Centerville Cemetery Inscriptions Early County, GA

Centerville Cemetery
Location: Centerville, Early County, Georgia adjacent to the Methodist 
Church at the intersection of Damascus-Hilton Road and Three Notch Road.
Transcribed October 28, 1999 by Duane E. Eggleston

Versie Barfield
     Grandma
     Mar. 19, 1835
     Oct. 20, 1921

Chambers
     Hope
J.H. (Jim) Chambers
     Nov. 27, 1872
     May 1, 1917
Emma W. Chambers
     Nov. 23, 1880
     May 7, 1973

Jennie Chandler
     Mar. 17, 1865
     Dec. 16, 1931
     In memoriam supreme forest woodmen circle
     She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother and a friend 
     to all

Joseph S. Chandler
     Apr. 27, 1857
     Apr. 6, 1945

Chandler
     (back) Daughter of     Son of
     Emma Wiley             Annie Gregory
     Jim Chambers           Sam Chandler
     (front) Father
     Mother
Sam Ray Chandler
     Oct. 16, 1912
     Nov. 25, 1998
Letha C. Chandler
     Feb. 8, 1913
     May 5, 1996

Alma Scarborough Clark
     May 17, 1891
     Mar. 17, 1987

Cunningham
Mayme W.
     Apr. 6, 1904
     May 24, 1995

DuBose
     Together forever
     Married Sept. 29, 1942
C. Cecil
     Mar. 17, 1919
     Feb. 27, 1983

Curtis DuBose
     July 5, 1910
     Dec. 17, 1917

DuBose
     In loving memory
     Married Oct. 12, 1935 (vase)
Cyrus E.
     Nov. 5, 1905
     Feb 16, 1979
Ruth C.
     July 30, 1911
     Dec. 24, 1996

Elizabeth Ellen DuBose
     June 4, 1954
     June 7, 1954

Ella Mae DuBose
     Sept. 15, 1908
     Nov. 26, 1917

Etna Verne DuBose
     January 6, 1910
     January 12, 1998
     "Aunt Verne"

DuBose
Ezekiel A.
     Dec. 22, 1878
     Aug. 27, 1954
Ella K.
     Feb. 1, 1888
     Sept. 30, 1974

Emory DuBose
     Nov. 17, 1937
     Nov. 17, 1937

Gladis Blanche DuBose
     Sept. 7, 1915
     Aug. 14, 1916

Grace O. DuBose
     Nov. 13, 1915
     May - 1916

DuBose
Johnnie C. Wife of W.I. DuBose
     Aug. 15, 1893
     Dec. 20, 1920
     Thy trial ended, thy rest is now.

DuBose
Joseph Sterling, Sr.
     Nov. 3, 1920
     Sept. 28, 1990
Joseph Sterling DuBose Sr
     FLT O US Army Air Corps World War II
     Nov 3 1920
     Sep 28 1990

Robbie L. DuBose
     Aug. 23, 1911
     Nov. - 1914

Robert DuBose
     Apr. 8, 1923
     Jan. 30, 1927

Sarah Alice DuBose
     Oct. 20, 1943
     Nov. 5, 1948

DuBose
Walter Lee
     1882
     1923
Bertie Lee
     1881
     1956

DuBose
William Isaac DuBose
     Jan. 8, 1870
     Dec. 20, 1935
     Living, he made the poor man's heart glad, and at his death the 
     sorrowing ones more sad.

