UPSON COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES - The Rock Cemetery Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: LisaGraham32@aol.com Lisa Graham Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm The Rock Cemetery Taken by Lisa Graham Sept. 16, 2002 This Cemetery is adjacent to The Rock United Methodist Church. It is Located 8 miles East of Thomaston. Take Hwy 36, same as Barnesville Hwy. Turn right onto The Rock Road. One mile on Left. Starting at 1st grave from Road on back Row Annie Maude Barker 7/19/1908- 2/19/1996 Joseph Lee Barker 4/1/1887-11/28/1970 Julia Dodson Barker 10/24/1894- 9/8/1976 Inez Harris Barker Died 6/3/1972 Herman Barker 3/22/1911- 12/3/2000 Ernestine Black Binford 7/10/1907- 2/11/2000 Frank Good Binford 10/15/1904- 4/7/1995 Thomas Hezekiah Starling 11/14/1888- 1/18/1964 Irene Barker Starling 2/28/1890- 3/8/1962 Robert Lee Starling " R.L." "Butch" 11/11/1949- 12/23/1997 Barry Mason 12/10/1895- 3/9/1978 Bela Compton Greene 4/28/1910- 3/10/1985 Sara Wyche Greene "Wife of Bela C. Greene" 5/4/1907- 5/15/1982 James Edward Greene "Beloved Husband" 12/26/1947-9/2/1998 Charles Preston Stephens 11/5/1914- 6/2/1993 Horace Edwin Bevel "Daddy Pig" Jan. 07 1947 Martha Elaine Bevel "Mama Pig" "My Very Best Friend & Wife" 1/9/1948- 9/15/1993 Myron Kenneth Watson 4/8/1938- 5/31/1988 J. Felton Blackstone Jan 12, 1918 Charles Blackstone 4/12/1916- 12/18/1997 Robert Vincent Whitaker "Beloved Uncle" "PFC US ARMY WWII" 2/2/1909- 4/17/1990 Mrs. Melinda Blake Langham, 1943- Sept. 3, 2002, Age 59 Willie Furman Davis "We Love You Mama" 1/27/1905- 9/1/1987 William Crispen Davis "Loving Father & Husband" 1/20/1907- 7/8/1979 Marie Harris Davis "Beloved wife of E.R. Davis" Died March 16, 1971 Ann Moore Peterman "A Loving Wife & Mother " 1/12/1920- 12/15/2001 Alfred Lee Peterman "A Loving Husband & Father" 9/14/1916 Walter Herbert Moore 8/1/1887- 4/17/1961 Cora Bankstone Moore 12/17/1889- 7/21/1955 Walter Herbert Moore Jr. "In Loving Memory" 9/27/1907- 2/8/2002 Montine Barnett Moore Jan. 13, 1921 Marie Warren Harris 10/23/1905- 3/13/1984 Clay Harris 2/1/1903- 11/2/1970 Pairlee Heard Harris 3/25/1880- 3/12/1966 Clairborne A. Harris M.D. 11/6/1877- 10/24/1960 Heard Harris 10/12/1914- 3/13/1977 Cecil Harris 12/19/1908- 6/30/1989 Lola McFarlin Harris "Wife of Cecil Harris" 2/24/1913- 4/13/1974 Samuel Howard Black 3/15/1907- 2/5/1984 Carolyn Andrews Black 6/12/1912 Benjaman E. Andrews 10/22/1885-10/13/1948 Bessie M. Andrews 6/22/1885- 4/1/1971 Elizabeth Mays Middlebrooks 2/1/1859- 11/17/1934 Rob Roy Middlebrooks 12/4/1880- 12/20/1953 Eva Colquitt Middlebrooks 10/13/1881- 3/9/1972 Terah Garland Hamilton 8/14/1946- 12/20/ 1972 John Thomas Garland 7/7/1887- 10/25/1933 Terah Boyers Perkins 8/24/1887- 3/22/1946 William Terral Garland 8/23/1917- 11/23/1972 Francis McKinley Garland "No Greater Love" "Mother" 7/12/1916- 8/12/1993 Genie Andrews "Wife of G.N. Middlebrooks" 5/25/1869- 11/9/1949 G. N. Middlebrooks 6/25/1865- 12/16/1928 Mattie Middlebrooks Bevel 9/9/1893- 5/4/1946 Gordan C. Bevel 10/23/1887-8/2/1959 Essie G. Bevel 7/13/1899- 5/11/1976 Ada Louise Pitts Moore 11/13/1894- 11/29/1990 John