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This file was contributed by: Tricia Westbrook twestbrook@alltel.net ==================================================================== Cemetery Transcription Level Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery Suwanee Dam Road, Suwanee, Georgia Address: 4844 Suwanee Dam Road, Suwanee, Georgia 30024 Telephone: 770 - 345-0205 Directions: Take GA-985 to Exit 4 (GA-20). Go North on GA-20 (Nelson Brogdon Road) for about 2 1/2 miles. Turn left on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. Go 3 1/2 miles and turn right on Suwanee Dam Road. Go to Flat Creek Road and turn left. The church and cemetery are on the left at the corner of Suwanee Dam Road and Flat Creek Road. About the Cemetery: Level Creek UMC Cemetery is well maintained by the church. Some stones are very old, weathered and difficult to read. The oldest date of burial is 1805. There were approximately 580 individuals buried with markers at the cemetery at the time of this transcription. There is evidence that some graves do not have a marker. The cemetery is still being actively used for burials. Many family groups are surrounded by a stone, brick, granite, or marble threshold. Many headstones serve to identify two or more individuals. Some are obviously husband and wife but other relationships are represented, such as a child or sibling. About this transcription: HS = headstone FS = footstone For purposes of this transcription, the cemetery has been divided into four sections, A-D, and identified by compass points. Inscriptions that are unreadable or blank are indicated by a line (_____). A group or paired stone is identified above the first person and each person is separated by a dashed line (-----------). Epitaphs are in lower case. Any special designs on stones are listed in lower case letters in parenthesis. SECTION C: SOUTH SECTION Bounded by Suwanee Dam Road on the east, picnic area on the south, church on the west, and the Northeast cemetery section. PAIRED HEADSTONE: ELLIS (praying hands with cross & roses) FS: GLADYS R. ELLIS APR 14 1920 MAY 11 1997 ---------------------------------------- FS: EUGENE SCOTT ELLIS (VA footstone) PVT. US ARMY WORLD WAR II FEB 9 1907 / JUN 2 1997 LOWELL CURTIS INFANT OF R.E. & VICTORIA SHELNUTT BORN SEPT 5 1897 DIED JAN 3 1898 Gone to rest PAIRED HEADSTONE BULAH E. MOORE BORN SEPT 21 1869 DIED JUNE 1 1913 FS: B.E.M. -------------------------------------- J. HAMPTON MOORE BORN AUG 12 1859 FEB 9 1922 We will meet again FS: J.H.M. INFANT DAUGHTER OF J.H. & B.E. MOORE T.H. MOORE SON OF J.H. & B.E. MOORE BORN NOV 19 1900 DIED JAN 3 1902 BULAN BROGDON SON OF J.H. & B.E. MOORE BORN JUNE 1 1913 DIED OCT 2 1913 Gone to a better land FS: b.b.m. EMILY P. SIMS LOUPE HILL DEC 2 1919 PAIRED HEADSTONE SIMS PAUL JULY 13 1879 SEPT 2 1964 FS: FATHER ------------------------------------ EMILY JULY 2 1883 AUG 12 1962 FS: MOTHER INFANT OF MR. & MRS. FRANK PARKS FEB 24 1915 FEB 23 1915 Sweetly sleeping FS: P. PAIRED HEADSTONE BULLOCK LOYD SEPT 29 1903 NOV 23 1997 ---------------------------------- FANNIE LOU O'ROURKE OCT 9 1904 PAIRED HEADSTONE LOVELESS NEIL B., DDS AUG 7 1905 JUNE 21 1960 ------------------------------------- CLEM