MOUNT OLIVE METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 31-Aug-2006 Text File: P280.TXT Image Folder: P280 ******************************************************************************** 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 Aug-2006 Debbie Kellogg Aug-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 Dodson at robertgdodson@aol.com in May-2006 ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ Mount Olive CME Church Cemetery N. Fish Trap Road Easley, Pickens County, SC 29640 GPS = Latitude N34 50.568 x Longitude W82 29.687 CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Corner Stone: Mount Olive CME Church Organized 1870 by Rev. J. M. Wofford Rebuilt 1974 Rev. J. D. Mathis, Pastor Rev. W. E. Wilson, Presiding Elder Bishop Henry C. Bunion, Conference President Trustees Frank Miles, John T. Talley, J. T. Davis Charlie Miles, Hubert Talley, Hudson Davis John T. Miles, James Ware, Haskell Ware TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife NOTE: The following tombstone inscriptions do not fully represent what has actually been recorded. A more detailed recording can be obtained by purchasing the Pickens County Black Cemetery Project publication from Anne Sheriff - Editor, 988 Old Shirley Road, Central, SC 29630-9337, sheriff@innova.net BANKS, Elihue, b. 25-dec-1891, d. 9-oct-1918 BERRY, Loyd James, b. 9-feb-1917, d. 4-apr-1918 s/o Frank & Bessie Berry BLAKE, Lowe, b. 10-aug-1887, d. 31-mar-1922 BLAKE, Robert Lee, b. 31-jul-1881, d. 21-apr-1939 BLANDIN, Angenette, b. 12-sep-1924, d. 15-sep-1971 BLANDIN, James L., b. 28-nov-1920, d. BLANDIN, Raymond Washington, b. 14-jun-1948, d. 5-jan-1969 BLASSINGAME, Edward Hughe, b. 28-aug-1919, d. 17-sep-1979 BLASSINGAME, Isaiah, dec-1919 SC Pvt 854 Co Trans Corps BLASSINGAME, Robert, 26-nov-1896, d. 30-apr-1963 BLASSINGAME, William, b. c 1852, d. 11-aug-1922, a. 70y BOYD, Robert, August b. 17-aug-1894, d. 24-dec-1944 BUTLER, J.B., b. 3-sep-1867, d. 28-mar-1928 BYRD, James, b. 3-mar-1919, d. 9-jun-1989 CARR, Allean Davis, b. 10-sep-1904, d. 8-nov-1981 Sister COLLINS, Mattie Butler, b. 5-may-1894, d. 29-jun-1988 COLLINS, R.W. (Rev), b. 9-oct-1893, d. 27-jan-1995 DAVIS, Arnell J.T., Jr., b. 26-sep-1906, d. 17-jan-1987 DAVIS, Bertha M., b. 5-sep-1928, d. 6-feb-2001 DAVIS, George E., b. 15-may-1939, d. 6-aug-1965 DAVIS, Gwendolyn C., b. 23-sep-1957, d. 19-dec-1962 DAVIS, Hudson J., Sr., b. 27-spr-1920, d. 10-oct-1985 DAVIS, John W., b. 15-feb-1879, d. 16-sep-1941 DAVIS, Johnny, b. 13-jun-1908, d. 23-mar-1993 DAVIS, Julia Lee Glymph, b. 15-may-1913, d. 26-nov-1991 DAVIS, Rachel W., b. 12-mar-1875, d. 8-may-1931 DAVIS, Wilton E., b. 19-aug-1901, d. 6-oct-1980 Brother DOWENS, Forest, b. 9-oct-1892, d. 2-dec-1952 DOWENS, Gertha Lee, b. 2-nov-1918, d. 21-mar-1992 DOWENS, Mary, b. 14-feb-1894, d. 17-feb-1988 DOWNS, Ancel, b. 20-sep-1922, d. 1-jan-1993 a.70 (FHM) DOWNS, Sydney Jerome, b. 1920, d. 1979 US Navy World War II FARE, Sallie, 19-nov-1870, d. 27-oct-1907 GAMBRELL, Roosevelt, b. 1-mar-1908, d. 2-jan-1984 GAMBRELL, Willie Mae, b. 15-jan-1917, d. 11-nov-2001 a.83y fm) GARY, Esther W., b. 30-mar-1910, d. 22-mar-1995 H. McA. On footstone HUNT, Artis J., b. 1-jun-1916, d. 2-may-1965 HUNT, Mattie J., b. 9-oct-1883, d. 6-sep-1960 HUNT, Robert, no dates HUNT, William, b. 22-oct-1889, d. 6-sep-1960 J.W.H. on Footstone inside brick coping JACKSON, Helen W., b. 25-oct-1902, d. 8-mar-1995 JEFFERSON, Clarence, b. 12-apr-1893, d. 29-apr-1974 SC US Army World War I JEFFERSON, Mrs. Ethel Mae H., b. 10-feb-1900, d. 13-oct-1994 a.94y (FHM) LAWRENCE, James, b. 4-oct-1918, d. 7-may-1925 s/o Walter & Marie Lawrence -nov-LAWRENCE, Leui, b. s/o Walter & Marie Lawrence M. McA. On footstone MALAY, Mamie, b. 28-jul-1881, d. 13-aug-1917 MALAY, William, b. 