DODGE COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES BOWERS ***************** 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: Larry Childs http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00014.html#0003325 Bowers Cemetery The Bowers Cemetery is located in Empire Georgia about three miles outside Cochran towards Chester Ga. It is easy to find and located on Bowers Cemetery Road just follow the signs. This survey was started towards the end about 100 feet from where it starts at the church. The Bowers Cemetery has about 2000 burials based on an estimated guess. The survey contains about 35% of the cemetery, most recorded below are the oldest ones. The first section recorded is complete. Memory lane the second section is about 50% complete. I have transcribed about 900 Burials. More be added to this list. We encourage additions or corrections. Please contact the site Coordinator or Larry Childs. William Thomas Hamrick May 06, 1854 born Pike County GA - December 05, 1920 Georgia Cox Wife of William Thomas Hamrick April 12, 1861 Pike County Ga. - August 14, 1951 Henry T. Hamrick Jan. 11, 1882 Aug. 10, 1953 Octavia Cook Wife of Henry T. Hamrick Feb. 21, 1880 Mar. 31, 1934 Richard James Hamrick February 13, 1901 born Pike County GA. January 29, 1964 Freddie Belle Bollinger Wife of Richard James Hamrick September 02, 1904 - January 21, 1983 Wilbun Roy Hamrick April 20, 1897 -June 21, 1941 Betty Jean Hamrick February 14, 1935 - December 23, 1948 Mae M. Wilcox Wife of Wilbun Roy Hamrick May 22, 1906 - March 11, 1983 Two Unmarked Hamrick Children Margeret Cook 1853 - 1924 Benjamin Aiken Cook 1855 - 1944 John Goody Georgia Pvt. Coast Corps March 5, 1926 Cleveland Coffee Sept. 2, 1842 - Nov. 28, 1892 Wife of Cleveland Mary Francis Coffee - June 27, 1844 - 1918 Nora A. Cook Aug. 14, 1866 - Aug. 29, 1961 Husband of Nora Cook Rufus Nathaniel Lupo - Feb. 26, 1866 - Oct. 30, 1946 Homer Lupo Feb. 18, 1896 - Aug. 29, 1896 Lesle and Essey Lupo Son and Daughter of A.B. and A. B. Lupo May 22, 1899 - Dec. 8, 1899 Seleta Ann Wallace Jan. 14, 1836 - July 31, 1912 Bonnie K. Jump 1901 - 1975 Mary A. McWilliams Oct. 20, 1881 - May 10, 1945 William McWilliams Aug. 7, 1878 - Dec. 4, 1907 Allen McWilliams Feb. 12, 1880 - April 18, 1907 Nancy A. McWilliams April 2, 1830 - Sept. 24, 1909 Mary L. Kimberly June 1, 1860 - Jan. 11, 1935 Infant Son of J. A. and M. E. Kimberly April 20, 1892 - April 21, 1892 Jane A. Kimberly June 17, 1857 - Aug. 24, 1950 Katie Dell Kimberly Wife of J. A. Sauls 1899 - 1922 Linda A. Kimberly 1838 - Sept. 22, 1902 Locus G. Peacock Son of J. and A. N. Peacock April 26, 1904 Oct. 27, 1904 Mother Genie Esther Sapp Jan. 30, 1893 - Oct. 5, 