Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery Inscriptions Stephens County, GA MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY Church Originated prior to 1851 Inventoried by Jean Bell Sharp, November 28, 1997 Location: Ayersville Community, approximately 2 miles from Dicks Hill Parkway (old Hwy. 123), near the game checking station. On tombstones where both spouses names are given and one spouse is still living, the living spouses name is given, but not counted. Notes shown in parenthesis are added to identify family relationships, condition of tombstone, etc. SECTION I (Facing front of church, beginning on right side of church to right corner of church, reading from right to left) NAME BIRTH DEATH 1. Howard Dale Coffey April 4, 1935 Jan. 7, 1954 2. Sarah M. Coffey Oct. 11, 1877 Feb. 20, 1969 3. James N. Coffey Feb. 9, 1875 Dec. 8, 1955 4. Walter C. Hollifield May 9, 1884 June 15, 1969 5. Annie S. Hollifield Mar. 2, 1891 Jan. 7, 1978 6. Roy Lee Hollifield April 24, 1928 July 7, 1952 Georgia PFC 279 Inf. 45th Inf. Div. Korea PH 7. Maurice E. Hollifield Jan. 12, 1914 S. Marie Hollifield March 10, 1918 Aug. 25, 1958 8. Vera Margaret Mulkey May 1921 Dec. 1921 (3rd child of Robert & Clifford Mulkey) 9. Clifford Elizabeth Mulkey Aug. 24, 1893 Dec. 29, 1942 (wife of Robert J. Mulkey, daughter of James F. and Janie Watson) 10. Robert J. Mulkey Mar. 3, 1891 Dec. 6, 1968 (son of Jim & Anna Rothel Mulkey) 11. William Doyle Watson July 1, 1910 Oct. 21, 1917 12. Callie Mulkey Watson July 27, 1885 Nov. 7, 1966 (wife of Meredith M. Watson, daughter of John David Mulkey) 13. Meredith M. Watson May 25, 1885 Aug. 18, 1972 (son of James F. & Janie R. Watson) 14. Willie Rowe, son of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Watson Sept. 18, 1913 Sept. 25, 1913 15. William Carlton, son of Mr. & Mrs. D.J. Whitworth Jan. 22, 1906 Mar. 14, 1906 16. Dora C, wife of D.J. Whitworth Feb. 9, 1876 Jan. 30, 1910 17. D.J. Whitworth Aug. 15, 1869 Dec. 23, 1952 18. J.F. Watson Nov. 23, 1906 July 14, 1906 **RECHECK DATES 19. Janie R. Watson April 10, 1853 July 19, 1915 (wife of James F. Watson) 20. James F. Watson Nov. 23, 1848 July 14, 1906 21. G.E. Watson Dec. 22, 1873 Dec. 26, 1905 (son of James F. & Janie Rebecca Watson) 22. M.B. Watson Feb. 27, 1881 July 2, 1903 (I presume this is the wife of G.E. Watson) 23. Unknown, marked by rock 24. Saphrona P. Eades Mar. 12, 1893 May 8, 1911 (daug of William & Alpha Eades) 25. Thomas L.F. Eades Sept. 14, 1906 July 15, 1909 26. Simeon T. Eades July 13, 1894 Dec. 2, 1895 27. Robert H. Eades May 10, 1892 28. Mary E. Eades 1887 (1st wife of William R. Eades) 29. William R. Eades 1849 1924 (son of Thomas V. & Catharine Eades. Moved to Ayersville ca. 1872 from Dekalb Co, Ga. to supervise building of railroad) 30. Alpha H. Eades 1871 1944 (2nd wife of William R. Eades, daug of J. Leonard & Ginsey Huslely) 31. Unknown, marked by rock 32. Unknown, marked by rock 33. Unknown, marked by rock 34. W.W. Bailey July 10, 1893 age 71 years 18 days (born 1822) 35. Mahilda Catharine Bailey April 23, 1840 June 2, 