John Stroud Cemetery

Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Emanuel County, Georgia

Part of the GAGenWeb & USGenWeb Projects

The Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Emanuel County, Georgia, about 5 miles past Swainsboro. From the center of Swainsboro, go southwest 5 miles on GA 56. Turn right onto Union Chapel Road. The cemetery is on the right.

Other comments: There are 11 unmarked graves: 3 adult and 8 child-sized

Note: As much as possible, the information here is exactly as it appears on the tombstones, all misspellings and errors intact.

(Submitters' notes appear in parentheses.)

Surveyed and submitted by Carol Riner Everett, Alex Everett, Natalie Everett, Ben Everett

RINER

W.M. Riner Rebecca Riner

Jan. 13, 1860 Apr. 4, 1866

Oct. 3, 1933 Mar. 3, 1938

Father Mother

(Note: William Meritt, son of Amos (Note: Maiden name is Steptoe)

J. & Rebecca Beasley Riner)

Gordon H. Riner Vietta R. Riner

Jan. 18, 1879 Oct. 23, 1887

June 1, 1950 Mar. 23, 1971

Sheltered and safe from sorrow" "Sheltered and safe from sorrow"

Footstone: Riner Footstone: Riner

(Note: son of James Marian Riner & (Note: daughter of Amos J. Riner

Ann Townsend) & Rebecca Johnson)

Robert James Riner

Sept. 21, 1920

Oct. 8, 1972

Footstone: American Legion

(Note: son of Gordon & Vietta Riner)

Gordon Newburn "Dot" Riner

March 11, 1915

Dec. 17, 1974

(Note: son of Gordon & Vietta Riner )

Alma Riner

Mar. 12, 1914

Apr. 1, 1992

(Note: dwarf daughter of Gordon & Vietta Riner)

WHITAKER

Ruby Ilene Riner John Charlie

Feb. 4, 1914 Sept. 7, 1921

Jan. 22, 1983

RINER

William Elzie Fannie Fountain

Apr. 8, 1892 born 1892

July 22, 1941 died 1927

Alva Myrtice Riner

Mar. 15, 1949

Mar. 17, 1949

Vera Mae Widener

Feb. 14, 1921

Oct. 22, 1944

Tho' lost to sight, to memory dear.

RINER

FATHER MOTHER

Carl E. Riner

Georgia

TEG 4 US Army

World War II

April 9, 1912

Jan. 17, 1971

(Note: son of Robert James Riner)

RINER

Eady Kersey Martin Clinton

June 5, 1909 Aug. 25, 1897

Oct. 14, 1997 July 22, 1970

M. C. Riner, Jr.

July 25, 1927

Dec. 5, 1986

(Note: son of Martin & Eady Kersey Riner)

Jane E. Riner

Dec. 16, 1945

Jan. 16, 1946

(Note: daughter of Martin & Eady Kersey Riner)

RINER

Arvell at Henry J.

1899 - 1985 rest 1902 - 1959

M. M. Riner

Born June 12, 1875

Died Nov. __, 1921

Only Sleeping

(Note: located next to graves of Henry J. & Arvell Riner)

Allene L. Riner Dewitt Talmadge Riner

1916 - 1995 1911 - 1975

PRYSOCK

Robbie Lee Nona Mae R.

Jan. 24, 1905 Sept. 23, 1909

Jan. 27, 1985 Aug. 7, 1976

(Note: daughter of Gordon H.

& Vietta R. Riner)

RINER

Geneva Snipes Elmer Clyde

Oct. 20, 1918

Jan. 18, 1993

Footstone: Mother Footstone: Father

Patricia Ann Cox

July 1, 1979

Arthur L. Conley

Mar. 24, 1910

June 2, 1958

Ruby Conley Wiggins

1917 - 1996

John C. Chalker

Sept. 7, 1874

June 28, 1940

Billie Riner

Born Oct. 10, 1942

Dine Jaly 22, 1957 (sic)

Ida Mae T. Riner

Born Oct. 1, 1922

Died Apr. 22, 1946

Eunice A. Jones Smith, R. N.

