BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Henry County, GA Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Henry County, GA Made Available to the UsGenWeb Archives by: GPS Location:N33º22.575W084º08.767 Thomas R. McConnell trmcconnell@bellsouth.net Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Introduction: This cemetery is located in Land Lot 235 of the 2nd District of Henry County, Georgia. Take I75 South to Exit 216. Turn left on GA Hwy. 155 and go about 1.5 miles. Turn right on GA Hwy. 42 and go about 3.4 miles. Turn right on Bethlehem Road and go about 1.2 miles. The church is on your left and the cemetery is on both sides of the road. The address of the church is 643 Bethlehem Road. This is a fairly large African-American cemetery. There are a number of individuals buried here beneath concrete slabs without identification or dates. Alphabetical Index: Surname Given Name Birth Date Death Date Notes Amey Gladys Watkins 10/03/1920 02/25/1999 Amie Soloman 06/10/1836 04/28/1910 Amis Aldean 03/18/1905 07/30/1977 Pfc., U.S. Army, WWII Amis Edward 11/16/1916 04/29/1971 Amis Emma 12/15/1876 12/21/1969 Amis Hattie no date 05/13/1918 68 years, w/o John Amis Amis Ida 1871 01/13/1923 Amis Jesse no date 03/31/1924 Amis John no date 01/26/1919 71 years Amis Johnnie W. 07/26/1903 08/21/1995 Amis Lena 07/22/1883 12/06/1968 Amis Rozie Bee 12/09/1906 05/29/1995 w/o Johnnie W. Amis Amis Rufus Lee 07/13/1928 10/25/1987 Amis Simon no date 09/09/1919 Age 48 years Amis Will 08/20/1895 08/15/1936 Anderson Sharon S. 11/09/1959 03/12/2000 Applin Tennie W. 08/14/1908 04/30/1951 Bailey Lillie Mae 01/01/1917 08/05/1994 Baker Nelson 10/12/1958 12/22/1979 Barber Pauline 11/10/1919 06/23/2002 Barber Willie 04/10/1912 02/06/1962 Barham Charlie 06/03/1900 02/22/1969 Battle Lelia C. 05/27/1906 05/21/1984 Beck Edward 10/18/1948 10/09/1981 Beck Ludie M. Laster 01/01/1910 09/24/1996 Beck Sam 05/10/1909 12/13/1986 Bell Eugenia C. 07/04/1892 08/15/1971 Bell Tom M. 03/15/1885 03/18/1966 Bell William F. 05/10/1940 03/12/1997 Bell Willie T. 09/10/1913 07/02/1987 Reverend Billingslea Andrew L. Sam no date no date Bivins Loula 06/20/1869 02/11/1909 Brooks Alberta Colvin 05/18/1900 01/16/1996 Brooks Annie Lois 12/10/1916 09/01/1999 Brooks Annie no date no date Sister of Isabella Watkins Brooks Benton Declay 03/09/1955 09/11/1989 "Vince" Brooks Broden 1907 01/26/1960 Brooks Cohen 04/21/1928 06/19/1970 Ga., Cpl., U.S. Army, Korea Brooks Herbert 1930 1978 Pfc., U.S. Army, Korea Brooks Jack H. 02/26/1914 01/15/1973 Brooks James T. 03/11/1912 01/21/1961 Brooks Julius 10/03/1933 09/20/1947 Brooks Nannie 09/24/1896 1951 Brooks Nellie P. 04/02/1918 05/23/1957 Brooks Pearlist 12/23/1905 09/15/1971 Ga., Pvt., U.S. Army, WWII Brooks Walter 10/04/1890 01/10/1952 Brooks William 08/03/1900 01/06/1978 Brown Eddie C. 01/03/1925 04/14/1995 Burney Essie no date 03/15/1952 Byrd Albert, Sr. 03/03/1908 03/16/1993 Byrd Bessie H. 02/16/1912 no date w/o Albert Byrd, Sr. Carr Lillie Mae 05/27/1912 02/14/1985 Carter Carl 1915 1991 Cpl., U.S. Army, WWII Carter Odessa B. 02/24/1924 09/03/1997 Carter Robert M. 07/07/1963 02/17/1988 Cherry Clifford J. 02/11/1933 04/27/1981 Cherry Rachel J. 06/12/1888 09/13/1980 Clark