Twiggs County Georgia PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Tonya Crosby" http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Table of Contents: For Photos and More Complete Information visit the Twigg's County Web pages - Tonya Crosby, County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatwiggs/index.htm PROSPECT METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY There are many unmarked graves, some with old wooden markers, some cement slabs and some the marks are illegible. Everett T. Floyd, Company I, 6th Inf. C. S. A. Lena B., daughter of E. Bond & L. Y. Sauls, born November 13, 1897, died January 18, 1899. Eugene Sauls 1875 - 1940 Mrs. E. B. Sauls 1890 - 1952 K. T. Sauls, son of E. Bond and T. V. Sauls, 9/5/1903 - 11/7/1927 E. C. Sauls, son of E. Bond and T. V. Sauls, 10/2/1906 - 4/13/1924 J. Tom Lucas, Georgia Pvt. U. S. Army, October 5, 1918. Maude Blount Ives 9/23/1898 - 1/12/1965 Martha Sauls Blount 10/25/1869 - 8/29/1935 Griffin B. Blount 4/25/1869 - 2/28/1925 Elizabeth Blount died 1910 Myrtle Blount died 1909 Mattie J. Blount died 1907 Carrie J. Blount died 1900 John Thomas Holliday 7/18/1872 - 12/26/1916 Mary Sauls Holliday 7/9/1876 - 3/17/1947 Irene and Iris Holliday (Twins) 1/13/1913 -5/1913 Andrew B. Holliday 2/20/1907 - 3/22/1951 John E. Holliday 8/20/1896 - 8/20/1896 Joe Holliday 3/26/1908 - 4/1912 Moselle Holliday 5/13/1900 - 9/26/1900 W. H. Hasty 10/7/1862 - 4/9/1931 Marcy G. Chance 7/29/1911 - 6/22/1968 William Tom Grimsley 6/17/1878 - 4/6/1949 Eugenia Tindall Grimsley 5/24/1871 - 2/18/1954 Allen J. Grimsley 5/28/1905 - 5/21/1906 Freeman Griffin Blount 7/24/1892 - 10/31/1936 Kathryn Blount died 12/22/19-- Maggie Raley 8/9/1884 - 3/4/1964 Georgia Raley 5/3/1888 - 5/12/1961 G. T. Grimsley 11/9/1865 - 12/22/1936 Eula Wilkes Grimsley 1883 - 1947 John Raley 2/9/1880 - 1/27/1960 Ira Raley 8/26/1882 - 6/27/1960 Theodore Sauls 11/18/1867 - 11/5/1938 Hattie Chance 4/10/1842 - 10/7/1935 Henry Chance 1876 - 1910 Lula Chance born 1879 William Clinton Chance 10/25/1908 - 6/9/1968 Georgia Raley 8/1856 - 6/5/1925 Rev. ? Raley - No Dates Wiley Jordan Floyd - No Dates Herbert Floyd - No Dates Mrs. Tom Floyd 8/3/1903 - 1/7/1942 Martha Elizabeth Floyd 11/3/1860 - 12/2/1930 Hattie Annie Floyd, infant daughter of Brady & Hester Floyd born 2/16/1941 Infant son of Glen and Velma Hasty 12/18/1940 Ollie Strickland 1879 - 1951 Norman Floyd 3/18/18-- - 6/3/1916 Daisy Floyd 7/11/1891 - 6/29/1928 Thomas Lee Floyd 10/12/1895 - 7/18/1941 Thomas J. Stone 4/18/1874 - 2/1/1942 Leola C. Stone 1880 - 1959 Harold Lewis Stone, son of M. L. & Ivey Stone 4/6/1902 - 4/7/1943 M. L. (Buddy) Stone 1/6/1917 - 6/16/1968 George Rabun Floyd, GA PFC Co. B 359 Inf. WWII 11/29/1919 - 5/31/1971 Paul Ellis Floyd 10/1/1907 - 3/27/1968 David E. Floyd 2/2/1905 - 2/9/1932 J. E. Floyd 1/10/1882 - 7/29/1927 Lucy B. Floyd 3/20/1889 - 2/19/1958 Infant of J. E. Floyd - No Dates W. L. Stokes 6/18/1857 - 9/13/1908 Beulah S. Floyd 11/8/1881 - 2/2/1928 W. G. Floyd 2/9/1859 - 3/23/1932 Almer C. Collins, wife of Buck Grimsley born 1/9/1930 - 28 years old Mary Blount - No Dates M. J. Floyd 9/17/1857 - 7/21/1927 John L. Grimsley 10/30/1889 - 10/18/1964 Lulu