Allen Moore 11/12/1885- 1/22/1960 John Joel Moore 8/20/1860- 5/5/1929 Annie Brandon Moore 4/13/1866- 10/15/1936 William Edward Noell 4/20/1933- 12/4/1933 Gladys Boyt Noell 4/19/1904- 11/13/1993 John Albion Noell Culverhouse "ABE" "DAD" 9/18/1903- 1/18/1994 Annie Claire Noell Culverhouse "MOM" Oct. 15, 1929 George Benjamin Culverhouse Jr. "MSGT US AIR FORCE WWII" "Jack" 9/5/1926- 2/1/1998 Charles H. Matthews 8/11/1878- 12/20/1937 Ella Moore Matthews 8/5/1865- 11/20/1942 Mariella Stephens 11/3/1903- 3/3/1969 C.O. Stephens 1860-1935 Ida Moore Stephens "Wife of C.O. Stephens" 1861-1923 Dorothy Briggs Stephens "wife of Roy Stephens" 10/6/1897- 5/23/1940 Roy Stephens 2/7/1889- 1/5/1956 Rob Roy Stephens 12/27/1938- 10/2/1992 William Powell Stephens 7/6/1883- 6/24/1946 Rob Stephens 2/7/1889-11/21/1957 Richard Eugene Bevel 6/11/1916- 9/20/1966 Louise Simmons Bevel 10/1/1918- 7/3/2000 Frank A Dovel 10/8/1907- 12/26/1995 Gussie Wilson Simmons 2/25/1890- 9/29/1978 Homer Colbert Simmons 10/21/1883- 7/20/1962 Laura Virginia Sullivan "Beloved Sister" 10/19/1926 -12/20/1997 Joseph L. Sullivan "Uncle Joe" 8/24/1891- 10/19/1968 Thomas J. Sullivan 12/14/1887- 12/5/1961 Laura H. Sullivan "Mother" 5/26/1890- 6/9/1960 Harry F. Sullivan Infant 6/5/1937-1/8/1938 Mary A. Sullivan 2/4/1856- 5/21/1932 Spencer Sullivan 12/1860- 12/26/1934 Homer S. Sullivan 2/1885- 10/1926 Thomas J. Middlebrooks 2/20/1873- 8/20/1942 Laura M. Middlebrooks 6/23/1873-11/30/1962 Louise Y. Middlebrooks 9/1/1910- 1/18/1973 Annie Laurie Middlebrooks Glasgow "Love and Loving" 7/3/1904-4/10/1994 William Percy Glasgow 6/10/1901- 1/23/1977 William Hilliard Stephens 6/17/1858- 5/19/1940 Ida Middlebrooks Stephens 3/26/1860- 1/10/1939 William F. Sollenberger 5/27/1901- 6/14/1967 Unmarked George Bevel 5/11/1923- 11/5/1951 William D. Norris 10/19/1883- 6/21/1952 Nell Shivers Bevel Norris 2/7/1899- 8/25/1975 Arch F. Bevel 3/24/1892- 3/3/1937 Ethel McGee Colquitt 5/18/1910- 3/30/1995 George H. Colquitt "GA. Pvt. Base Hospital 137 WWII" 3/14/1896- 2/14/1949 Drake Colquitt 1859- 1933 Lizzie Colquitt 1866- 1949 Calvin Drake Colquitt Jr. 9/15/1898- 11/18/1928 Cecil Bradfield Moore 8/10/1898-6/18/1923 Mrytle Bradfield Moore 8/22/1879- 2/15/1959 Walter Jackson Moore 9/18/1869- 10/12/1933 Victor B. Bradfield 1881-1947 W.B. Middlebrooks 6/8/1869- 3/2/1946 Robert G. Black, Sr. 6/11/1880- 1/6/1961 Mattie M. Black 8/12/1875-5/21/1958 Roscoe Lee Sullivan, Sr. 9/8/1923- 3/10/1972 Richard V. Dukes "Ga. A1C US Air Force" 4/22/1944-11/28/1964 Margaret H. Dukes 8/15/1925 John Dukes 6/7/1924- 3/22/1991 Mary Black Wilson 6/23/1872- 7/20/1935 Margaret Black Mitchell 7/29/1917- 3/12/2002 Roy C. Mitchell 7/29/1919- 1/25/1955 Elizabeth Matthews Hall 1/14/1858- 12/23/1924 Samuel Henry Hall 3/14/1854---3/16/1929 Son of James M. Hall 7/23/1832---10/27/1880 Aby B. Slade 9/30/1837---4/26/1908 married 1/16/1853 Pike Co., Ga. Elizabeth Matthews Hall 1/14/1858---12/23/1924 (wife of Samuel Henry Hall) Daughter of Joel Franklin Mathews 1831--1865 Martha M. Gordon 1/24/1838---? married 12/06/1855 Crawford Co. Ga. Joel Franklin Matthews CSA Co. E Phillips Legion Pearl Hall Black 12/23/1880- 2/25/1963 