O. APR 1 1903 MAR 6 1991 C.E. HAMILTON, JR. MAY 20 1921 FEB 10 1928 (kneeling lamb) PAIRED HEADSTONE HAMILTON CLAYTON E. OCT 23 1896 NOV. 26 1982 ---------------------------------- DELLA MALTBIE JAN 27 1897 OCT 24 1948 PAIRED HEADSTONE MALTBIE JAMES B. JULY 28 1894 NOV 24 1943 FS: FATHER -------------------------------------- MARIE B. NOV 5 1900 MAR 3 1985 FS: MOTHER PAIRED HEADSTONE DANNER DADDY HAROLD C. SR. SEPT 24 1932 APR 13 1998 ------------------------------------- MOTHER LILLIAN MOORE AUG 13 1935 JAMES W. SUDDERTH BORN NOV 7 1877 DIED OCT 13 1898 When this you see remember me JULIA A. SUDDERTH BORN AUG 22 1843 DIED SEPT 7 1893 NETTIE OCTAVO SUDDERTH BORN JAN 24 1864 DIED NOV 25 1886 SARAH D. SUDDERTH BORN FEB 11 1866 DIED JULY 16 1868 (Funeral home marker by R.M. McNeel Co.) JOSEPH C. SUDDERTH BORN SEPT 28 1861 DIED OCT 2 1861 D. D. SUDDERTH AUG 10 1880 SEPT 3 1901 'Twas hard to give thee up But thy will O God be done VERBY SUDDERTH AUG 6 1886 JULY 16 1887 N.F. SUDDERTH DEC 7 1878 OCT 7 1880 HINTON SON OF JOHN H. & MARGARET D. SUDDERTH BORN JULY 1 1877 DIED AUG 6 1877 Above ground stone crypt - cannot read inscription (10 foot stone pillar) HS: (Side 1) ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF MARY BORN, WIFE OF W.J. BORN DAUGHTER OF HOPE J. & EMILY BROGDON BORN SEPT 13 1836 DIED OCT 7 1858 Sleep on my loving wife, sleep This marble shall thy memory keep The thought that we shall meet in heaven It was hard indeed to give Thee up. (Side 2) The mother of Mary Delusca Born Spence Born Sept 20 1858 And still survives them. (Side 3) The mother of Therressa Ophelia Born Pentecost Born Oct 31 1856 Died Oct 19 1884 She was a good child, A devoted mother, And an amiable wife She left three children William, Jacob, and Ophelia only 5 days old T. B. SUDDERTH JAN 14 1896 JAN 14 1918 PAIRED HEADSTONE SUDDERTH NELL G. 1914 - 1959 FS: MOTHER ------------------------------------ JOE T. 1902 - 1956 FS: FATHER At rest INFANT BABE OF J.H. & C.N. CRUMLEY BORN & DIED MAY 1 1882 JOHN R. BARKER BORN JUNE 1 1790 DIED JAN 6 1882 His cares are past his Work is done He fought the fight, the Victory won. (finger pointing upward to heaven) MARGARET BARKER BORN NOV 28 1810 DIED NOV 10 1895 She ______________ by the wayside And the angels took Her home. IN MEMORY OF ELZIE BARKER MINOR 1878 - 1956 MARY, WIFE OF N.L. BARKER MAR 12 1844 FEB 3 1919 Gone but not Forgotten BARKER PAIRED HEADSTONE HILL MAMIE L. 1885 - 1966 ---------------------------------------- CHARLIE L. 1880 - 1944 At rest GENEVA MAE HILL NOV 25 1915 PAIRED HEADSTONE HILL CARL C. AUG 4 1912 AUG 24 2000 ----------------------------------------- D. DEAN APRIL 28 1918 MARCH 22 1998 Together forever (Metal funeral home marker - Tapp Funeral Home) CARL CLAY HILL 1912 - 2000 PAIRED HEADSTONE KENNEDY JESSIE RALPH MAY 8 1914 OCT 8 1993 FATHER ----------------------------------------- BERNICE JOHNSON AUG 25 1915 ____________________ (BLANK) MOTHER MARRIED APR 28 1934 MICHAEL INFANT SON OF MR. & MRS. KENNEDY JAN 23 1943 JAN 23 1943 PAIRED HEADSTONE PRICE ALFRED J. 1889 - 1954 ------------------------------------ ELEANOR M. 1893 - TIMMY A. PRICE OCT 8 1955 JAN 10 1956 JEAN PRICE APR 1 1958 AUG 26 1978 SISTER PAIRED