Hattie Bell Spencer 05/11/1895 11/17/1963 Clark J.C. 02/20/1918 01/20/1996 U.S. Army, WWII Clark Mozell no date 08/07/1956 Clark Saint John 04/11/1926 10/05/1996 Reverend Clark Thomas W. 1890 1989 Clark Willie F. 12/05/1926 08/07/1954 Clark Willie J., Sr. 1926 1977 STM2, U.S. Navy, WWII Compton Annliza 01/31/1913 12/19/1986 Compton David E. 07/29/1925 07/31/1966 Ga., Pvt., U.S. Army, WWII Compton Eunice M. 04/01/1923 no date w/o Joseph Compton Compton Joseph 05/01/1919 08/03/1989 Compton Michael 05/19/1957 11/14/1958 Compton Miles 08/12/1915 09/24/1944 Ga., Pvt., Army Air Force, WWII Cordell Charlene J. 1940 1997 w/o Eugene Cordell Cordell Eugene 1937 no date Cotton Elizabeth 08/09/1938 03/12/1998 w/o J.C. Cotton Cotton J.C. 03/15/1936 no date Daniel Carrie Mae 06/26/1925 06/25/1933 Daniel Rosie B. Elliott 11/22/1904 07/06/1995 Daniel Theodore 04/25/1900 01/25/1971 Deacon Davis Carrie no date 11/22/1964 Dennis Robin 08/17/1963 08/31/1995 Elliott Cholis no date no date Elliott Ida Mae Amis 06/10/1909 03/08/1942 Elliott Leroy 08/30/1910 11/1928 Elliott Paul Lee 1908 1946 Elliott Sara Bell 02/19/1902 12/12/1985 Ferrell Evelyn Stroud 03/15/1942 07/19/1977 Flucker C.C. 03/24/1887 07/08/1905 Fluker George W. no date 11/16/1925 Deacon Gaston Willie Mae Clark 02/04/1948 07/16/2002 Glover Earnest 01/13/1913 03/10/1988 Glover Ethel 10/24/1913 05/17/1970 Glover Lawrence no date no date Glover Lula no date no date Glover M. Ray 09/30/1917 08/22/1970 Glover Paul 01/04/1941 07/10/1982 Goodrum Pearl Bailey no date 1970 Grant Julia Mangham 05/19/1899 11/14/1969 Grier Ruby W. 05/06/1907 12/06/1943 Harkness Earnest 09/09/1932 09/05/1971 Harkness June 06/02/1921 03/17/1986 Harkness Lealer 10/07/1893 08/30/1934 Harkness Louise 12/24/1925 06/12/1980 Harris Johnny Louis no date 05/31/1975 Harris Susie M. 10/15/1915 no date w/o Thomas M. Harris Harris Thomas M. 05/17/1912 10/11/1996 Hasan Linda D. 06/28/1954 04/23/1996 Heflin Vallie S. 1886 1968 Henry J.R. 10/07/1859 05/31/1920 Hicks Owen, III 04/01/1956 04/19/1996 "Rocky" Higgins Green 01/09/1864 11/03/1894 Higgins Louiza 06/07/1840 03/10/1904 w/o Prince Higgins Holland Mattie Lois M. 08/22/1911 10/22/1990 Ingram Millie Watkins 09/19/1902 03/26/1990 Jackson Adeline 1879 01/05/1942 Jenkins Cora Lee 12/25/1899 09/04/1967 Jester Carrie Lee 09/22/1925 09/22/1925 Jester Charlie William 02/18/1917 09/26/1984 TEC5, U.S. Army, WWII Jester Elowees 04/27/1919 05/1919 Jester Essie 1895 1984 Jester John B. 1915 2001 Reverend Jester L.S. 08/30/1892 04/05/1963 Reverend Jester Melvin 1929 1989 Pfc., U.S. Army, Korea Jester no name 05/10/1873 02/02/1900 Jester no name 08/03/1867 04/10/1927 Jester Rachel 12/25/1914 10/12/1968 Jester Roosevelt 09/30/1944 08/07/1999 Jinks Arizona no date 09/01/1968 Johnson Milton A. 12/25/1925 01/25/1994 Johnson W.J. 12/23/1869 08/09/1910 Jones Andrew 05/23/1887 03/17/1970 Jones Tommie L. 1909 1972 Lane Leila no date 08/06/1972 Laster Bennie W. 01/29/1937 11/02/1997 Laster George, Sr. 01/01/1904 03/19/1969 Laster Minnie B. 12/25/1913 01/06/1977 w/o W.A. Laster Laster no name no date no date Laster Tommie J. 11/04/1935 05/10/1996 Laster W.A. 10/15/1913 08/31/1974 Laster Willie James 04/23/1934 05/26/1990 Lewis Lonnie 08/23/1922 