Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Marion County, GA

Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (African-American) Survey, Putnam/Doyle, Marion County, Georgia

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Surveyed November 21 and 22, 2013,

Survey and Photos by Clarence D. White

Directions: From downtown Buena Vista take Georgia Highway 26 east six and one-half miles to Mt Zion Road and Doyle voting precinct on right, take right turn; church and cemetery are one-half mile further on right.

This file was contributed for use by: Clarence White, White792@aol.com. Report corrections, additions, etc to Clarence White, 678.429.9670 Mobile.

History

Received oral reports hold that the church began after Emancipation or during Reconstruction under a bush, or brush, arbor. The church building was standing in 1888 on one acre of land when the trustees acquired an additional acre from Miss Ida Munro for cemetery use. A college professor, Miss Munro was a member of the Stevens family, large landowners and slaveholders in both Marion and Schley County. The church land property has been expanded several times over the years.

Mt Zion would become the anchor of a large African-American community at Putnam and Doyle. On its grounds, north of the church, a one-room school stood. It was used until 1957 at which time a new “equalization” school opened in Buena Vista that consolidated all of the schools for blacks scattered across Marion County. Across the road from the church and school, the White Pearl Lodge #30 of the Mutual Benefit Society of Marion County, Sons and Daughters of Zion, acquired land from Miss Munro in 1926 and erected a two-story meeting house, which was destroyed by a tornado in the 1940s and replaced with a one-story meeting place. The lodge—organized into adult and juvenile departments with different dues, fees and benefits for each— was a self-help organization that functioned as a kind of insurance company, bank, and mortgage lender for its members over several decades.

In 1925, Rev. George W. Hartage and several of the Shipp brothers began a new African Methodist Episcopal church that met for a couple of years in the abandoned Good Hope Church next to the railroad tracks, with permission of white citizens of the area. Then, in1928, the new church acquired land for its own building one-half mile from Good Hope, and across Highway 26 and less than a mile from Mt Zion. Named Union Hill AME at first, the name was later changed to Samuel Chapel AME in honor of Samuel Shipp, father of the Shipp brothers. Like the White Pearl Lodge meeting house, Samuel Chapel too was destroyed by a different tornado in the 1940s. It closed in 1996, its membership having dwindled to an insufficient number. Many of the members of White Pearl Lodge were also members of Mt Zion or Samuel Chapel. Annually, on the second Sunday in June the lodge held a public program and ceremony at Samuel Chapel, which was known as a “turn-out.” This dignified event had a measure of simple, rural formality in an atmosphere of gentility and community fellowship. Lodge members dressed similarly, including the wearing of ceremonial badges. Unforgettable feasts were spread on the churchyard at the conclusion of the program; these were massive potlucks of meats, vegetables, salads, breads, cakes and pies brought by the women of the lodge in cardboard boxes and served with fresh-squeezed lemonade from one of the largest of galvanized tin tubs reserved for this singular use.

The third Sunday in August was Big Meeting Day at Mt Zion, and nightly revival meetings (by kerosene lamp light before electricity) preceded the huge Sunday gathering. The occasion was a kind of festive homecoming attended by hundreds, many of whom returned from the Northern cities to which they had migrated beginning in the 1920s. There were concession stands that sold food and snacks. Cars and trucks overflowed the churchyard and were parked everywhere along Mt Zion Road, sometimes reaching to Highway 26. Moonshiners discreetly made their products available, being watchful for law enforcement officers who might suddenly appear. As the long day wore on, old family feuds might suddenly reignite. In addition to two services inside the church, there was a lively social scene outside the church. People came to see and be seen, to promenade—in their Sunday best. Indeed many attendees never set foot in the church; for them, visiting and being in the sprawling scene were how the much anticipated day was spent.

Before Big Meeting Day, on the Thursday before the second Sunday in August, the community gathered for an annual cleaning of the cemetery. Weeds and grass were removed, the dirt mounds on the numerous earthen graves were restored, women would sweep the churchyard and several bare areas of the cemetery with dog fender brooms—following the ancient African practice, broken household items might be placed on earthen graves as markers (another African retention), fresh bouquets of cut flowers could be seen here and there. By noon the cemetery was transformed, fit for the many visitors who would tread its paths on Big Meeting Day. The acknowledged custodians of the cemetery were Deacon Jimmie Sampson and his wife Mrs. Willie Marie “Kid” Slaughter Sampson, members of the church who served faithfully in this capacity for decades until their passing. They are interred at the western extreme of the cemetery directly behind the church building.

