FITZGERALD CEMETERY - OMAHA, STEWART COUNTY, GEORGIA Submitted by Richard Bernal rfbernal@hotmail.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Notes: The cemetery is located on property last known to be owned by the Childs' Family, descendants of William Walton Fitzgerald. Going west on State Hwy 39 turn left on paved road (believed to be Six-Mile Road) about one (1) mile east before the turn-off to Omaha. After about one (1) block, a dirt road on the left leads into the cemetery, which sits in a clearing among pine trees on a small rise. The Fitzgerald Home Place is visible to the right of the cemetery. Surveyed 31 October 1998, by Margaret Morris Bernal and Richard Fitzgerald Bernal. 1 Fitzgerald Bernal December 7, 1891 - March 30, 1958 Amelia Bazemore Bernal August 26, 1897 - December 18, 1962 Clarence D. Bernal January 24, 1863 - February 19, 1931 Minnie F. Bernal October 16, 1869 - September 21, 1947 Norma Bernal July 24, 1903 - October 25, 1959 Edwin Bernal January 9, 1901 - July 2, 1976 Nell B. Scruggs August 20, 1906 - March 1, 1989 Vivian, wife of Robert H. Galt April 4, 1896 - September 9, 1964 Robert H. Galt May 11, 1899 - April 11, 1970 Frank Kimbell Williford December 13, 1891 - February 1, 1952 Josephine C. Williford February 14, 1901 - August 16, 1983 Mary Floyd Williford October 28, 1898 - December 17, 1977 Ernest Walker Childs, Jr. May 12, 1903 - May 19, 1996 Exa Beall Childs Lennon Warner April 27, 1911 - September 30, 1996 Mildred Childs October 16, 1904 - November 6, 1968 Florence C. Fitzgerald, Wife of Ernest Walker Childs January 20, 1873 - November 25, 1957 Ernest Walker Childs April 11, 1873 - August 3, 1943 Olivia Fitzgerald September 5, 1898 - March 29, 1979 Mary Agnes Fitzgerald Hopwood April 15, 1904 - April 20, 1957 Lena Overton Fitzgerald July 19, 1871 - August 6, 1953 Enoch McLendon "Len" Lee Jr. September 5, 1917 - September 29, 1996 Nancy Lee Bryan January 11, 1945 - February 19, 1993 James Ryan Lee November 25, 1978 Alice Salter Keaton March 4, 1874 - March 26, 1948 Thomas James Salter Keaton June 1, 1899 - October 24, 1844 "He lost his life in the sinking of a Japanese prisoner of war ship off Shoonan, eastern coast of China." Laura Fitzgerald Owens, daughter of David and Marthena Celeste Fitzgerald December 10, 1859 - March 21, 1925 Carson Brewer Owens 1895 - ________ 18, 1896 Dean, son of Dr. LeRoy J. and Alice F. Simpson October 26, 1892 - October 13, 1896 Eula Lee Salter 1904 - 1906 Jean Salter 1906 - 1907 Fitzgerald Salter 1906 - 1907 Fitzgerald Salter 1875 - 1950 Eula Lee Davidson Salter February 27, 1876 - June 16, 1954 John Benne Lee Y1 USN 1922 - 1976 Katherine Lee Davis December 7, 1914 - September 9, 1986 Marni Lee Waful January 29, 1924 - April 2, 1988 George Salter Lee January 30, 1912 - February 1, 1988 George Salter Lee, Jr. November 17, 1948 - August 29, 1964 Eula Salter Lee October 31, 1887 - April 12, 1960 Alice Salter Keaton March 4, 1874 - October 26, 1948 Georgia Fitzgerald Salter November 27, 1846 - December 11, 1936 "Buster" William E. Keaton October 14, 1906 - May 1, 1977 Thomas James Salter Keaton Chief Machinist Mate June 1, 1899 - October 24, 1944 Son of Will F. Keaton and Alice Salter Keaton May Salter May 28, 1871 - November 27, 1901 James Davidson Salter U.S. Army WWII May 12, 1909 - May 19, 1983 Little Paul Fitzgerald Infant son of J. E. and M. L. Fitzgerald January 12, 1888 - July 14, 1888 Little Will Infant son of J. E. and M. L. Fitzgerald December 13, 1885 - December 2, 1886 John Edward Fitzgerald November 2, 1851 - June 2, 1888 Infant daughter of