YORK COUNTY, SC - St. James United Methodist Church Cemetery

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ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY
1930 Quarry Road; York, SC  (off South Carolina Highway 161)

Information on this African-American church cemetery, located on the grounds
 of St. James United Methodist Church, was gathered by
 Dee Walker (dequilla@yahoo.com) in April 2003 for inclusion in the
 USGenWeb Archives.  In addition to the headstones listed below, there are
 twenty-five or more unmarked graves in this cemetery.

FAMILY NAMES:
ADAMS, ALEXANDER, ANDERSON, ARRINGTON, BANKHEAD, BOWEN, BRATTON, BRISON, BROWN, BYERS, BYRD, CALDWELL, CLOVER, CURRENCE, CURRENCE-NEELY, DULIN, EDWARDS, FALLS, FOSTER, GOOD, GWINN, HEMPHILL, HICKMAN, JACKSON, JORDAN, KENNEDY, LAWRENCE, LOVE, MCGILL, MCKNIGHT, NEELY, NICHOLS, PEGRAM, POWELL, PRIMM, QUINN, ROSS, SANDERS, SMITH, STARNES, STARR, TIGLER, WALKER, WATERS, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOODY, WRIGHT


     On Church Cornerstone:
     ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
     ORGANIZED 1868
     REBUILT 1969
     REV. HAROLD R. JOHNSON, PASTOR
     REV. B.J. COOPER, DIST. SUPT.
     BISHOP PAUL HARDIN, JR. RES. BIS.
     TRUSTEES
     B.A. CALDWELL, CHR.          B.J. WRIGHT
     S.M. BROWN                            W.M. WRIGHT
     L.W. TIGLER                             L.A. QUINN
     W.R. ALEXANDER, JR.           I.C. WRIGHT
     J.W. ADAMS
     HONORARY
     L.E. WRIGHT                            W.T. CURRENCE


1. ADAMS
EARLEEN O.
MAY 20, 1918
APR. 2, 2002
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD


2. ADAMS
AZZIELEE
AUG. 23, 1905
OCT. 14, 1999
(double marker w/husband, Samuel J.)


3. ADAMS
JAMES W.
1922 - 1981
FATHER
MARRIED APR. 4, 1942
(double marker w/wife, Ruth A.)


4. ADAMS
RUTH A.
1924 -
MOTHER
MARRIED APR. 4, 1942
(double marker w/husband, James W.)


5. ADAMS
SAMUEL J.
DEC. 25, 1905
AUG. 16, 1970
(double marker w/wife, Azzielee)


6. ADAMS
WILBUR L.
MAY 27, 1935
JULY 30, 1998
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL
FOR THOU ART WITH ME


7. ANDY _______
DIED
JUNE 15, 1896
AGE 52 YRS.
AT REST
(stone in very poor condition)



8. (ALEXANDER)
BESSIE MILLER
JAN. 15, 1877
MAY 18, 1926
HIS WIFE
(double marker w/S.R.)


9. ALEXANDER
G.R.
1862 - 1919
AT REST


10. ALEXANDER
GRADY I.
MAR. 30, 1918
NOV. 7, 1972


11. ALEXANDER
HOWARD D.
HUSBAND
1904-1979
LOVE & MEMORY


12.	ALEXANDER
ISAAC L.
1900 - 1971


13.	ALEXANDER
JESSIE BROWN
NOV. 25, 1893
(double marker w/William P.)


14.	ALEXANDER
LENA
MAY 19, 1910
JULY 28, 1978
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


15.	ALEXANDER
LULA H.
1876 - 1955
(double marker w/William D.)


16.	ALEXANDER
MATTIE DEE
SEPT. 9, 1915
OCT. 18, 1987
(double marker w/husband, William Robert)


17.	ALEXANDER
MERVIN F.
JULY 29, 1938
JAN. 21, 1994
THE CHARGE HE KEPT
WELL DONE THY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT
REST IN PEACE