Plan of Survey

The older portion of the cemetery is directly behind the church building on land that was acquired in 1888, while the newer portion is south of the building, beginning at Mt Zion Road and extending to the west. This survey began at graves bordering Mt Zion Road and nearest the entrance to the cemetery at the south extreme of the newer cemetery. The recordation was more or less according to rows of graves, starting from south (entrance driveway) and ending north (churchyard), and then on to the next row of graves to the west.

Clarence White

Dawsey James Fudge March 9, 1919—December 10, 1999

Shirley Fudge Dill 10/20/1946—3/2/2010

Evelyn Jeannette Jones 3/2/1949—1/15/1998

Johnnie Mitchell 1/30/1920—4/23/1970

Inez O. Young 3/27/1909—3/2/1965

Henry Arthur Cauley 5/18/1914—6/19/1959

Lillie M. Cauley 2/5/1897—5/28/1969

Little D. Cauley Aug 1978—8/1/1978

Arthur Cauley 6/5/1890—6/17/1983

Eugene Cauley 7/7/1927—1/7/1980

Henry T. Cauley 1/29/1955—5/28/2005

Haywood Fudge 3/27/1900—4/28/1977

Horace Fudge 6/13/1931—8/10/1978

Betty G. Smith 6/7/1923—9/24/1993

Mary Dean Mathis 3/18/1972—1/21/1997

Mary F. Bonner 2/28/1937—11/7/1997

Wilbert A. Smith 6/13/1970—12/24/97

Clara E. Yopp 7/23/1923—8/4/2001

Haywood Wilson WWII 1923—1979

Georgia Ella Volley 3/23/1904—3/23/1972

Mattie Wilson No Dates

Name Illegible 5/20/1900—9/24/1984

Jack Wilson Spouse of Caudie Cauley Wilson 9/15/1896—2/2/1963

Caudie Cauley Wilson Spouse of Jack Wilson 11/10/1899—7/17/1987

Mattie B. Cauley 3/8/1881? 1887?—12/27/1985

Bessie Ingram 8/24/1910—9/7/1995

Gregory Smith 1/16/1970—7/16/2000

Bink Ross Died 7/10/1964

Unidentified; concrete vault next to grave of Robert Fudge Sr

Robert Fudge Sr

2/5/1925—3/25/1990

Bessie Mae Fudge Hall

3/10/1931—8/8/1987

Stanford Fudge

5/6/1920—8/4/1981

James Alexander Lee

1/24/1949—6/1/1975

Eugene Fudge

Feb ____?—June 1995

Unidentified Grave next to James Alexander

Lee

Rosa B. Fudge

Dates?

Unidentified Grave next to Howard

Fudge; in front of Eugene Fudge

Howard Fudge

2/25/1901—4/29/1958

James A. Lee Sr

1/24/1949

6/11/1975

Howard Fudge Jr

1/22/1925—3/1/1987

___? (Illegible First Name) Smith

Died 5/29/1976

Unidentified grave between Howard Fudge Jr and Deeyana Ashley Smith

Deyanna Ashley Smith

1/16/1988—4/2/1988

Georgia M. Fudge

11/6/1901—3/3/1991

Elton McMurray

10/15/1926—9/11/1972

Allie M. Ingram

6/10/1917—3/21/1988

Ozzie McMurray Davis

6/12/1934—4/4/2011

Bessie Mathis

7/26/1902—9/5/1970

Eddie Treadaway

2/26/1885—12/10/1959? 1953?

Unidentified grave next to Eddie Treadaway and Mary Treadaway

Mary Treadaway

Died 8/13/1956

Robert Jackson WW I

Spouse of Marie Hartage Jackson

12/14/1891—12/14/1968

Marie Hartage Jackson

Spouse of Robert Jackson

10/20/1900—6/21/1986

Rudolph Jackson

Spouse of Arrice Shipp Jackson

1/28/1902—5/28/72

Arrice Shipp Jackson

Spouse of Rudolph Jackson

9/29/1902—2/4/78

John Jackson next to Irene Jackson

Died 1968?