1984 Father Everett W. Sapp Sept. 26, 1904 - Sept 15, 1953 Julia Miller Aug. 14, 1857- Nov. 23, 1923 Martin E. Miller Mar. 4,185 - Feb. 13, 1921 George M. Miller Husband Of Rosa Lee Miller Jan. 4, 1884 - April 5, 1972 Rosa Lee Dodd Wife Of George Miller July 8, 1882- March 20, 1944 Lamar Miller Infant Son of G. M. Miller March 30, 1915 - Jan. 2, 1916 Father James T. Reeves Nov. 4,1858 - July 25, 1932 Mother Ellen Floyd Reeves Dec. 25, 1857 - Sept. 22,1898 Fredrick Eugene Jackson March 24,1872 - May 8, 1927 Fannie L. Ivey Daughter of A. J. and E. A. Ivey March 26 1878 - Oct. 30, 1892 Lillian R. Gore July 3, 1896 - April 25, 1929 Ernest Gore March 25, 1893 - Aug. 8, 1955 Grandmother Laura Sawyer Gore May 1, 1857 - July 17, 1952 Grandfather Milton M. Gore June 8, 1854 - May 12, 1918 James R. Horne Aug. 13, 1905 - May 17, 1972 Willie Mae Horne Mar. 29, 1905 - Feb. 23, 1918 John H. Goody Ga. Pvt. Coast Corps March 5, 1926 Mary Davis Wife of W. F. Davis Aged 42 years` Homer Horne Nov. 13, 1907- Feb. 25,1925 William Horne July 25, 1903 - Dec. 12, 1963 Mattie Horne Sept. 6, 1878 - March 28, 1967 Emma Manning Cook Oct. 17, 1876 - June 6, 1954 Infant of T. B. and M. L. Haynes Thomas Byron Haynes Mar. 21, 1881 - April 29, 1957 Mary Louisa Pierce Haynes Feb. 7, 1880 - Aug. 31, 1957 Emma R. Hodge Nov. 26, 1885 - Dec. 12, 1964 E. T. Hodge Aug. 1, 1874 - Dec. 12, 1938 Nancy Yawn Roland Dec. 20, 1937 Ben Roland April 13, 1929 J. Tucker March 3, 1859 - July 2, 1913 Mary C. Harrison Tucker Nov. 11, 1872 - Dec. 24, 1942 Jim S. Floyd Aug. 26, 1903 - March 25, 1970 Ruby L. Floyd Sept. 16, 1911 - March 19, 1992 Carol Ann Davis July 5, 1936 - Dec. 11, 1993 James Marshall Floyd U. S. Navy Vietnam Dec. 28, 1947- Sept.6, 1994 Augustes J. Ivey Born Jan. 4, 1842 Evie A. Ivey Born Nov. 7, 1853 - March 6, 1914 F. A. Harrison June 7, 1854 - April 31, 1901 Emma . Bowers Aug. 14, 1873 - May 8, 1894 Bessie Bowers Jan. 3, 1886 - Sept. 25, 1886 Eliza Holcomb Mar. 1, 1840 - Sept. 12,1906 Margaret S. Peacock May 12, 1856 - Sept. 28, 1919 Wiley Paul 1863 - 1901 Polly H. Paul 1873 - 1938 Marion Cecil Kimberly April 19, 1913 - Sept. 14, 1916 Robert Davis W.W.I. Aug. 29, 1892 - July 17, 1952 Marlin Lloyd Sept. 23, 1910 - Nov. 26, 1926 Serena Kimberly Friddell Dec. 3, 1850 - Sept. 13, 1935 Zona H. Kimberly July 24, 1901 - Feb. 6, 1996 Jim Kimberly June 2, 1899 - Jan. 4, 1982 Dandy J. Kimberly Sept. 24, 1880 - July 22, 1968 Alice D. Kimberly Feb. 23, 1886 - Dec. 15, 1957 Mary A, Davis Wife of W, F, Davis Aug. 9, 19?? - Aged 42 years Comar Peacock Nov. 5, 1880 March 20, 1097 Joseph W. Parks Husband of Mary Park July 10, 1827 - Oct. 29, 1910 Francis Parks Etheridge 1871 - 1948 C. O. Ethridge May 5, 1874 - April 24, 1927 Charles W. Kimberly Dec. 28, 1855 - July 10, 1923 Rebecca Kimberly Aug. 4, 1858 - May 28, 1923 Ery V. Ethridge Feb. 15, 1904 - July 16, 1926 Lina Bailey ??? 