GILMER COUNTY, GA - RIDGEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY – (Complete Survey) Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lawrence H. Wells Wells2000@alltel.net Abstracted By: Lawrence H. Wells – Dalton, Ga. Survey taken: February 24, 2007 Historical information: The original Ridgeway Baptist Church was a log-cabin structure built around 1865. The original church is still standing. The new church was built in 1982. Directions: From the ‘round-a-about’ in Ellijay, Gilmer Co., Georgia bear right on S. Main St. Go 1.1.miles. Turn right on Hwy 282 (Tail’s Creek Rd). Go 11.3 miles. Turn left on Ridgeway Church Rd. Go .04 miles to the church and cemetery. ============================================================================ Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Birth Death Comments ASH Emma Jane 7-1-1919 7-17-1970 ANDERSON R. V. 11-26-1850 4-13-1905 ARNOLD Farris W. 5-19-1920 11-26-1993 s/o Charles & Nora ARNOLD Para Lee Sanford 7-1-1925 3-15-2006 w/o Farris BANKS Martha Jane 1-1-1861 7-18-1934 BANKS Bertha Pankey 1895 1935 BANKS Burt 2-10-1895 7-1-1950 BANKS William B. 8-11-1892 5-5-1982 BANKS Amny A. 7-26-1897 6-1-1986 w/o William BANKS Jane 1852 3-2-1921 w/o Brice BANKS Clifford 4-10-1920 12-25-1922 BARTON Marmon A. 10-14-1893 11-19-1963 BARTON Melvenia "Venie" 9-22-1893 1967 w/o Marmon BARTON Jack 1888 1973 BEARD Donald 8-20-1931 10-10-2003 Cpl US Army Korea BEARD Paralee P. 7-30-1929 6-10-1995 w/o Donald BELL Jackie 4-30-1928 10-19-1964 BISHOP Savannah 8-31-1886 2-5-1897 BLANKENSHIP Alexander 1814 ca 1900 grave unmarked BLANKENSHIP Rebecca Anglin 1817 1922 grave unmarked w/o Alexander BLANKENSHIP Marcus C. 5-1-1856 11-11-1932 grave unmarked BROWN Lizzie Fisher 6-9-1863 7-19-1899 w/o R.H. BROWN Eva 8-1-1894 12-17-1912 d/o J.H.& Mollie BURGESS J. T. 11-12-1858 1-7-1936 BURGESS Joanna 5-1-1860 10-8-1901 w/o J.T. BURGESS Martha 9-1889 6-1892 d/o Mr&Mrs J.T. CHASTAIN William Floyd 5-24-1908 1-12-1994 s/o David & Martha CHASTAIN Pemmie Lou 1899 1947 w/o W.F. CHASTAIN Kenneth C. 1940 1972 CHASTAIN Pemmie C. 1899 1974 CHASTAIN Julis 1910 1977 CHASTAIN Martha 1883 1974 CHASTAIN William Jr. 9-9-1929 9-19-1985 CHASTAIN Ethel Mae 8-7-1929 ------ w/o William CHASTAIN Rhoda Sylvania ------ 1912 unmarked fieldstone CORBIN S. L. 6-13-1868 12-7-1901 w/o T.M. CORBIN Leander 1843-1901 Pvt Co F 60th Ga Inf Regt CSA CORBIN Martha Louisa 9-10-1837 1-6-1917 CORBIN Earl 2-14-1902 8-27-1920 DOCKERY Charlie D. 11-22-1910 9-23-1967 DOCKERY Gladys J. 3-1-1916 10-181971 w/o Charlie MCARTHUR Cleaburn 4-16-1926 ------ MCARTHUR Molean Dotson 5-7-1929 8-7-1993 w/o Cleaburn MCARTHUR Sylina 1965 1965 MCARTHUR David Lee 7-31-1896 2-8-1959 MCARTHUR Nora Elizabeth 8-8-1904 5-30-1968 w/o David MCARTHUR Mattie Lou Smith 12-10-1944 1-22-2005 MCCLURE George D. 6-26-1915 7-29-1981 MCCLURE Bonnie B. 5-28-1918 1-3-2002 w/o George MCCLURE Martha 1883 1951 MCCLURE Johnny 1879 1948 MCCLURE Paralee 1922 1963 marker Maggie P. MCCLURE Lester 1908 1931 MCELRATH Jacob W. ----- ----- near evergreen bush MCELRATH ----- ----- ----- MCELRATH ----- ----- ----- MCPHERSON Isaac ----- ----- MCPHERSON Connie ----- 1946 w/o Isaac MOORE Julie ----- ----- fieldstone marker MORRISON Barbara Ann Summey 1851 1907 w/o Doss NELSON Frank(lin) 1839-1892 Pvt Co I 39th Ga Inf Regt NELSON Sarah L. 6-4-1845 12-27-1903 w/o Frank NICHOLSON Marie 6-7-1945 1-1-1994 ORR John D. 10-23-1806 7-7-1862 ORR Jane M. 10-18-1813 6-17-1892 w/o John ORR John P. 11-23-1862 2-4-1881 s/o P.