1918 36 George Henry Ayers May 13, 1873 Sept. 6, 1906 37 Carrie G. Ayers Daniels July 14, 1874 Sept. 12, 1940 38. George Henry Ayers Aug 7, 1897 Nov. 27, 1899 39. Matt Coax Pitts Dec. 23, 1911 June 28, 1941 40. Letha J. Pitts Oct. 24, 1941 April 27, 1943 41. Phillip J. Pitts Mar. 3, 1938 Jan. 3, 1939 42. Walter Guy Dean April 5, 1907 Mar. 2, 1934 43. Elizabeth King Feb. 25, 1843 May 10, 1897 44. Katie B. King Sept. 17, 1879 May 21, 1902 (sister to Alec S. Wilbanks) 45. Cornelius King May 15, 1902 May 15, 1902 (stone needs to be reset) (son of Sam and Katie B. King) 46. M.P.F. Gunn Mar. 31, 1847 July 3, 1927 47. Annie Mariah, wife of M.P.F. Gunn June 17, 1843 Jan. 19, 1924 48. Annie, dau of Dean & Lizzie Gunn Bentley April 16, 1897 May 26, 1981 49. Benjamin P. Brown, Sr. Feb. 2, 1836 May 19, 1910 50. Elizabeth C, wife of B.P. Brown July 28, 1840 Dec. 20, 1912 51. William P. Brown July 8, 1865 April 28, 1962 52. Mary M. Brown Nov. 6, 1868 May 5, 1946 53. Hugh I. Brown July 22, 1871 April 24, 1921 54. Talitha J.R. Nov. 7, 1875 Feb. 18, 1905 55. Willie B. Power Dec. 13, 1911 July 17, 1996 56. Beulah B. Sellers Dec. 11, 1898 Nov. 28, 1991 57. Amy B. Ayers Nov. 16, 1894 Nov. 12, 1982 58. Emory S. Brown Oct. 21, 1892 Dec. 19, 1948 SECTION II (Beginning at right corner of church, right to left, and ending left of church at new section of cemetery) 59. Stuart E. Holland Aug. 16, 1936 Jewel C. Holland Jan. 12, 1940 Mar. 20, 1959 60. Richard Holland Dec. 19, 1907 Aug. 31, 1976 61. Callie S. Holland July 25, 1907 1997 (wife of Richard Holland) 62. Kermit R. Kytle 1909 1983 (son of John H. & Heneritta Kytle) 63. Hershel Kytle 1888 1955 (son of John & Heneritta Kytle) 64. A. Sanford Collins 1856 1931 (son of Littleton Meeks & Sarah Ann Jennings Collins) 65. Rosalee E. Collins 1858 1938 (daug of John and Mary Ann Kytle, wife of A. Sanford Collins) 66. Bert G. Dean Oct. 9, 1878 Mar. 6, 1961 (son of Barney & Cintha C. Dean) 67. Dillie J. Dean May 13, 1889 April 5, 1953 (wife of Bert G. Dean) 68. Mary E., wife of J.B. Ayers, dau of J. & M.A. Kytle (broken stone) Feb. 16, 1860 May 19, 1887 69. Seppie J. Kytle Nov. 22, 1871 Oct. 21, 1889 (new tombstone, old one broken and lying on grave) (daughter of John & Mary Ann Kytle) 70. Robert Kytle Aug. 1, 1896 Sept. 15, 1967 Ga. Sgt. 9 Co. MTC World War I 71. O.J. Reynolds no dates Co. B Whiteheads Regt. CSA 72. Sarah F., wife of O.J. Reynolds Jan. 15, 1854 Dec. 11, 1899 (broken stone) 73. 1st Sgt. John R. Bentley no dates Co. D 12 Tenn. Cav. 74. Lovenia H. Anderson Nov. 7, 1899 Mar. 22, 1962 75. Almon Hulsey Feb. 27, 1876 May 9, 1907 76. Ida Hulsey Davis, wife of J.H. Davis June 19, 1878 April 12, 1922 77. Carnegie Hulsey Jan. 1, 1907 July 30, 1914 78. Nevada Hulsey April 29, 1905 Feb. 25, 1955 79. George L. Howard Dec. 25, 1894 Feb. 24, 1966 80. Pearl P. Howard Nov. 13, 1901 Mar. 26, 1976 81. Sallie, daug of J.H. & Henrietta Kytle Mar. 16, 1887 Mar. 12, 1888 82. Rev. John Kytle Nov. 20, 1828 Aug. 27, 1902 (son of Zachariah & Sarah Kytle) 83. Mary Ann Kytle Jan. 6, 1829 July 4, 1922 (wife of John Kytle) 