Marion County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (African-American) ************************************************ 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: Clarence White WHITE792@aol.com September 22, 2014 Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (African-American) Survey, Putnam/Doyle, Marion County, Georgia Surveyed November 21 and 22, 2013 By Clarence D. White Directions From downtown Buena Vista take Georgia Highway 26 east six and one-half miles to Mt Zion Road and Doyle voting precinct on right, take right turn; church and cemetery are one-half mile further on right. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives and on other sites by: Clarence White, White792@aol.com. Report corrections, additions, etc to Clarence White, 678.429.9670 Mobile. History Received oral reports hold that the church began after Emancipation or during Reconstruction under a bush, or brush, arbor. The church building was standing in 1888 on one acre of land when the trustees acquired an additional acre from Miss Ida Munro for cemetery use. A college professor, Miss Munro was a member of the Stevens family, large landowners and slaveholders in both Marion and Schley County. The church land property has been expanded several times over the years. Mt Zion would become the anchor of a large African-American community at Putnam and Doyle. On its grounds, north of the church, a one-room school stood. It was used until 1957 at which time a new “equalization” school opened in Buena Vista that consolidated all of the schools for blacks scattered across Marion County. Across the road from the church and school, the White Pearl Lodge #30 of the Mutual Benefit Society of Marion County, Sons and Daughters of Zion, acquired land from Miss Munro in 1926 and erected a two-story meeting house, which was destroyed by a tornado in the 1940s and replaced with a one-story meeting place. The lodge— organized into adult and juvenile departments with different dues, fees and benefits for each— was a self-help organization that functioned as a kind of insurance company, bank, and mortgage lender for its members over several decades. In 1925, Rev. George W. Hartage and several of the Shipp brothers began a new African Methodist Episcopal church that met for a couple of years in the abandoned Good Hope Church next to the railroad tracks, with permission of white citizens of the area. Then, in1928, the new church acquired land for its own building one-half mile from Good Hope, and across Highway 26 and less than a mile from Mt Zion. Named Union Hill AME at first, the name was later changed to Samuel Chapel AME in honor of Samuel Shipp, father of the Shipp brothers. Like the White Pearl Lodge meeting house, Samuel Chapel too was destroyed by a different tornado in the 1940s. It closed in 1996, its membership having dwindled to an insufficient number. Many of the members of White Pearl Lodge were also members of Mt Zion or Samuel Chapel. Annually, on the second Sunday in June the lodge held a public program and ceremony at Samuel Chapel, which was known as a “turn-out.” This dignified event had a measure of simple, rural formality in an atmosphere of gentility and community fellowship. Lodge members dressed similarly, including the wearing of ceremonial badges. Unforgettable feasts were spread on the churchyard at the