Unidentified grave next to Irene Jackson

Irene Jackson

Died 1/20/1956

John T. Jackson

12/26/1903—6/3/1968

Larry Alridge Sr

2/10/48—4/20/79

Michael Aldridge

Spouse of Vernice Murray Alridge

3/17/1922—11/16/1987

Vernice E. Murray Aldridge

Spouse of Michael Aldridge

9/16/23—3/31/1993

Joe A. Aldridge

3/18/1925—5/14/1989

Roland Aldridge

8/25/1944—6/12/1996

Frankie Allen Aldridge

6/6/1963—3/5/2005

Prather Bernard Aldridge

9/19/1963—7/24/2006

Joe Hiawatha Aldridge Sr

9/15/49—8/19/2008

Mattie Travisbey

4/9/1916—4/15/1999

Roderick Aldridge

12/14/1976—4/26/1978

Robert Lee Aldridge US Army

9/8/1933—3/26/1964

Joe Aldridge WW I

5/1/1895—2/13/1964

Judson L. Jackson WW II

10/12/1910—5/14/1957

Lula Jackson

Spouse of Jimmie Jackson

4/14/1909—2/22/1987

Jimmie Jackson

Spouse of Lula Jackson

Died 2/27/1964

Willie Mae Jackson

10/25/1925—6/10/1971

Flossie Jackson

10/25/1907—10/21/1971

Alice Jackson

4/23/1902—10/14/1972

Timothy Ruff

8/17/1962—8/16/1989

Deacon George McMurray

6/16/1920—6/9/1995

Veteran Walter F. Minter WW II

6/20/1919—11/15/1984

________? (Illegible) Minter next to

Walter Minter

Will Minter

5/8/1888—4/19/1971

Roy Times

7/1923—5/23/63

Edith Mae Myrick Tymes

Spouse of Jasper Tymes Sr

11/25/1908—1/23/1975

Jasper Tymes Sr

Spouse of Edith Mae Myrick Tymes

4/5/1907—12/19/1997

Aaron Tymes

12/15/1914—2/18/1991

Jimmie Jackson

12/2/40—10/14/2009

Ruby Mae Tymes

1/30/1915—4/8/1954

Joseph Tymes

3/18/1942—4/8/1974

Aaron Tymes

5/16/1937—3/16/1979

Willie Felton Times US Navy

1/31/1936—2/24/2004

Annie Ruth Minter

3/27/1937—11/5/1984

Lucinda Minter

7/5/1898—11/18/1987

Sallie Jackson

Died 1/16/1962

John T. Jackson

Died 7/5/1959

Samuel Louis Minter

7/8/1955—11/1/2012

Dorothy Moss King

5/14/1960—6/28/2002

Irene Jackson Williams

Spouse of Ananias Williams Sr

9/16/1916—7/31/1966

Joe Louis Williams

Son of Irene Jackson Williams

2/28/1938—5/21/1962

Smith Minter

Spouse of Susie Minter

2/24/1909—1/6/1998

Susie A. Minter

Spouse of Smith Minter

9/16/1913—12/15/1996

Willie C. Adams

6/2/1913—8/24/1953

Griffin Adams

Spouse of Ruby M. Adams

3/10/1883—1/14/59

Ruby M. Adams

Spouse of Griffin Adams

8/13/1887—4/9/76

Unidentified concrete grave between Adams enclosed lot and Minter enclosed lot

Another unidentified concrete grave between Adams enclosed lot and Minter enclosed lot