20, 1869 - March 17, 1919 J. W, Parks Aug. 12, 1865 - March 24, 1898 Ola Bowers Wife of J. A. Bowers Mar. 1, 1880 - Mar 15, 1912 Jessie M. Bowers Feb. 23, 1887 - Dec. 23, 1952 Pvt. W.W.WI Roxie Bowers June 19, 1850 - Dec17, 1910 Susan Davis Wife of G. W. Floyd Oct. 15,1858- Nov. 26, 1944 Elder G. W. Davis Jan. 1854- Aug. 30, 1923 Nancy F. Woods Giddens Aug. 18, 1888 - Sept. 22, 1951 Eva Mildred Woods Giddens Holder July 22, 1912 - April 5, 1990 Ben Harrell Oct. 16, 1867 - Oct. 9, 1944 Ava Sander Floyd April 14, 1884 - Oct. 19, 1967 James W. Floyd Mar. 12, 1882 - Dec. 1, 1967 Missie Lavora Harrell Jan. 30, 1896 - Jan. 29, 1952 Andrew E. Musgrove Oct. 20, 1840 - Jan 8, 1925 Pvt. Co. D Ga. C. S.A. Hattie A. E. Lord July 26, 1880 - Jan. 20, 1948 W. Frank Lord Oct. 26, 1855 - March 15, 1928 Fannie Braynt Feb. 1869 - 1922 Joe Bryant Feb. 1859 - 1030 Henry Troup Williams Jan. 14, 1888 - May 7, 1940 Lillian H. Floyd Dec. 10, 1904 - Mar 22, 1988 James W. Floyd Mar. 12,1882 - Dec. 1,1967 Baby Brown A. D. Brown Husband of Mattie McLeod Pate Brown 1915 - 1929 Mattie B. Stewart Nov. 18, 1879 - Dec. 18, 1954 Mattie McDaniel Mar. 22, 1890 - Nov, 10, 1918 Wester M Daniel Jan. 2, 1820 - Mar. 1827 Johnnie E. Hall Aug. 18, 1898 - July 15, 1920 Mary Ann Hall Aug. 30, 1878 - Dec. 26, 1950 James Fred Floyd Aug. 29, 1900 - Aug. 29, 1980 W. W. McDaniel Dec. 23, 1881 - July 2, 1918 George Mc Nutt Williams April 6, 1889 - July 2, 1918 James M. Hall Feb. 19, 1871 - Dec. 25, 1946 Alice M. Pace Oct. 25, 1886 - Feb. 12, 1917 Alice C. Pace Sept. 25, 1886 - Sept. 24, 1971 Alice Terrell Pace Aug. 15, 1913 - Jan. 26, 1993 Ernest Kimberly May 1, 1906 - Sept. 9, 1949 Joe Cora Kimberly Sept. 7, 1868 - June 9, 1955 Robert H. Groves Nov. 13, 1931 - Sept. 13, 1989 Robert S. Kimberly Sept. 7, 1867 - April 21, 1949 Sarah Branan Ethridge Nov. 20, 1852 - Jan, 3, 1912 Peyton Taylor Etheridge Jan. 3, 1847 - Dec. 20, 1928 Jessie Lee Leslie Sept. 15, 1888 - May 6, 1917 Ethel K. Harper May 1, 1906 - Dec. 30, 1974 Annie Bell K. Garrett Jan. 9. 1890 - April 3, 1974 J. Roquemore Kimberly April 26, 1908 - Aug. 26, 1977 Cora Jane Kimberly Nov. 27, 1909 - March 3, 1989 Emma Dillard Kimberly 1st wife Of Reuben Lunsford Born April 16, 1854 - Aug. 31, 1892 Reuben E. Lunsford March 25, 1852 - May 25, 1926 Rachel Hartley Lunsford 2nd wife of Reuben Lunsford Born Feb. 14, 1870 - May 4, 1929 Leslie E. Knight March 31, 1932 - Aug. 15, 1994 Mr. Cane Scratched on a cement cross Gussie Leslie Knight Sept. 6, 1916 - April 5, 2003 Nellie A. Kirpatrick