Rocky Branch Cemetery Inscriptions Jeff Davis County, GA

ROCKY BRANCH CEMETERY
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, GEORGIA

SURVEYED 29 DEC 1998:

 

MOZELLE RENTZ

D.75YRS OLD

(COULD NO LOCATE)

ONE ADULT SLAB UNMARKED, IDENTIFIED AS:

CLINT KEITH ROLLINS, DIED ABT LATE 1961

ONE ADULT SLAB UNMARKED, RIGHT SIDE OF ABOVE, IDENTIFIED AS:

JOHN ROLLINS(FATHER OF ABOVE), DIED 1930'S

ONE ADULT SLAB UNMARKED, RIGHT SIDE OF TWO ABOVE, IDENTIFIED AS:

LADY FRIEND OF JOHN ROLLINS

INFANT OF MR AND MRS R.J. RODDENBERRY, HEADSTONE AND SLAB

8 APR 1917/9 APR 1917

THOMAS J. RODDENBERRY

GA Y3 US NAVY WORLD WAR I

31 MAR 1899/6 MAR 1941

(CRACKED IN THREE PLACES, HAS SLAB)

ONE INFANT GRAVE CORNER OF CEMETERY NEAR FENCE

HAS BRICKS AS SLAB

TWO INFANT BRICK SLABS RIGHT SIDE OF THOMAS J. RODDENBERRY

ONE HAS BROKEN HALF HEADSTONE MISSING

ONE HAS FUNERAL MARKER, EMBEDDED DATES OF 17 FEB 1925/6 DEC 1927

ROBERT W. RODDENBERRY

28 APR 1855/11 OCT 1918

(ON BACK HAS, "ERECTED BY MRS R.W. RODDENBERRY)

(MASON),(HAS HEADSTONE AND SLAB)

MARY A. RODDENBERRY

1 SEP 1855/13 OCT 1942

(BESIDE OF ROBERT W. RODDENBERRY)

S.J. WILCOX

3 APR 1866/13 OCT 1932

(HEADSTONE AND SLAB)

ELLA R. WILCOX

25 DEC 1875/13 MAR 1931

(BESIDE OF S.J. WILCOX)

FANNIE A. WILCOX

30 DEC 1891/11 MAY 1905

(RIGHT SIDE OF ELLA R. WILCOX)

INFANT SLAB RIGHT SIDE OF FANNIE R. WILCOX

J.W. VARN

29 MAR 1852/12 OCT 1919

(MASON),(PICTURE MISSING FROM HEADSTONE, HAS SLAB)

SARAH VARN

22 MAY 1883/9 JUN 1925

(BESIDE J.W. VARN)

MRS STELLA BENSON

12 FEB 1889/11 AUG 1914

(HEADSTONE AND SLAB),(PICTURE MISSING FROM HEADSTONE,
HAS SIMILAR HEADSTOEN IN DESIGN TO SARAH VARN'S HEADSTONE)

TWO UMARKED ADULT SLABS, SIDE BY SIDE, IDENTIFIED AS:

PARENTS OF DONALD E. DICKSON WHO MARRIED A CROSBY)

WALLACE R. SELLERS

28 AUG 1885/11 JUN 1908

(RIGHT SIDE OF S.W. SELLERS),(HEADSTONE AND SLAB)

S.W. SELLERS(SEABORN)

1 JUN 1851/9 DEC 1908

(MASON),(HEADSTONE AND SLAB)

(SON OF LEMUEL SELLERS, GRANDSON OF SAMUEL SELLERS)

SLAB WITHOUT HEADSTONE MARKED:

S.W. SELLERS JR

2 MAR 1888/19(17?) JUN 1913

(FOOTMARKER S.W.S.)

FIVE INFANT SLABS HEAD OF S.W. SELLERS JR, SIDE BY SIDE

CECIL F. VARN

17 NOV 1887/8 JUL 1888

(HEADSTONE CRACKED IN HALF BUT IN PLACE)

MRS MARGRET VARN

17 JUL 1893/ AGED 79 YEARS

(MARKED, "ERECTED BY HER SON L.B. VARN),(SLAB CRACKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES)

GRAVE MOUNT RIGHT SIDE OF ABOVE

FENCED IN PART OF THE CEMETERY THAT HAS GATE MARKED, "W.C. SWAIN", 
HAS THE FOLLOWING IN IT:

THOMAS L. SWAIN

1885/1953

(FUNERAL MARKER AND SLAB),(JESSE THOMAS FUNERAL HOME ON MARKER)

18 FEB 1964/1940??(86YRS OLD) ON FUNERAL MARKER BARELY READABLE, 
NOT SURE OF DATES

(FUNERAL MARKER ALSO EMBEDDED WITH DATES 7 FEB 1925/6 DEC 1927)

(RIGHT SIDE OF W.G. SWAIN),(LEFT SIDE OF THOMAS L. SWAIN)

W.G. SWAIN

5 NOV 1858/18 SEP 1905

(MASON)

(HEADSTONE AND SLAB, HEADSTONE IS LEANING TO BACK)

ONE INFANT SLAB UNMARKED, HAS WOODEN MARKER

(THIS IS CLIAMED TO BE THE FIRST BURIAL)

ONE INFANT GRAVE, RED BRICK BORDERED

WILLIAM J. COPELAND

19 JAN 1855/7 JUL 1927

MILEY COPELAND

19 SEP 1876/8 SEP 1956

(BESIDE WILLIAM J. COPELAND)

(JESSE THOMAS FUNERAL HOME ON MARKER)

FLARANCE C. STANKOWITZ

AGE 76

(HEADSTONE AND SLAB),(FOOT OF RUDOLPH A. STANKOWITZ)

RUDOLPH A. STANKOWITZ

AGE 56

(HAS HEADSTONE AND SLAB)

UNMARKED ADULT SIZE SLAB, UNREADABLE WITH NO HEADSTONE

(LEFT SIDE OF RUDOLPH A. STANKOWITZ),(HAS "M…..")

UNMARKED ADULT SLAB LEFT SIDE OF FLARANCE C. STANKOWITZ

UNREADABLE SLAB

UNMARKED INFANT SLAB LEFT SIDE OF ABOVE UNMARKED SLAB

MARJORILE(MARJORIE) CORELAN(COPELAND)

13(8?) JUN 1938/17 JUN 1938

TWO UNMARKED SLABS ADULT HEAD OF WILLIAM AND MILEY COPELAND

 

THE OLD CHURCH BUILDING IS STILL STANDING, MISSING WINDOWS BUT 
LOOKS IN GOOD CONDITION. A PIECE OF THE ORGAN IS STILL INSIDE THE CHURCH.

THERE ARE TWO PILLARS TO LEFT OF THE CHURCH WITH CEMENT SLAB 
WHERE THE ROCKY BRANCH SCHOOL WAS.
SCHOOL STOPPED EARLY 1900'S.
CHURCH STOPPED AROUND 1965 OR SO.

INFORMATION ON UMARKED SLABS PROVIDED BY MR JUNIOR ROLLINS
(CLINT KEITH ROLLINS). HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER ARE BURIED HERE.

CHURCH MOVED ON DOUGLAS HIGHWAY, NEXT TO YEWELL MILES HOME.(?)
CHURCH FIRST STARTED AS A METHODIST CHURCH.

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