04/17/1963 Ga.,Pvt.,Base Unit,Army Air Force,WWII Lewis Lonnie 1948 1971 Little Robert 07/26/1933 11/04/1989 Longs Jane 11/20/1865 07/26/1926 Lowe Earlie M. 11/23/1911 10/06/1991 Lowe George 1875 12/18/1941 Reverend Lowe Lewis 05/07/1900 12/16/1981 Lowe Lorena 03/21/1904 no date w/o Lewis Lowe Lyons Estelle 08/12/1913 09/05/1997 Lyons Willie J. 12/28/1935 01/08/1998 s/o Estelle Lyons Maddox Hattie B. 09/09/1909 08/11/1994 Maddox Julia Solomon 12/08/1891 04/13/1977 Maddox Willie 03/25/1909 02/21/1979 Mangram Louvenia 09/12/1856 01/26/1912 McCommons Clara no date 05/30/1919 Age 72 years McCord Annis Brooks 12/23/1926 12/10/1995 McCord Charles 03/01/1948 01/03/1987 McCord James O'Neal 05/15/1946 12/25/1994 McCord William Alton 09/22/1944 12/27/1993 U.S. Army, Vietnam McDowell John C. 11/30/1930 no date McDowell Nannie Bell 01/03/1933 03/03/1998 w/o John C. McDowell McKinzie Carrie Sue 12/16/1912 09/01/2000 McKinzy Veralee L. 03/28/1933 01/15/2001 McMullen Margaret T. no date no date w/o W.J. McMullen McMullen Willie J. 05/09/1926 03/19/1995 Medlock Anderson 01/06/1833 10/12/1909 Mitchell Barbara A. Patrick 03/17/1951 05/12/1977 Mitchell Roosevelt no date 10/1951 Moreland Grady, Jr. 04/25/1957 01/13/1990 Newton Betty J. 05/22/1938 02/02/1999 Ollis Barbara D. 04/09/1944 02/16/2000 Ollis Beatrice Brooks 11/04/1910 02/28/1981 Ollis Jake 02/07/1904 02/09/1984 Ollis John W. 09/03/1940 10/09/1973 A3C, U.S. Air Force Pearson Anderson, Sr. 05/16/1889 04/15/1961 Pearson Winnie F. 09/30/1894 06/02/1957 Phelps Isabella R. 05/14/1908 01/10/1991 w/o Lewis Phelps Phelps Lewis 09/07/1902 10/06/1988 Deacon Phelps Willie L. 07/24/1933 01/16/1997 "Bit" Phillips Marvin 02/28/1917 05/11/1969 Raglin Bessie G. 05/13/1911 03/20/1984 Raglin Bryant 04/05/1907 04/25/1999 U.S. Army, WWII Raglin Nonie S. 07/26/1908 04/28/1996 Redding Edward 07/13/1922 04/27/1985 Redding Mary L. 12/16/1933 12/12/1992 Redding Mary R. 08/25/1948 12/19/1982 Ringfield Lula W. 01/28/1928 02/10/1998 Ritchey B.H. 02/01/1887 03/09/1906 Robinson Ruby Solomon 01/01/1915 01/08/2001 Rosser Jim 1884 1947 Rosser Lizzie 1889 1953 w/o Jim Rosser Schley Willie James 12/05/1914 12/11/1982 Simmons Jewell K. 05/16/1911 12/19/1995 Sims Benjamin F. 02/18/1927 09/29/1986 "Bob" Sims Elizabeth Watson 05/23/1932 12/21/1989 Sims Iona G. 11/12/1908 05/05/1982 w/o William H. Sims Sims Jessie Mae 05/20/1931 05/09/2001 w/o John Richard Sims Sims John Richard 04/24/1920 09/25/1986 Pvt., U.S. Army, WWII Sims Kathy L. Benton 06/15/1964 12/26/1987 Sims Nicholas 1993 1994 Sims William H. 07/12/1906 06/13/1981 Slaughter Edgar Curtis 06/19/1927 07/12/1999 Slaughter Tom P. 04/18/1920 11/24/1994 Pfc., U.S. Army, WWII Smith Paul L. 01/02/1976 09/12/1997 Soloman Sam no date no date Soloman Sol 03/27/1867 12/06/1913 Locust Grove Lodge No. 6461 Solomon Adell 06/06/1906 08/11/1991 Deacon Solomon Adolphus D. 10/09/1938 10/29/1970 Ga., Pvt., 22 OM Co. Solomon Annie J. 04/21/1885 10/08/1905 Solomon Bulah May 11/30/1907 05/19/1909 d/o Guss and Ellen Solomon Solomon Charles L. 07/17/1931 04/20/1997 Solomon Chester A. 11/18/1886 10/02/1898 Solomon Flora Gene 08/11/1911 12/16/2000 Solomon Gladys W. 03/17/1930 02/06/1998 w/o Charles L. Solomon Solomon J.A. 04/28/1847 05/02/1919 