HEADSTONE PRICE DEAN S. JULY 2 1925 _______________ (BLANK) FS: FATHER -------------------------------------- MARY R. JUNE 31 1935 SEPT 30 1980 FS: MOTHER JULIA A. WIFE OF JOHN TIMMS FEB 7 1866 DEC 27 1908 AGE 42 YEARS WILLIAM D. SEWELL BORN AUG 28 1891 DIED APR 20 1916 (Woodmen of the World marker) FS: W.D.S. EDDY C. SON OF W.A. & J.L. SEWELL BORN NOV 22 1886 DIED NOV 1 1898 Another sweet flower Blossoms in the dews Of heaven FS: E.C.S. SENIE DAUGHTER OF T.C. & JANTHA ROBERTS BORN OCT 17 1881 DIED FEB 3 1898 She faltered by the wayside And the angels took her home. MARY ELIZABETH BARKER BORN MAY 13 1883 DIED JULY 7 1892 PEARLER J. DAUGHTER OF N.L. & MARY BARKER BORN JULY 12 1885 DIED MAR 23 1907 Just when we learned to love Her most, God called her Back to heaven BARKER LILLIAN DAU OF MR. & MRS. J.W. KENNEDY JUNE 3 1927 NOV 12 1930 WILLIAM ALBERT KENNEDY DEC 14 1921 FEB 10 1978 FS: W.A.K. PAIRED HEADSTONE KENNEDY LAVONIA CROWE MAR 2 1894 JUNE 9 1981 FS: MOTHER ----------------------------------- JULIAN WATSON JAN 20 1893 NOV 27 1950 FS: FATHER JULIA A. DAUGHTER OF A.G. & S.J. HARRIS BORN AUG __ (CAN'T READ) 1857 DIED JUNE 26 1876 HS: MAYFIELD FS: We love you Matt From Lanier Middle School 1978 - 1990 PAIRED HEADSTONE BROGDON CORRIE O. 1881 - 1974 ---------------------------------------- JOHN W. 1880 - 1929 AVIE B. HALL AUG 4 1911 JUNE 24 1978 SUSIE B. MCCULLOUGH AUG 24 1905 GROUP HEADSTONE HS: MARTIN FS: CLAUDE D. MARTIN AUG 29 1880 NOV 14 1949 --------------------------------------- FS: LOVIC B. MARTIN JUN 21 1898 JAN 9 1929 ---------------------------------------- FS: LAURA E. MARTIN JULY 14 1861 MAR 24 1904 --------------------------------------- FS: UNCLE (BUD) RICHARD T. MARTIN FEB 20 1858 JAN 24 1943 COLEMAN SON OF A.E. & M.L. SUDDERTH BORN DEC 28 1885 DIED AUG 27 1905 A precious one from us has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home That never shall be filled BELL ORR WIFE OF ELBA BROGDON 1884 - 1906 BESSIE BROGDON 1905 - 1906 DOLLIE BROGDON 1906 - 1906 PAIRED HEADSTONE BROGDON SALLIE E. BROGDON BORN MAY 16 1858 FEB 4 1928 MOTHER ------------------------------------------ JAMES N. BROGDON BORN DEC 12 1849 DIED OCT 14 1915 FATHER PAIRED HEADSTONE COOPER WILLIAM H. FEB 17 1877 JAN 31 1969 ------------------------------------ STELLA F. OCT 22 1872 APR 23 1954 PAIRED HEADSTONE KENNEDY W.C. (PELL) JAN 16 1895 AUG 29 1969 ------------------------------------ EVA R. DEC 25 1897 JUNE 23 1984 KENNEDY GRACE A. APRIL 25 1926 OCT 14 1995 FS: SISTER KENNEDY ANNIE R. MARCH 20 1932 JULY 27 1998 FS: SISTER HS: KENNEDY ROBERT LEE OCT 21 1915 OCT 6 1999 FS: (VA marker) WILLIAM RAY KENNEDY TSGT US AIR FORCE WW II / KOREA / VIETNAM 1921 / 1978 LOUISE HOUSCH JUNE 2 1928 JUNE 3 1928 GROUP HEADSTONE KENNEDY MRS. A.E. WIFE OF J.L. KENNEDY APR 21 1871 AUG 30 1922 ---------------------------------- J. L. KENNEDY NOV 14 1866 MAR 26 1943 ---------------------------------- MRS. EULA WIFE OF J.L. KENNEDY APR 11 1879 SEPT 15 1948 J. H. KENNEDY SEPT 18 1822 SEPT 2 1898 He has gone to the Mansions of rest (clasped hands) ELLEN JANE FIELDS JUNE 16 1933 JUNE 17 1933 ERNEST EARL FIELDS MAY 4 1909 JUNE 27 1937 HS: C. F. HAMILTON MAY 26 1899 JULY 5 1991 FS: CAMPBELL F. HAMILTON (VA