________? (Illegible) Peters

Died May 14, 1957

Next to Joe Minter Sr

Joe Minter Sr

Died 8/3/1964

Fannie S. Minter

12/25/1883—4/1/71

Joseph Minter Jr

11/25/1905—10/4/1974

Dannie Mae Minter

5/21/1916—7/26/2002

Willie Mae Mofford

4/20/1920—5/18/1968

Amanda Heard

9/9/1903—11/5/1991

Clinton Brown White

1/12/1913—1/14/2003

Charlie G. (C.G.) White Sr

Spouse of Tymy White

3/24/1910? 1908?—2/13/2006

Tymy Hartage White

Spouse of C.G. White Sr

11/25/1912—12/10/2001

Annie Pearl Park White

Spouse of Arter White buried in old cemetery directly behind church near western edge of cemetery

May 1878—8/1/1960

Martha Ann Storey

Infant second daughter of Marjorie White Storey and Melvin Storey

Died November 1962

Charles E. White U S Military Viet Nam

Son of C.G. White Sr and Tymy White

12/6/1950—2/17/1974

Charlie G. (C.G.) White Jr

Son of C.G. Sr and Tymy White

3/10/1935—5/9/1982

Helen Ruth White Rogers

Daughter of C.G. Sr and Tymy White, Wife of Charlie L. Rogers Jr

11/3/1948—3/28/1995

Sonya Nicole Rogers Ricks

Daughter of Charlie L. Rogers Jr and Helen White Rogers, Wife of Trojuan Ricks

1/9/1974—5/17/2013

Mary E. Hartage

Wife of Elder Lee Hartage

4/17/1927—4/9/2012

Elder Lee Hartage

Spouse of Mary E. Hartage

3/19/1927—7/15/1970

Earthen grave of Bobby Hartage, 3-year-old twin son of Elder and Mary Hartage, died early 1960s, rusted metal marker

Earthen grave of Wade Frank, brother of Emma Wright, marked by metal pipe at head, died early 1960s.

Eula Mae Grace

Died 10/11/1963

Hattie Johnson

Died 1/1/1969

Moses Hartage Sr

Spouse of Lois Hartage

6/19/1906—1/16/1987

Unidentified concrete grave between Moses Hartage Sr and Lois Hartage, remains of James Arthur Hartage , died April 1980, son of Elder Lee Hartage and Mary E. Hartage

Lois Wright Hartage

Spouse of Moses Hartage Sr

10/16/1903—11/3/1981

Emma Wright

4/30/1884—1/22/1978

Lizzie Johnson

4/30/1886—12/31/1970

Marvin Allen Weaver Vietnam Veteran

1/29/1936—7/7/1984

George W. Weaver

3/9/1918—11/26/1994

Sophie Weaver

11/11/1918—1/26/2003

Danny Hartage (Unmarked Concrete)

Son of Elder Lee and Mary Emma Hartage

4/8/1953—1/23/2009

Marjorie Smith Stanley

9/19/1944—8/11/2010

Bobby Smith

11/14/1952—4/9/2010

Joe Smith Sr

4/13/1913—3/3/2010

Henry Lee Fudge

4/27/1942—1/18/2012

Hettie Lee

2/16/1922—5/25/2007

The Boss Clinton Smith

3/28/1947—8/1/2007

Lula Majors

Died 8/16/71

Phyllis Holt

12/24/1890—3/21/1988

Beatrice Jefferson

Died 6/10/1958

Nancy Hawkins

Died 11/25/1958

Robert Adams

Died 3/5/1956

Mrs. Sammie Adams

4/4/1900—6/9/1977

Henry Clay Smith WW I

Spouse of Julia Mae Shipp Smith

2/9/1892—1/28/55

Julia Mae Shipp Smith

Spouse of Henry Clay Smith

3/29/1911—7/2/1993

Alice Mae Ruff

Daughter of Dougless and Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage

8/12/31—6/2/2007

Dan W. Alexander

5/17/1917—4/26/2000

Aaron Hartage

Son of Dougless and Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage

4/7/1945—1/30/1999

Bobby Hartage Sr

Son of Dougless and Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage

1/10/1926—7/20/1995

Lucy Ann Hartage Williams

9/4/1904—5/22/1995

Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage

Spouse of Dougless Hartage

9/3/1909—1/30/1990

Dougless Hartage

Spouse of Bessie M. Bunkley Hartage

1/10/1903—9/15/1985

Solomon Hartage

Son of Dougless and Bessie Hartage

5/20/1935—5/21/1984

Elmira Williams Hartage

Spouse of Willie Albert Hartage

3/28/1906—8/10/1976

Lillie Mae Hartage

Daughter of Willie Albert and Elmira Hartage, 12/23/41—9/8/72

Unmarked concrete grave of Willie Albert Hartage behind (west) of Lillie Mae Hartage