conclusion of the program; these were massive potlucks of meats, vegetables, salads, breads, cakes and pies brought by the women of the lodge in cardboard boxes and served with fresh-squeezed lemonade from one of the largest of galvanized tin tubs reserved for this singular use. The third Sunday in August was Big Meeting Day at Mt Zion, and nightly revival meetings (by kerosene lamp light before electricity) preceded the huge Sunday gathering. The occasion was a kind of festive homecoming attended by hundreds, many of whom returned from the Northern cities to which they had migrated beginning in the 1920s. There were concession stands that sold food and snacks. Cars and trucks overflowed the churchyard and were parked everywhere along Mt Zion Road, sometimes reaching to Highway 26. Moonshiners discreetly made their products available, being watchful for law enforcement officers who might suddenly appear. As the long day wore on, old family feuds might suddenly reignite. In addition to two services inside the church, there was a lively social scene outside the church. People came to see and be seen, to promenade—in their Sunday best. Indeed many attendees never set foot in the church; for them, visiting and being in the sprawling scene were how the much anticipated day was spent. Before Big Meeting Day, on the Thursday before the second Sunday in August, the community gathered for an annual cleaning of the cemetery. Weeds and grass were removed, the dirt mounds on the numerous earthen graves were restored, women would sweep the churchyard and several bare areas of the cemetery with dog fender brooms— following the ancient African practice, broken household items might be placed on earthen graves as markers (another African retention), fresh bouquets of cut flowers could be seen here and there. By noon the cemetery was transformed, fit for the many visitors who would tread its paths on Big Meeting Day. The acknowledged custodians of the cemetery were Deacon Jimmie Sampson and his wife Mrs. Willie Marie “Kid” Slaughter Sampson, members of the church who served faithfully in this capacity for decades until their passing. They are interred at the western extreme of the cemetery directly behind the church building. Plan of Survey The older portion of the cemetery is directly behind the church building on land that was acquired in 1888, while the newer portion is south of the building, beginning at Mt Zion Road and extending to the west. This survey began at graves bordering Mt Zion Road and nearest the entrance to the cemetery at the south extreme of the newer cemetery. The recordation was more or less according to rows of graves, starting from south (entrance driveway) and ending north (churchyard), and then on to the next row of graves to the west. Clarence White http://www.thegagenweb.com/marion/cem/mtzion/Mt%20Zion%20Primitive.htm Dawsey James Fudge March 9, 1919—December 10, 1999 Shirley Fudge Dill 10/20/1946—3/2/2010 Evelyn Jeannette Jones 3/2/1949—1/15/1998 Johnnie Mitchell 1/30/1920—4/23/1970 Inez O. Young 3/27/1909—3/2/1965 Henry Arthur Cauley 5/18/1914—6/19/1959 Lillie M. Cauley 2/5/1897—5/28/1969 Little D. Cauley Aug 1978—8/1/1978 Arthur Cauley 6/5/1890—6/17/1983 Eugene Cauley 7/7/1927—1/7/1980 Henry T. Cauley 1/29/1955—5/28/2005 Haywood Fudge 3/27/1900—4/28/1977 Horace Fudge 6/13/1931—8/10/1978 Betty G. Smith 6/7/1923—9/24/1993 Mary Dean Mathis 3/18/1972—1/21/1997 Mary F. Bonner 2/28/1937—11/7/1997 Wilbert A. Smith 6/13/1970—12/24/97 Clara E. Yopp 7/23/1923—8/4/2001 Haywood Wilson WWII 1923—1979 Georgia Ella Volley 3/23/1904—3/23/1972 Mattie Wilson No Dates Name Illegible 5/20/1900—9/24/1984 Jack Wilson Spouse of Caudie Cauley Wilson 9/15/1896—2/2/1963 Caudie Cauley Wilson Spouse of Jack Wilson 11/10/1899—7/17/1987 Mattie B. Cauley 3/8/1881? 