon, Kate P. Branyon, Rosanah E. Chase, Charles Hoyt Chase, Ruth Singleton Cox, Lizzie Randall Cox, Robert Gilbert Davis, Barbara Dickerson, Dink J. Estes, Allie Langford Estes, Elizabeth Estes, Thomas Ferguson, Eleanor Johnston Fincher, A. m. Fleming, Mattie Ford, Annie H. Ford, Augustus C. Ford, Clifford Ford, Edwin Forestor, Bertha Kilgore Ross Gaertner, Herman Julius Gaertner, Nellie Gaertner, Nellie Jane Gerald, Margaret A. Gouge, Charles Allen Gouge, Eunice Swygert Hornbeck, Gertrude W. Hornbeck, Lorenzo D. Hornbeck, Mary Ann Hoskins, Bertha L. Hoskins, Preserved B. Johnston, Eleanor Stafford Johnston, Ella West Johnston, Freeman Patrick Johnston, Mary Will Johnston, Max L. Johnston, Sallie Jolly, Addie Anderson Jolly, Clem Jolly, Clem Anderson Jolly, Horace A. Kilgore, Wm. E. King, Leroy Carlton Lane, Carlton E. Lane, Clifford Lane, Harold Lane, Maude A. Lester, Beulah Lovejoy, Anderson Ray Rev. Lovejoy, Charles Henry Lovejoy, Mary Lovejoy, Sarah Cornelia Melton, Mary Morris, Charles Morris, Daniel Morris, Eula Morris, John Bryce Norton, John L. Norton, John Thomas Norton, Mahala Osborne, Infant Pendleton, Ethel L. Pendleton, James Pendleton, Louis D. Pendleton, Wm. Albert Porter, Fredonie Porter, James Porter, Louise Randall, Lizzie Randall, Milhouse Rogers, Carrie Lou Rogers, Edgar Brown Rogers, Ira James Rogers, Junius Lynn Rogers, William Asher Ross, R. W. Shaw, Robert Shaw, Willie Singleton, Franklin Pierce Singleton, Hattie Mcclain Singleton, Ida Singleton, Larry Starling, Fannie B. Sutton, Drusilla Rhodes Sutton, Ed L. Sutton, Fannie Saye Sutton, Harold Lee Sutton, Harold Lee, Sr Sutton, Hazel Sutton, Jackie Bush Sutton, June Moore Sutton, Kinne Reese Sr. Sutton, Sallie Reese Taylor, Infant Thebaut, Carrie Simmons Thebaut, Charles Ellwood Thebaut, Helen Thebaut, Pauline Clarkson Thebaut, William J. Thomas, Infant Tucker, G.R. Tucker, Mrs. Lou Ann VanVorst, Sarah VanVorst, William Walton, Helen Lane Wardlow, Charles Wardlow, Delora Louis Wardlow, Robert W. Westmoreland, Edith T. White, Clara Bell Williams, Vannie Lee Armistead Winbush, Louise ************************** Large center marker -- ROGERS Edgar Brown ROGERS 1899-1900 Ira James ROGERS 1885-1886 Junius Lynn HARRIS Born Sep. 10, 1876 Died June 16, 1885 Leroy Carlton KING 1867-1923 Father William Asher ROGERS 1850-1903 Mother Carrie Lou ROGERS 1861-1944 ********** Unmarked grave Helen THEBAUT 1914-1914 ********** Center stone -- BARRETT Daisy S. Barrett 1884-1929 Augustus N. BARRETT Alpha D. BARRETT 1862-1912 Edgar BARRETT 1887-1914 ************ ROW 2 Large unmarked plot about 20’ x 20’ ************* Cora L. Joseph W. Nov. 23, 1877 Oct. 18, 1869 Dec. 6, 1914 Oct. 5, 1942 BEAUCHAMP Mother Cora Belle B. BETTENCOURT Mar. 29 May 27 1906 1981 ************* ROW 3 (stone broken) In Loving Remembrance Of Our Mother Mahala NORTON Died Nov. 10, 1907 Age 77 Years *********** 2 possible graves with no markers *********** (One small tombstone by itself) Infant Of Mr. & Mrs. H.N. OSBORNE *********** (Inside fenced area) John Thomas NORTON May 18, 1853 May 29, 