Slocumb Wife of Melviney Slocumb Melviney Slocumb Mar. 1,1851- Aug. 1,1924 Samuel Ely Cross July 3, 1907- Oct.9, 1972 James W. Cross June 29, 1869 - June 30, 1936 Edgar Fordham Jan. 12, 1898 - Feb. 3, 1971 Evie Coody Wife of Edgar Fordham Feb. 24, 1895 - Dec. 9, 1977 William H. Bailey May 24, 1869 - Aug. 23, 1930 Effie T. Bailey Mar. 21, 1874 - Mar 31, 1953 William H. H. Bailey Co. A.49Ga. Inf. C. S. A. Minza L. Bailey 1867 - 1944 Infant Daughter of Ruth Pipkin Ruth Pipkin Oct. 1899 - Mar. 1936 Herman Pipkin Dec. 27, 1928 - June 26, 1997 Baby Thompson Mrs. John T,Coody John Thomas Coody Mary B. Holland 1874 - 1954 Emma Stucky Cross April 4, 1875 Baby Boy Holland Queenie Holland 1916 - 1924 Emma H.Braswell 1894 - 1947 Cobnel J. Holland 1905 - 1941 M. Monroe Holland 1872 - 1956 Eueline Pipkin May 17, 1931 - Jan. 19, 1999 Horace Williams Son of W.W. and Ida White Auj.31, 1910 - Dec. 27, 1917 Lila Raffield Mar. 16, 1907 - Feb. 5, 1983 Edna Raffield Haynes Feb. 10, 1933 - Oct. 14,1981 Infant Son of David and Grace Smaith Dec. 27, 1938 Hattie V. Tripp June 7, 1879 - Mar 11, 1954 J. J. Tripp Mar. 23, 1875 - Dec. 3, 1925 James Buck Hinson Mar. 2,1915 - Sept. 22, 1918 Mattie Braswell Hinson July 10, 1878 - Dec. 26, 1978 James Robert Hinson Dec. 10, 1878 - Oct. 30, 1967 Carlos D. Mullis April 28, 1901 - Jan. 17, 1973 Lillie Hobbs Jan. 23, 1876 - Mar. 1951 Lila V. Hobbs June 16, 1853 - July 22, 1943 William Hobbs Dec. 4, 1853 Sept. 18, 1923 James Hobbs Aug. 13, 1899 - May 25, 1968 Minnie Elrs Hobbs April 29, 1830 - Nov. 13,1918 Johnnie Hobbs April 1, 1913 - Aug. 18, 1988 May Sawyer Wife of B. Sawyer Born Oct. 6, 1898 - May 1, 1916 Wilbur A. Sawyer Jan. 3, 1917 - Jan. 26, 1974 Bertie D. Sawyer Mar. 11,1894 - Dec. 114, 1918 Jewell D. Sawyer Born April 21, 1917 John Thomson Yawn April 17, 1866 - April 18, 1919 Joe B. Yawn Oct. 13, 1919 - June 13, 1969 Wayne Edwin Helms Jan. 24, 1943 - April 30, 1970 Vietnam Sellie C. Harrison Dec. 28, 1874 - Nov. 1, 1961 Lena Mae Harrison Dec. 23, 1890 - July 2, 1971 Louise Harrison Davis Dec. 12,1920 - Jan. 24, 1974 William Davis May 30, 1919 - Oct 4, 1975 Hayford Vance Kimberly Feb. 23, 1909 - Nov. 7, 1023 Pearl C. Kimberly Feb. 24, 1889 - Aug. 23, 1940 Silas R. Kimberly July 18, 1997 - June 25, 1937 Theo Eddy Kimberly Mar. 30, 1918 - Dec. 17, 1918 Nora Spinks Norris Aug. 8, 1910 - Sept. 13, 1974 James Spinks 1846 - 1922 Baby Spinks Finnie Spinks 1882 - 1943 Curtis Batts Nov. 27, 1870 - May 30 Not readable James L. Batts July 8, 1923 -Aug. 31,1956 Billy William Batts Sept. 18, 1943 - Nov. 13,1988 Mary Emma Batts Dec. 4, 1872 - July 3, 1931 Johnny W. Raffield Oct. 11,1904 - Mar 31, 1973 Mary Ella Dye Dec. 17, 1882 - Dec. 8, 1918 