Fitzgerald Cemetery

(Omaha, Stewart Co. GA)

The cemetery is located on property last known to be owned by the Childs' Family, descendants of William Walton Fitzgerald. Going west on State Hwy 39 turn left on paved road (believed to be Six-Mile Road) about one (1) mile east before the turn-off to Omaha. After about one (1) block, a dirt road on the left leads into the cemetery, which sits in a clearing among pine trees on a small rise. The Fitzgerald Home Place is visible to the right of the cemetery.

Surveyed 31 October 1998,
by Margaret Morris Bernal and Richard Fitzgerald Bernal.


   Fitzgerald Bernal

   December 7, 1891 - March 30, 1958



   Amelia Bazemore Bernal

   August 26, 1897 - December 18, 1962



   Clarence D. Bernal

   January 24, 1863 - February 19, 1931



   Minnie F. Bernal

   October 16, 1869 - September 21, 1947



   Norma Bernal

   July 24, 1903 - October 25, 1959



   Edwin Bernal

   January 9, 1901 - July 2, 1976



   Nell B. Scruggs

   August 20, 1906 - March 1, 1989



   Vivian, wife of Robert H. Galt

   April 4, 1896 - September 9, 1964



   Robert H. Galt

   May 11, 1899 - April 11, 1970



   Frank Kimbell Williford

   December 13, 1891 - February 1, 1952



   Josephine C. Williford

   February 14, 1901 - August 16, 1983



   Mary Floyd Williford

   October 28, 1898 - December 17, 1977

   Ernest Walker Childs, Jr.

   May 12, 1903 - May 19, 1996



   Exa Beall Childs Lennon Warner

   April 27, 1911 - September 30, 1996



   Mildred Childs

   October 16, 1904 - November 6, 1968



   Florence C. Fitzgerald, Wife of Ernest Walker Childs

   January 20, 1873 - November 25, 1957



   Ernest Walker Childs

   April 11, 1873 - August 3, 1943



   Olivia Fitzgerald

   September 5, 1898 - March 29, 1979



   Mary Agnes Fitzgerald Hopwood

   April 15, 1904 - April 20, 1957



   Lena Overton Fitzgerald

   July 19, 1871 - August 6, 1953



   Enoch McLendon "Len" Lee Jr.

   September 5, 1917 - September 29, 1996



   Nancy Lee Bryan

   January 11, 1945 - February 19, 1993



   James Ryan Lee

   November 25, 1978



   Alice Salter Keaton

   March 4, 1874 - March 26, 1948



   Thomas James Salter Keaton

   June 1, 1899 - October 24, 1844

   "He lost his life in the sinking of a Japanese prisoner

       of war ship off Shoonan, eastern coast of China."



   Laura Fitzgerald Owens, daughter of David and

       Marthena Celeste Fitzgerald

   December 10, 1859 - March 21, 1925



   Carson Brewer Owens

   1895 -    ________ 18, 1896



   Dean, son of Dr. LeRoy J. and Alice F. Simpson

   October 26, 1892 - October 13, 1896



   Eula Lee Salter

   1904 - 1906



   Jean Salter

   1906 - 1907



   Fitzgerald Salter

   1906 - 1907



   Fitzgerald Salter

   1875 - 1950



   Eula Lee Davidson Salter

   February 27, 1876 - June 16, 1954



   John Benne Lee

   Y1 USN

   1922 - 1976



   Katherine Lee Davis

   December 7, 1914 - September 9, 1986



   Marni Lee Waful

   January 29, 1924 - April 2, 1988



   George Salter Lee

   January 30, 1912 - February 1, 1988



   George Salter Lee, Jr.

   November 17, 1948 - August 29, 1964



   Eula Salter Lee

   October 31, 1887 - April 12, 1960



   Alice Salter Keaton

   March 4, 1874 - October 26, 1948



   Georgia Fitzgerald Salter

   November 27, 1846 - December 11, 1936



   "Buster"