Reverend Solomon Jane 08/02/1849 11/06/1909 w/o Rev. J.A. Solomon Solomon Rufus James 04/05/1931 02/17/1982 Solomon Stanley D. 01/21/1958 01/04/1996 Solomon Thomas C. 09/25/1971 12/07/1993 Solomon Thomas J. 11/27/1940 12/23/1994 Solomon Thomas L., Sr. 12/16/1892 01/29/1979 Deacon Solomon Willie A. 11/22/1891 12/14/1987 w/o Thomas L. Solomon, Sr. Spencer Margaret C. 01/01/1914 09/02/1989 Spencer Robert Jim 11/11/1909 11/17/1979 Spikes Nellie Maude 09/14/1914 04/08/1986 w/o Robert Lee Spikes Spikes Robert Lee 02/07/1911 11/03/1989 Spikes Shurman N. no date 10/1962 Starling Modespa 10/23/1915 10/13/1981 Stilwell Annie Bell 06/24/1909 05/18/1910 d/o C.W. and M.S. Stilwell Strickland Stanley no date 08/04/1961 Sullins Hattie 1895 1986 Sutton Paul L., Sr. 11/23/1920 no date Sutton Sarah L. 04/17/1923 03/19/2003 w/o Paul L. Sutton Sr. Tanner Maude 05/14/1886 08/24/1971 Tarver Norma Jean Laster 04/13/1938 10/04/2002 Taylor George W. 1909 1982 Pvt., U.S. Army, WWII Taylor Scott 10/05/1913 01/04/1970 Ga., Tec 5, U.S. Army, WWII Thompson Bertha 01/01/1926 01/06/1997 Thurmon Clifford 1920 1971 Tiller Benjamin 10/21/1914 03/18/1990 Tiller Fannie K. 04/09/1886 01/30/1977 Tiller Gladys 04/13/1918 02/17/1994 Tiller Isaiah 02/15/1885 11/14/1993 Deacon Tiller Joseph 10/21/1914 12/26/1992 Tomlinson I. Pene no date 07/17/1968 Varner Willie H. 06/19/1915 12/13/1979 Vigtom Mary 1887 1952 Waldon Grace R. 08/08/1916 08/26/1982 Waldon Mary Ann 06/23/1942 12/24/1981 Waldon Mary S. 03/27/1905 03/31/1985 Waldon Robert 04/21/1921 06/23/1977 Walker Emmie M. no date 06/21/1957 Walker Zelmer Lee no date 01/29/1957 Walkin Lue Uecnet no date 1916 Watkin Faschall no date 06/12/1975 Watkins Callie 05/15/1922 05/28/2003 w/o Clifford R. Watkins Watkins Clifford B. 03/23/1917 06/14/1983 SSMLS, U.S. Navy, WWII Watkins Doris B. 06/10/1913 06/23/1972 w/o Woodfin Watkins Watkins Eddie 1904 1989 Watkins Isabella Ridgwell 12/25/1888 03/17/1980 w/o Thomas S. Watkins Watkins J.W. 02/10/1910 08/22/1933 Watkins James W. 12/1936 2001 Watkins Luzie A. 05/09/1901 08/15/1985 Watkins Odell 1913 1991 Sgt., U.S. Army, WWII Watkins Thomas S. 04/15/1888 12/26/1953 Watkins Tom no date 06/19/1930 Watkins Woodfin 11/12/1911 no date Watson Annie Kate 10/26/1941 12/06/1941 Watson Ed no date 01/11/1943 Ga., Pvt., U.S. Army Watson Grace 06/12/1875 09/22/1908 Watson Hattie A. 06/02/1913 07/11/1981 Watson William Alonzo Sam 01/04/1909 09/29/1968 Webster Brenda J.M. 05/10/1953 11/16/1998 Weems Birder 12/15/1873 08/09/1922 Weems Lottie A. 03/11/1885 01/17/1988 Weldon Jennie Lou no date 10/31/1962 White Bertha no date 11/16/1918 Age 27 years White Francis 06/01/1874 03/28/1922 White Sarah Elain Baker 02/08/1951 08/01/1990 Whitehead Harry 05/04/1905 10/06/1979 Pfc., U.S. Army, WWII Whitten Lorenza 04/13/1926 02/27/1953 Ga., STM3, U.S. Navy Reserves, WWII Whittill Ophelia no date 1996 Williams Johnnie L. 09/07/1926 02/18/1996 Williams Willie James 1938 1988 Williamson Gennie B. 1903 1981 Williamson Horace B. 08/06/1939 08/28/1967 Ga., Tec r, 132 Port Co., WWII Williamson Mary 01/01/1912 no date Willis Louvonia 02/28/1864 11/29/1928 Woodall C.R. 04/29/1882 09/03/1924 Woodall Matildia 05/20/1844 12/13/1922 Woodward Lillie 03/21/1912 08/19/1987