18.	ALEXANDER
MERVIN L.
SOUTH CAROLINA
PVT CO. B
428 SVC BN QMC
WORLD WAR I
JANUARY 26, 1897
FEBRUARY 2, 1971


19.	ALEXANDER SR.
NATHANIEL H.
SOUTH CAROLINA
SGT. 3919 QM GEN
SVC CO
WORLD WAR II
(rest of tomb below surface)


20.	ALEXANDER
RUSSELL T.
SOUTH CAROLINA
PFC 27 DEPOT
SVC CO QMC
WORLD WAR I
JULY 25, 1895
AUG. 10, 1963


21.	ALEXANDER
S.R.
FEB. 26, 1871
(double marker w/wife, Bessie M.)


22.	ALEXANDER
SAMUEL I.
JAN. 1, 1910
FEB. 15, 1983


23.	ALEXANDER
MRS. VERNICE
BORN 1916
DIED 1998
AGE 82
(metal marker - Generation Funeral Home, Clover, SC)


24.	ALEXANDER
WILLIAM D.
1862 - 1942
(double marker w/Lula H.)


25.	ALEXANDER
WILLIAM
SOUTH CAROLINA
PVT ICL
305 SERV BN QMC
JULY 14, 1938
(stone in poor condition)


26.	ALEXANDER
	WILLIAM P.
	DEC. 2, 1891
	DEC. 14, 1965
	(double marker w/Jessie Brown)


27.	ALEXANDER
WILLIAM R.
FEB. 29, 1896
OCT. 12, 1977


28.	ALEXANDER
WILLIAM ROBERT
SEPT. 19, 1913
NOV. 24, 1977
(double marker w/wife, Mattie Dee)


29.	ALEXANDER
WOODROW D.
AUG. 9, 1914
DEC. 7, 1984


30.	ARRINGTON
ISAAC S.
AUG. 24, 1915
DEC. 3, 1970
REST IN PEACE


31. BANKHEAD
MERLISSA LAWRENCE
1898 - 1934
DAUGHTER
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(double marker w/mother, Amy Lawrence)


32. BOWEN
MABEL A.
JUNE 9, 1902
APRIL 20, 1994


33. BRATTON
IOLA TIGLER
MAY 28, 1936
MAR. 17, 1983
WED SEPT. 29, 1956
(on back:
THEIR CHILDREN
RICARDO
CHRISTOPHER
VINCENT)
(double marker w/Joshua Jr.)


34. BRATTON
JOSHUA, JR.
JULY 1, 1928
SEPT. 24, 1987
WED SEPT. 29, 1956
(on back:
THEIR CHILDREN
RICARDO
CHRISTOPHER
VINCENT)
(double marker w/Iola Tigler)


35. BRATTON
LIZZIE
1880 - 1920


36. BRATTON
PAULINE A.
JUNE 15, 1912
FEB. 26, 1984


37. BRATTON
RICARDO JOSHUA
AUG. 21, 1959
DEC. 10, 1989
LET OUR FATHER'S WILL BE DONE


38.	BRISON
R.P.
DEC. 5, 1915
AUG. 31, 1966


39.	BRISON
SAMUEL LEWIS
JULY 10, 1910
FEB. 21, 1977


40.	BROWN
FANNIE A.
JAN. 1, 1898
MAY 31, 1977
REST IN PEACE


41.	BROWN
JASPER
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT
614 TD BN
WORLD WAR II
FEBRUARY 24, 1916
JUNE 24, 1944