Edgar H. Black 10/15/1878- 12/23/1943 Louise Black Camp 11/1/1899- 3/21/1988 Norman Glen Camp 8/8/1897- 9/24/1982 R. Raymond Black 8/8/1914- 6/21/1925 James Ennis Watson 2/2/1911- 11/18/1932 John Russell Watson 5/11/1907- 11/5/1975 Morris E. Watson 5/22/1905- 6/19/1957 Mae Goolsby Watson 3/15/1909- 6/23/1997 Thomas Lowell Watson "Our Beloved Father" 9/10/1880- 5/30/1957 Alice Harrell Watson 3/31/1884- 12/20/1949 John W. Andrews 12/16/1850- 11/2/1905 Bula Ingram Andrews "Wife of T.A. Abercrombie" 11/20/1866- 1/31/1938 Madison Esau Gassett "Tec 57 Calvary WW II" 9/12/1915- 5/2/1969 Willie Mae Gassett 3/31/1925 Unmarked Grave Emma Chasteen Smith "Granny" AGE 91 d. 5/29/1959 Unmarked Infant Grave J. M. Savage "Uncle Jim" 12/6/1904- 3/8/1951 Annie B. Savage "Wife of James Savage" 8/20/1907- 8/27/2001 Ronald Hickinbotham June 19, 1921 Winifred May Yates Hickinbotham 12/27/1923- 9/12/2000 Emmie Pearl Hay Downs Selph 8/14/1898- 9/5/199 John S. Downs 5/22/1893- 1/1/1954 Golden Webb Dowbs "PVT US. Marine Corps WWII" 11/22/1912- 12/6/1987 Michael Webb Downs Feb 19 1951 Laura Frances Downs 11/8/1919- 5/18/1988 Billie Franklin Smith 1/22/1929- 1/25/2001 J.P. Smith "Father" 9/7/1902-11/12/1948 Alice E. Smith "Mother" 9/21/1905- 9/2/1971 Barbara Anna Louisa Smith "Go Gently Into The Night" 1/22/1937 -2/26/1988 Jennie L. Smith 4/1958 Myrtle Gassett Garland 10/12/1906- 3/22/1981 William "Pat" Garland 2/29/1899- 5/3/1964 Henry Jackson Garland 6/22/1876- 9/3/1945 Willie Clary Garland 9/23/1879- 3/18/1970 Joel N. Matthews 1/4/1877- 3/9/1946 Josephine Bevel Matthews 11/4/1880- 7/11/1961 Mary Annie Matthews 10/23/1900- 4/12/1991 Beverly Matthews Morgan 11/3/1956- 11/6/1999 Mary Lillian Roberts Matthews "Loving Mother" 9/15/1923- 5/12/1998 James Bevel Matthews "SK# US NAVY WW II" 10/20/1921- 1/7/1997 Mary Ann S. Johnson "Wife" 7/18/1923-2/21/1999 Truman L. Johnson "Father" 6/21/1910- 11/2/1976 Emma Hatchett Johnson "Mother" 3/7/1883- 1/8/1945 Lewis Lee Johnson 4/15/1880- 10/12/1957 Edith Nell Coggins "Daughter" 6/17/1937 Nellie Johnson Goggins 5/10/1913- 6/15/1975 Ralph Eugene Hinton 10/19/1925- 12/15/1994 Barbara Chadwick Hinton Aug 3, 1931 John Lee Allison "Daddy" 7/29/1906- 7/2/1983 Anne Mae Turner Allison 6/16/1906- 7/2/1983 Bob Eugene Shirley 11/29/1905- 4/6/1955 Jane Shirley McIlvanie "Wife of John J. McIlvanie" 10/24/1938- 1/8/1970 Robert Eugene Shirley,Jr. 10/20/1959- 11/6/1983 Jamie Burrell Matthews "Rest in Peace" 6/1/1906- 10/13/1982 Paul Frank Matthews "Papa" 6/10/1872-7/13/1968 Mary Ann Howell Matthews "Mother" 7/10/1876- 1/15/1955 Charlie Matthews 9/5/1900- 8/16/1982 Jamie Burrell Matthews 6/1/1906- 10/13/1982 Cassie Leigh "Infant Daughter of Jamie & Barbara Caldwell" June 20, 1985 Allie Kennedy Harp 1/31/1891-10/4/1953 Bryant Harp 3/5/1909- 11/29/1972 Richard Alford Harp "Beloved Husband Father and Paw Paw" 12/18/1930- 12/29/2001 ============== The Rock cemetery is on the north side of the grounds which were originally set aside by the Methodist Society of Upson County as the Upson Camp Ground. This location was built after Sherman's Raid used the former tents (LL26 10th Dist) and burned them to the ground.