May 11, 1930

March 5, 1997

"As you are now, so once was I.

But as I am so shall ye be.

Ye Better prepare for Eternity.

For God so loved the world,

That He gave His Only Begotten Son

That whosoever believeth in Him

Should not perish, but have

Everlasting life. John 3:16

Dedicated to Serving Others"

JONES

James R. Dolly B.

Mar. 28, 1925 Mar. 22, 1926

May 21, 1984

Cynthia L. Jones

1969 - 1969

Willie Cleveland Jones

1940 - 1941

JONES

Thomas Edward Agnes Faircloth

Sept. 18, 1874 Apr. 23, 1900

Jan. 10, 1960 Oct. 26, 1946

V. E. Riner Susannah "Anna" (Brantley) Riner

Co. H June 1, 1854 - Jan. 4, 1938

1 Regt. Ga. Res. Wife of V. E. Riner

CSA Mar. 9, 1846 - Oct. 24, 1935

(Note: Vincent Ellington Riner)

Rock of Ages

Dovie Mae, wife of R. M. Riner

born Mar. 3, 1909

died Oct. 8, 1927

The cross is my anchor.

BROWN

Dora, wife of

G. B. Brown

June 1, 1878

July 12, 1929

Gone, but not forgotten.

SUMNER

Inez Brown

wife of

Alvie Sumner

Oct. 12, 1916

May 9, 1946

Gone but not forgotten.

BROWN

Randolph

Brown

Apr. 14, 1913

Aug. 5, 1936

Gone but not forgotten

William L. Edenfield

U. S. Navy

Korea

Apr. 3, 1932 - Apr. 29, 1981

Robert C. Edenfield

U. S. Army

Korea

Sep. 6, 1930 - Apr. 19, 1966

Mary R. Edenfield

July 23, 1888

June 25, 1976

BRINSON

Rufus Lester Mary Grimes

Sept. 12, 1904 Dec. 23, 1909

Jan. 20, 1984 Dec. 12, 1994

Father Mother

Gone but not forgotten

Billy Brinson

Georgia

Sgt. 27 AAA AW BN

Korea

Oct. 20, 1931 - July 3, 1962

Son

(Note: son of Rufus & Mary Brinson)

BRINSON

Father Mother

William J. (Billy) Lucy Sherrod

May 9, 1872 Mar. 13, 1874

Feb. 5, 1945 May 28, 1955

Brother

Grover C.

Sept. 1, 1909

Oct. 27, 1973

(Note: son of Billy & Lucy Brinson)

Pine Tree Sitter

J. Ray Brinson

Aug. 13, 1911

Mar. 15, 1975

(Note: son of Billy & Lucy Brinson)

BRINSON

Etha M. Dan B.

May 24, 1910 July 30, 1907

July 18, 1963

We cannot say, we will not say

That he is dead, he is just away.

BRINSON

William M. Alma Overstreet

Sept. 12, 1902 May 18, 1908

May 9, 1967 Feb. 2, 1942

Bennie Ray Brinson

Georgia

Sgt 388 Repl. Co.

June 6, 1936 - Dec. 17, 1967

(Note: son of William & Alma Brinson?)

CLAXTON

William Nannie Lou

1916 - 1918 - 1995

Claxton Inf. Twins Sallie Mae Claxton

Aug. 17, 1951 May 28, 1944

(Note: Children of William & Nannie Lou)

CLAXTON

Matthew C. Nancy K.

1884 - 1965 1886 – 1968

(Note: parents of William Claxton) (Note: maiden name: Kersey)

WIGGINS

Cordie E. Dora Mae R.

Apr. 18, 1915 Oct. 1, 1921

Feb. 4, 1973 Oct. 6, 1989

(Note: daughter of Dennis &

Charlotte Faircloth Riner)

Infant Son of

Cordie Wiggins

June 29, 1939

Randall Irvin Mitchell

Sept. 29, 1965

Sept. 30, 1965

(Note: this grave was in same plot as Cordie & Dora Mae Wiggins)

SELLERS

Alfred F. Frances R.