42.	BROWN
JOHN R.
FEB. 12, 1896
APR. 30, 1977
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


43.	BROWN
JOHN W.
NORTH CAROLINA
PFC
U S ARMY
WORLD WAR II
AUGUST 18, 1920
AUGUST 16, 1959


44.	BROWN
LUCINDA, T.
SEPT. 30, 1901
JUNE 18, 1993
(double marker w/Samuel M.)


45.	BROWN
LULA MAE BRYANT
OCT. 27, 1910
JUNE 17, 1964


46.	BROWN
MACIE H.
1896 - 1969


47.	(BROWN)
MILES
SON OF
WILLIAM & MARY BROWN
JUNE 17, 1905
JUNE 2, 1910
AT REST


48.	BROWN
RALEIGH
FEB. 18, 1895
JAN. 25, 1967


49.	BROWN
SAMUEL M.
DEC. 24, 1897
JAN. 23, 1975
(double marker w/Lucinda T.)


50.	BROWNS
WMB
MB
(Initials on footstones)


51.	BYERS
EVELYN B.
MAR. 18, 1928
OCT. 17, 1980


52.	BYRD
ANNIE
DIED JUNE 1, 1934
AGE 50 YEARS


53.	BYRD
ARTHUR (SAM)
AUG. 29, 1912
SEPT. 7, 1974


54.	BYRD
EDDIE CLINT
JAN. 15, 1910
DEC. 23, 1968
(double marker w/Vestula L.)


55.	BYRD
MATTIE
MAY 10, 1900
JAN. 29, 1978
SHE IS JUST AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE
LONG REMEMBERED NOT SOON FORGOTTEN


56.	BYRD
VESTULA LOWERY
APR. 5, 1914
(double marker w/Eddie Clint)


57.	CALDWELL
BERNARD ALVIN
MAR. 10, 1915
SEPT. 8, 1985
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
(double marker w/wife, Thelma C.)


58.	(CALDWELL)
BESSIE
DAU. OF
JOHN & LULA CALDWELL
JULY 13, 1901
JUNE 23, 1908


59.	CALDWELL
JACOB
MARCH 7, 1886
OUR LOVED ONES
(double marker w/Rose Anna)


60.	CALDWELL
JOYCE A.
FEBRUARY 5, 1946 - JUNE 9, 1976
THERE'S A LAND THAT IS FAIRER THAN DAY
AND BY FAITH WE CAN SEE IT AFAR
FOR THE FATHER WAITS OVER THE WAY
TO PREPARE US A DWELLING PLACE THERE


61.	(CALDWELL)
MAMIE
DAU. OF
JOHN & LULA CALDWELL
OCT. 5, 1892
APR. 26, 1894


62.	CALDWELL
MARTHA
1908 - 1985
(mother of Joyce A. Caldwell)
(metal funeral home marker)


63.	CALDWELL
NANNIE M.
WIFE OF LOUIS JACKSON
APR. 11, 1911
SEPT. 5, 1940
REST IN PEACE


64.	CALDWELL
ROSE ANNA
MARCH 27, 1845
FEB. 15, 1900
OUR LOVED ONES
(double marker w/Jacob)


65.	CALDWELL
THELMA CURRENCE
JULY 25, 1925
FEB. 12, 1988
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
(double marker w/husband, Bernard Alvin)


66.	CLOVER
MRS. DOROTHY A.
FEB. 20, 1945
SEPT. 6, 1971


67.	CURRENCE
ALBERTA (BERT)
MAY 18, 1932
DEC. 4, 2000
MOTHER
	(with glazed photo)


68.	CURRENCE
HAYWARD R.
JULY 2, 1921
MAY 31, 1993


69.	CURRENCE
MATTIE W.
JULY 17, 1892
AUG. 17, 1983
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
(double marker w/Walter T.)


70.	CURRENCE
WALTER T.
DEC. 5, 1888
JULY 10, 1969
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
(double marker w/Mattie W.)