Abrey Wright Feb. 20, 1935 - June 19, 194? Denis Wright Lucas Nov. 17, 1959 - June 17, 1987 James R. Horne Aug. - 1905 - May 17, 1972 Willie Mae Horne Wife of James Horne Born Mar. 22, 1905 - Feb. 23, 1976 Ellen Floyd Reeves Dec. 25, 1857 - Sept. 22, 1898 James T. Reeves Nov. 4, 1885 - July 25, 1932 Milton D. Hobby Aug. 25,1908 - Feb. 16, 1967 Katie Moorn July 1, 1892 - July 3, 1892 Daughter of R. T. and S. J. Moorn Olia Guy Moorn May 3, 1890 - Sept. 13, 1893 Milton S. Gore Dec. 20, 1934 - Aug. 7, 2000 Peggy Gore Pace June 16, 1940 - July 5, 1994 Troy Gore Jan. 20, 1896 - April 1, 1943 Peal K. Gore Aug. 13, 1899 - Dec. 8, 1983 Lott O’Dell Batts July 5, 1900 - Mar.22, 1955 Fannie Simmons Batts May 5, 1901 - Oct. 3, 1987 B. C. Hosford July 7, 1907 - Dec. 14, 1948 Thrisa Hosford Mar. 24, 1920 Elizabeth Purser Haynes Dec. 3, 1891 - May 27, 1975 Robert Elmer Haynes Nov. 2, 1892 - June 26, 1926 James Howard Haynes April 19, 1926 - June 9, 1951 Jim W. Haynes 1860 - 1920 James E. Haynes 1894 - 1939 Susan M. Haynes 1860 - 1928 Mattie Horne Sept. 6, 1878 - Mar. 28, 1967 Homer Horne Nov. 13, 1907 - Feb. 25, 1925 William Horne July 25, 1903 - Dec. 12, 1963 A. Jackson Fordham Sept. 13, 1865 - Dec. 16, 1935 Delia B. Fordham April 4, 1862 - Sept. 28, 1934 Lourie E. Knight May 30, 1904 - May 1, 1955 Fred Knight Sept. 25, 1911 - July 26, 1948 Travis Knight Sept. 11, 1905 - April 11, 1939 Pearl L. Musick Feb. 3,1909 - Dec.1, 1975 Robert David Higgins June 18, 1876 - Dec. 27,1952 Annie Viola Higgins Oct. 6,1877 - Feb. 27, 1922 Thomas Hubert Higgins Oct. 31, 1901 - Sept. 28, 1920 Sam Knight 1917 - 1979 W.W. II Bryant W. Higgins May 4, 1919 Jan. 5, 1978 W.W.II Fred David Knight Feb. 27, 1909 - Jan 18, 1956 James Howard Haynes April 19, 1926 - June 9, 1981 Elizabeth Purser Haynes Dec. 3, 1891 - May 27, 1975 Robert Elmer Knight Nov. 2, 1892 - June 26, 1926 Jim H. Haynes 1860- 1920 Susan M. Haynes 1860 - 1928 James E. Haynes 1894 - 1939 Pearl P. Knight 1885 - 1974 Annie M. Purser Mar. 16, 1859 - May 12, 1929 Mary M. Knight Nov. 14, 1910 - May 18, 1986 Minnie Lee Lytle Dec. 25, 1892 - June 21, 1942 Charles Carter Martin April 23,1918 - Dec. 11, 1981 Infant son of Henry and Cherrie Pierce Died Feb, 7, 1906 John Alry Lytle Jan. 12,1905 - March 14, 1937 Mary L.Hodge June 25, 1901- Nov. 18, 1901 Emma R. Hodge Nov. 26, 1885 - Dec. 12, 1954 Gussie Lee Jones Jan. 13, 1908 - Mar. 11, 1911 E. T. Lish Hodge Aug. 1, 1874 - Dec. 12, 1938 Lois Jeanett Jones Nov. 3, 1918 - Oct. 25, 1945 Emma H. Braswell 1894 - 1947 Gladys J. Muller Sept. 15, 1920 - Feb. 21, 1961 Colonel J. Holland 1905 - 1941 James K. Jones May 5, 1880 - Dec. 16, 1950 Mollie L. Jones Jan. 5, 1884 - Aug. 4, 1978 Peyton Taylor