Spouse of Elmira Williams Hartage

5/19/1910—Summer 1958

Ruby Jean Terry

3/23/1917—3/19/1989

Annie Ruth Jefferson

7/28/1932?—3/28/1981

Emma Black

2/21/1878—8/1/1969

Illegible Unidentified concrete infant grave, isolated

Candis E. Jones

Died 5/17/1956

Unidentified concrete grave next to Candis Jones and Mary Brown

Another unidentified concrete grave next to another unidentified concrete grave and Mary Brown

Mary Brown

1/5/1898—1/31/1965

Unidentified concrete grave near Mary Brown

Unidentified concrete grave next to another unidentified concrete grave in vicinity of Mary Brown

Willie Dismuke

8/6/1883—4/8/1959

Sheilivia Dismuke

7/20/1884—4/11/1986

Unidentified adult concrete grave near Sheilivia Dismuke

Dorothy Hamilton

1/15/1942—10/10/1972

Maggie Hamilton

10/12/1911—5/1/1964

Cleve Hamilton

4/18/1912—9/6/1993

Fannie Harvey

9/14/1884—5/13/1965

Maude McBride

3/29/1899—1/26/1985

Rudolphus Wilkerson US Army

8/15/1926—8/12/2007

Rosa L. Smith

1/22/1914—8/14/2001

Wisdom Smith

5/1/1902—6/12/1968

Leila Wilkerson

6/25/1889—5/18/1978

Leola Allen

3/12/1900—1/6/1994

Joseph Burrell Harvey Sr US Army WW II

1/22/1918—4/17/2007

Georgia Harvey

2/18/1928—6/19/1973

Willie Herbert Wilkerson US Army

1/19/1939—1/25/1969

Jimmie L. Dixon

2/10/1910—10/20/1997

Mary W. Dixon

2/11/1922—1/5/1997

Ernest Dixon

6/8/1892—2/17/1977

Clem Minter

Spouse of Ozie Mae Minter

10/22/1917—3/5/1985

Ozie Mae D. Minter

Spouse of Clem Minter

6/26/1918—10/29/1999

Annie Mae J. Terry

Died 3/10/1975

Rufus Terry

6/15/1883—8/8/1965

Cleveland Sampson Jr “Man”

Died 8/20/1997

Jimmy L. Dismuke

10/23/1936—2/21/1981

Minnie W. Sampson

Died 12/7/1954

Unidentified concrete grave next to Minnie W. Sampson

Another Unidentified concrete grave between Wilbur Wright and another concrete grave

