Centennial United Methodist Church Cemetery, Upper Fairmount, Somerset County, Maryland Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Delphine Steficek (dchecks@warwick.net). ******************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non- commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to The USGenWeb Project to store the file permanently for free access. ******************************************************************************************** This cemetery data is one of six cemeteries I gathered headstone information from between Maryland and Georgia, while vacationing. Centennial United Methodist Church is located on Halls Creek Rd, off of Rt. 361 in Upper Fairmount. The church held its last Sunday service on the 3rd Sunday in July, 1999 as the congregation is now merged with what was called the Saint Andrews Methodist Church. These were two of the three churches originally associated with the Upper Hill United Methodist Charge. Centennial has a sprawling cemetery, much of which is in the wooded part of the property. Many graves are overgrown and unmarked. My grandparents, Willie & Rosebud Harris are buried here along with a great aunt, Ira Montee Scott and two uncles, Leonard Harris and James Simmons. I will use the # of and the term "unmarked" for those graves next to or in the vicinity of readable headstones. Perhaps this info may help someone locate an unmarked relative. Directions: Rt 13 south from Salisbury, to Rt. 413 to Crisfield. Turn right onto rt. 361 to Manokin, Fairmount, Upperhill. Turn left onto Halls Creek Rd. Church is on the left. The front doors of the church face rt. 361. The rear of the property is toward a private residence. The major portion of the cemetery is located on the side of the property away from Halls Creek Rd. Starting in the wooded area farthest from Halls Creek Rd. about 12-13 yard from the property line, working my way back to the church. 3. 3 unmarked 4. Herman Johnson d. Apr 24, 1946, age 82 yrs. 5. unreadable headstone 6. Footstone J.J. 7. Footstone R.A..J. (4 sided monument placed at head of RAJ seems to be placed wrong. Names should correspond to the direction of the grave.) Rachel Anne Johnson d. Apr 12, 1920 age 93 yrs. Josephine Johnson-54 yrs. 11. 4 unmarked 12. Headstone: C.W.J. 14. 2 unmarked 15. Issac F. Perry 16. 1 unmarked w/unreadable monument 17. Everett Courage Hall Aug 8, 1915-Sept 12, 1988 18. Everett c. Hall, Jr. Aug 14, 1949-Aug 23, 1993 23. 5 unmarked w/1 an open grave 24. James Clark 25. John Basley Jones may 27, 1934 age 70 yrs. 31. 6 unmarked 32. Beulah G. Waters 1910-1990 37. 5 unmarked w/1 sunken grave 38. Minnie Johnson 1888-1965 39. Elwood Waters 1902-1965 40. Mary Wise 1903-1987 41. Sarah Maddox 1912-1992 next to her sister 42. Esther Maddox 1917-1995 43. Arthur Maddox 44 Headstone unreadable + 2 unmarked 45. Maria Johnson 1873-1958 46. Lemuel Johnson 1875-1940 47. Edna M. Johnson Dec 7, 1904-May 7,1985 51. 2 unmarked+2 unreadable headstones 52. Charles I. Johnson, Sr. Dec 7, 1932-Jun 25, 1994 53. Carolyn Maddox 1956-1988 54. Ernest Maddox 1943-1970 55. Annie Johnson 1890-1965 56. Linwood Johnson 1893-1997 59. 3 unmarked w/1 infant 64. 5 unmarked/overgrown 65. F.P. 67. 2 unmarked 68. Roland H Cooper 1928-1993 70. 2 unmarked 71. Emma Purnell Jun 9, 1923-Sept 15, 1992 72. Lemuel Irving Johnson Sept 7, 1915-Jun 28, 1998 73. 1 unmarked 74. Casalena Bivins 1929-1994 close to her son 75. William M. Washington Aug 15, 1955-Feb 10, 1996 77. 2 unmarked 78. William Washington born Jul 13, 1914 81. 3 unmarked 82 Elenor Fontaine Dec 4, 1915-Sept 22, 1985 83. Ethel Jones 1898-1992 86. 3 unmarked 87. Sylvia A. Grant 1948-1994 88. Mamie Johnson 89. 1 unmarked 90. Prince Perry, Jr. Aug 9, 1914-Jan 2,1984 96. 6 unmarked 97. Bertha L. Waters 1907-1985 98. Carrie A. Waters Oct 12, 1897-Mar 15, 1962 next to her husband 99. Arman N. Waters July 1898-Mar 27, 1968 100. Shirley Washington 1919-1966 101. John Washington d. 1969 102. Lewis H. Washington 1877-1957 103. Mary H. Washington 1880-1974 104. Ira Montee Scott d. Mar 1, 1963 age 54 yrs 105. Leonard Harris Feb 28, 1931-Apr 11, 1967 106. Rosebud Harris 1904-1975 107. Willie Harris 1904-1976 108. James Simmons Dec 29, 1934-May 8, 1996 109. Baby Young Mar 1965 110. Infant 111. Oliver Washington Apr 29, 1923-Oct 21, 1976 113. 2 unmarked 114. Lucretia Washington 1902-1989 115. Worthy S. Waters d. 1964 age 35 116. Sheila W. Jones 1951-1981 117. Violet S. Peyton 1946-1991 118. Lucy Mae Day 1935-1992 119. Ogle Waters Aug 5, 1933-Dec 8, 1992 120. Julia Newman 1921-1994 121. Lillie Mae Ballard 1919-1998 122. Gertrude Washington 132. 10 unmarked 133. John H Waters, Sr. d. Aug 13, 1918 age 88 next to his wife 134 Abigail U. Waters may 23, 1900 age 73 with your back to the front of the church off to right corner 135. Taylor Z. Waters 1886-1979 136. Dorothy M. Banks 1908-1996 140. 4 unmarked directly in front of church 141. Johnnie Johnson d. Feb 3, 1957 unmarked but family member contacted identified as 142. Andrew Johnson in the woods off church front right corner 143. Headstone deciphered only as Lucrecia ? d. 1891 w/back to church front, right side 144. Tall monument/ Martha A. Waters d. Aug 7, 1916 age 67 145. Celeste Hayman 146. Cleopatri Waters 1889-1964 147. Bankshire Waters 1887-1971 148. Sisters- Leona Waters Price 1899-1995 and 149. Piccola Waters 1895-1975 150. Geraldine Brown 1907-1980 151. Celeste M. Bowden 1909-1978 152. Ida W. Dixon 1912-1952 153. Lelia C. Waters 1879-1973 154. Edward Waters 1875-1947 155. Irving Waters 1908-1992 156. Laura Waters 1871-1930 157. Emory Waters 1871-1961 158. Martha Waters 1913-1938 159. ? Waters 1879-1973 © 1999 Delphine Steficek