   William E. Keaton

   October 14, 1906 - May 1, 1977



   Thomas James Salter Keaton

   Chief Machinist Mate

   June 1, 1899 - October 24, 1944

   Son of Will F. Keaton and Alice Salter Keaton



   May Salter

   May 28, 1871 - November 27, 1901



   James Davidson Salter

   U.S. Army WWII

   May 12, 1909 - May 19, 1983



   Little Paul Fitzgerald

   Infant son of J. E. and M. L. Fitzgerald

   January 12, 1888 - July 14, 1888



   Little Will

   Infant son of J. E. and M. L. Fitzgerald

   December 13, 1885 - December 2, 1886



   John Edward Fitzgerald

   November 2, 1851 - June 2, 1888



   Infant daughter of G. B. and M. F. Battle

   September 20, 1879 - October 6, 1879



   Annie Maud

   Daughter G. B. and M. F. Battle

   October 7, 1882 - September 15, 1883



   Infant son G. B. and M. F. Battle

   December 20, 1883 - December 21, 1883



   Thomas William, son of G. B. and M. F. Battle

   February 23, 1885 - November 5, 1885



   Dr. G. B. Battle

   May 28, 1852 - May 22, 1902



   Kathleen Fitzgerald, wife of William Sumter,

   Daughter of James H. and Nancy Overton Fitzgerald

   October 8, 1880 - December 23, 1970



   William Sumter Childs,

   Son of Nancy Walker and William Sim Childs of Jones County, Georgia

   October 5, 1875 - April 10, 1960



   Robert Emmett Fitzgerald

   January 10, 1879 - September 23, 1905



   Jessie Fitzgerald Evans

   September 25, 1904 - January 19, 1964



   Varina Davis Overton, Wife of James H. Fitzgerald

   December 18, 1865 - September 17, 1918



   James Hilliard Fitzgerald, Son of James Fitzgerald

   April 18, 1849 - March 21, 1928



   Dear son of Dr. LeRoy J. and Alice F. Simpson

   October 26, 1892 - October 13, 1896



   Allie C. Brawner

   July 21, 1871 - January 27, 1945



   Edgar L. Brawner

   January 13, 1870 - February 9, 1921



   Marthena Fitzgerald Collins

   February 8, 1839 - June 15, 1926



   Sarah, daughter of P. S. and E. F. Etheridge

   April 11, 1904 - May 16, 1905



   Benton Fitzgerald Etheridge

   Infant son of Paul S. and Estelle F. Etheridge

   January 12, 1908 - January 27, 1908



   James Fitzgerald

   March 10, 1808 - February 7, 1880

   "For more than 40 years was a member of Summer Hill Baptist Church"



   Nancy Hilliard Fitzgerald

   November 27, 1814 - August 5, 1899

   "For more than 60 years a member of Summer Hill Baptist Church"



   Jonas Dawson Alexander

   November 18, 1824 - August 7, 1902



   Polly Ann Fitzgerald, Wife of Jonas Alexander

   August 7, 1832 - July 11, 1918



   William Alexander Fitzgerald

   October 6, 1874 - April 23, 1960



   Willie Whisenant, wife of W. A. Fitzgerald

   February 11, 1876 - May 22, 1962



   John Edward Fitzgerald

   November 2, 1851 - June 2, 1888



   David Benton Fitzgerald, son of W. W. and W. A. Fitzgerald

   May 16, 1872 - September 13, 1912



   Josephine Bedingfield, wife of W. W. Fitzgerald

   March 12, 1844 - February 11, 1896



   W. W. Fitzgerald

   December 13, 1836 - February 12, 1910

   Co. K, 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, CSA



   Varina Davis Overton, wife of James H. Fitzgerald

   December 18, 1865 - September 17, 1918



   James Hilliard, son of James Fitzgerald

   April 18, 1849 - March 21, 1928



   Robert Emmett Fitzgerald

   January 10, 1879 - September 23, 1905



   Annie, daughter of D. B. and M. C. Fitzgerald

   October 4, 1877 - August 19, 1878



   Ernest, son of D. B. and M. C. Fitzgerald

   December 25, 1878 - August 4, 1880



   Alice, daughter of Andrew J. B. and Laura Hilliard

   December 12, 1858 - May 29, 1859



   Andrew J. B. Hilliard

   October 15, 1833 - November 10, 1861 Richmond, Virginia

   Co. K., 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, CSA

   "He was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church at

        Summer Hill, Stewart County, Georgia, when very young and

        continued a useful member until his death."



   David Benton Fitzgerald

   April 20, 1844 - January 1, 1919

   Co. E, 31st Georgia Infantry, CSA



   Mary Crowley Fitzgerald

   February 11, 1847 - November 19, 1930



   Victor William

   Son of C. D. and M. F. Bernal

   January 20, 1899 - July 10, 1900



       Albert Edgar                            Martha Almira

       August 20, 1898 - October 28, 1902      August 27, 1891 - May 7, 1896



       Lewis

       March 6, 1904 - May 22, 1906



                       Children of E. L. and A. C. Brawner



   Unmarked:



   Elizabeth Hilliard, wife of James Spence, died October 23, 1846



   William G. Spence, buried nearest to the south fence



   George Elizabeth Fitzgerald, wife of Thomas J. Salter

   November 27, 1846 - 1936



   Thomas James Salter


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