MOUNT OLIVET WESLEYAN CHURCH CEMETERY (1898), Pickens County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 21-Jul-2007 Text File: P206.TXT Image Folder: P206 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING 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 recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jul-2006 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in -2006 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in -2006 RECORDING ...... : Robert G. Dodson at robertgdodson@aol.com in Jun-2005 ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > GPS = Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Wesleyan Church located at 302 Mount Olivet Road, Six Mile, officially became a Wesleyan church when it joined the South Carolina District on October 12 1898 Prior to becoming Wesleyan, the group conducted worship services in different homes They were separated from each other by several miles. Their mode of travel was by wagon, buggy, horseback and on foot. They joined together to "hull in" a small building enabling them to conduct a revival meeting during Christmas week of 1897. They used slab benches without backs and were without conveniences except the building itself. Some of the early leaders were: Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Davis, Mr. & Mrs. John EIrod, Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Garrett, Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Garrett, Mr. & Mrs. T.N. Hayes, Mr. & Mrs. John Hollis, Mammie Mann, Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Merck, Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Morgan, Hattie Morgan, Mr. & Mrs. A.H. Newton, Mr. & Mrs. L. J. Nicholson, Vando Parrott, and Mr. & Mrs. P.W. Willimon. Among the membership today are descendants of the charter members to the fourth and fifth generations. In 1932, under the leadership of Rev. J.R. George a new building was erected. Since then many improvements have been made; a modern parsonage added and fellowship facilities provided. The church has exceeded the average life span of rural churches, but not without difficulties. The legacy of Mount Olivet to The Wesleyan Church and to the kingdom of God is immeasurable. It has sent forth twenty-six ministers and Christian workers to minister in The Wesleyan Church and other denominations. Submitted by: Edna E. Mitchell, 2310 Norris Highway, Central, SC 29630 Sources: Local church minutes; History of South Carolina Conference Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, by J.B. Hilson 1949; The Wesleyan Church A Century of History in South Carolina, by Paul Wilcox, 1994; Personal interviews with older members; Family and personal knowledge. by: Pickens County SC Heritage Book 1995 TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife ?, ?, b. August 14, 1935, d. July 21, 1936 Alexander, Ernest A., b. March 20, 1906, d. April 19, 1939 Alexander, Julia Merck, b. January 6, 1881, d. August 2, 1968 Alexander, Luther D., b. May 16, 1887, d. June 9, 1945 Alexander, R. L., b. October 10, 1865, d. January 18, 1946 Alexander, Suzanna Jane, W/O R. L. Alexander, b. April 25, 1866, d. June 9, 1942 