marker) US NAVY WORLD WAR II MAY 26 1899 JULY 5 1991 PAIRED HEADSTONE HAMILTON ROBERT J. JULY 24 1877 OCT 27 1905 --------------------------------- HATTIE BROGDON MAY 19 1877 FEB 10 1952 PAIRED HEADSTONE HAMILTON SARAH E. THOMPSON HAMILTON JULY 2 1838 OCT 4 1904 Our Mother --------------------------------- LIEUT. LEONARD J. HAMILTON JUNE 22 1834 FEB 26 1914 Our Father ------------------------------- (on other side of stone - possibly a listing of their children?) MARY J. CUMMINGS LIZZIE M. HAMILTON ADDELLA H. MARTIN GEORGIE V. SKELTON L.C. HAMILTON CARRYE T. HAMILTON A.G. HAMILTON R.J. HAMILTON FAITH L. WIFE OF A. G. HAMILTON BORN JULY 27 1880 DIED DEC 23 1901 HAMILTON GROUP HEADSTONE CHARLIE SKELTON ROWE APR 24 1892 JAN 8 1979 FS: C.S. ------------------------------------- MOTHER GEORGIE SKELTON BROGDON AUG 20 1866 MAR 21 1946 FS: G.S.B. --------------------------------------- FATHER CHARLES THOMPSON SKELTON JULY 2 1860 MAY 11 1892 FS: C.T.S. MOTHER MARTHA W. McWHORTER BORN IN PICKENS CO, S.C. NOV 14 1835 DIED ATLANTA, GA MCH 12 1896 FANNIE LEE SKELTON LAMPKIN SEPT 23 1890 FEB 29 1914 We loved this tender One and would have Wished her to stay But our father's Will be done. She Shines in endless day. IN MEMORY OF CAROLYN LAMPKIN ALLISON PAIRED HEADSTONE BYRD FRANK MAR 17 1908 JAN 12 1973 FS: plain ------------------------------------- LEILA J. JUNE 26 1899 OCT 25 1993 FS: plain PAIRED HEADSTONE JOEL C. BYRD 1859 - 1932 FS: J.C.B. ---------------------------------- ESTHER BYRD 1871 - 1956 FS: E.A.B. THOMAS D. "DANNY" SMITH DEC 22 1952 MAY 4 1998 Beloved son and brother W. H. (BILL) BYRD 1901 - 1957 GEORGE BYRD 1904 - 1905 (kneeling lamb) FS: plain INFANT SON OF J.C. & ESTHER BYRD BORN SEPT 12 1897 DIED OCT 10 1897 (kneeling lamb) REBECCA (BECKY) BYRD 1898 - 1963 AVIE B. DODD NOV 1 1886 OCT 4 1979 J. T. BROGDON APR 11 1866 JUN 16 1936 ANNIE BROGDON DEC 14 1867 DEC 22 1950 PAIRED HEADSTONE S. G. BROGDON SEPT 2 1839 NOV 26 1908 ------------------------------------ SUSAN A. WIFE OF S.G. BROGDON JAN 6 1843 FEB 17 1917 JOHN LUTHER SON OF J.D. & ANNIE B. BROGDON BORN FEB 3 1897 DIED FEB 4 1897 (kneeling lamb) CARY C. SON OF C.T. & B.E. BROGDON BORN AUG 21 1892 DIED JUNE 14 1894 Our darling BULAH WIFE OF C.T. BROGDON BORN FEB 24 1869 DIED JUNE 3 1895 A tender mother and Wife EARLY W. SON OF G.T. AND B.E. BROGDON BORN APR 5 1895 DIED AUG 31 1895 Darling, we miss Thee GEO. THOMAS BROGDON 1864 - 1927 JOSEPH DORIS BROGDON JR. MAR 18 1912 AUG 13 1980 FS: JOE PAIRED HEADSTONE FATHER JOSEPH D. BROGDON JAN 14 1873 DEC 1 1925 No pains, no griefs, no Anxious fears can reach Our loved one sleeping here. ------------------------------------------- MOTHER ANNIE B. BROGDON HIS WIFE JUNE 10 1877 AUG 1 1955 LAWTON H. BROGDON BORN MAR 1 1875 DIED JAN 6 1897 His words were Kindness, his deeds were Love, His spirit humble, he Rests above. FAITH BAXTER OUR MOTHER BORN DEC 21 1810 DIED JAN 11 1897 Servant of God well done, The battle fought, the Victory won; Enter thy Master's joy. FS: F. B. JOSEPH WALKER BAXTER MAR 16 1802 AUG 17 1885 FS: J.W.B. WALTER BAXTER DEC 3 1871 AUG 28 1939 FS: W.B. PAIRED HEADSTONE A. M. BAXTER 7.29.1845 - 7.30.1930 FS: A.M.B. ----------------------------------------- HIS WIFE EUNICE STRICKLAND 11.28.1849 - 3.4. 