84. J. Wilson Kytle Jan. 27, 1852 Mar. 28, 1926 (son of John & Mary Ann Kytle) 85. Calvin Kytle April 11, 1907 April 16, 1907 86. Pearl, wife of J.H. Kytle May 10, 1892 Mar. 31, 1972 (2nd wife ) 87. Rev. John H. Kytle Jan. 7, 1862 Aug. 7, 1930 88. Henrietta, wife of J.H. Kytle April 10, 1869 June 25, 1913 (1st wife) 89. Oscar Ayers Oct. 27, 1891 Dec. 1, 1891 (broken stone) 90. Wilson Rosco Ayers, Jr. July 25, 1947 July 25, 1947 91. Robert L. Howard 1914 1971 Nellie H. 1919 92. James Joseph Howard May 13, 1916 Oct. 25, 1984 93. Eva V. Wheeler Howard Feb. 13, 1916 Dec. 7, 1993 94. Wilson C. Ayers July 14, 1896 Jan. 2, 1961 (son of William & Francis Kytle Ayers (dau of John & Mary Ann Kytle) (grandson of Charles F. & Mary Ann Terrell Ayers, great-grandson of Nathaniel & Milcah Walters Ayers) 95. Vassie E. Ayers Feb. 16, 1908 July 17, 1974 (wife of Wilson C. Ayers) 96. Paul Samuel Ayers July 29, 1952 Sept. 28, 1970 97. Eugenia Ayers, 5 year old daug of W.J. Ayers no dates 98. Wilburn Johnson Ayers Feb. 7, 1862 Feb. 1931 99. Robert W. Ayers Jan. 31, 1832 Dec. 6, 1917 (son of Nathaniel & Milcah Walters Ayers, founder of Ayersville) 100. Mary Guest Ayers April 22, 1833 Dec. 10, 1919 (wife of Robert Wiley Ayers) 101. Robert, son of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. King Sept. 17, 1892 1893 102. Edwin Guyler Ayers April 26, 1900 Oct. 22, 1901 103. Fannie Maud Ayers May 19, 1839 Dec. 15, 1903 104. Robert Elmo Ayers Jan. 2, 1906 May 30, 1906 105. Infant son of Wm. H. & B.L. Loudermilk Jan. 20, 1896 106. James Joe Howard May 13, 1916 oct. 25, 1984 Pvt. U.S. Army World War II 107. Frank Reynolds Mar. 12, 1895 Sept. 12, 1964 108. Josie Reynolds June 10, 1887 Aug. 20, 1938 109. Ida Tillery Aug. 14, 1914 July 7, 1937 110. Almond Hulsey Dec. 25, 1836 Aug. 16, 1889 111. Hester Hulsey Mar. 13, 1833 April 3, 1912 (wife of Almond Hulsey) 112. Asburry, son of Mr. & Mrs. James L. Smith July 23, 1911 Sept. 2, 1915 113. Emory W. Dean 1911 1968 (son of Bert & Dillie Dean) 114. James W. Pitts Sept. 14, 1919 Feb. 27, 1955 Era H. Pitts April 18, 1919 115. Unknown, marked by rock 116. Unknown, marked by rock 117. Unknown, marked by rock 118. Acey C. Walker 1868 1951 119. Mandy R. Walker 1871 1964 120. Howard Fredrick, son of Mr. & Mrs. A.G. Walker Oct. 5, 1910 Oct. 24, 1918 121. Infant son of A.G. & M.J. Walker Aug. 18, 1895 Aug. 25, 1895 122. F.H. Bond Aug. 31, 1862 July 25, 1936 123. Willis, son of F.H. & S.A. Bond Oct. 23, 1900 Feb. 7, 1909 124. Infant son of F.H. & S.A. Bond Dec. 3, 1907 Dec. 3, 1907 125. Sarah, wife of F.H. Bond Feb. 27, 1865 Mar. 19, 1919 126. Eugenia, daug of Mr. & Mrs. T.R. Watson July 25, 1925 Sept. 2, 1928 127. Raymond H. Wilbanks June 13, 1910 July 27, 1970 (son of Alec & Minnie Wilbanks) 128. Katherine J. Wilbanks Dec. 23, 1909 Aug. 28, 1993 (wife of Raymond H. Wilbanks) 129. Isabell S. Edmonds April 6, 1890 Jan. 28, 1975 130. Starling L. Edmonds April 6, 1880 Dec. 23, 1951 131. Fannie Bell Edmonds dates not legible 132. Alec S. Wilbanks April 27, 1878 Dec. 1, 1948 133. Minnie M. Wilbanks Sept. 4, 1884 April 13, 