Ottis Enfinger
     Oct. 1, 1935
     June 27, 1992

Enfinger
     Married Mar. 10, 1984
     I love you woman
     I love you too, sweetie
Warren Allen
     Oct. 6, 1949
     May 27, 1999

Annie Bell Farr Wife of Luther A. Strickland
     Oct, 19, 1903
     Jan. 24, 1938

Farris
     Mama
     Daddy
Earnest Farris
     June 1, 1921
     Dec. 9, 1996

Lorain Farris (funeral home marker)
     Dec. 31, 1942

Linnie Leevon Farris (funeral home marker)
     Nov. 21, 1956

Betty Joyce Freeman
     June 19, 1933
     May 19, 1934

Carrie Lee Freeman
     July 2, 1901
     June 13, 1985

Evelyn Freeman
     Jan. 19, 1930
     Jan. 31, 1930

Lucille Freeman
     Jan. 30, 1926
     Feb. 14, 1926

Nesbey O. Freeman
     Jan. 6, 1890
     May 19, 1936

Nesbey Oben Freeman, Jr.
     Jan. 19, 1930
     Apr. 23, 1991

Edward Ray Givens
     May 18, 1931
     Dec. 12, 1948

Luther Oneal Givens
     Jan. 7, 1936
     April 28, 1955

Martha Berry Givens
     Jan. 30, 1909
     April 1960

Carolin Goocher
     Aug. 16, 1923

Cecil Lemar Gowan
     Mar. 12, 1929
     Mar. 17, 1929

Gowan
Charlie
     June 30, 1908
     July 18, 1936
Charlie Wilmer
     C. W.
     April 10, 1929
     March 24, 1988

Colister Gowan
     Sept. 3, 1933
     May 29, 1935

Gowan
J. Richard
     Sept. 3, 1867
     May 24, 1952
     Father
Orilla
     May 5, 1870
     Mar. 23, 1952
     Mother

J. Richard Gowan II
     Nov. 9, 1965
     July 29, 1997
     In loving memory
     A loving father, son, brother, husband
     Gone today, never forgotten
     Now with God at rest in heaven
     Father of
     Justin Michael
     Brittani Diane
     Melissa Elaine

Gowan
     (back) Children
     Judy Knight
     Janice LLoyd
     Jane Worthy
     June Kimbrell
     (front) In loving memory
     Wed Nov. 16, 1947
J. W.
     Apr. 20, 1927
     Feb. 26, 1998
     Husband of Ollie Page Gowan
     Until we meet again

Jacques Richard Gowan
     A simple soldier
     Nov. 11, 1933
     Sept. 25, 1998
Jacques Richard Gowan I
     SP3 US Army Korea Vietnam
     Nov 11 1933
     Sep 25 1998

Gowan
James A.
     Feb. 9, 1930
     Aug. 27, 1991
James A Gowan
     SP3 US Army
     Feb 9 1930
     Aug 27 1991

Gowan
Jim
     Sept. 14, 1895
     May 8, 1975
     Father
Trudie Annie
     Dec. 3, 1898
     Mar. 12, 1961
     Mother

Joseph R. Gowan
     Nov. 25, 1904
     Jan. 6, 1935

Griffin
William R.
     Dec. 25, 1847
     Nov. 25, 1932
Martha A.
     Apr. 5, 1850
     Apr. 7, 1935

Calvin B. Gruber
     Mar. 26, 1854
     Feb. 18, 1918
     He was a kind husband and father

Harper
     Wed Dec. 21, 1939
William L.
     Oct. 4, 1919
     Dec. 28, 1994

Haugli
Nick
     Mar. 6, 1907
     Mar. 4, 1998

Ellie Henderson Wife of B.C.A. Johnson
     Feb. 10, 1844
     Nov. 14, 1939

Beulah D. Houston
     Dec. 20, 1901
     Nov. 7, 1991

H. Herbert Houston
     May 7, 1899
     Jan. 25, 1964

Norman Gray Houston
     Oct. 13, 1924
     Nov. 19, 1935

Samuel O. Houston
     July 16, 1858
     Nov. 19, 1921

Sallie Hutchens
     Mother
     Feb. 4, 1882
     Sept. 17, 1908

Pearl McCalvin Hutchins
     May 16, 1889
     Oct. 3, 1959

William Hutchins
     Apr. 10, 1861
     July 10, 1925

Inf. Dau of Mr. & Mrs. W.L. Harper
     Nov. 24, 1940

Infant Dau. of Ed & S.E. Goocher

Inf. Son of L.J. & J.J. Young
     Dec. 26, 1908

Inf. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Gowan

Infant of Mr.=Mrs. B. Goocher
     Apr. 11, 1927

B. C. A. Johnson
     Nov. 1, 1833
     Mar. 27, 1908
     He was an affectionate husband and a devoted father. Though lost 
     to sight, to memory dear. A link binds us to heaven.