Ethridge Jan. 3, 1847 - Dec. 20, 1928 Gussie Leslie Knight Married Oct. 9, 1931 to Millard Knight Born Sept. 6, 1916 - April 5, 2003 Leslie E. Knight Mar. 31, 1932 - April 15, 1994 Ruby L. Hosford June 4, 1915 - Dec. 27, 1936 Mamie L Hosford April 28, 1895 - Jan. 20, 1918 John F. Hosford 1887 - 1950 Mathew Hosford Nov. 9, 1921 = Aug. 19, 1986 W. W. II Ottice J. E. Fordham Oct. 11, 1909 - Nov. 25, 1929 Harrison Hosford Mar. 26, 1913 - June 15, 1968 William Bill Hosford Dec. 5, 1894 - Nov. 11, 1949 Jaque Hosford June 21, 1894 - Sept. 21, 1949 Susie Knight May 1933 Annie Grace Cannon April 5, 1931 - Jan. 1, 1991 Ovin Gay July 27, 1919 - Nov. 23, 1938 Effie Lou Hosford June 19, 1889 - July 24, 1969 Sarah Branan Ethridge Nov. 20, 1852 - Jan. 3, 1922 Lucious Knight Sept. 9, 1899 - Nov. 13, 1974 Mary Jane E. Fouts Mother of Bessie Tripp Feb. 14, 1859 - Aug. 1, 1926 Bessie A. Tripp 1884 - 1951 Joseph H. Tripp 1878 - 1949 Charlie J. Tripp Mar. 6, 1919 - Sept. 10, 1947 Quitman Tripp Nov. 1893 - April 12, 1931 Miss Johnnie Tripp Sept. 4, 1910 - Nov. 13, 1982 Eugene Alexander Pierce May 9, 1908 - Nov. 29, 1916 Emmus Everett Pierce Oct. 21, 1913 - June 12, 1914 Henry A. Pierce Feb. 7, 1887 - Sept. 14,1952 Cherrie P. Pierce July 27, 1885 - Oct. 31, 1955 Marie E. Horne Oct. 18, 1921 - May 26, 198 Harrett Kilchriss Died Dec. 19, 1934 Jessie Lee Leslie Sept. 15, 1888 - May 6, 1917 Susie Lytle Jan. 22, 1831 - Nov. 10, 1905 Pauline Darsey 1942 - 1995 Emma Manning Cook Oct. 17, 1876 - June 6, 1954 Martha H. Roland 1877 - 1935 Lawrence Red Knight Dec. 7, 1928 - Oct. 28, 1994 Charlie C. Martin Oct. 30, 1882 - Dec. 16, 1953 Mary F, McPhall Pierce Jan. 21, 1862 - July 30, 1943 Elizabeth Hartfield Bryan Aug. 9, 1917 - Nov. 28, 1945 Annie Maud Hatfield Dec. 6, 1914 - Aug. 10, 1917 John Luther Sellars 1888 - 1921 Appie Holder Hatfield May 15, 1892 - Feb.18, 1950 Rufus W. Hatfield Nov. 10, 1886 - Oct. 3, 1950 Effie Hatfield Aug. 24, 1891 - Dec. 24,1971 William Henry Pierce July 31, 1855 - May 24, 1930 Charlie Walter Hatfield Dec. 5, 1882 - April 20, 1929 Willie Inez Pierce May 10, 1903 - Mar. 12, 1986 Albert Knight Mar. 27, 1907 - Dec. 5, 1971 Mrs. C.C. Martin April 14, 1886 - Jan. 27, 1932 Robert David Higgins June 18, 1876 - Dec. 27, 1952 P. W. Lytle 1859 - 1935 Dozier Lytle Wife of F. L. Corley Oct. 3, 1889 - June 27, 1915 Lydia Mae Pierce Daughter of W. H. Pierce Jan. 24, 1899 - Oct. 2, 1910 Francis M. Martin May 20, 1858 - May 8, 1947 John Thomas Martin April 14, 1884 -Jan. 5, 1909 John Thomas Martin Aug. 2, 1859 - Jan . 27, 1930 Ella Lee Martin Wife of R. G. Lytle Mar.9, 1865 - April 11, 1920 Thomas T. Lytle April 21, 1886 - Oct. 7, 1970 Susie Lytle Jan. 22, 1831 - Nov. 10, 1905