1974 (wife of Alec S. Wilbanks) 134. Joe Mulkey no dates (son of Jim & Anna Rothel Mulkey) 135. Jimmie Mulkey no dates (son of Jim & Anna Rothel Mulkey) 136. Anna R. Mulkey Dec. 25, 1861 Nov. 15, 1943 (daug of William & Celia Catherine Stone Rothel) 137. Jim Mulkey Feb. 29, 1862 Oct. 4, 1894 (son of John David & Sarah Elizabeth Henderson Mulkey) 138. Johnny Ray Pitts April 17, 1954 May 12, 1973 (son of Alfred & Ruth L. Powers Pitts) 139. Ruth L. Powers Feb. 9, 1934 April 1, 1991 (1st wife of Alfred Pitts) 140. Lila Sue Pitts Mar. 5, 1933 April 17, 1933 141. Newel, son of Mr. & Mrs. Elec Wilbanks Feb. 1905 Sept. 1905 142. Roy & Troy Waldon, infant twin sons of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Waldon March 7, 1938 March 7, 1938 143. Clarence A. Waldon, son of Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Waldon July 18, 1929 Feb. 10, 1944 144. Lawrence F. Waldon June 24, 1909 June 25, 1993 Mattie W. Waldon Dec. 19, 1912 (living 1999 ) 145. Susan, wife of W.M. Edmonds 1859 1936 146. W.M. Edmonds July 2, 1846 April 22, 1935 Co. H 11th Ga. Cav. CSA 147. Leander L. Edmonds 1891 1935 148. E.D. Edmonds 1882 1935 149. Edna Mae Edmonds 1913 1925 150. Linda Moore no dates 151. Unknown, marked by rock 152. Unknown, marked by rock 153. J.W.M. Vandiver April 8, 1859 Jan. 8, 1921 154. Unknown, marked by rock 155. Jessy M. Vandiver Dec. 9, 1830 April 30, 1897 Married Nov. 9, 1858 156. Jane Vandiver March 7, 1829 May 31, 1909 (broken stone) 157. Joseph M. Vandiver Jan. 20, 1868 Feb. 20, 1921 158. Sultan, son of J.M. & D.H. Vandiver Oct. 15, 1895 Aug. 30, 1900 159. Stella J. Vandiver July 4, 1903 Aug. 18, 1925 160. Unknown, marked by rock 161. Mary M. Burgess 1884 1965 162. Unknown, marked by rock 163. Unknown, marked by rock 164. Minnie Burgess Payne 1914 1968 165. Nellie W. Moore 1889 1960 166. Monroe Moore 1896 1961 167. Ida W. Justus 1871 1968 SECTION III (left of church, new section, right to left) 168. Roxie Doreen Loden Jan. 23, 1960 April 1, 1960 169. Gene Kenneth Loden June 13, 1938 Aug. 22, 1989 Roxie Laverne Nov. 5, 1939 Children: Doreen, Gary, Michael & Crystal (son of Samuel Ellison & Mary Etta Pitts Loden) 170. Charles E. Loden Dec. 18, 1932 May 13, 1982 PFC US Army Korea (son of Samuel Ellison & Mary Etta Pitts Loden) 171. Samuel E. Loden Aug. 7, 1911 May 25, 1985 Mary Etta (Pitts) April 22, 1914 172. John Howard Feb. 8, 1948 Feb. 8, 1948 173. Ann Howard Feb. 10, 1949 Feb. 11, 1949 174. Frank Haskins June 15, 1923 175. William K. Pitts May 12, 1872 Feb. 15, 1966 176. Anna W. Pitts Jan. 18, 1876 Nov. 14, 1965 (wife of William K. Pitts) 177. Carl Jackson (Pitts) June 3, 1906 May 22, 1992 178. Dosha Rumsey (Pitts) Jan. 20, 1903 Sept. 30, 1984 179. Stewart Eugene Pitts May 16, 1927 Oct. 5, 1978 Sgt. US Army World War II & Korea 180. Paul Jeffrey Carter June 1, 1966 May 15, 1984 (son of Royce & Ann Carter) 181. Christopher Neal Carter May 13, 1972 Jan. 29, 1996 (son of Royce & Ann Carter) 182. Cander H. Carter Jan. 16, 1908 Nov. 25, 1994 Myrtle H. Carter May 24, 1910 (li ving 1999) 183. Henry Johnson Brown, Sr. June 