1887?—12/27/1985 Bessie Ingram 8/24/1910—9/7/1995 Gregory Smith 1/16/1970—7/16/2000 Bink Ross Died 7/10/1964 Unidentified; concrete vault next to grave of Robert Fudge Sr Robert Fudge Sr 2/5/1925—3/25/1990 Bessie Mae Fudge Hall 3/10/1931—8/8/1987 Stanford Fudge 5/6/1920—8/4/1981 James Alexander Lee 1/24/1949—6/1/1975 Eugene Fudge Feb ____?—June 1995 Unidentified Grave next to James Alexander Lee Rosa B. Fudge Dates? Unidentified Grave next to Howard Fudge; in front of Eugene Fudge Howard Fudge 2/25/1901—4/29/1958 James A. Lee Sr 1/24/1949 6/11/1975 Howard Fudge Jr 1/22/1925—3/1/1987 ___? (Illegible First Name) Smith Died 5/29/1976 Unidentified grave between Howard Fudge Jr and Deeyana Ashley Smith Deyanna Ashley Smith 1/16/1988—4/2/1988 Georgia M. Fudge 11/6/1901—3/3/1991 Elton McMurray 10/15/1926—9/11/1972 Allie M. Ingram 6/10/1917—3/21/1988 Ozzie McMurray Davis 6/12/1934—4/4/2011 Bessie Mathis 7/26/1902—9/5/1970 Eddie Treadaway 2/26/1885—12/10/1959? 1953? Unidentified grave next to Eddie Treadaway and Mary Treadaway Mary Treadaway Died 8/13/1956 Robert Jackson WW I Spouse of Marie Hartage Jackson 12/14/1891—12/14/1968 Marie Hartage Jackson Spouse of Robert Jackson 10/20/1900—6/21/1986 Rudolph Jackson Spouse of Arrice Shipp Jackson 1/28/1902—5/28/72 Arrice Shipp Jackson Spouse of Rudolph Jackson 9/29/1902—2/4/78 John Jackson next to Irene Jackson Died 1968? Unidentified grave next to Irene Jackson Irene Jackson Died 1/20/1956 John T. Jackson 12/26/1903—6/3/1968 Larry Alridge Sr 2/10/48—4/20/79 Michael Aldridge Spouse of Vernice Murray Alridge 3/17/1922—11/16/1987 Vernice E. Murray Aldridge Spouse of Michael Aldridge 9/16/23—3/31/1993 Joe A. Aldridge 3/18/1925—5/14/1989 Roland Aldridge 8/25/1944—6/12/1996 Frankie Allen Aldridge 6/6/1963—3/5/2005 Prather Bernard Aldridge 9/19/1963—7/24/2006 Joe Hiawatha Aldridge Sr 9/15/49—8/19/2008 Mattie Travisbey 4/9/1916—4/15/1999 Roderick Aldridge 12/14/1976—4/26/1978 Robert Lee Aldridge US Army 9/8/1933—3/26/1964 Joe Aldridge WW I 5/1/1895—2/13/1964 Judson L. Jackson WW II 10/12/1910—5/14/1957 Lula Jackson Spouse of Jimmie Jackson 4/14/1909—2/22/1987 Jimmie Jackson Spouse of Lula Jackson Died 2/27/1964 Willie Mae Jackson 10/25/1925—6/10/1971 Flossie Jackson 10/25/1907—10/21/1971 Alice Jackson 4/23/1902—10/14/1972 Timothy Ruff 8/17/1962—8/16/1989 Deacon George McMurray 6/16/1920—6/9/1995 Veteran Walter F. Minter WW II 6/20/1919—11/15/1984 ________? (Illegible) Minter next to Walter Minter Will Minter 5/8/1888—4/19/1971 Roy Times 7/1923—5/23/63 Edith Mae Myrick Tymes Spouse of Jasper Tymes Sr 11/25/1908—1/23/1975 Jasper Tymes Sr Spouse of Edith Mae Myrick Tymes 4/5/1907—12/19/1997 Aaron Tymes 12/15/1914—2/18/1991 Jimmie Jackson 12/2/40—10/14/2009 Ruby Mae Tymes 1/30/1915—4/8/1954 Joseph Tymes 3/18/1942—4/8/1974 Aaron Tymes 5/16/1937—3/16/1979 Willie Felton Times US Navy 1/31/1936—2/24/2004 Annie Ruth Minter 3/27/1937—11/5/1984 Lucinda Minter 7/5/1898—11/18/1987 