Arnold, Lula W., b. June 28, 1867, d. September 30, 1935 Bagwell, Mary Iris, b. January 25, 1933, d. March 24, 1997 Barrett, Alberta Ann Puller, b. May 31, 1912, d. December 23, 1999 Barrett, James T., b. July 4, 1909, d. December 27, 1952 Bentley, Shirley B., 1906 - 1978 Bowers, Baby Boy, b. September 28, 1963, d. September 30, 1963 Bowers, Dorothy, b. June 26, 1935, d. September 30, 1963 Bowers, Randall, b. October 19, 1957, d. January 8, 1992 Bowers, W. B., b. May 5, 1890, d. January 21, 1941 Bowman, Jackie L., b. September 18, 1951, d. February 8, 1995 Chaussie, Lee J., 1904 - 1967 Chaussie, Louise, 1909 - 1975 (fm) Cox, Ida Mae Reid, 1899 - 1963 Davis, Ida C., b. June 14, 1870, d. August 1, 1945 Davis, Joseph R., b. September 7, 1867, d. January 29, 1930 Davis, Kizzie S., b. March 8, 1883, d. November 5, 1956 Davis, W. Hampton, b. September 24, 1876, d. January 24, 1949 Duncan, Benjamin H., b. July 19, 1879, d. March 22, 1953 Duncan, Richard Elmer, S/O Mr. & Mrs. V. B. Duncan, b. February 28, 1933, d. March 20, 1933 Duncan, Velma S., b. June 4, 1902, d. February 15, 1981 Durham Danny Bruce, PVT US Army , b. February 6, 1953, d. January 8, 1992 Durham, Annie S., b. July 19, 1885, d. September 7, 1939 Durham, Dave C., b. July 27, 1905, d. May 21, 1979 Durham, Dennis D., b. September 16, 1925, d. March 8, 1978 Durham, Garlon D., b. February 12, 1930, d. May 10, 1931 Durham, James Leroy, b. March 9, 1949, d. April 16, 1963 Durham, John T., b. August 27, 1884, d. January 8, 1962 Durham, Lillian H., b. October 2, 1905, d. February 13, 1979 Durham, Mae S., b. September 23, 1909, d. May 29, 1988 Earnhart, Clyde W., b. September 26, 1897, d. March 24, 1964 Earnhart, Ethel A., b. April 3, 1899, d. September 27, 1981 Edens, Harold, b. November 12, 1925, d. October 14, 1931 Edens, J. C., b. July 7, 1924, d. February 28, 1928 Edens, Sons of Mr. & Mrs. A. K. Edens Evatt, Cornelia Grace, b. February 18, 1923, d. May 17, 1926 Fendley, Linda Merck, 1867 - 1951 Finley, Grady R., b. June 9, 1899, d. December 20, 1967 Finley, Inez B., b. September 22, 1912, d. April 6, 1982 Garrett, Addie T., 1872 - 1942 Garrett, Joe Riley, 1872 - 1960 Hayes, Adell, 1869 - 1941 Hendricks, Ben T., b. June 15, 1914, d. February 4, 1995 Hendricks, Berta Mae P., b. October 29, 1896, d. May 18, 1977 Hendricks, Elton D., US Navy, b. December 20, 1933, d. September 25, 1974 Hendricks, George L., South Carolina, PFC Field Artillery WWII, b. November 2, 1914, d. November 8, 1943 Hendricks, Grace B., b. March 27, 1917, d. June 18, 1984 Hendricks, Hazel K., b. December 12, 1912 Hendricks, James E., South Carolina Sgt Corps of Engineers WWII, b. June 10, 1920, d. October 1, 1964 Hendricks, Job T., b. October 10, 1884, d. March 12, 1984 Hendricks, Maude E., b. April 1, 1887, d. October 19, 1968 Hendricks, Michael Lynn, b. September 20, 1970, d. June 6, 1994 Hendricks, Raymond Jr., b. April 30, 1927, d. May 11, 1928 Hendricks, Raymond, b. August 29,m 1891, d. August 2, 1972, m. November 3, 1913 Hendricks, Ruby M. Orr, b. April 13, 1929, d. ?? Hendricks, Van C., b. June d15, 1914, d. September 29, 1999 Hendricks, Willie E., b. July 6, 1916, d. July 10, 1999 