Thigpen Cemetery Inscriptions Jefferson County, GA

Location: In Avera, turn on road #853 and proceed 1.6 miles. 
Turn left on a small field road. Proceed .2 of a mile and the 
cemetery is in a clearing to the left.

Other Information: 4 illegible gravestones, 3 unmarked stones, 3 sinks.

Transcribed by: Bryan Davis and Earl Terry 197



V. C. COVINGTON
Co. I 28 Ga. Infantry
C. S. A.

SALLIE STEPHENS
1873-1947

GEORGE W. STEPHENS
Georgia MM2 USNR
World War II
Nov. 21, 1906
Sept. 28, 1958

C.R.J. STEPHENS
1863-1938

REBECA A. WREN
May 30, 1829
Aug. 25, 1917

JOHN (WREN)
Son of J.J. & Rebbeca 
A. Wren
Aug. 19, 1850
May 19, 1852

J. C. L. THIGPEN
July 22, 1852
Sept. 26, 1853

________ THIGPEN
Nov. 2, 1853
Feb. 6, 1854

C. F. THIGPEN
Nov. 9, 1862
Nov. 22, 1862

MRS. MARY L. THIGPEN 
April 14, 1857
May 30, 1933

T. S. THIGPEN
Jan. 22, 1880
Oct. 17, 1880

JEFF McOPLIN
Feb. 8, 1890
Suppose to be 62 years 
of age

BEAUFORD (THIGPEN)
Son of E. A. & S. H. 
Thigpen
June 19, 1880
Mar. 24, 1889

E. A. THIGPEN
Dec. 15, 1857
Mar. 16, 1895

CICERO G. THIGPEN 
Sept. 27, 1850
Apr. 7, 1908

CORNELIA M. (THIGPEN) 
Daughter of C. G. &M. 
L. Thigpen
Mar. 11, 1879
Jan 3, 1882

(INFANT) THIGPEN
Daughter of C. G. &  
M. L. Thigpen
Born and died
Mar. 16, 1894

SIMON A. WREN
Son of J. J. & Rebbeca 
A. Wren
Jan. 17, 1852
Oct. 18, 1852

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Acknowledgements

Though the idea began as a primary research project in Wrens High's 
Grammar and Composition II Class, the final product is hardly our own.

As cemeteries were transcribed, a format for the publication was 
designed. Then Rhonda Howard, Carolyn Hadden, and VOT students typed 
rough drafts, journalism students edited, and students in grades seven 
through twelve alphabetized with parents assisting in each activity.

At this point community concern and civic pride increased the quality 
of the work. A state highway employee provided maps, which were later 
printed by Clipper Publishers. Thiele Kaolin Typists produced camera-
ready content of the cemeteries while typists at First State Bank, 
Georgia Power, and interested adults using a typewriter from Huber 
typed the preface and alphabetized names. The Atwell's Pecan Products 
typists then provided a camera-ready index with page and cemetery numbers.

From the school administration's approval to a registry ready for press, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stephens boosted our confidence, checked out printing 
possibilities, and publicized our project.

This community assistance has illustrated to us one fringe benefit of 
the activity -- one's own worth can be increased simply by doing 
something for the privilege of doing it.

For this knowledge and for your services, we are indebted.


Carolyn M. Zeigler		Marie Cholar
Byran Davis			Shelia Huff
Earl Terry			Brenda Habersham
Deborah Berry			Cynthia Lane
Claire Hadden			Janet Channell
Vicie Robinson			Tammy Charles

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