Sallie Jackson Died 1/16/1962 John T. Jackson Died 7/5/1959 Samuel Louis Minter 7/8/1955—11/1/2012 Dorothy Moss King 5/14/1960—6/28/2002 Irene Jackson Williams Spouse of Ananias Williams Sr 9/16/1916—7/31/1966 Joe Louis Williams Son of Irene Jackson Williams 2/28/1938—5/21/1962 Smith Minter Spouse of Susie Minter 2/24/1909—1/6/1998 Susie A. Minter Spouse of Smith Minter 9/16/1913—12/15/1996 Willie C. Adams 6/2/1913—8/24/1953 Griffin Adams Spouse of Ruby M. Adams 3/10/1883—1/14/59 Ruby M. Adams Spouse of Griffin Adams 8/13/1887—4/9/76 Unidentified concrete grave between Adams enclosed lot and Minter enclosed lot Another unidentified concrete grave between Adams enclosed lot and Minter enclosed lot ________? (Illegible) Peters Died May 14, 1957 Next to Joe Minter Sr Joe Minter Sr Died 8/3/1964 Fannie S. Minter 12/25/1883—4/1/71 Joseph Minter Jr 11/25/1905—10/4/1974 Dannie Mae Minter 5/21/1916—7/26/2002 Willie Mae Mofford 4/20/1920—5/18/1968 Amanda Heard 9/9/1903—11/5/1991 Clinton Brown White 1/12/1913—1/14/2003 Charlie G. (C.G.) White Sr Spouse of Tymy White 3/24/1910? 1908?—2/13/2006 Tymy Hartage White Spouse of C.G. White Sr 11/25/1912—12/10/2001 Annie Pearl Park White Spouse of Arter White buried in old cemetery directly behind church near western edge of cemetery May 1878—8/1/1960 Martha Ann Storey Infant second daughter of Marjorie White Storey and Melvin Storey Died November 1962 Charles E. White U S Military Viet Nam Son of C.G. White Sr and Tymy White 12/6/1950—2/17/1974 Charlie G. (C.G.) White Jr Son of C.G. Sr and Tymy White 3/10/1935—5/9/1982 Helen Ruth White Rogers Daughter of C.G. Sr and Tymy White, Wife of Charlie L. Rogers Jr 11/3/1948—3/28/1995 Sonya Nicole Rogers Ricks Daughter of Charlie L. Rogers Jr and Helen White Rogers, Wife of Trojuan Ricks 1/9/1974—5/17/2013 Mary E. Hartage Wife of Elder Lee Hartage 4/17/1927—4/9/2012 Elder Lee Hartage Spouse of Mary E. Hartage 3/19/1927—7/15/1970 Earthen grave of Bobby Hartage, 3-year-old twin son of Elder and Mary Hartage, died early 1960s, rusted metal marker Earthen grave of Wade Frank, brother of Emma Wright, marked by metal pipe at head, died early 1960s. Eula Mae Grace Died 10/11/1963 Hattie Johnson Died 1/1/1969 Moses Hartage Sr Spouse of Lois Hartage 6/19/1906—1/16/1987 Unidentified concrete grave between Moses Hartage Sr and Lois Hartage, remains of James Arthur Hartage , died April 1980, son of Elder Lee Hartage and Mary E. Hartage Lois Wright Hartage Spouse of Moses Hartage Sr 10/16/1903—11/3/1981 Emma Wright 4/30/1884—1/22/1978 Lizzie Johnson 4/30/1886—12/31/1970 Marvin Allen Weaver Vietnam Veteran 1/29/1936—7/7/1984 George W. Weaver 3/9/1918—11/26/1994 Sophie Weaver 11/11/1918—1/26/2003 Danny Hartage (Unmarked Concrete) Son of Elder Lee and Mary Emma Hartage 4/8/1953—1/23/2009 Marjorie Smith Stanley 9/19/1944—8/11/2010 Bobby Smith 11/14/1952—4/9/2010 Joe Smith Sr 4/13/1913—3/3/2010 Henry Lee Fudge 4/27/1942—1/18/2012 Hettie Lee 2/16/1922—5/25/2007 The Boss Clinton Smith 3/28/1947—8/1/2007 Lula Majors Died 8/16/71 Phyllis Holt 12/24/1890—3/21/1988 Beatrice Jefferson Died 6/10/1958 Nancy Hawkins Died 11/25/1958 Robert Adams Died 3/5/1956 Mrs. Sammie Adams 4/4/1900—6/9/1977 Henry Clay Smith WW I Spouse of Julia Mae Shipp Smith 2/9/1892—1/28/55 Julia Mae Shipp Smith Spouse of Henry Clay Smith 3/29/1911—7/2/1993 Alice Mae Ruff Daughter of Dougless and Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage 8/12/31—6/2/2007 Dan W. Alexander 5/17/1917—4/26/2000 Aaron Hartage Son of Dougless and Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage 4/7/1945—1/30/1999 Bobby Hartage Sr Son of Dougless and Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage 1/10/1926—7/20/1995 Lucy Ann Hartage Williams 9/4/1904—5/22/1995 Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage Spouse of Dougless Hartage 9/3/1909—1/30/1990 Dougless Hartage Spouse of Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage 1/10/1903—9/15/1985 Solomon Hartage Son of Dougless and Bessie Hartage 5/20/1935—5/21/1984 Elmira Williams Hartage Spouse of Willie Albert Hartage 3/28/1906—8/10/1976 Lillie Mae Hartage Daughter of Willie Albert and Elmira Hartage, 12/23/41—9/8/72 Unmarked concrete grave of Willie Albert Hartage behind (west) of Lillie Mae Hartage Spouse of Elmira Williams Hartage 5/19/1910—Summer 1958 Ruby Jean Terry 3/23/1917—3/19/1989 Annie Ruth Jefferson 7/28/1932?—3/28/1981 Emma Black 2/21/1878—8/1/1969 Illegible Unidentified concrete infant grave, isolated Candis E. Jones Died 5/17/1956 Unidentified concrete grave next to Candis Jones and Mary Brown Another unidentified concrete grave next to another unidentified concrete grave and Mary Brown Mary Brown 1/5/1898—1/31/1965 Unidentified concrete grave near Mary Brown Unidentified concrete grave next to another unidentified concrete grave in vicinity of Mary Brown Willie Dismuke 8/6/1883—4/8/1959 Sheilivia Dismuke 7/20/1884—4/11/1986 Unidentified adult concrete grave near Sheilivia Dismuke Dorothy Hamilton 1/15/1942—10/10/1972 Maggie Hamilton 10/12/1911—5/1/1964 Cleve Hamilton 4/18/1912—9/6/1993 Fannie Harvey 9/14/1884—5/13/1965 Maude McBride 3/29/1899—1/26/1985 Rudolphus Wilkerson US Army 8/15/1926—8/12/2007 Rosa L. Smith 1/22/1914—8/14/2001 Wisdom Smith 5/1/1902—6/12/1968 Leila Wilkerson 6/25/1889—5/18/1978 Leola Allen 3/12/1900—1/6/1994 Joseph Burrell Harvey Sr US Army WW II 1/22/1918—4/17/2007 Georgia Harvey 2/18/1928—6/19/1973 Willie Herbert Wilkerson US Army 1/19/1939—1/25/1969 Jimmie L. Dixon 2/10/1910—10/20/1997 Mary W. Dixon 2/11/1922—1/5/1997 Ernest Dixon 6/8/1892—2/17/1977 Clem Minter Spouse of Ozie Mae Minter 10/22/1917—3/5/1985 Ozie Mae D. Minter Spouse of Clem Minter 6/26/1918—10/29/1999 Annie Mae J. Terry Died 3/10/1975 Rufus Terry 6/15/1883—8/8/1965 Cleveland Sampson Jr “Man” Died 8/20/1997 Jimmy L. Dismuke 10/23/1936—2/21/1981 Minnie W. Sampson Died 12/7/1954 Unidentified concrete grave next to Minnie W. Sampson Another Unidentified concrete grave between Wilbur Wright and another concrete grave Wilbur Wright 12/4/1904—9/25/1959 Unidentified concrete grave next to Wilbur Wright and Jual Statom Jual Statom Died 11/5/1958 Boyd T. Minter 2/6/1923—8/22/2003 Ossie L. Minter, 7/23/1925—11/26/2001 Hettie D. Denson 2/15/1905—1/18/1978 Cleveland Sampson Died 3/7/1962 Emmitt Sampson Sr 2/15/1918—2/13/1963 Ella B. Green Bateman 10/10/1930—7/23/2011 Beulah Coney 1/18/1913—10/10/1968 Lula Shelton Died 1/19/1963 William Green 3/9/1886—4/29/1962 Walter H. Green 2/29/1910—12/7/1969 Ella Brown Died 6/9/1973 Rosa Lee Lockhart 4/29/1911—9/16/1976 George L. Green 4/17/1930—9/26/1979 Georgia M. Thomas 4/29/1914—9/14/1987 Willie Lee Burrow 8/16/1904—6/17/1996 Willie J. Ivory 9/29/1952—12/6/1989 William Green Sr 7/5/1923—4/7/1998 Earnest Perry 