Nov. 7, 1905 May 7, 1903

Nov. 16, 1991 Jan. 18, 1971

(Note: Maiden name: Riner)

Gladine Sellers Geraldine Sellers

Sept. 28, 1942 Sept. 28, 1942

Oct. 1, 1942 Oct. 10, 1942

(Note: twin daughters of Alfred & Frances Sellers)

Norris T. Beasley Mae Bell O. Beasley

Feb. 27, 1892 Oct. 28, 1898

July 2, 1946 Oct. 17, 1965

Infant of Mr. & Mrs.

N. T. Beasley May 8

1929 May 11, 1929

At Rest

HUDSON

Oliver Jr. Sara Riner

July 23, 1927 Sept. 25, 1926

Mar. 14, 1973

Daddy Mama

Faye Chalker

Oct. 16, 1937

Oct. 20, 1937

James Brinson Hudson

Georgia

Cpl US Army

Korea

Nov. 3, 1932 - Aug. 24, 1960

Jerry Lane Riner

1943 - 1943

(Note: son of Oscar & Johnnie Mae Hudson Riner)

RINER

Earnest William, Sr. Annie Wiggins

Sept. 21, 1913 Oct. 21, 1923

Oct. 21, 1985 Nov. 25, 1996

(Note: "Slim" was a son of Dennis (Note: daughter of Early Green

& Charlotte Faircloth Riner) Wiggins & Annie Scott)

RINER

Ira T. Georgia B.

Nov. 28, 1911 Aug. 14, 1919

July 2, 1980 May 12, 1998

(Note: son of Dennis (Note: daughter of Billy Brinson)

& Charlotte Faircloth Riner)

PULLEN

George Evans Annie V. Riner

June 17, 1921 Apr. 30, 1924

Apr. 11, 1988

(Note: daughter of Dennis &

Charlotte Faircloth Riner)

YOUNGBLOOD

Ernest S. Maggie Riner

Feb. 17, 1911 Aug. 1, 1918

Nov. 18, 1991 Sept. 20, 1994

(Note: daughter of Dennis &

Charlotte Faircloth Riner)

RINER

Dennis E. Charlotte F.

Feb. 19, 1892 May 5, 1893

Oct. 21, 1971 Dec. 27, 1961

(Note: son of Amos. J. Riner (Note: daughter of Lane &

& Rebecca Johnson) Cammie Jones Faircloth)

Sid Faircloth

Dec. 30, 1896

Dec. 31, 1964

(Note: Sidney Benjamin was a son of

Lane & Cammie Jones Faircloth)

Rina F. Brinson

Aug. 16, 1904

Apr. 21, 1965

(Note: daughter of Lane & Cammie Jones Faircloth)

David Eugene

son of

Charles & Wanda Gordy

Aug. 18, 1967

Darling, we miss thee.

RINER

Tyron K. , Sr.

7-30-69 6-15-95

(Note: son of Lynn & Bobbie Jean Kirby Riner)

Henry H. Claxton

Jan. 15, Mar. 30,

1960 1982

(Note: son of Harold Claxton & Sue Donaldson)

Amos Lee Riner III

Oct., 16, 1952

Mar. 29, 1993

SMITH

Marvin Lamar Smith

Feb. 11, 1932

Feb. 27, 1985

GREENSHAW

Jerry James

9 - 4 - 46

12- 6 - 96

CLAXTON

Thelma G.

July 8, 1925

Oct. 24, 1987

Cecil M. Scott, Sr.

Sept. 23, 1936

Sept. 14, 1995

Charles Dewit Riner

1936 - 1996

(Note: son of Dewitt & Allene Riner)

MITCHELL

Johnny F.