71.	CURRENCE
WILL
APR. 9, 1877
MAY 29, 1943
FATHER AT REST
(broken metal plaque)


72.	CURRENCE
WILLIAM
SOUTH CAROLINA
CPL
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
OCTOBER 12, 1926
FEBRUARY 15, 1964


73.	CURRENCE-NEELY
ESTHER
DIED MAY 23, 1923
AGED 75 YEARS
AT REST


74.	DULIN
MARIAN ALEXANDER
APR. 15, 1909
IN GOD'S CARE
(double marker w/Robert Saye Dulin)


75.	DULIN
ROBERT SAYE
OCT. 13, 1907
AUG. 23, 1979
IN GOD'S CARE
(double marker w/Marian A.)


76.	EDWARDS
ALONZO
NORTH CAROLINA
SN US NAVY
MAY 8, 1935
NOV. 11, 1970


77.	EDWARDS
ARTHUR J.
SEPT. 8, 1940
JUNE 13, 1991


78.	EDWARDS
DANIEL W.
JULY 24, 1929
NOV. 15, 1989
HE GENTLY CLOSED THOSE LOVING EYES
AND WHISPERED PEACE BE THINE


79.	EDWARDS
RUTH A.
JAN. 11, 1911
AUG. 8, 1970
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


80.	FALLS
ANDERSON
PFC U S ARMY
WORLD WAR II
1909 - 1980


81.	FALLS
EULA BLAIR
APR. 5, 1893
1989
(double marker w/Thomas J. Falls)


82.	FALLS
THOMAS J.
MAY 17, 1886
DEC. 18, 1952
(double marker w/Eula B.) ??


83.	FOSTER
NANCY J.
OCT. 22, 1930
JULY 23, 1980
BELOVED MOTHER
REST IN PEACE


84.	GOOD
ANNIE G.
JAN. 4, 1876
OCT. 25, 1955
(double marker w/son, Mervin)
(stone in very poor condition)


85.	GOOD
JONNIE
MAR. 1, 1919
JAN. 12, 1920
(stone in poor condition)


86.	GOOD
MERVIN
SON OF
MRS. ANNIE GOOD
APR. 6, 1901
APR. 23, 1919
(double marker w/mother, Annie)
(stone in very poor condition)


87.	GOOD
U.S.
MAR. 14, 1899
JUNE 11, 1926


88.	GWINN
JEANNIE A.
FEB. 1, 1957
AUG. 1, 1979


89.	GWINN
JEANETTE & JANELLE
DEC. 27, 1978
AUG. 1, 1979
REST IN PEACE


90.	GWINN
SHERIKA C.
AUG. 4, `1975
AUG. 1, 1979
DAUGHTER


91.	HEMPHILL
JOSEPH
DIED
MAY 31, 1880
(stone in dire need of restoration)


92.	HICKMAN
EUNICE QUINN
MOTHER
JAN. 31, 1911
MAY 29, 1990
IN LOVING MEMORY


93.	JACKSON
DAISY A.
HIS WIFE
MAR. 4, 1892
APR. 22, 1947
(double marker w/husband, Franklin A.)


94.	JACKSON
EZEL E.
JULY 29
DEC. 9 (1917?)
(stone in dire need of restoration)


95.	JACKSON
FRANKLIN A.
MAY 29, 1891
APR. 20, 1963
(double marker w/wife, Daisy A.)


96.	JACKSON
IDA A. CALDWELL
APR. 17, 1899
OCT. 22, 1980
(double marker w/husband, James Dewey)


97.	JACKSON
INA A(lexander)
FEB. 26, 1904
APR. 1, 2001


98.	JACKSON
JAMES DEWEY
APR. 2, 1899
APR. 6, 1966
(double marker w/wife, Ida A.)


99.	JACKSON
JAMES M.
PFC US ARMY
KOREA
NOV. 17, 1931
JUN 19, 2000


100.	JACKSON
LULAR
BORN JUNE 23, 1893
DIED AUG. 2, 1917
AGED 24 YS 1 MS & 9DS
ASLEEP IN JESUS
(stone in very poor condition)


101.	JACKSON
OLLIE
DIED
NOV. 29, 1919
AGED 62 YRS.
SLEEP ON DEAR MOTHER AND TAKE THY REST
GOD CALLED THEE HOME HE THOUGHT IT BEST