6/25/1921—12/4/1977 Mercer Perry Sr 11/17/1917—7/18/1976 Arthur Perry 12/18/1881—11/28/1972 Willie Perry 4/30/1916—7/26/1976 Donald Lee Spears 12/19/1955—8/3/1994 Olicer Dismuke 4/21/1939—3/14/2000 Kelley Sampson 10/10/1927—4/11/2002 Mary Will Harris 12/1/1915—5/3/2002 Walter Dismuke 6/21/1941—6/13/2002 Lorine O. Forehand 10/23/1935—8/25/2003 Bessie Adams 1901—1950 Gloria Fudge Alexander 7/15/1947—12/31/2005 Several sunken earthen graves at northeastern edge of cemetery. Some marked with rock—scattered and in heaps; near Fudges. One unidentified concrete grave at northeastern edge of cemetery amidst several lost depressed graves. Callie Fudge? Daughter of Georgia & S. Fudge 2/11/1904—8/23/1906 Georgia Fudge Wife of S.F. Fudge March 4, 1867—4/1/1910 Unidentified concrete grave next to Georgia Fudge Annie Fudge 7/18/1880—9/14/1975 Nick Fudge Died 9/16/1921 Homer L. Fudge US Army Korea 6/9/1922—4/8/1986 Mattie P. Fudge 7/11/1927—2/18/1987 Marvin Anthony Fudge 1/19/1962—12/8/2001 Laura Fudge? Next to Henton Fudge Henton Fudge WW II 1/25/1925—11/24/1946 Unidentified rock heap grave next to cedar tree and near Georgia Fudge Unidentified concrete grave west of and behind Georgia Fudge George Fudge? Next to Laura Fudge Unidentified concrete grave next to Dempsey Minter Sr Dempsey Minter Sr Died 10/20/1935 Unidentified concrete grave between Dempsey Minter Sr and Dempsey Minter Jr Dempsey Minter Jr Died 2/26/1931 Stacy Dodson 9/8/1878—3/1/1954 David Dodson 3/5/1866—8/14/1927 Randolph Neal Died 8/1920 John T. Minter 1875—1948 Paul Dixon 2/9/1950—11/11/2013 Unmarked very recent concrete grave Mary Linda Dixon 5/29/1969—4/7/2012 Bennie A. Posey Died 10/8/1953 Nettie Purdy Died 11/11/1949 C. J. Haynes WW II 4/14/1922—8/16/2003 Earnest Varner Spouse of Julia M. Varner 6/15/1919—3/26/1999 Julia M. Varner Spouse of Earnest Varner 3/8/1913—1/26/1989 Bessie M. Snipes 1/4/1919—12/17/1996 Johnny Dixon Jr 12/4/1945—8/24/2005 Annie Mae Dixon 12/18/1912—3/9/2003 Johnnie Dixon 3/15/1923—1/3/1990 Orbie Minter 11/18/1914—7/20/2005 Joe Minter 11/3/1912—8/11/1996 Leome M. Adams 10/23/1909—7/1/1996 Clara D. Minter 6/26/1889—2/20/1988 John P. Jones 8/8/1855—7/18/1912 John Jones Jr 3/18/1888—4/26/1910 James B. Jones 3/1/1890—5/22/1914 Simpson Jones 8/18/1882—4/1/1918 Willie F. Jones 6/16/1922—10/1/1922 Illegible Concrete Marker behind Jones Family, marker facing west Rock Heap Grave about 2.5 feet tall directly behind church and behind Fudge family. Said to be one of the oldest in cemetery. Pell Sampson Isolated grave Died July 7, 1953 Note: The open treeless area containing the 2.5-foot rock heap grave and continuing over to the trail that marks the northern boundary of the cemetery contains many sunken areas which would indicate many lost earthen graves. Willie Louis Thompson 4/28/1953—4/21/2005 Julia Lynn Raymond 12/11/1905? Or 1965?—2/25/1993 Felton Raymond 4/18/1910—2/14/1985 Groverlean Golden 2/18/1884—4/16/1962 Virginia Thompson 8/7/1932—3/30/1987 George Thompson 10/20/29—12/12/1970 Effaced, eroded illegible slab between two cedar trees and just east of two earthen graves outlined with rocks. Posey family member? Grave outlined with rocks in front of another grave outlined with rocks. Posey family member? Grave outlined with rocks behind another grave outlined with rocks. Posey family member? Next to Amos Posey. Amos Posey Died 8/16/1950 Lillie B. Posey 