McDuffie County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Piney Grove Cemetery ************************************************ 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: Michele Lewis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006732 March 2003 Piney Grove Cemetery is located on the north side of Church Street, west of Radford Gay Road. This is east of Dearing. This cemetery is poorly maintained. There are two main sections, one at the top of the hill and one at the bottom. Behind the section at the bottom of the hill and to the right of it, are approx 3 acres of woods with markers scattered throughout. There are many unmarked graves. This cemetery was surveyed by Michele Lewis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006732 on 25-26 Mar 2003. Foot stone, no inscription, no corresponding headstone. Intact flat slab, no inscription. There is a small, red, toy tractor embedded in the slab. Mary G. Frails "Bet" 17 Sep 1937 - 05 Feb 2002 Eliza P. Gray 1897 - 1972 This is a metal funeral home marker, Crawford Funeral Home. The grave is outlined in bricks. Mr. John Glover Died 01 Sep 1964 This is a metal funeral home marker, Alfonso Dawson Funeral Home, Warrenton, GA. Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Jimmy L. Gibson 22 Oct 1954 - 29 Jul 1996 This grave has a small, blue, toy pickup truck embedded in the slab. Donnie E. Gibson 01 Feb 1958 - 28 Oct 2001 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Mrs. Ruby Mims 09 Oct 1918 - 07 Nov 2002 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Metal funeral home marker. James Hampton 08 Aug 1908 - 15 Apr 1983 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Grave marked only with a wooden stake at the head of a mound of dirt. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Walter "Billy" Hampton 17 Nov 1913 - 01 Sep 1995 William Hampton died 11 Feb 1958, age 90 Dessie Ann Hampton 04 Oct 1874 - 01 Feb 1950 Unreadable metal funeral home marker, Collins and Son Funeral Home, Harlem Guy Hampton Georgia Pvt Depot Serv. Co. ASC WWI 21 Jan 1932 (only date) Mrs. Elnora Hampton 18 Jul 1928 (only date) Unreadable metal funeral home marker, Alfonso Dawson Funeral Home Intact flat slab, no inscription. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Mr. __mmie W. Jenkins (first part of name unreadable) 1901 - 1969 Metal funeral home marker Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable metal funeral home marker Grave marked only with a metal post. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Wilborn Calhoun 08 Mar 1907 - 10 Jul 1986 Intact flat slab, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Mrs. Nancy Thomas 06 Nov 1922 This is a hand scratched stone marker with only one date. John H. Wheeler 1913 - 1980 Ella Johnson 15 Apr 1905 - 17 Nov 1972 Moses Davis 03 May 1926 - 08 Oct 1970 The above two are in the same plot. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Clyde Brown 1894 - 1972 Geneva D. Brown 1898 - 1975 Estella M. Dorsey 11 Dec 1911 - 17 Nov 1998 William H. Dorsey 30 Apr 1909 - 07 Jul 1973 The above two have matching stones labeled "Mother" "Father" Intact flat slab, no inscription. Grave marked with a metal rod. Grave marked with a metal rod. Grave marked with a metal rod. Boone A. Calhoun 24 Aug 1958 - 02 Oct 1958 James C. Calhoun Jr. 24 Apr 1944 - 19 Aug 1958 James C. Calhoun Sr. 03 Oct 1910 - 12 Aug 1962 The above three are on a triple stone. Grave marked with a metal rod. Mrs. Willie Lee Steed Johnson 31 Oct 1903 - 15 Nov 1990 age 87 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Howard Lee Johnson Georgia Pvt. Co. A 248 OM BN WWII 23 Jan 1919 - 18 Jan 1959 Lillie Mae Burgins 23 Mar 1923 - 14 May 1986 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Susie Mae Ramsey 1912 - 1996 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Alfonza Smith Georgia Pvt. 157 Depot Brigade WWI 10 May 1896 - 06 Aug 1971 Lillie Evans Smither 04 Jun 1903 - 05 Mar 1986 Intact flat slab, no inscription. The above three are in the same plot. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Sarah Coleman 07 Feb 1915 - 22 Jul 2001 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Ruthie Mae Wilson 03 May 1938 - 08 Aug 1969 Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable plastic funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable plastic funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription, partially readable plastic funeral home marker. 1868 - 1984 Della E. Miles Beloved wife of J.A. Stewart 05 May 1878 - 14 Mar 1915 Chester E. Miles 26 Jul 1886 - 24 May 1911 Mary A. Miles 05 Oct 1842 - 13 May 1911 Blanche M. Lawrence dau of Thomas and Mary Miles 12 Oct 1883 - 19 Jan 1906 Thomas A. Miles 24 Aug 1828 - 03 Mar 1902 The above six are in the same plot. Corp. William H. MeGahee Co K 48 GA INF CSA 1841 - 1863 (this is a traditional CSA marker in perfect condition.) Pvt. Robert McGahee Co F 10 GA INF CSA 29 Oct 1845 - 09 Apr 1881 (This is a traditional CSA marker in perfect condition.) David McGahee Co F 10 GA INF CSA (no dates) (This is not a traditional CSA marker and it is in poor shape. It bears the CSA symbol.) Note the spelling McGahee vs. MeGahee Pierce McGahee 09 May 1880 - 30 Apr 1881 Savanah McGahee 18 Apr 1875 - 18 Sep 1877 Robert McGahee 29 Oct 1845 - 09 Apr 1881 Grave marked with a large fieldstone. Asper McGahee Died 24 Apr 1884 (only date) J. McG no dates This is a small stone marker in which the name has been abreviated. McG is most likely McGahee Georgia Ann dau of James and Martha McGahee 06 Aug 1858 - 06 Apr 1860 Bertha Ann Brown 01 Apr 1922 - 21 Jul 1988 Jerry Lee Brown Sr. 10 Nov 1922 - 24 Oct 1999 (The "Sr." is on the metal funeral home marker but not on the stone) Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Grave marked with a metal rod. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Martin Lee 02 Dec 1878 - 24 Dec 1927 John D. Williams Sr. 23 Aug 1910 - 29 Mar 1960 Louise R. Williams 24 Sep 1917 - 15 May 2002 The above two have matching stones. Intact flat slab, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Bernice A.C. Mason 1916 - 1997 Mrs. Viola E. Avery 1893 - 1965 Willard Latimore "Boy" 04 May 1920 - 19 Apr 2001 Robert Latimore died 13 Jul 2000, age 71 intact flat slab, no inscription Metal funeral home marker, People's Funeral Home, Augusta, GA Allene B. McNair 1924 - 1988 Fr_____ Dorsey 05 Mar 1870 - 25 Aug 1940 Broken stone, top missing, first name only partially readable, Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Eddie Griffin PFC US Army Korea 25 Aug 1926 - 22 Apr 1985 Rice Lattimore 1896 - 1964 Christine Ramsey 22 Sep 1922 - 31 Mar 1991 Mr. John Thomas Johnson died 09 Apr 196_ age 45 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Partially readably metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Otis B. Lewis 17 Jan 1969 - 01 Jun 1992 Alice w. Elam 1940 - 1988 Intact flat slab, plastic funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Willie J. Cobb 14 Apr 1947 - 25 Nov 2002 Ida Mae Cobb 1949 0 1991 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Robert R. Embry 1955- 1974 Flat slab, no inscription, metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Unreadable plastic funeral home marker set in a small headstone. Jim Watson 25 Dec 1895 - 21 Oct 1977 Intact flat slab, unreadable plastic funeral home marker. John Henry Beard Sr. (Butler) 11 Feb 1921 - 22 Sep 1988 (Don't know why the name Butler is in parentheses) Wesley Beard 23 Feb 1929 - 02 Aug 1987 Mr. Jessie James Darden Died 08 Jul 1988, age 71 Intact flat slab, metal funeral home marker. Birda M. Curry 29 Jul 1948 - 19 Jan 2001 Wilman Curry 07 Feb 1971 - 31 Dec 1991 Jessie Curry 25 Oct 1924 - 06 Oct 1993 Jerry Curry 12 Jul 1959 - 23 Oct 1994 Davy Williams 07 Mar 1884 - 07 Nov 1898 E.B. Williams 27 Jan 1882 - 30 Oct 1901 Crudely cut stone marker, no inscription. Hattie Blanchard 06 Dec 1884 - 28 Jun 1904 Mrs. Mary Blanchard Died 23 Mar 1949, age 74 Metal funeral home marker. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Grave marked with a fieldstone. America Wife of Charity Little 20 Apr 1882 - 16 Feb 1909 Julia Davis 12 Mar 1865 - 15 Mar 1917 C.H. Dantignac 12 Aug 1857 - 12 Feb 1907 Broken headstone, no inscription. Footstone with initials A.L. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Intact flat slab, no inscription. Edith Beard 10 Apr 1905 - 17 Aug 1999 Mattie Beared (note the spelling!) Died 12 Feb 1912, age 50 Grave marked with a fieldstone. Ed Beard Died 18 Sep 1942, age 70 Ed Beard Jr. 18 Aug 1898 - 25 Sep 1974 Bose Watson Georgia PFC 364 Engr Gen Svc Regt WWII 13 Oct 1909 - 18 Sep 1952 Jule Watson 1883 - 1963 Intact flat slab, no inscription. B.W. Watson Died 13 Sep 1916, age 55 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. The above two graves are in the same plot. The plot is surrounded by an old wire fence. James Coleman AN US Navy 07 Jun 1938 - 07 Nov 1985 Roosevelt Coleman 12 Mar 1909 - 14 May 1982 Emma Coleman Died 04 Aug 1944, age 67 Jennie Murray Died 20 Mar 1911, age 84 Alvertis Wheeler 1875 - 11 Dec 1909, age 34 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Ida Paschal Jones 18 Sep 1884 - 02 Jun 1953 Intact flat slab, no inscription. Odis Murray Died 18 Dec 1917, age 31 Mr, Willie Glen Jones died 14 Apr 1987, age 67. Metal funeral home marker. James Johnson Jr. 28 Feb 1941 - 04 Nov 1998 Metal funeral home marker. Carlos R. Gibson 19 Apr 1975 - 03 Jan 1995 Walter Edwards Sr. 12 Oct 1919 - 06 Dec 1989 Bobby Johnson Sr. 12 Aug 1939 - 07 Aug 1987 Mildred Curry Edwards 10 Jun 1924 - 04 Apr 1987 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Willie Huff Died 27 Dec 1950, age 33 Metal funeral home marker. Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Bessie Edwards Died 20 May 1942, age 52 Lillie B. Beasley 06 Apr 1896 - 22 Sep 1982 Unmarked grave (mound of dirt) Grand Buford Died 15 Nov 1928, age 55 Grave marked with a fieldstone. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Lizzie Buford Died 19 May 1936, age 68 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Bob Kanardy 1880 - 1963 Bertha L. Kanary Murray 1898 - 1978 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Broken stone, top missing. The bottom has the word "mother" Frank Lee 10 Jun 1895 - 24 Apr 1919 Annie Appling 16 Dec 1845 - 10 Mar 1918 Jessie Johnson Sr. 25 Dec 1908 - 04 Nov 1988 Iruin Dorsey 11 May 1910 - 30 May 1981 Agnes J. Smith 01 Jun 1920 - 10 Feb 1995 Eddie James Smith SSGT US Army WWII 1925 - 1977 Mrs. Queenie Pas_____ Died 06 Sep ______, age 67 Partially readable metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. James Boykin Georgia Cpl US Army WWI 06 Apr 1895 - 02 Nov 1966 Maybel Boykin 1899 - 1978 Plastic funeral home marker. Sam Harris 1864 - 1965 Annie Harris 20 Aug 1907 - 12 Aug 1965 Mrs. Ida Bell Woodall )9 Apr 1953 OR 1958 (Can't quite read the last digit) only one date broken marker Intact flat slab, no inscription. Intact flat slab, no inscription, unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Grave marked with a fieldstone. Intact flat slab, no inscription. There is a small stone marker at the head that is barely readable. 25 Aug 1884 - ___ Sep ____ There is a partially readable metal funeral home marker Gennie R. Bradshaw Died 25 ____ 1972 Anna Blanchard 20 May 1844 - 28 May 1914 Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker. Unreadable metal funeral home marker.