DEKALB COUNTY, GA - CEMETERY   CLAY FAMILY 

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CLAY FAMILY CEMETERY
DEKALB COUNTY, GA.


This cemetery is on Clay St off Memorial Dr almost in
downtown Atlanta. It's in the middle of a residential
area and is very overgrown and neglected. The stones
are in bad shape and weeds are enormous.

The transcription begins at the front of the cemetery
and goes from left to right.

Row A:

Father					(broken - flat on ground)
(Masonic symbol)			Annie Lou CLAY
May 4, 1861				wife of
Sept 20, 1928				Ernest Howard
					Jan 19, 1896
					Sept 23, 1921
Mother
Jennie
Hammond
wife of
John W. CLAY
Jan 10, 1862
Apr 20, 1920
She has done what she
could

Row B:

double marker - broken
Mother			    Son
Claudia Elise WOOD     Earnest Howard WOOD
Born Aug 8, 1891           Born & Died Jan 1 1915
Died Jan 3, 1915

Row C:

Little Powell				 (broken)
Wesley CLAY				Jesse L. DUNN
Born					Died Dec 20, 1901
July 11, 1891				Age 50 years
Died
June 26, 1892				(unreadable - broken face down)

(6 foot cross on top)				Carl Thomas ORR
Maggie Belle					Feb 24, 1906
Wife of					Apr 11, 1928
J A FELTON				
Born
Sept 5, 1887
Died
Jan 24, 1915

Row D:

Lila Lee MARSTON				MARSTON
Born Sept 24, 1904				Oct 26, 1900
Died May 29, 1905				July 27, 1907
(only stone facing east)

(broken)					Gertie
Margaret Hammond				Daughter of
Wife of					J L & M DUNN
Jesse L DUNN				June 8, 1879
Feb 27, 1854					Jan 3, 1899
Aug 6, 1921

(broken)					Tom HAMMOND
Ruth						Born ____ 1873
Dau of 					Age 21 years
D O & Dora
DUNN

Row E:

Florina						Nancy
CLAY						Wife of
Nov 24, 1878					Cleveland CLAY
Mar 16, 1879					Born Apr 8, 1842
						Died May 7, 1903
In Memory 
Of						Matilda
Ester						HAMMOND
HAMMOND					Age 37 yrs





Sadie						(broken - flat on ground)
HAMMOND					Annie HAMMOND
Born						Born
July 6, 1897					June 18, 1831				
Died						Died
Dec 25, 1900					May 18, 1908


Row F:

(broken - flat)					Alex CLAY
Cleveland CLAY				Oct 9, 1884
Born						July 23, 1886
Jan 9, 1836
Died	
Apr 28, 1909					

Talmadge					field stone
CLAY		
July 4,
1899						Ruth
						HAMMOND
						Born
						May 15, 1901
						Died
						Aug 16, 1916
Row G:

Arthur						Florid B.
CLAY						CLAY
Oct 9						Aug 22
1883						1888
						July 15
						1890
Row H:

John F						Sallie T
HAMMOND					HAMMOND
Born						Born
Mar 26, 1854					Sept 26, 1873
Died						Died
Feb 21, 1919					Feb 8, 1925

sinkhold - possible grave
                                                 transcribed 2002 by Dave & Mary West