2/11/1892—8/6/1976 Note: Several depressed areas under two cedar trees near Poseys indicating several lost earthen graves. Elizabeth G. Perry 8/20/1925—10/22/2000 Pearl James? Jones? Died 5/12/1949 Willie Robert Perry 1/9/1933—2/9/1962 Harry Willie Perry 8/5/1913—10/25/1970 Fred Murray Sr 10/15/1917—10/31/1984 Unidentified concrete grave next to Fred Murray Sr Willie D. Perry 1/9/1912—11/3/1988 James Blount Died 8/5/1962 Millie Lue Grant Earthen grave with concrete marker Born 1/6/1922 Illegible metal marker next to Millie Lue Grant Unidentified concrete grave; near Millie Lue Grant and John Henry White John Henry White 10/31/1928—11/26/1957 Near Western Boundary of Newer Cemetery: Arthur D. Pough 1/31/1926—10/1/1998 Estella Pough 6/27/1905—6/6/1985 Eva Maude Pough 8/30/1912—10/25/1989 James R. Pough 4/22/1945—3/2/1970 Janie Hands 8/13/1898—7/10/1982 Earthen grave? Next to and north of James R. Pough Sam Perry 4/13/1890—7/23/1973 Louise W. Perry Died 6/17/1977 Unidentified concrete grave near another concrete grave and near Sam and Louise Perry Unidentified concrete grave near another concrete grave and near Sam and Louise Perry Older Cemetery: Julia Wiggins Died 12/12/1912 Pinky Wiggins Died 6/14/1915 Illegible concrete grave west of Julia Wiggins Anne M. Aldridge Died 6/18/1950 Mathew Jackson (Child) Died 10/8/1964 Unidentified concrete grave near Anne Aldridge and Mathew Jackson and another concrete grave Unidentified concrete grave near another concrete grave and Anne Aldridge and Mathew Jackson Jimmie Jackson 1864—1948 Meroal Myrick Died 6/18/1964 Leila Merritt 1887—3/28/1954 Illegible marker on grave next to Leila Merritt Unidentified concrete grave, isolated _________? Floyd, Wife of John Minter (Monument) 3/4/1888—9/30/1918 Nettie Smith Died 8/21/1946 Jeff Smith Died March 27, 1947 Unidentified concrete grave east of Jeff Smith and Nettie Smith Unidentified concrete grave inside concrete border near Henderson Adams Sr at northern extreme of cemetery near trail. Henderson Adams Jr Died 1/19/1939 Louisa Moye Died 12/1/1927 Clara Adams Died 9/29/1927 Henderson Adams Sr Died 8/28/1927 Willie D. Adams Died 8/24/1953 Unidentified earthen grave under large cedar tree Lizzie King 11/10/1913—12/27/1990 Mary Mathis 3/1/1937—7/6/2001 Marie Munns, died 4/15/1943 Illegible unmarked concrete grave next to and south of Marie Munns Illegible marked concrete grave next to and south of Marie Munns, Mattie Mae?, died 2/25/1982 Concrete slab grave: Wilkerson Mofford Jim Wright, concrete slab Illegible concrete slab next to Jim Wright Earthen grave with rusty illegible metal marker near Jim Wright Note: Area south of Mary Mathis grave has indications of a row of 6-8 lost earthen graves; rocks and other markers present. Annie Ruth Burton 7/21/1934—5/13/2002 Note: Area due south of Annie Burton grave has indications of 8-10 lost earthen graves; elongated mounds, sunken sites, and one illegible marker are present. Queen Terry 4/3/1896—2/18/1971 Homer Blanford Sr 8/25/1930—8/24/2002 Unidentified concrete grave next to Ben Hollis Ben Hollis 12/15/1889—7/1/1951 Unidentified concrete grave next to Ben Hollis Note: Row of eight earthen graves with elongated mounds. Unidentified concrete grave at end of this row on the north. West of this row another row of earthen graves extends an equal distance and contains perhaps another 6-8 earthen