June 28, 1944

Jan. 6, 1996

POWELL

Bobby Gene

May 14, 1947

June 12, 1980

Robert Lee Conley

Aug. 23, 1985

Sept. 21, 1985

RINER

J. Archie

Jan. 2, 1945

Feb. 15, 1987

(Note: son of Oscar & Johnnie Mae Hudson Riner)

Patricia Gail Perkins

Oct. 24, 1961

July 9, 1965

I pray thee Lord my soul to keep.

Steve Merrit Perkins

July 30, 1957

July 4, 1979

Mike Riner

Sept. 19, 1954

Jan. 31, 1974

(Note: son of Oscar & Johnnie Mae Hudson Riner)

Odell T. Derriso

US Navy

World War II

Apr. 12, 1924 - Oct. 6, 1978

Mrs. Ann M. Walterson

1930 - 1993

Thomas Jarrett Logan

1998 - 1998

COLLINS

Lillie Marie

December 9, 1933

May 23, 1998

Loving Mother, Grandmother,

Sister and Friend

The light of her love,

The tenderness of her caring,

The warmth of her presence

Brightened the lives of those

Who called her

Mother and Granny Ree

Janie L. Riner

Turner

May 2, 1931

May 28, 1992

Beloved Mother and Granny

RINER

Edward Rollie

Feb. 28, 1905

Jan. 21, 1988

At Rest

Loree Edenfield

Sept. 15, 1910

Apr. 5, 1995

Baby

Kellie Denise

Tuttle

July 27, 1970

RINER

Amos Lee, Jr.

Dec., 31, 1926

Jan. 16, 1996

Roy Allen

1935 - 1984

PERKINS

Horace B. Dorothy B.

May 29, 1912 Dec. 31, 1920

Aug. 7, 1967 Sept. 6, 1991

Infant Son

Robert Allen Kersey, Jr.

July 12, 1970

Infant Daughter

Cynthia Rinea Kersey

August 6, 1969

Joseph H. Kersey

AS US Navy

World War II

Apr 29, 1919 - Sep. 7, 1986

Ivey D. Edenfield

Georgia

Pvt. US Army

World War II

Oct. 10, 1912 - May 27, 1971

Timothy R. Edenfield

April 20, 1966

June 5, 1995

SCREWS

Rena Ridge

Feb. 4, 1911 Mar. 2, 1897

Mar. 14, 1992 Oct. 12, 1985

STROUD

William Stroud

US Army

World War II

Jul. 14, 1920 - Mar. 20, 1983

Johnny Gordon Love

Pvt. US Army

World War II

Aug. 14, 1919 - Jan. 3, 1992

Rosemary Love

Apr. 17, 1958

May 25, 1975

Clarcy B.

Lockhart

Mar. 31, 1915

(death date unknown)

She always stood in the shadows,

so others could shine.

Daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Beasley

BEASLEY

Berry Leon Sarah Missouri

June 2, 1896 June 23, 1899

May 22, 1980 Sept. 7, 1976

Myrtice Stockholm

Lockhart

Oct. 15, 1937

May 8, 1980

Loving Mother

Granddaughter of

Mr. and Mrs.

B.L. Beasley

Arthur S. Thompson

Georgia

PFC Co. H 109 Infantry

World War II

May 22, 1912 - Jan 31, 1964

LOVE

Larkie H.

Feb. 21, 1910

Aug. 29, 1967

SCOTT

Recie A. Mary Lou K.

1912 - 1968 1911 - 1993

married July 18, 1934

Edna Mae

Amerson

Aug. 17, 1934

May 29, 1963

SCOTT

William Grady Georgia G.

Dec. 30, 1908 Feb. 13, 1912

Apr. 6, 1963 July 25, 1991

Gone but not Forgotten. Faithful wife

Loving Mother

Will Bernard

Scott

May 24, 1932

Mar. 9, 1988

Linda Scott Wylie C. Scott

Oct. 15, 1886 Nov. 2, 1885

Apr. 21, 1945 Mar. 10, 1953

Mother

Shellie Scott Perkins

Mar. 1, 1901

Oct. 15, 1976

Brother

John Virgil Riner

Dec. 18, 1900

Oct. 14, 1926

Jim Riner

Born 1898

Died 1940

SCOTT

Warner A. Martha R.

