Pike County GaArchives Cemeteries..  Smiths Chapel Cemetery - Complete
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Larry Childs http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00014.html#0003325 Aug 24, 2004

Smiths Chapel Cemetery 

This is an African American Cemetery located Hollenville Road and Riedsboro Road. 
Pike County Georgia. The community of Jolly is nearby.  The church and cemetery are 
located  about 100 yards south of the intersection 

There today August 6th 2004 are the remains of an old wooden church  the roof has 
collapsed the windows are broken and it needs to be torn down. 

The county map shows this as Hale Church however from Bill Russell
August 24, 2004 "The info I have is that the church is named Smiths Chapel. 
It is an African American church.  This comes from death records of Drucilla Parks Clowers."

If you have any information of the above Church, corrections or additions. 
Please contact the site administrator or Larry Childs at Jcdist1comm@wmconnect.com 
or write 3611 Upper River Road Macon Georgia.31211 

Sconnie 
Laron Parks 
Born Jan. 3, 1936 
Died Nov. 26, 1968 

Unmarked to the left of Sconnnie 

Joseph Bob Clowers 
Pvt. U, S, Army 
May 7, 1924 
June 22, 1973 

Drucilla P. Clowers 
Feb. 20, 1924 
Feb. 2, 1978 

Unmarked to her right 

Mrs. Cora Parks 
June 10, 1889 
Nov. 27, 1968 

Slab name only 
Dave Parks 

Roosevelt Parks 
Oct. 15, 1919 
Dec. 26, 1964 
W.W.II Co B. 

Marker 
George Emmet Owens 

Mrs. Mammie Morgan 
Born Mar. 27, 1904 
Died Aug.26, 1990 

Infant of 
Rev. D.H. and L. Hood 
Jan. 31, 1918 
Feb. 2, 1918 

Susie D. Butler 
1888 - 1978 

John H. Butler 
1884 - 1963 

Lfon  McGill Geath 
May 30, 1942 
???  ??   1956 

Robert Lee McGill Geath 
Aug. 11, 1954 

Willie Lee Moreland 
Died Oct. 15, 1959 

Slab 
Will Lee  Moreland 

Slab 
Mattie Moreland 

Emma McGill Geath 
Feb. 28, 1946 

John H. Mreland 
Born 1906 
Died Oct. 5 1965 

Husband 
Charlie Mays Jr. 
June 3, 1938 
July 7, 1968 

Slab 
Unmarked to Charlie Mays Right 

About 44 Unmarked graves with rocks and a few slabs

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Additional information added by Rainy L. Parks (rparks@ci.atlanta.ga.us) Oct 5, 2004 
Deceased: Preston Parks
Birth: Sept. 24, 1929 
Death: Nov. 15, 1982 

Others buried in the cemetery are: 
The Moreland's (parents of Lettie Jean and James Moreland) 
Drucilla Pate (the daughter of Drucilla Clowers) 
Charlie H. Parks 
Claude Parks 
Eula Mae Beckham-Parks (wife of Claude Parks) 
William Lamar Parks 
Mrs. Cora Parks (wife of Dave Parks) 
Dave Parks 
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