C.B. Johnson
     July 29, 1864
     Apr. 10, 1915
     Twas hard to give thee up, but thy will, o. God be done.

Charles B. Johnson
     July 13, 1916
     Aug. 18, 1957
     Gone so soon

Charlotte Roberts Johnson
     Nov. 4, 1873
     Aug. 9, 1938
     We miss the mother. Thy memory is precious.

Gnewldon Johnson
     Nov. 29, 1919
     Apr. 21, 1998
     Beloved mother

Minnie Mae Johnson
     Born June 18, 1907
     Died Mar. 2, 1911
     From mothers arms to the arms of Jesus

Johnson
S. R. Johnson
     Nov. 29, 1867
     Apr. 17, 1924
     Woodmen of the World Memorial
     Savior lead me
     Leaves wife and two children to mourn their loss. He was a devoted 
     husband and father. His memory is ever dear.

Elvin F. Jones
     Mar. 10, 1878
     Apr. 23, 1923

Seth Henry Justice
     Nov. 11, 1911
     Oct. 28, 1981

William Oats Justice
     Sept. 7, 1930

Billy Byron King
     "Monk"
     Apr. 3, 1924
     Mar. 23, 1991

Fred Doris King
     Aug. 31, 1926
     Nov. 2, 1926

Hilton Lamar King
     Oct. 18, 1920
     Nov. 2, 1920

King
John F. Sr.
     April 8, 1852
     Nov. 23, 1933
Sara Ann
     April 10, 1854
     April 5, 1918

King
John Fred King III
     Sept. 29, 1892
     March 26, 1926
Ida Iola King
     April 8, 1889
     Oct. 8, 1958

Mary Wife of R.O. King
     June 14, 1889
     Sept. 19, 1924
     Come ye blessed

Roy O. King
     Oct. 21, 1879
     Jan. 3, 1963

Rupert Edwin King
     Oct. 3, 1919
     Jan. 31, 1921

Sally Cleo Infant Dau. of Roy & Mary King
     Feb. 1906
     Sept. 1907

Knight
John Wesley knight, Jr.
     "Wes"
     Apr. 23, 1955
     Nov. 5, 1983
     A precious son and loving brother

Knight
John Wesley Knight, Sr.
     Nov. 15, 1923
     July 10, 1996
     Loving husband, father, and grandfather

John E Littlefield Jr
     US Army
     Dec 27 1959
     Aug 30 1979

Dana Marie Knight Norris
     May 5, 1977
     May 4, 1997
     Mommy and daddy love you baby
     Daughter of George Carey and Judy Knight
     Wife of Earnest C. Norris, Jr.
     Mother of Rebecca Carey Norris

George W. Pace
     Apr. 11, 1926
     Mar. 23, 1987
     Beloved father

Emma DuBose Palmer
     Nov. 10, 1876
     Aug. 29, 1944

Jack Payne
     Dec. 7, 1923
     July 26, 1991
     Daddy

Millie Mae Peters
     1890
     1936

James Porter Pounds
     1864
     1918

James W. Rabon
     Georgia PVT US Army World War I
     Dec 4 1887
     Dec 17 1965

John Richard Rabon
     Apr. 17, 1883
     Dec. 25, 1956

     In memory
John Thurman Rabon
     CEM US Navy World War II
     Apr 4 1917
     Mar 26 1946

Margaret W. Rabon
     June 27, 1885
     Oct. 1, 1960

Sally Elizabeth Scarborough
     1883
     1962
     Husband Joseph Strickland

Myron Scarborough
     May 26, 1913
     July 14, 1918
     A fairer bud of promise never bloomed

John J. Scarbrough
     Born & Died Aug. 30, 1909

Luther Aubry Scarbrough
     Aug. 23, 1910
     Aug. 17, 1911

Florrie Sheffield
     July 18, 1904
     March 11, 1951
     Having finished life's duty, she now sweetly rests.