F. Grimsley 3/31/1889 - 3/24/1971 J. Stanley Floyd 1902 - 1931 Frances Floyd 10/18/1926 - 5/3/1940 John D. Sauls 3/18/---- - 6/2/1835 Katie Floyd Sauls 12/22/1884 - 12/10/1967 William H. Grimsley 6/7/1908 - 3/14/1954 Ruth Sauls 1876 - 1955 Miss Louise Stokes 11/1860 - 2/16/1942 Miss Susan J. Stokes 12/6/1835 - 5/5/1911 Isaac Gilder, North Carolina Drummer and Fifer 2 N. C. Regt., Rev. War 1762 - 1840 (Revolutionary Marker) One adult and 3 children's graves in line with Isaac Gilder's grave with above ground markers, but head stones are gone. The adult is presumed his wife, the others his children. William R. Stokes, Company E, 63 GA Inf. C. S. A. J. E. Stokes 12/17/1846 - 9/21/1934 (Masonic emblem on marker) Mary M. Fowler, wife of J. E. Stokes 11/15/1858 - 9/4/1938 F. Y. Stokes 1886 - 1954 George Outler Grimsley 7/25/1898 - 6/13/1967 Martha Nell Holliday, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Holliday died 11/4/1941 Minnie Floyd died 12/27/1943 E. O. Floyd 1887 - 7/11/1947 Griffin G. Grimsley, died 5/25/1893 Mallisa J. Grimsley 8/7/1865 - 2/26/1936 Ben James Arnold 8/4/1815 - 9/26/1908, Company I, 5th Ga. Regt., C.S.A. Ella D. Johnson, wife of Levi B. Sauls 9/9/1926, age 14 yrs. Calvin Sauls, Company E, 63rd Ga. Inf., C. S. A. Susan A. Dealinia, wife of K. T. Sauls 4/6/2838 - 5/24/1904 K. T. Sauls, Company I, 26th Ga. Inf., C. S. A. M. M. Thompson, son of Z. R. & Essie Thompson 3/6/1920 W. J. Thompson, son of Z. R. & Essie Thompson, 5/21/1951 Cullen Sauls, died 1920 Gilbert - Illegible M. H. Kitchens 1/2/1879 - 10/9/1916 Pennie Kitchens 6/8/1883 - 12/19/1958 Otis Simpson 9/4/1875 - 7/27/1961 J. H. Simpson 10/12/1849 - 1/8/1929 (Masonic Emblem) Frances Taylor, wife of J. H. Simpson, died 1/21/1926, age 70 yrs. W. J. Simpson, wife of ? Simpson, died --85 (Illegible) Katie Simpson Chance - No Dates Hade Chance - No Dates John Tullie Jones 7/27/1893 - 4/16/1942 Thomas Sapp 7/21/1857 - 2/20/1922 Rilla Brides Jones 6/7/1857 - 4/15/1893 John Byron Jones 10/30/1860 - 11/25/1924 Fleta Chance, wife of Jno. Tilman 3/17/1892 -11/25/1910 John Franklin Defore 1879 - 1935 Loyd Dupree Defore 1898 - 1924 Elmina Bozeman Defore 1876 - 1922 Georgianne Defore 1862 -1941 Julia Olenza Defore 1900 - 1957 Infant son of T. M. & Neomia Thompson 10/11/1934 Infant daughter of T. M. & Neomia Thompson 5/26/1938 - 10/26/1941 Neomia L. Thompson 1/14/1907 - 9/18/1956 Henry N. Thompson 5/20/1936 - 6/3/1961 Tommie Thompson 1/13/1931 - 12/14/1970 Edgar C. Holliday, Jr. 1954 - 1971 Audrey Sue Holliday 3/1934 - 6/8/1937 John Wesley Nobles 2/1/1917 - 7/26/1942 "Lost his life at sea in service to his country". Lizzie H. Nobles 4/15/1876 - 4/17/1917 Archie M. Nobles 11/25/1868 - 10/13/1944 Bunyan Thomas Holliday 8/13/1897 - 11/7/1948 Ruth Holliday Hudson 5/21/1900 - 11/28/1969 William Robert Holliday 8/30/1925 - 12/26/1965 Charlie Cannon 10/20/1888 - 4/22/1943 Annie L. Cannon 9/6/1890 - 3/24/1966 W. L. Lentz, born in Duvall, N. C. 7/1857 -died in Twiggs County, GA 8/8/1928 Katie J. Lentz, wife of William L. Lentz, born in Maxwell Co., N. C. 4/16/186?, died 7/1929 J. W. Lentz (Illegible) Ross Hamrick 1875 - 1947 Rellie Hamrick 1874 - 1964 Agnes Blanche Hamrick 12/11/1914 - 