1910 John L. NORTON Cpl US Navy WWI Nov. 8, 1890 April 16, 1963 *************** Grave with headstone knocked over face down *************** ROW 4 In Memory of The Infant Son Of C.M. & K.H. Taylor *************** In Heaven A.M. FINCHER Born Nov. 29,1858 Died July 26, 1884 ************** Stuart Irvin ARMSTRONG March 7, 1911 March 12, 1911 Francis E. ARMSTRONG 1875 1926 Edith W. ARMSTRONG 1877 1970 Louis O. PENDELTON June 21, 1921 July 7, 1977 "All Who Knew Him Loved Him" Ethel L. PENDLETON Oct. 12, 1886 Apr. 27, 1984 "Her Love Was For Everyone" Wm. Albert PENDLETON Oct. 3, 1881-Oct. 25, 1959 "Albert’s Life Has Been Like A Good Watch; Open Face, Busy Hands, Pure Gold, Well Regulated, And Full Of Good Works" Barbara H. DAVIS Mar. 3, 1912 Virginia M. ARMSTRONG Oct. 13, 1920 June 6, 1994 Wife Of James Buried With Family In Pennville, Ind. Near Birth Place James B. ARMSTRONG Oct. 23, 1920 Nellie P. ARMSTRONG Aug. 12, 1879 Apr. 19, 1982 "Asleep In Heaven" James PENDLETON Son of J.R. & Nellie Armstrong Aug. 7-11, 1916 Stuart Irvin ARMSTRONG March 7, 1911 March 12, 1911 Francis E. ARMSTRONG 1875 1926 Edith W. ARMSTRONG 1877 1970 ************* ROW 5 Unmarked grave Nellie HORNBECK Sept. 18, 1875 Oct. 6, 1951 Herman Julius July 11, 1866 March 1, 1958 Nellie Jane GAERTNER Apr. 15, 1915 July 31, 1998 Large headstone -- GAERTNER ************* Miss Mary Ann HORNBECK Died Jan. 22, 1940 Gertrude W. HORNBECK Feb. 28, 1851 Dec. 14, 1929 Mother Lorenzo D. HORNBACK May 30, 1845 Sept. 18,1911 Father ************ Freeman Patrick JOHNSTON Oct. 13, 1853 - Aug. 3, 1911 Sallie JOHNSTON 1847-1920 Ella West JOHNSTON June 9, 1855 June 6, 1942 Mary Will JOHNSTON Eleanor Stafford JOHNSTON 1874-1958 Eleanor Stafford JOHNSTON 1874-1958 Max L. JOHNSTON Sr. 1881-1927 Eleanor Johnston FERGUSON Aug. 3, 1916 July 4, 1978 ***************** ROW 6 Elizabeth C. Dau. of T.O. & Allie ESTES Apr. 18, 1909 Oct. 16, 1914 "1 sunbeam from his world has vanished" Thomas O. ESTES Sept. 1, 1873 May 10, 1916 "He that over cometh shall inherit all things" Allie Langford ESTES Mar. 25, 1878 Oct. 7, 1965 "And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior" (Lamb on top of stone) Clara Bell WHITE Feb. 9, 1898 Died Sept. 26, 1904 "Budded on earth to bloom in heaven" ********** William O. VAN VORST Nov. 13, 1831 - Jan. 9, 1911 Sarah VAN VORST March 17, 1845 January 23, 1929 (Stone faces west while other stones face south, a few north) Mary MELTON February 26, 1852 January 10, 1931 ROW 7 Large stone -- BRANYON Kate P. Calvin S. 1852-1932 1859-1936 (facing north) In Memory Of Rosanah E. BRANYON Born July 4, 1824 Died Feb. 21, 1907 "She sleeps but her memory lingers still" BRANYON Fannie BRANYON 1864-1951 R.E.B. ************ ROW 8 Sarah Cornelia LOVEJOY Dec. 19, 1843 Jan. 2, 1913 Rev. Anderson Ray LOVEJOY Aug. 12, 1819 June 23, 1903 Mary A. Wife Of A.R. LOVEJOY June 22, 1824 Dec. 15, 1890 Charles Henry LOVEJOY July 6, 1866 March 27, 1886 (facing norh) In Memory of Laura Imogene LOVEJOY born Aug. 25, 1857 died April 18, 1896 "Thy life was beauty, truth, goodness, and