Wilbur Wright

12/4/1904—9/25/1959

Unidentified concrete grave next to Wilbur Wright and Jual Statom

Jual Statom

Died 11/5/1958

Boyd T. Minter

2/6/1923—8/22/2003

Ossie L. Minter, 7/23/1925—11/26/2001

Hettie D. Denson

2/15/1905—1/18/1978

Cleveland Sampson

Died 3/7/1962

Emmitt Sampson Sr

2/15/1918—2/13/1963

Ella B. Green Bateman

10/10/1930—7/23/2011

Beulah Coney

1/18/1913—10/10/1968

Lula Shelton

Died 1/19/1963

William Green

3/9/1886—4/29/1962

Walter H. Green

2/29/1910—12/7/1969

Ella Brown

Died 6/9/1973

Rosa Lee Lockhart

4/29/1911—9/16/1976

George L. Green

4/17/1930—9/26/1979

Georgia M. Thomas

4/29/1914—9/14/1987

Willie Lee Burrow

8/16/1904—6/17/1996

Willie J. Ivory

9/29/1952—12/6/1989

William Green Sr

7/5/1923—4/7/1998

Earnest Perry

6/25/1921—12/4/1977

Mercer Perry Sr

11/17/1917—7/18/1976

Arthur Perry

12/18/1881—11/28/1972

Willie Perry

4/30/1916—7/26/1976

Donald Lee Spears

12/19/1955—8/3/1994

Olicer Dismuke

4/21/1939—3/14/2000

Kelley Sampson

10/10/1927—4/11/2002

Mary Will Harris

12/1/1915—5/3/2002

Walter Dismuke

6/21/1941—6/13/2002

Lorine O. Forehand

10/23/1935—8/25/2003

Bessie Adams

1901—1950

Gloria Fudge Alexander

7/15/1947—12/31/2005

Several sunken earthen graves at northeastern edge of cemetery. Some marked with rock—scattered and in heaps; near Fudges.

One unidentified concrete grave at northeastern edge of cemetery amidst several lost depressed graves.

Callie Fudge?

Daughter of Georgia & S. Fudge

2/11/1904—8/23/1906

Georgia Fudge

Wife of S.F. Fudge

March 4, 1867—4/1/1910

Unidentified concrete grave next to Georgia Fudge

Annie Fudge

7/18/1880—9/14/1975

Nick Fudge

Died 9/16/1921

Homer L. Fudge US Army Korea

6/9/1922—4/8/1986

Mattie P. Fudge

7/11/1927—2/18/1987

Marvin Anthony Fudge

1/19/1962—12/8/2001

Laura Fudge?

Next to Henton Fudge

Henton Fudge WW II

1/25/1925—11/24/1946

Unidentified rock heap grave next to cedar tree and near Georgia Fudge

Unidentified concrete grave west of and behind Georgia Fudge

George Fudge?

Next to Laura Fudge

Unidentified concrete grave next to Dempsey Minter Sr

Dempsey Minter Sr

Died 10/20/1935

Unidentified concrete grave between Dempsey Minter Sr and Dempsey Minter Jr

Dempsey Minter Jr

Died 2/26/1931

Stacy Dodson

9/8/1878—3/1/1954

David Dodson

3/5/1866—8/14/1927

Randolph Neal

Died 8/1920

John T. Minter

1875—1948

Paul Dixon

2/9/1950—11/11/2013

Unmarked very recent concrete grave

Mary Linda Dixon

5/29/1969—4/7/2012

Bennie A. Posey

Died 10/8/1953

Nettie Purdy

Died 11/11/1949

C. J. Haynes WW II

4/14/1922—8/16/2003

Earnest Varner

Spouse of Julia M. Varner

6/15/1919—3/26/1999

Julia M. Varner

Spouse of Earnest Varner

3/8/1913—1/26/1989

Bessie M. Snipes

1/4/1919—12/17/1996

Johnny Dixon Jr

12/4/1945—8/24/2005

Annie Mae Dixon

12/18/1912—3/9/2003

Johnnie Dixon

3/15/1923—1/3/1990

Orbie Minter

11/18/1914—7/20/2005

Joe Minter

11/3/1912—8/11/1996

Leome M. Adams

10/23/1909—7/1/1996

Clara D. Minter

6/26/1889—2/20/1988

John P. Jones

8/8/1855—7/18/1912

John Jones Jr

3/18/1888—4/26/1910

James B. Jones

3/1/1890—5/22/1914

Simpson Jones

8/18/1882—4/1/1918

Willie F. Jones

6/16/1922—10/1/1922

Illegible Concrete Marker behind Jones Family, marker facing west

Rock Heap Grave about 2.5 feet tall directly behind church and behind Fudge family. Said to be one of the oldest in cemetery.

Pell Sampson

Isolated grave

Died July 7, 1953

Note: The open treeless area containing the 2.5-foot rock heap grave and continuing over to the trail that marks the northern boundary of the cemetery contains many sunken areas which would indicate many lost earthen graves.

Willie Louis Thompson

4/28/1953—4/21/2005

Julia Lynn Raymond

12/11/1905? Or 1965?—2/25/1993

Felton Raymond

4/18/1910—2/14/1985

Groverlean Golden

2/18/1884—4/16/1962

Virginia Thompson

8/7/1932—3/30/1987

George Thompson

10/20/29—12/12/1970

Effaced, eroded illegible slab between two cedar trees and just east of two earthen graves outlined with rocks. Posey family member?