102.	JACKSON
SIDNEY
BORN JAN. 9, 1868
DIED JULY 17, 1908
REST IN PEACE
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(broken stone; in poor condition)


103.	JORDAN
MACK
JUNE 30, 1903
JULY 23, 1975
IN LOVING MEMORY
(double marker w/Mary B.)


104.	JORDAN
MARY B.
MAR. 5, 1911
MAY 1, 1969
IN LOVING MEMORY
(double marker w/Mack)


105.	KENNEDY
ADDIE ALEXANDER
JULY 18, 1901
DEC. 25, 1961
IN LOVING MEMORY


106.	KENNEDY
MR. JOE CLEAVEN
BORN 6-29-02
DIED 8-20-96
(Generation Funeral Home (Clover, SC) metal marker)


107.	KENNEDY
WILL
AUG. 4, 1877
MAR. 14, 1935
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


108.	KENNEDY
WILLIAM RAY
1925 - 1995
(metal funeral home marker)


109.	LAWRENCE
AMY
1846 - 1936
MOTHER
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(double marker w/daughter, Merlissa Lawrence Bankhead)


110.	LAWRENCE
ISOM
1851 - 1921
CURTIS AND INFANT VERA LAWRENCE


111. LAWRENCE
CURTIS
(see Isom Lawrence)


112. LAWRENCE
INFANT VERA
(see Isom Lawrence)


113.	LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON
NOV. 28, 1876
SEPT. 19, 1945
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN


114.	LOVE
IDA MCKNIGHT
MAR. 1884
JULY 15, 1945


115.	MCGILL
LINDSEY J. E.
PVT.
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
MAY 3, 1922
NOV. 18, 1988


116.	MCKNIGHT
LOUCIOUS
MAR. 18, 1917
SEPT. 4, 1961


117.	NEELY
HARRIET
BORN 1854
DIED JUNE 2, 1908
(stone in dire need of restoration)


118.	NICHOLS
E.B.
APR. 12, 1897
AUG. 26, 1924
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
(broken stone; in poor condition)


119.	NICHOLS
MARY JAMES
SEPT. 22, 1905
FEB. 23, 1989


120.	NICHOLS
RICHARD
JULY 29, 1900
JUNE 18, 1988


121.	NICHOLS
ROBERT E.
BORN OCT. 18, 1899
DIED JAN. 14, 1946


122.	NICHOLS
WILL
1895 - 1980


123.	PEGRAM
ANNIE MAE
MAY 5, 1927
MAY 28, 1979
LOVING MOTHER


124.	PEGRAM
MS. CARYLON R.
BORN 1 - 10 - 64
AGE 38
(Generation Funeral Home metal marker)


125.	POWELL
MINY
HIS WIFE
MAR. 1, 1872
MAR. 10, 1924
(double marker w/husband, Will)


126.	POWELL
WILL
APR. 14, 1861
(double marker w/wife, Miny)


127.	PRIMM
LORRAINE A.
MAY 16, 1919
NOV. 3, 1978


128.	QUINN
GEORGIA A.
JAN. 18, 1892
FEB. 28, 1976
MOTHER
IN LOVING MEMORY


129.	QUINN
JOHN D.
NOV. 4, 1921
JUNE 8, 1980


130.	QUINN
LESSIE T.
APR. 7, 1915
NOV. 26, 1983
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
(double marker w/Lawyer A.)


131.	QUINN
LAWYER A.
JULY 9, 1910
PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND
(double marker w/Lessie T.)


132.	QUINN
MAMIE A.
DEC. 7, 1887
MAY 16, 1978
IN LOVING MEMORY
(double marker w/John D.)


133.	QUINN
ROY NEIL
NOV. 14, 1936
DEC. 20, 1992


134.	ROSS
ETTER  J.
	JAN. 5, 1869
	JAN. 18, 1923
	TO DIE IS GAIN
	(deteriorating)


135.	SANDERS JR.
ROOSEVELT
FEB. 27, 1928
JAN. 26, 1973
(double marker w/mother, Zula W.)


136.	SANDERS
ZULA WRIGHT
DEC. 21, 1898
JAN. 4, 1980
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED
(double marker w/son, Roosevelt)