love" ************ ROW 9 Ed L. SUTTON June 12, 1864 June 17, 1951 (facing north) In Memory Of Fannie Saye Wife Of Ed L. SUTTON July 7, 1866 Died June 11, 1900 "She did what she could" SUTTON Jackie Bush Wife of Ed L. SUTTON Sept 10, 1864 Oct 31, 1934 Mother SUTTON Harold Lee Jr. June Moore Mar. 14, 1920 June 12, 1919 Nov. 21, 1995 Hazel SUTTON Oct. 17, 1894 Dec. 2, 1985 Drusilla Rhodes Wife of D C SUTTON April 20, 1840 June 1, 1919 Harold Lee SUTTON Sr. Nov 12, 1892 Sept 27, 1973 Sallie Reese SUTTON Aug 26, 1893 Dec. 26, 1964 Kinne Reese SUTTON Sr July 21, 1927 Feb 12, 1972 ************ Carrie Simmons THEBAUT 1867 - 1907 Mother Edith T. WESTMORELAND Jan. 18, 1881 June 28, 1924 Charles Ellwood THEBAUT July 23, 1885 Mar. 4, 1957 Pauline Clarkson THEBAUT 1918 - 1919 Clem Anderson JOLLY 1901 - 1918 Clem JOLLY 1876 - 1963 Addie Anderson JOLLY 1875 - 1956 William J. THEBAUT Aug. 10, 1854 Feb. 26, 1940 Horace A. JOLLY 1905 - 1969 *********** ROW 10 (large stone with printing on both sides) (facing south) (facing north) Come Ye Blessed He was the sunshine of G R TUCKER our home and is gone Born but not forgotten Sept 30, 1884 erected by Died R.C. & L.A.V. Tucker Sept. 4, 1904 Leaves wife and two children TUCKER Mrs. Lou. Ann TUCKER Born Nov. 17, 1864 Died June 7, 1906 At Rest FORD Son Clifford FORD Dec. 1897 Nov. 1904 Son Edwin FORD Aug 1899 Aug 1911 Anne F. BODENHAMER Mar. 27, 1914 June 26, 1991 Annie H. FORD Nov. 15, 1872 Nov. 26, 1956 Augustus C. FORD July 2, 1865 Dec. 29, 1919 Infant Daughter Aug 1912 ************ ROW 11 large unmarked plot Charles N. WARDLOW Died 1913 (at foot of Wardlow grave) Delora Louis Dec. 21, 1922 July 23, 1924 Our Darling Robert W. WARDLOW son of Mr. & Mrs. C (or G) R. WARDLOW Born Sept. 1, 1914 Died June 18, 1916 ************** (stone broken -- Eastern Star insignia) Fannie B. STARLING Sept. 6, 1885 Dec. 1, 1921 Was married Dec. 28th 1903 Courts of O. C. "She was the sun shine of our home" Dink J. DICKERSON Born July 1852 Died Sept. 22, 1904 "Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the council of the godly His leaf also shall not wither" ************* ROW 12 Larry SINGLETON June 20, 1894 Jan. 9, 1967 (duplicate stone at foot with same inscription plus the word Brother) Father Franklin Pierce SINGLETON Jan. 16, 1857 Sept. 3, 1934 Mother Hattie Mcclain SINGLETON Nov. 11, 1861 Jan. 1, 1952 Daughter Ida T. SINGLETON Aug. 26, 1899 Sept. 16, 1899 (Duplicate stone at foot) Large stone -- CHASE Father Charles Hoyt CHASE July 17, 1892 Apr. 28, 1968 Mother Ruth Singleton CHASE Sept. 26, 1892 Feb. 5, 1975 ************* John Bryce MORRIS 1897 - 1914 Daniel Eugene MORRIS 1889 - 1906 (large stone) MORRIS Charles A. Eula J. 1864 - 1936 1869 - 1948 ************* ROW 13 Charles Allen GOUGE Born May 22, 1860 Died Aug. 30, 1916 Gone to rest Margaret G. GERALD Oct. 19, 1900 June 19, 1982 Eunice Swygert GOUGE Went Back to God Easter Morning April 9, 1939 ************* grave with a blank stone ************* large empty plot about 20’ x 20’ ************* Louise WINBUSH Sept. 19, 1881 Jan. 27, 1915 "A