Grave outlined with rocks in front of another grave outlined with rocks. Posey family member?

Grave outlined with rocks behind another grave outlined with rocks. Posey family member? Next to Amos Posey.

Amos Posey

Died 8/16/1950

Lillie B. Posey

2/11/1892—8/6/1976

Note: Several depressed areas under two cedar trees near Poseys indicating several lost earthen graves.

Elizabeth G. Perry

8/20/1925—10/22/2000

Pearl James? Jones?

Died 5/12/1949

Willie Robert Perry

1/9/1933—2/9/1962

Harry Willie Perry

8/5/1913—10/25/1970

Fred Murray Sr

10/15/1917—10/31/1984

Unidentified concrete grave next to Fred Murray Sr

Willie D. Perry

1/9/1912—11/3/1988

James Blount

Died 8/5/1962

Millie Lue Grant

Earthen grave with concrete marker

Born 1/6/1922

Illegible metal marker next to Millie Lue Grant

Unidentified concrete grave; near Millie Lue Grant and John Henry White

John Henry White

10/31/1928—11/26/1957

Near Western Boundary of Newer Cemetery:

Arthur D. Pough

1/31/1926—10/1/1998

Estella Pough

6/27/1905—6/6/1985

Eva Maude Pough

8/30/1912—10/25/1989

James R. Pough

4/22/1945—3/2/1970

Janie Hands

8/13/1898—7/10/1982

Earthen grave? Next to and north of James R. Pough

Sam Perry

4/13/1890—7/23/1973

Louise W. Perry

Died 6/17/1977

Unidentified concrete grave near another concrete grave and near Sam and Louise Perry

Older Cemetery:

Julia Wiggins

Died 12/12/1912

Pinky Wiggins

Died 6/14/1915

Illegible concrete grave west of Julia Wiggins

Anne M. Aldridge

Died 6/18/1950

Mathew Jackson (Child)

Died 10/8/1964

Unidentified concrete grave near Anne Aldridge and Mathew Jackson and another concrete grave

Unidentified concrete grave near another concrete grave and Anne Aldridge and Mathew Jackson

Jimmie Jackson

1864—1948

Meroal Myrick

Died 6/18/1964

Leila Merritt

1887—3/28/1954

Illegible marker on grave next to Leila Merritt

Unidentified concrete grave, isolated

_________? Floyd, Wife of John Minter (Monument) 3/4/1888—9/30/1918

Nettie Smith

Died 8/21/1946

Jeff Smith

Died March 27, 1947

Unidentified concrete grave east of Jeff Smith and Nettie Smith

Unidentified concrete grave inside concrete border near Henderson Adams Sr at northern extreme of cemetery near trail.

Henderson Adams Jr

Died 1/19/1939

Louisa Moye

Died 12/1/1927

Clara Adams

Died 9/29/1927

Henderson Adams Sr

Died 8/28/1927

Willie D. Adams

Died 8/24/1953

Unidentified earthen grave under large cedar tree

Lizzie King

11/10/1913—12/27/1990

Mary Mathis

3/1/1937—7/6/2001

Marie Munns, died 4/15/1943

Illegible unmarked concrete grave next to and south of Marie Munns

Illegible marked concrete grave next to and south of Marie Munns, Mattie Mae?, died 2/25/1982

Concrete slab grave: Wilkerson Mofford

Jim Wright, concrete slab

Illegible concrete slab next to Jim Wright

Earthen grave with rusty illegible metal marker near Jim Wright

Note: Area south of Mary Mathis grave has indications of a row of 6-8 lost earthen graves; rocks and other markers present.

Annie Ruth Burton

7/21/1934—5/13/2002

Note: Area due south of Annie Burton grave has indications of 8-10 lost earthen graves; elongated mounds, sunken sites, and one illegible marker are present.

Queen Terry

4/3/1896—2/18/1971

Homer Blanford Sr

8/25/1930—8/24/2002

Unidentified concrete grave next to Ben Hollis

Ben Hollis

12/15/1889—7/1/1951

Unidentified concrete grave next to Ben Hollis

Note: Row of eight earthen graves with elongated mounds. Unidentified concrete grave at end of this row on the north. West of this row another row of earthen graves extends an equal distance and contains perhaps another 6-8 earthen graves; some mounds are visible as well as some sunken grave sites.