137.	SMITH
W.W.
1869 - 1919
AT REST
(stone in poor condition)


138.	STARNES
BLANCHE T.
APR. 11, 1932
NOV. 28, 1979
AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO KNEW HER


139.	STARR
ELLA RUTH WRIGHT
WIFE
AUG. 1, 1930
JULY 9, 2000
AT REST
(double marker w/Eugene Russell Wright)


140.	STARR
JOHN SANDERS
1951 - 2002
(metal marker - J.W. Gill & Sons Funeral Home)


141.	(TIGLER)
CRYSTAL RENEE
DAUGHTER OF
MR. & MRS. R.P. TIGLER
DIED AUG. 30, 1972


142.	TIGLER
EUNICE A.
SEPT. 4, 1905
JAN. 8, 1976
(double marker w/Luther W.)


143.	TIGLER
LUTHER W.
AUG. 30, 1906
MAY 16, 1992
(double marker w/Eunice A.)


144.	WALKER
KATIE ROSS
OCT. 2, 1875
JUNE 29, 1966
IN LOVING MEMORY


145.	WALKER
MS. TRACY D.
BORN 10 - 20 - 69
DIED 11 - 17 - 02
AGE 33
(Generation Funeral Home metal marker)


146.	WATERS
ALBERT
AUG. 28, 1919
JAN. 5, 1939


147.	WATERS
CAMPBELL
AUG. 12, 1872
JAN. 15, 1934
(stone in poor condition)


148.	WILLIAMS
BILLY
SEPT. 10, 1886
JAN. 25, 1955
THY WILL BE DONE
(double marker w/Marie)


149.	WILLIAMS
MARIE
SEPT. 1, 1890
JUNE 8, 1972
THY WILL BE DONE
(double marker w/Billy)


150.	(WILSON)
	FLORENCE
	DAUGHTER OF
	LIZZIE WILSON
	JAN. 13, 1896
	MAR. 19, 1911
	AT REST
	(deteriorating)


151.	WILSON
MARCUS
MAR. 28, 1899
AUG. 12, 1919
(stone deteriorating)


152.	WOODY
ROBERT A.
JAN. 4, 1953
APR. 6, 1997
LOVING SON


153.	WRIGHT
EMMA A.
MAY 6, 1895
AUG. 30, 1974
(double marker w/L. Ernest)


154.	WRIGHT
EUGENE RUSSELL
BROTHER-IN-LAW
APR. 21, 1920
JULY 5, 1997
AT REST
(double marker w/Ella Ruth Wright Starr)


155.	WRIGHT
	HANNAH
	1867 - 1944


156.	WRIGHT
INEZ T.
SEPT. 27, 1917


157.	WRIGHT
ISAAC C.
AUG. 19, 1915
JUNE 4, 1991


158.	WRIGHT
JOHN STANFORD
FATHER
JUNE 22, 1905
FEB. 3, 1994


159.	WRIGHT
L. ERNEST
JAN. 29, 1891
MAY 19, 1970
(double marker w/Emma A.)


160.	WRIGHT
LEWIS A.
OCT. 7, 1889
MAR. 8, 1964
(double marker w/M. Lucille Anderson)


161.	WRIGHT
M. LUCILLE ANDERSON
AUG. 23, 1890
AUG. 28, 1965
(double marker w/Lewis A.)


162.	WRIGHT
MARGARET
BORN JULY 4, 1919
MOTHER
I FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
(double marker w/Rev. William)


163.	WRIGHT
THEODORE
JULY 2, 1916
NOV. 30, 1974


164.	WRIGHT
REV. WILLIAM
BORN MAR. 5, 1918
FATHER
I FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
(double marker w/Margaret)


165.	WRIGHT
	WILLIAM M.
	1865 - 1939