Holden, J. Milton, b. June 15, 1883, d. April 8, 1930 Holden, John H., b. September 17, 1917, d. December 24, 1933 Holden, Lula S., b. June 18, 1897, d. April 29, 1989 Huckins, Cedric E., b. August 17, 1913, d. December 16, 1994 Huckins, Juanita K., b. October 15, 1916, d. July 27, 1994 Hunnicutt, Beatrice M., b. August 7, 1888, d. April 19, 1963 Hunnicutt, John W., b. June 4, 1884, d. January 29, 1973 Hunnicutt, Jonah C., b. February 8, 1887, d. July 9, 1990 Hunter, Eunice W., b. March 3, 1894, d. January 27, 1981 Hunter, G. Dewey, b. July 6, 1900, d. May 27, 1987 Kelley, Cleo D., b. October 15, 1910, d. May 24, 1980 Kelley, Cornelia P., b. February 24, 1924, d. December 30, 2002 Kelley, Edward E., b. May 26, 1884, d. March 19, 1961 Kelley, Essie Mae, b. October 5, 1928 Kelley, Gladys D., b. March 23, 1915, d. May 15, 1996 Kelley, Grady A., b. May 24, 1904, d. August 25, 1983 Kelley, Louise R., b. May 31, 1905, d. December 21, 1985 Kelley, Martha C., b. June 18, 1952, d. May 4, 2001 Kelley, Marvin F., US Army WWII, b. September 23, 1927, d. March 5, 1993 Kelley, Marvin Wesley, PFC US Army WWII, b. April 3, 1921, d. January 12, 2000 Kelley, Mattie L., b. August 10, 1912 Kelley, Patrick K., b. August 13, 1953, d. June 9, 2003 Kelley, Roger E., b. December 20, 1948, m. August 24, 1968 Kelley, Sarah D., b. June 15, 1881, d. July 8, 1952 Kelley, William E., b. May 25, 1909, d. January 10, 2002 Kelly, Kendall K., b. April 17, 1941, d. August 8, 1945 Kelly, Thomas Kay, b. July 8, 1894, d. June 17, 1974 Kelly, Tilda Fendley, b. November 11, 1890, d. October 30, 1969 Kelly, Tommy Joe, b. August 22, 1948, d. November 17, 1963 Lee, Agness E., b. August 12, 1914, d. March 30, 1999 Madden, Lucille Stone, b. April 30, 1908, d. October 21, 2004 Mann, Eugenia K., b. July 11, 1892, d. October 26, 1962 Mann, James Thomas, b. December 25, 1881, d. January 19, 1967 Mann, John Lewis, b. October 24, 1889, d. September 22, 1974 Mann, Mamie Kelley, b. June 13, 1888, d. December 9, 1966 Mathis, Sarah Oneida Hendricks, b. December 28, 1936, d. March 3, 2004 Merck, Daughter, D/O of Mr. & Mrs. V. M. Merck, b. December 24, 1917, d. October 21, 1930 Merck, Emma G., b. June 12, 1875, d. September 24, 1965 Merck, Eula W., b. October 18, 1892, d. April 12, 1967 Merck, Rev. Jake E. , b. March 20, 1876, d. June 4, 1953 Merck, W. Frank, b. May 10, 1886, d. April 21, 1950 Miller, Carrie H., b. April 17, 1921 Miller, Clarence C., b. September 11, 1895, d. March 24, 1962 Miller, Mildred L., b. August 16, 1931 Miller, Pauline W., b. October 21, 1919, d. June 18, 1944 Miller, Vada B., b. April 17, 1898, d. August 27, 1941 Mulkey, Albert, b. November 3, 1914, d. May 6, 1992 Mulkey, Cecil K., b. March 17, 1906, d. May 23, 1998 Mulkey, Jean Ella, D/O Albert and Cecil Mulkey, b. April 1, 1943, d. July 4, 1943 Newton, James Cephus, b. April 19, 1902, d. April 16, 1994 Newton, Lucy Davis, b. February 17, 1906, d. December 14, 1987 Reeves, James C., b. April 22, 1898, d. June 15, 1951 Reeves, James Edward, US Army WWII, b. June 26, 1920, d. January 6, 1987 Reeves, John C., b. December 4, 1933, d. June 14, 1988 Reeves, Lula M., b. November 24, 1901, d. April 26, 1980 Reeves, Silas, b. September 