Sheffield
John I.
     July 6, 1882
     Sept. 3, 1952
Louella W.
     Jan. 10, 1885
     Feb. 5, 1958

John Vernon Sheffield
     June 20, 1913
     May 3, 1969

Leatherlou Sheffield
     Mar. 31, 1910
     July 4, 1910

Charles Ralph Smith
     May 13, 1941
     Dec. 12, 1971

Clara Louell Smith
     June 7, 1904
     Jan. 9, 1970

Smith
Johnny Burt (John)
     Sept. 14, 1910
     Dec. 18, 1994
     and his wife
Hilda E. Johnson Daughter of Charles B. & Charlotte R. Johnson
     Mar. 17, 1912
     "With Jesus"

Ralph L. Smith
     Nov. 4, 1898
     July 25, 1986

Thomas Leon Smith
     Aug. 7, 1927
     Nov. 13, 1933

Debbie Strickland
     Feb. 22, 1857
     Jan. 1, 1939
     Mother

Genie M. King Strickland
     Aug. 20, 1903
     Jan. 20, 1992
     Reswt in love and peace

Joseph Oscar Strickland (funeral home marker)
     1884
     1942

Lester L. Strickland
     Apr. 29, 1900
     Oct. 31, 1927

Luther Augusta Strickland
     May 17.1895
     Apr. 8, 1985

W. M. Strickland
     Nov. 8, 1862
     Jan. 6, 1929
     At rest

James Hubert Tyler, Jr.
     April 27, 1971
     So sweet, so small so soon.

Stacey Nicole Tyler
     June 28, 1972
     June 2, 1995
     A little time on Earth she spent, til God for her his angel sent.

Wade
Roy E.
     Dec. 13, 1942
     Sept. 28, 1996
     In heaven there is one angel more.
Roy Emsley Wade
     SGT US Army
     Dec 13 1942
     Sep 28 1996

Weaver
     Mrs. J.N. Edmondson
     Aug. 27, 1886
     Nov. 25, 1913

Weaver
Mary J. Weaver
     Oct. 16, 1848
     Nov. 17, 1913

Wiley
Joseph W.
     Dec. 12, 1923
     May 22, 1937
Virginia B.
     Sept. 2, 1862
     Mar, 23, 1951

Williams
Augustus
     May 20, 1862
     Nov. 14, 1949
Frances Rebecca
     Feb. 14, 1868
     Oct. 6, 1930

Cecil Williams
     1919
     1920
Williams
Idus M.
     1889
     1936
Clara J.
     1885
     1936

Jim Williams
     1892
     1937

Williams
Joe
     Father
     Mar. 30, 1893
     Oct. 13, 1938
Vashtie H. Daniels
     Mother
     Oct. 29, 1904
     Aug. 23, 1992

John Williams

Pearl Williams
     Feb. 19, 1893
     July 13, 1955

Charles F. Wismiller
     Nov. 4, 1893
     Dec. 11, 1987
     CPL US Army WW I

Ethel Lee Pounds Young
     June 27, 1896
     Nov. 29, 1939

     In memory of
Ira Glycen Young
     1919
     1991

Jimmie Young
     Jan. 18, 1911
     Oct. 7, 1912

Max Lavon Young
     June 9, 1930
     Nov. 29, 1939
Shirley Euginia Young
     Feb. 20, 1935
     Nov. 20, 1939

Thomas Ellen Young
     May 16, 1927
     Sept. 15, 1934

William Jackson Young
     May 5, 1888
     Nov. 29, 1939


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