G. B. and M. F. Battle September 20, 1879 - October 6, 1879 Annie Maud Daughter G. B. and M. F. Battle October 7, 1882 - September 15, 1883 Infant son G. B. and M. F. Battle December 20, 1883 - December 21, 1883 Thomas William, son of G. B. and M. F. Battle February 23, 1885 - November 5, 1885 Dr. G. B. Battle May 28, 1852 - May 22, 1902 Kathleen Fitzgerald, wife of William Sumter, Daughter of James H. and Nancy Overton Fitzgerald October 8, 1880 - December 23, 1970 William Sumter Childs, Son of Nancy Walker and William Sim Childs of Jones County, Georgia October 5, 1875 - April 10, 1960 Robert Emmett Fitzgerald January 10, 1879 - September 23, 1905 Jessie Fitzgerald Evans September 25, 1904 - January 19, 1964 Varina Davis Overton, Wife of James H. Fitzgerald December 18, 1865 - September 17, 1918 James Hilliard Fitzgerald, Son of James Fitzgerald April 18, 1849 - March 21, 1928 Dear son of Dr. LeRoy J. and Alice F. Simpson October 26, 1892 - October 13, 1896 Allie C. Brawner July 21, 1871 - January 27, 1945 Edgar L. Brawner January 13, 1870 - February 9, 1921 Marthena Fitzgerald Collins February 8, 1839 - June 15, 1926 Sarah, daughter of P. S. and E. F. Etheridge April 11, 1904 - May 16, 1905 Benton Fitzgerald Etheridge Infant son of Paul S. and Estelle F. Etheridge January 12, 1908 - January 27, 1908 James Fitzgerald March 10, 1808 - February 7, 1880 "For more than 40 years was a member of Summer Hill Baptist Church" Nancy Hilliard Fitzgerald November 27, 1814 - August 5, 1899 "For more than 60 years a member of Summer Hill Baptist Church" Jonas Dawson Alexander November 18, 1824 - August 7, 1902 Polly Ann Fitzgerald, Wife of Jonas Alexander August 7, 1832 - July 11, 1918 William Alexander Fitzgerald October 6, 1874 - April 23, 1960 Willie Whisenant, wife of W. A. Fitzgerald February 11, 1876 - May 22, 1962 John Edward Fitzgerald November 2, 1851 - June 2, 1888 David Benton Fitzgerald, son of W. W. and W. A. Fitzgerald May 16, 1872 - September 13, 1912 Josephine Bedingfield, wife of W. W. Fitzgerald March 12, 1844 - February 11, 1896 W. W. Fitzgerald December 13, 1836 - February 12, 1910 Co. K, 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, CSA Varina Davis Overton, wife of James H. Fitzgerald December 18, 1865 - September 17, 1918 James Hilliard, son of James Fitzgerald April 18, 1849 - March 21, 1928 Robert Emmett Fitzgerald January 10, 1879 - September 23, 1905 Annie, daughter of D. B. and M. C. Fitzgerald October 4, 1877 - August 19, 1878 Ernest, son of D. B. and M. C. Fitzgerald December 25, 1878 - August 4, 1880 Alice, daughter of Andrew J. B. and Laura Hilliard December 12, 1858 - May 29, 1859 Andrew J. B. Hilliard October 15, 1833 - November 10, 1861 Richmond, Virginia Co. K., 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, CSA "He was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church at Summer Hill, Stewart County, Georgia, when very young and continued a useful member until his death." David Benton Fitzgerald April 20, 1844 - January 1, 1919 Co. E, 31st Georgia Infantry, CSA Mary Crowley Fitzgerald February 11, 1847 - November 19, 1930 Victor William Son of C. D. and M. F. Bernal January 20, 1899 - July 10, 1900 Albert Edgar Martha Almira August 20, 1898 - October 28, 1902 August 27, 1891 - May 7, 1896 Lewis March 6, 1904 - May 22, 1906 Children of E. L. and A. C. Brawner Unmarked: Elizabeth Hilliard, wife of James Spence, died October 23, 1846 William G. Spence, buried nearest to the south fence George Elizabeth Fitzgerald, wife of Thomas J. Salter November 27, 1846 - 1936 Thomas James Salter