graves; some mounds are visible as well as some sunken grave sites. Unidentified concrete slab, north of row of dirt graves and next to Willie C. Hollis Willie C. Hollis 10/4/1893--1/13/1963? Rosie Pettigrew 9/6/1911—10/12/1983 Isolated child’s grave at north extreme of cemetery; upright concrete slab at head; rock at feet; near George Moses Williams George Moses Williams Son of Lindsay Sr and Georgia Hartage Williams 7/30/1931—10/1947 Unmarked lost earthen grave of Dorothy Ann Hartage, Daughter of Moses and Lois Hartage; Born November 1938; Died 1948; believed to be interred next to George Moses Williams. Unmarked lost earthen grave of Janie Mosley White who died in 1933; was the first wife of Fuller “Whit” White; believed to be buried next to Dorothy Ann Hartage. Unmarked lost earthen grave of unnamed infant daughter of C.G. White Sr and Tymy Hartage White; died spring 1953, lived only one or two days; believed buried next to Janie Mosley White. Note: Area partially enclosed with old concrete borders under oak tree and cedar tree, east of Arter White, appears to contain 3-4 earthen graves. Arter White Spouse of Annie Pearl Park White buried east of here in newer cemetery 5/5/1876—10/27/1934 Age 58 Unmarked earthen grave of Arlena Davis White; next to Arter White Second wife of Fuller “Whit” White and daughter-in-law of Arter White; Died 1937 Mary Hartage Spouse of Daniel Hartage 11/17/1900—2/3/1998 Bobby Bland Eddie Hartage Son of Daniel and Mary Hartage 10/10/1932—1/26/1993 Daniel Webster Hartage Spouse of Mary Hartage 1/2/1898—1/3/1972 Lindsay Williams Sr Spouse of Georgia Lee Hartage Williams 11/7/1907—9/12/1994 Georgia Lee Hartage Williams Spouse of Lindsay Williams Sr 2/28/1908—10/5/1967 Peter King Wright 10/7/1913—1/19/1995 Addie Lee Wright 7/16/1916—1/16/1954 Tommie K. Wright 10/1/1939—9/25/1969 Roy Minter Died 10/6/1958 J. D. Minter Died 8/8/1984 Anna Lee Furlow Died 2/21/1963 Albert Minter Died 7/12/1982 Effie Smith 8/16/1891—10/4/1979 Unidentified earthen grave west of and behind Arter White; illegible metal marker Albert G. Minter 8/27/1961—9/26/1967 Unidentified concrete grave of child; in front of and east of Albert G. Minter At western Boundary of Older Cemetery: Grady Sampson Spouse of Alice 8/28/1933—4/11/1996 Alice M. Sampson Spouse of Grady 7/10/1937—1/12/1990 Jimmie Sampson Spouse of Willie Marie Sampson 2/18/1906—10/15/1980 Willie Marie “Kid” Sampson Spouse of Jimmie Sampson 5/8/1907—10/7/1980 Baby Boy Terry 6/6/1956—6/6/1956 Ella Sampson Died 4/2/1954 Aaron Sampson Died 12/27/1941 Fannie Daniels 10/7/1900—10/21/1987 Unidentified concrete grave next to Fannie Daniels Summary Notes The total number of persons interred here is estimated between 450 and 500, perhaps closer to 500. Many known earthen graves show no visible sign of their existence: neither a mound nor a depression is evident. Maintenance of the cemetery in recent years has been irregular and partial. Some families maintain their lots—others never do, and the county sheriff has sometimes used persons on probation and in his custody to clean the cemetery as community service. The church’s membership is tiny, and no funds are available for cemetery maintenance, according to one member. Consequently, those local residents with family buried in the cemetery should reestablish and publicize the annual cleaning day in August of each year. Clarence White