25, 1925, d. June 12, 1990 Reid, Edward F., 1924 - 1994 Reid, Harriett Roberts, b. January 27, 1882, d. April 9, 1942 Reid, William J., b. August 28, 1875, d. September 28, 1956 Revis, Edna Mae K., b. April 24, 1918 Revis, Larel Mitchell, b. October 8, 1917, d. October 19, 1993 Rhodes, Lonnie Thomas (Tom), b. April 24, 1943, d. February 27, 1997 Rhodes, Naoma W., W/O Rev. Thomas B Rhodes, b. April 19, 1916, d. January 18, 1995 Riggens, Mattie H., b. November 3, 1874, d. June 28, 1932 Robertson, Daughter, D/O Mr. & Mrs. Geo. F. Robertson, b. April 21, 1930, d. April 10, 1932 Rogers, Charles Oscar, b. December 31, 1901, d. November 25, 1944 Rogers, Juanita Reid, b. May 9, 1906, d. March 8, 1984 Roper, Ernest Leslie, PFC 1st Infantry Division WWII Veteran, b. September 6, 1923, d. March 4, 1978 Roper, Frankie Eloise, b. April 28, 1935, d. August 10, 1937 Roper, Infant Son, S/O I. D. & Oleen Roper, b. & d. August 29, 1933 Roper, Infant Son, S/O I. D. & Nancy Roper, b. & d. December 20, 1925 Roper, Israel David, b. February 15, 1885, d. July 4, 1956 Roper, Nancy Ellen King, W/O I. D. Roper, b. 1891, d. January 31, 1931 Ross, James E., b. December 27, 1909, d April 14, 1979 Ross, Linda Lucille, 1943 - 1948 Ross, Mary Essie B., b. November 12, 1912, d. November 17, 1971 Seaborn, Irene C., b. April 3, 1911, d. January 2, 1998 Seaborn, James L., b. May 31, 1928, d. January 24, 1987 Seaborn, Jay W., b. February 6, 1909, d. February 9, 1998 Simmons, Mary K., b. December 6, 1896, d. November 18, 1967 Simmons, Willie W. , b. March 18, 1898, d. August 7, 1978 Stewart, Beatrice J., b. August 11, 1897, d. January 8, 1971 Stewart, Eula Bell A., b. December 12, 1897, d. November 28, 1989 Stewart, Garnett W., b. December 1, 1894, d. June 9, 1961 Stewart, George M., Infant Son, September 26, 1935 Stewart, Hazel Mack, b. November 29, 1915, d. April 20, 1974 Stewart, Helen Virginia, b. September 29, 1917, d. June 7, 1989 Stone, Austin, b. March 30, 1923, d. March 19, 1940 Stone, Carolyn, D/O of Mr. & Mrs. J. B Stone, b. April 17, 1946, d. April 17, 1946 Stone, R. David, b. July 1, 1907, d. December 20, 1968 Stone, T. N., b. January 6, 1926, d. June 19, 1940 Stone, Walter, b. October 3, 1904, d. October 2, 1938 Williams, Lou Lankford, b. March 25, 1878, d. March 5, 1974 Willimon, Benjamin F., S/O Mr. & Mrs. L. A. Willimon, b. February 17, 1935, d. June 19, 1942 Willimon, Bill W., b. October 19, 1930 Willimon, Dora S., b. November 7, 1893, d. May 22, 1983 Willimon, Earl B., b. July 17, 1910, d. August 18, 1977 Willimon, Eunice S., b. May 10, 1912,, d. August 22, 1993 Willimon, Mamie G., 1873 - 1966 Willimon, Pinkney W., 1869 - 1957 Willimon, Samantha M., b. April 12, 1933, d. September 14, 2001 Willimon, Sharon Marlene, Pickens County, b. March 21, 1953, d. March 26, 1953 Willimon, Shelia Darlene, Pickens County, b. March 21, 1953, d. March 21, 1953 Willimon, W. L., S/O Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Willimon, b. July 5, 1942, d. April 2, 1943 Willimon, Walter B., b. August 5, 1885, d. July 4, 1933 Woodring, Ethel W., b. April 16, 1920, d. November 26, 1981 Wooton, Elizabeth G., b. July 29, 1861, d. June 12, 1952