Unidentified concrete slab, north of row of dirt graves and next to Willie C. Hollis

Willie C. Hollis

10/4/1893--1/13/1963?

Rosie Pettigrew

9/6/1911—10/12/1983

Isolated child’s grave at north extreme of cemetery; upright concrete slab at head; rock at feet; near George Moses Williams

George Moses Williams

Son of Lindsay Sr and Georgia Hartage Williams

7/30/1931—10/1947

Unmarked lost earthen grave of Dorothy Ann Hartage, Daughter of Moses and Lois Hartage; Born November 1938; Died 1948; believed to be interred next to George Moses Williams.

Unmarked lost earthen grave of Janie Mosley White who died in 1933; was the first wife of Fuller “Whit” White; believed to be buried next to Dorothy Ann Hartage.

Unmarked lost earthen grave of unnamed infant daughter of C.G. White Sr and Tymy Hartage White; died spring 1953, lived only one or two days; believed buried next to Janie Mosley White.

Note: Area partially enclosed with old concrete borders under oak tree and cedar tree, east of Arter White, appears to contain 3-4 earthen graves.

Arter White

Spouse of Annie Pearl Park White buried east of here in newer cemetery

5/5/1876—10/27/1934 Age 58

Unmarked earthen grave of Arlena Davis White; next to Arter White

Second wife of Fuller “Whit” White and daughter-in-law of Arter White; Died 1937

Mary Hartage

Spouse of Daniel Hartage

11/17/1900—2/3/1998

Bobby Bland Eddie Hartage

Son of Daniel and Mary Hartage

10/10/1932—1/26/1993

Daniel Webster Hartage

Spouse of Mary Hartage

1/2/1898—1/3/1972

Lindsay Williams Sr

Spouse of Georgia Lee Hartage Williams

11/7/1907—9/12/1994

Georgia Lee Hartage Williams

Spouse of Lindsay Williams Sr

2/28/1908—10/5/1967

Peter King Wright

10/7/1913—1/19/1995

Addie Lee Wright

7/16/1916—1/16/1954

Tommie K. Wright

10/1/1939—9/25/1969

Roy Minter

Died 10/6/1958

J. D. Minter

Died 8/8/1984

Anna Lee Furlow

Died 2/21/1963

Albert Minter

Died 7/12/1982

Effie Smith

8/16/1891—10/4/1979

Unidentified earthen grave west of and behind Arter White; illegible metal marker

Albert G. Minter

8/27/1961—9/26/1967

Unidentified concrete grave of child; in front of and east of Albert G. Minter

At western Boundary of Older Cemetery:

Grady Sampson

Spouse of Alice

8/28/1933—4/11/1996

Alice M. Sampson

Spouse of Grady

7/10/1937—1/12/1990

Jimmie Sampson

Spouse of Willie Marie Sampson

2/18/1906—10/15/1980

Willie Marie “Kid” Sampson

Spouse of Jimmie Sampson

5/8/1907—10/7/1980

Baby Boy Terry

6/6/1956—6/6/1956

Ella Sampson

Died 4/2/1954

Aaron Sampson

Died 12/27/1941

Fannie Daniels

10/7/1900—10/21/1987

Unidentified concrete grave next to Fannie Daniels

Summary Notes

The total number of persons interred here is estimated between 450 and 500, perhaps closer to 500. Many known earthen graves show no visible sign of their existence: neither a mound nor a depression is evident.

Maintenance of the cemetery in recent years has been irregular and partial. Some families maintain their lots—others never do, and the county sheriff has sometimes used persons on probation and in his custody to clean the cemetery as community service. The church’s membership is tiny, and no funds are available for cemetery maintenance, according to one member. Consequently, those local residents with family buried in the cemetery should reestablish and publicize the annual cleaning day in August of each year.

Clarence White

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Many thanks go to Mary Kathryn Kozy, Virginia Crilley, Harris Hill, Carla Miles & Angela Covington

for their work on the site over the years.