1884 - 1938 1888 - 1926

Amos Ethell Riner

1931 - 1991

__elma Ree

Riner

May 10, 1927

Jan. 5. 1928

Our darling

baby

RINER

Elder A. E. , Sr. Adell E.

1907 - 1972 1909 -

RINER

John C. Riner Betty B.

S1 US Navy May 4, 1930

World War II

Nov. 28, 1922 - Dec. 11, 1985

Eugene Riner

Born 1985

Died 1985

Rebecca Riner

Born 1924

Died 1925

Annie Bell Chalker Riner

Jan. 2, 1898

July 26, 1931

Amos E. Riner

Born 1928

Died 1929

Amos Lee Riner, Sr.

May 28, 1894

June 26, 1942

J.M. Riner

Born 1920

Died Dec. 10, 1942

Rebecca J. Riner

June 5, 1857

Apr, 26, 1933

(Note: 2nd wife of Amos J. Riner who is

buried at Sardis Cemetery near Swainsboro, GA)

Rubie Dell Steptoe

Oct. 30, 1914

Apr. 19, 1994

Son

James Stewart

Edenfield

Oct. 24, 1955

Ruby H. Edenfield

Aug. 25, 1912

Dec. 13, 1944

G. L. "Red" Steptoe

Feb. 13, 1910

Mar. 4, 1960

RINER

Ellena O. Riner

Nov. 13, 1920

June 11, 1936

Asleep in Jesus

(Note: 1st wife of Carl E. Riner; maiden name – Overstreet.

She died during childbirth.)

Chandele Edenfield

US Navy

World War II

1907 - 1979

Cary W. Kitchen

1883 - 1939

HUDSON

Henry Jessie Emmie Riner

Aug. 4, 1889 May 29, 1890

Feb. 5, 1982 Oct. 5, 1986

Emmie Rebecca Hudson

1928 - 1931

J.T. Hudson

1919 - 1968

BRINSON

Mother Father

Roy W. Brinson

Georgia

S1 US Navy

World War II

Oct. 16, 1924 - March 5, 1970

Dad

Willie Arlis Murphy

1912 - 1956

Joan Riner

1947 - 1987

Son

Clifton Fred

Gregory

1966

WHITE

Lonnie Mary Kersey

Aug. 8, 1898 Dec. 11, 1890

Aug. 29, 1930 Oct. 5, 1974

GREGORY

Father Mother

Lee Alma B.

1895 - 1950 1900 - 1971

Amie Nichole

Roberson

Feb. 18, 1977

Aug. 20, 1978

Bubba

Toddy Lamar Riner

May 30, 1960

June 12, 1972

In his memory - the Chorus

(Note: son of John Riner, Jr. &

Mary Lue Cary)

Buddy

Daniel Allen Riner

Oct. 28, 1953

March 28, 1959

(Note: son of John Riner, Jr. &

Mary Lue Cary)

John Mathew Riner, Jr.

Apr. 10, 1926

Dec. 24, 1995

RINER

John Mathew, Sr. Devella Curl

May 4, 1890 Aug. 28, 1893

June 17, 1975 June 2, 1979

(Note: son of Amos J. & (Note: daughter of Bob Curl and

Rebecca Johnson Riner) Nancy Alice Rowell)

Bernice Brinson

Aug. 16, 1923

Feb. 8, 1971

Infant Daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sellers

Gwendolyn Gay

April 3, 1961

Our Guardian Angel

James Oscar Riner

Sep. 11, 1915

Mar. 9, 1999

(Note: son of Dennis Riner &

Charlotte Faircloth)

2 of the unmarked graves are of infant sons of Ray & Doris Riner Wright:

Alvin Ray Wright, Jr. 1959

Wayne Allen Wright 1960

Back To Cemetery Index

Back To Emanuel County Georgia

Transcribed and Submitted by Carol Riner Everett on May 14, 1999.