& M.L. PANKEY John H. 11-4-1880 7-28-1916 PANKEY Ellanora 4-6-1886 7-2-1951 w/o John PANKEY Mary Ann 1910 1914 PANKEY Seth 1-19-1927 1-20-1927 PANKEY Marvin C. 7-29-1905 6-25-1986 PANKEY Nancy B. 1-12-1907 12-31-1999 w/o Marvin PANKEY Julian 5-18-1840 9-2-1905 ‘Mother’ PANKEY Wiley ----- ----- Pvt Co F 60th Ga Inf Regt PANKEY Nancy J. 3-25-1874 6-25-1967 PANKEY Marshall 11-7-1907 4-27-1910 s/o W.& Nancy PANKEY Aaron 11-12-1911 9-29-1993 s/o W.& Nancy PANKEY Mary Chastain 6-26-1915 9-2-1993 w/o Aaron PRITCHETT Warner Lee 1890 1960 PRITCHETT Bessie E. 1898 1930 w/o Warner QUARLES Homer Doyle 11-22-1918 7-14-1991 US Army WWII QUARLES Clara Fay Pankey 2-7-1934 ----- w/o Homer QUARLES Ernest 10-16-1916 10-24-2004 US Army Air Force WWII "Hawk" QUARLES Effie 12-19-1922 ----- w/o Ernest QUARLES Lemoin 6-25-1918 4-16-2006 QUARLES Hollis O. 5-25-1935 12-2-2005 QUARLES Christine V. 8-23-1928 6-14-1996 w/o Hollis QUARLES Susan 1895 1896 QUARLES K. D. 1-7-1858 2-24-1920 QUARLES Margaret 12-16-1858 8-28-1937 w/o K.D. QUARLES Dock K. 1863 1945 QUARLES Florence Pankey 1868 1918 first w/o D.K. QUARLES Willie B. 2-12-1896 3-7-1896 s/o D.K.& Florence QUARLES Flossy M. 4-2-1892 12-20-1895 d/o D.K.& Florence QUARLES Oscar M. 12-27-1892 10-3-1958 QUARLES H. Glenn 1913 1980 QUARLES Opal Pankey 1915 1986 w/o H.G. QUARLES ----- ----- 2-16-1913 3-17-1913 s/o Andrew & Lucinda QUARLES Andrew J. 12-31-1853 12-28-1928 QUARLES Mary A. 6-20-1852 3-16-1910 w/o A.J. QUARLES Annis Lucinda 8-4-1884 5-1-1964 QUARLES Charlie L. 5-12-1900 5-16-1973 QUARLES Ella F. 6-6-1900 10-16-1976 w/o Charlie QUARLES Luther 4-16-1903 3-18-1937 QUARLES Henry B. 9-9-1876 8-22-1945 QUARLES Kemmie Worley 4-1-1882 10-17-1980 w/o Henry QUEARLES Little Matty ------ ------ inscribed fieldstone REECE Hoke K. 4-17-1925 9-27-2000 PFC US Army WWII REECE Ardis D. 2-12-1925 ------ w/o Hoke REED David Kevin 1972 1972 REYNOLDS Delia Ann 10-4-1823 12-23-1892 SUMMEY Henry E. 18?? 19?? marker number missing STINES Nelson 1831 ca 1900 Pvt Co I 39th Ga Inf Regt TERRY George W. ----- ----- hand etched WATSON Callie M. Dockery 5-18-1944 5-8-1999 WHITAKER Violet 6-21-1903 4-6-1981 WILLIS Alva 1905 1991 WILLIS Cymbeline B. 11-1-1923 3-10-1992 S1 USCG WWII WILSON ------ b&d 6-29-1895 s/o Hulda M. WILSON J. F. ----- ----- fieldstone marker unreadable WOODRING Henry H. 1832-1901 Sgt Co F 11th Ga Inf Regt WOODRING Mary Ann 6-8-1826 6-19-1901 w/o Henry WORLEY Roy Edgar 2-3-1942 ------ WORLEY Lucille Barton 7-12-1918 11-14-1985 WORLEY James Henry 18??-1893 Pvt Co D 11th Ga Inf Regt WORLEY Eliza Tankersley 18?? 1885 w/o Henry WORLEY ------ ----- 1885 infant d/o Henry & Eliza ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== 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 contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Lawrence H. 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