tender mother and a faithful friend Fredonie PORTER June 27, 1944 (facing north) James PORTER Jan. 30, 1933 (facing east) Louise H. PORTER March 10, 1934 ************ ROW 14 Bertha L. HOSKINS 1865 - 1940 Preserved B. HOSKINS July 23, 1833 Annie J. His Wife Dec. 2, 1838 May 21, 1838 Interred at Hartford, Conn. ************ (large stone with columns and a draped urn at top) E. ASKEW Mary M. July 26, 1847 ASKEW Aug. 28,1917 Oct. 1, 1849 Mar. 2, 1941 "Thou art gone from of world of care The bliss of Heaven to share" Large stone -- LANE Harold A. LANE Georgia Tec5 US Army World War II Aug. 24, 1917 June 14, 1971 Clifford E. LANE Aug. 5, 1881 Dec. 4, 1918 Maude A. LANE Feb. 18, 1884 Oct. 3, 1940 Carlton E. LANE Jan. 7, 1909 Oct. 23, 1955 Helen Lane WALTON May 8, 1915 *********** ROW 15 R.W. ROSS Jan. 5, 1881 Jan. 1, 1983 Bertha Kilgore Ross FORRESTER Feb. 8, 1884 Oct. 16, 1975 Wm. E. KILGORE Born Aug. 6, 1870 Died Jan. 29, 1912 "He was beloved by God and man" KILGORE ********** Willie M. SHAW May 25, 1881 Apr. 18, 1916 "Gone but not forgotten" Robert SHAW 1879 - 1948 ********** ROW 16 OUR BELOVED ONES Mattie M. (blank) Wife of C. L. WANSLEY Mar. 26, 1851 Feb. 5, 1912 "A tender mother and a faithful friend" WANSLEY Mathew ********** Frank AUSTIN 1928 - 1940 Beulah LESTER 1920 - 1949 "She is just away (This section faces north) Infant of Mr. & Mrs. John THOMAS Dec. 31, 1947 blank stone ************** ROW 17 large stone -- BEAUCHAMP Clara M. BEAUCHAMP Sept. 1, 1923 - Aug. 27, 1925 Christ’s Little One Arthur A. BEAUCHAMP Georgia PFC Co D 303 Supply Tn QMC World War II Feb. 10, 1894 Aug. 27, 1953 Willie B. Bennett BEAUCHAMP Aug. 1, 1900 Nov. 28, 1989 ************* Milhouse RANDALL Georgia Cook 3 CL US NR September 30, 1914 January 1, 1946 (hand carved) COX Mrs. Lizzie Randall July 17, 1952 (small 53 down in right hand corner) (hand carved) Ap. 1950 COX Mr. Robert Gilbert ( small 75 in lower right hand corner) (facing opposite direction from others) Lizzie G. RANDALL 1881 - 1953 *********** ROW 18 Large stone -- ARMISTEAD Vannie Lee Armistead WILLIAMS Apr 22, 1895 May 29, 1951 S. Dewey ARMISTEAD Mar. 28, 1898 June 21, 1964 J.J. ARMISTEAD May 18, 1861 Mar. 7, 1933 Mrs. J.J. ARMISTEAD Jan. 25, 1873 Oct. 12, 1896 *************** ROW 19 John T. Alice A. Feb. 9, 1867 Nov. 25, 1865 Jan. 29, 1945 19 ALLEN ************** (facing north) Harry L. ALLEN Sept. 15, 1918 June 5, 1937 "Prepare to meet me in Heaven father into thy hands I commend my soul" Annie M. ALLEN May 1, 1888 May 3, 1960 "Until we meet again" Connie M. ALLEN Sept. 15, 1895 Dec. 1, 1974 Mother (on footstone) Loose tombstone with no home Mattie FLEMING born Aug. 8, 1861 died Jan. 28, 1908 One name missing from current transcription that was on original done in 1931: Joe Rogers May 14, 1862 - April 1, 1907 ==================================================================== 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 may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary West WDMWEST@aol.com ====================================================================