7, 1901 Dec. 1, 1976 (son of William P. & Mary Marie Farmer Brown) 184. Vinnie D. Brown Oct. 14, 1907 Dec. 27, 1965 (wife of Henry Johnson Brown, Sr. Maiden name Dean) 185. Henry J. Brown, Jr. June 18, 1930 Eva Nell Brown June 28, 1936 Feb. 16, 1986 186. Jake A. Brown Oct. 24, 1938 Sept. 23, 1997 (son of Henry Johnson & Vinnie D. Brown) 187. James E. Holland April 7, 1905 May 21, 1973 (Ernest, brother to Myrtle Holland Carter) 188. Sylvia C. Holland March 4, 1912 Nov. 3, 1969 (wife of James E. Holland) 189. Fred H. Howard July 25, 1922 Oct. 23, 1995 Pvt. US Army World War II 190. Elbert C. Lepley Dec. 9, 1911 July 12, 1984 191. Frank R. Hollifield June 9, 1913 May 31, 1986 Helen M. Hollifield May 23, 1917 192. Charles E. Dean Aug. 12, 1938 Feb. 20, 1996 Earnesteen P. Dean June 27, 1940 (living 1999) (son of Emory & Nellie Mae Dean) 193. Gary Reynolds Jan. 9, 1950 Feb. 23, 1981 194. Pamela Dianne Kytle April 29, 1946 March 7, 1979 195. Ralph Woodrow Kytle Dec. 6, 1917 Jan. 18, 1988 Capt. USAF World War II & Korea (son of John and Pearl Kytle) 196. Linda Knight Waldon Nov. 28, 1946 Feb. 14, 1977 (1st wife of Glenn Waldon) 197. Timothy G. Waldon Dec. 30, 1962 June 28, 1982 (son of Glenn & Linda Knight Waldon) 198. Gussie Edmond 1919 1989 199. Houston G. Dean Sept. 30, 1906 Dec. 7, 1968 200. Harold Eugene Dean 1948 1998 201. Johnny Alexander 1946 1994 202. John T. Lathan Sept. 10, 1900 May 27, 1989 (son of John & Francis Cash Lathan) 203. Ilone Jaynes Lathan June 9, 1910 Aug. 2, 1979 (wife of John T. Lathan) FACTS OF INTEREST MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY The earliest birth record is that of W.W. Bailey, died at age 71 years 18 days, on July 10, 1893. His birth year was 1822. The oldest persons at death: William P. Brown, age 97; Ida W. Justus, age 97; William K Pitts, age 94; Mary Ann Kytle, age 93; Sarah M. Coffee, age 92. Of the 203 persons buried at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, thirty-two (32) were children, ranging in age from one day to 18 years. Age at death: 1 day Cornelius King Wilson Rosco Ayers, Jr. Infant son, Bond Roy & Troy Waldon John Howard Ann Howard 5 days Calvin Kytle 7 days Infant son, Walker Willie Rowe Watson 1 mo Lila Sue Pitts 2 mo Eugenia Watson 3 mo William Carlton Whitworth Roxie Doreen Loden 5 mo Robert Elmo Ayers 6 mo Vera Mulkey 7 mo Newel Wilbanks 12 mo Simeon T. Eades Philip J. Pitts Sallie Kytle Robert King 17 mo Edwin Guyler Ayers 2 yrs Letha J. Pitts 3 yrs Thomas L.F. Eades 4 yrs Asburry smith 5 yrs Sultan Vandiver 7 yrs William Doyle Watson Carnegie Hulsey 8 yrs Howard Fredrick Walker 9 yrs Willis Bond 15 yrs Clarence Waldon 18 yrs Paul Jeffrey Carter Soldiers buried at Mt. Pleasant: Civil War: O.J. Reynolds, John R. Bentley, W.M. Edmonds World War I: Robert Kytle World War II: James Joe Howard, Stewart Eugene Pitts, Fred H. Howard and Ralph Woodrow Kytle Korea: Roy Lee Hollifield, Charles E. Loden, Ralph Woodrow Kytle and Stewart Eugne Pitts ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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