1940 Industry, Honesty, Economy MAUD DAU OF A.M. & EUNICE BAXTER MAR 3 1880 JULY 3 1896 (opposite side) Just as the morning of her Life was opening into day Her young and lovely spirit Passed from earth and Grief away. FS: M.B. HOWARD BAXTER 1876 - 1888 FS: plain GRACE W. BAXTER JULY 25 1860 APR 12 1950 FS: G.W.B. J. T. BAXTER 4-4-1841 4-22-1904 FS: J.T.B. CARFAX BAXTER MAR 27 1888 JAN 14 1970 FS: C.B. NANCY JANE WELLS NOV 4 1850 JAN 23 1935 R. S. WELLS MAR 1851 APR 1922 FS: R.S.W. HAMP. WELLS MAR 1880 AUG 1885 LULA WELLS MAR 1877 DEC 1885 FS: L.W. BULA LANGLY FEB 1874 MAY 1919 FS: B.L. EMMA WELLS JAN 1875 APR 1919 In the Wells Group, but no last names listed on headstones: CARRIE A. BORN AUG 17 1893 DIED OCT 5 1895 ----------------------------------- FANNIE P. BORN JUNE 18 1832 DIED OCT 24 1885 ----------------------------------- BEN D. BORN AUG 12 1879 DIED OCT 3 1885 -------------------------------- GRACE ------------------------------- JOHNALUE PAIRED HEADSTONE WELLS GEORGE 1877 - 1947 ----------------------------------- JOSEPHINE 1878 - 1914 PAIRED HEADSTONE THOMPSON LUTHER J. DEC 29 1888 JAN 27 1941 --------------------------------- LENA DEC 2 1888 FEB 8 1919 LENTON H. THOMPSON AUG 24 1913 OCT 4 1918 ELIZABETH COLLINS WIFE OF PATRICK O'ROURKE BORN JUNE 10 1827 SEPT 18 1884 PATRICK O'ROURKE BORN FEB 1 1818 DIED DEC 31 1881 MARTHA E. O'ROURKE OCT 31 1866 APR 12 1931 WASHINGTON AIKEN O'ROURKE 1855 - 1921 SON OF PATRICK O'ROURKE AND ELIZABETH COLLINS JUNIA R. ADAMS DEC 19 1880 JULY 28 1895 She was the sunshine Of our home FS: J.R.A. MARTHA J. WIFE OF W.M. ADAMS APR 15 1853 MAY 19 1916 She now sweetly rests GEORGE R. ROBERTS MAR 10 1917 JUNE 14 1917 SETH ROBERTS AUR 14 1930 AUG 14 1930 EUGENE R. ROBERTS DEC 1 1933 JULY 27 1934 HATTIE ROBERTS NOVEMBER 15 19034 JANUARY 28 1984 PAIRED HEADSTONE MARY A. ROBERTS BORN FEB 12 1831 DIED AUG 31 1893 -------------------------------------- JESSEE C. ROBERTS BORN FEB 18 1825 DIED OCT 22 1903 DELLA ROBERTS BORN OCT 18 1873 DIED DEC 25 1903 Twas hard to Give thee up. But thy will O God be done. JAMES M. ROBERTS 1871 - 1957 PAIRED HEADSTONE PHILLIPS JACOB L. FEB 14 1868 JAN 17 1952 --------------------------------------- MAE LOWE MARY 15 1873 SEPT 9 1944 PAIRED HEADSTONE EMORY SIMMONS BROGDON FEB 18 1854 AUG 4 1930 FS: E.S.B. ----------------------------------------- AMANDA ARMSTRONG BROGDON JULY 29 1853 JULY 8 1928 ORETA DAUGHTER OF GUY & BERTHA LITTLE BORN JUNE 17 1912 DIED MAY 19 1914 A little bud of love To bloom with God Above. IN MEMORY OF CHARLEY W. INFANT SON OF J.W. AND A.H. ARMSTRONG Vitat et moriat AUG 6 1889 Of such is the Kingdom of heaven GUY LITTLE MAR 29 1881 MAR 4 1916 God gave. He took. He Will restore. He Doeth all things well. (large marble pillar, 5' high, 2 1/2' wide LITTLE (no other inscription) Our darling baby From mother's arms To the arms of Jesus ESTELL DAU OF R.W. AND A.M. MOORE BORN OCT 12 1904 DIED MAY 19 1906 (displaced headstone) THE TWIN INFANTS OF A.G. & S.J. HARRIS BORN AND DIED JUNE THE 12TH 18_3 (either 1883 or 1863) End South Section Level Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery Page 1 Suwanee, Georgia Transcribed by Tricia Westbrook, November 2002