17-sep-188?, d. 29-sep-1917 MARTIN, Nannie, b. 19-oct-1916, d. 140-jan-1983 McADAMS, Esley, b. 22-aug-1830, d. 10-jun-1905 McADAMS, Rev. J. E., , 14-feb-1884, d. 30-oct-1953 McBRIDE, Ruth Genette Blandin, b. 9-mar-1955, d. 7-oct-1996 MILES, Alonzo, b. 10-jan-1907, d. 23-sep-1938 (round stone) MILES, Andrew, b. 6-dec-1918, d. 9-aug-1920 s/o Tom & Francis Miles MILES, Francis W., b. 21-apr-1882, d. 6-jun-1951 MILES, Marvin, b. 6-mar-1903, d. 28-nov-1919 s/o Tom & Francis Miles MILES, Odesster, b. 4-jul-1921, d. 12-mar-1922 s/o Tom & Francis Miles MILES, Thomas, b. 4-jul-1884, d. 12-jun-1960 MILES, Wofford, b. 28-mar-1917, d. 21-mar-1970 SC S2 USNR World War II NEAL, Mattie L., b. 6-jun-1915, d. 23-oct-1994 NEAL, Willie, b. 11-feb-1914, d. 22-aug-2002 ORR, Mamie Smith, b. 21-sep-1881, d. 9-oct-1963 OWENS, Mirical V. (Baby), b. 7-oct-1995 (FHM) PICKENS, Andrew T., b. 1938, d. 1998 PICKENS, Brucie, b. 1914 , d. 1984 (Brucie E. Pickens, d. 26-mar-1984, a.70y fm) PICKENS, Marcus Antonio "Daddy", b. 29-jul-1969, d. 28-dec-2000 PICKENS, Walter Lee, b. 1962, d. 1998 PICKENS, Zion Vernon, Jr., b. 4-sep-1935, d. 27-jul-1998 US Army Korea ROBINSON, Naomi, b. 6-may-1900, d. 1967 ROBINSON, Ola W., b. 10-nov-1907, d. 25-mar-1966 SHAW, Willie C., b. 21-oct-1954, d. 6-apr-1996 Sp5 US Army SHELBY, Doris, 26-may-1925, d. 9-mar-1995 Family SHERARD, Mattie, b. 23-apr-1892, d. 10-feb-1938 w/o Rev. A. J. Sherard SIMPSON, Anna McAdams, b. 8-apr-1862, d. 28-nov-1944 SIMPSON, Perry, b. 19-may-1860, d. 11-jun-1937 SIMPSON, Viola, b. 15-feb-1900, d. 11-apr-1937 w/o W. P. Williams SMITH, Albert, b. 6-aug-1878, d. 17-mar-1929 SMITH, Eddie Eugene, b. 26-aug-1919, d. 22-sep-1987 SSgt US Army World War II SMITH, Ellen, b. 20-aug-1876, d. 12-apr-1934 w/o J. B. Butler SMITH, Lillie Mae, b. 9-sep-1923, d. 26-dec-1969 SMITH, Rev. William T., b. 12-oct-1882, d. 9-dec-1929 TALLEY, Henry L., b. 10-feb-1900, d. 30-mar-1935 TALLEY, James, Jr., b. 13-dec-1928, d. 1-dec-1994 US Army Korea TALLEY, John Henry, b. 19-jul-1954, d. 10-sep-2002 a. 48y (FHM) TALLEY, John T., March 8, 1921 - June 4, 2005 (FHM) TALLEY, Joseph Wellington, 1926 - 1979 US Army World War II TALLEY, Maggie B., June 15, 1903 - December 12, 1940 TALLEY, Veodis Odell, August 19, 1932 - January 26, 2001 (FHM) TARRANT, Alma Arnold, November 4, 1913 - March 6, 1967 VERNON, Clara Estelle, May 15, 1906 - May 22, 2002 VERNON, James W., April 21, 1933 - December 30, 1959 VERNON, Texie Blassingame Wofford, October 25, 1882 - May 24, 1958 VERNON, Willie Hudson, December 5, 1905 - January 22, 1957 WAKEFIELD, Flora B., October 29, 1907 - August 18, 1966 WARE, John L., April 17, 1891 - January 31, 1970 WARE, Ola Gaines, November 30, 1894 - March 2, 1978 WHITE, Carrie Blassingame, August 14, 1898 - August 16, 1958 WHITE, Virginia M., January 4, 1922 - October 13, 1989 WOFFORD, A. W., August 1, 1914 - May 17, 1941 WOFFORD, Amos, March 6, 1877 - March 24, 1931 WOFFORD, Choice, December 17, 1926 - May 8, 1982 WOFFORD, Harold, 1920 - 1984 Tec5 US Army World War II WOFFORD, J. M., died October 15, 1892 age 47 years WOFFORD, Janie Cheeks, June 22, 1924 - April 3, 1955 WOFFORD, Jerry Choice, November 4, 1951 - April 11, 1976 WOFFORD, John Henry, died August 31, 1984 age 76 (FHM) WOFFORD, John W., January 25, 1871 - October 21, 1947 WOFFORD, Lola B., July 31, 1917 - August 2, 1992 WOFFORD, Mary, died July 15, 1897 age 55 years w/o J. M. Wofford WOFFORD, Paul, June 10, 1922 - December 17, 1996 age 74 (FHM) WOFFORD, Rozell B., September 8, 1929 - March 1, 1997 WOFFORD, Seyjus, October 7, 1871 - January 16, 1911 w/o J. W. Wofford WRIGHT, Curtis, February 10, 1951 - December 20, 1985 WRIGHT, DeWhitt, August 25, 1920 - July 4, 1960 SC Co A 90 AB SCTY BN AAF World War II WRIGHT, Rozell (Rose), Sr., May 2, 1914 - June 10, 1984