2/15/1916 Everette H. Chance 4/10/1899 - 8/1/1929 Baby Chance 7/31/1920 - 8/10/1920 Charence Hamburg, GA Pvt. U. S. Army WWII 6/26/1918 - 9/20/1946 Cornelius Pope Roberts 1888 - 1949 Lucy Knight Holliday 8/19/1905 - 7/26/1935 Charlie S. Fowler 11/23/1875 - 5/28/1961 Vande V. Fowler, son of C. S. & M. S. Fowler 10/2/1912 - 11/22/1927 Mary E. Girmsley, wife of C. S. Fowler 12/17/1883 - 3/15/1924 John D. Smith 1868 - 1944 Lizzie Price, wife of John D. Smith 2/8/1864 -5/25/1932 Steve Gay - 1958 Claire T. Thompson 1925 - 1971 Charlie D. Floyd 1/22/1898 - 5/3/1968 Marshall Sauls 9/21/1885 - 5/4/1957 Josephine Floyd Sauls 10/3/1886 - 7/5/1950 Charles B. Hamrick, GA Wagoner U. S. Army WWI 2/22/1890 - 1/31/1957 Sam T. Kiser 9/29/1890 - 5/24/1963 Bobby Thompson 3/31/1949 - 8/19/1967 Burton D. Hasty 7/8/1964 - 9/14/1964 Herman Floyd 9/2/1954 - 5/24/1972 Lois Willene Lucas 4/4/1960 - 4/4/1960 Homer R. Lucas 12/29/1902 - 6/15/1961 Bert I. Hasty 7/11/1901 - 1/19/1965 Wm. Franklin 12/9/1895 - 5/30/1962 Pearl L. Hasty 4/21/1900 - 11/14/1970 James E. Wimberly, GA Sgt. Armored Reg. WWII 1/5/1913 - 2/6/1956 Robert James Wimberly 6/21/1884 - 10/23/1964 Bruce Leslie, Jr. 11/17/1945 - 5/5/1947 Ellie B. Hasty 9/29/1892 - 5/3/1963 Gordon Hasty 11/30/1888 - 4/18/1945 Gerald Dupree Hasty, GA Pvt. 20, Co. 157, Depot Brigade WWI 5/6/1891 - 2/1/1965 Nina H. Barron 3/5/1893 - 1/30/1962 Vaud F. Barron 11/18/1894 - 5/13/1942 Hoyt L. Little 2/14/1899 - 6/3/1961 Louise H. Little born 5/14/1903 Hattie Thompson 6/4/1939 - 12/10/1946 Ruby Kitchens 8/25/1861 - 5/18/1918 Minnie Bell Kitchens 2/8/1915 - 2/5/1920 Dick Kitchens (Illegible) John Freeman Little 7/4/1897 - 10/28/1963 Viola Herndon Little 2/10/1907 - 6/2/1962 J. T. Little 9/8/1927 - 10/22/1927 Lucile K. Howell 12/18/1909 - 7/10/1954 Mack Kitchens 4/30/1886 - 3/20/1969 Sarah L. Kitchens born 12/3/1893 Susan Maddox, daughter of I. E. Maddox 9/13/1948 - 8/25/1949 Bertha L Mercer 1920 - 1954 Howard M. Floyd died 1971 Clarence S. Floyd, GA Pvt. Co. G, 3rd Inf. Repl. Regt. WWI 7/20/1897 - 7/19/1963 Dona Floyd 4/4/1855 - 10/6/1917 Frank Floyd, GA Pvt. 3 Depot Div. 10/5/1918 Mrs. Rosa Floyd 1/3/1857 - 1/27/1930 E. H. Floyd 6/28/1896 - 12/21/1933 J. S. Floyd 8/27/1850 - 10/2/1929 T. Sauls, Company I, GA Inf. C. S. A. Ellen F. Collins 9/2/1891 - 1/19/1961 David A. Collins 2/6/1884 - 7/26/1961 Pelton Sauls, GA PFC 79 Station Hospital WWII BSM, 8/2/1920 - 9/4/1965 Harvey L. Sauls 12/27/1890 - 3/24/1959 Josephine Asbell Moore 1/23/1855 - 10/3/1934 S. M. Moore 12/13/1854 - 1/2/1929 Amanda Hasty 3/24/1849 - 5/26/1926 Zack Floyd 11/1/1895 - 11/1/1963 Monroe F. Vaughn - No Dates Nancy S. Vaughn - No Dates James W. Vaughn - No Dates Charles H. Pierce - 1900 - 1949 M. R. "Tubby" Grimsley 10/14/1912 -6/25/1955 Charlie E. Baston 2/13/1885 - 10/31/1949 Jim Sauls 1/25/1902 - 4/22/1969 E. M. Moore, Sr. 1865 - 1949 G. W. Floyd, Sr. 1896 - 1969 "Terry" Terrence L. Lance 8/22/1947 -7/18/1962 "Walter" John W. Lance 10/18/1926 -10/23/1970 Walter Lee Grimsley "Petty" 2/11/1905 - 8/29/1960 Copied by: Mrs. K. J. Carswell Taken from "Collections of Twiggs Countians: Here and There by Kathleen Jones Carswell" Copyright © 2002 by Tonya H. Crosby Back to Home Page