Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery - PART I Gaston Co., NC From the town of Bessemer City, turn right onto Hwy. 274N. Go .3 mi. to Maine and turn right. Take first left onto 13th street to entrance of cemetery. Surveyed by Jan Heavner -------------------------------------- Section I I started the survey in the far northwest corner of cemetery on Sunrise Circle Surnames: Abernathy, Abernethy, Allen, Arrowood, Ballard, Ballew, Barrett, Bartlett, Beam, Beattie, Beer, Bell, Bellmund, Berckman, Berryhill, Best, Bickley, Biddix, Black, Blackwell, Blair, Bollinger, Brown, Brock, Brigman, Brooks, Broughton, Brymer, Buchannan, Bullard, Bumgardner, Burke, Byers, Bynum, Caldwell, Callis, Camp, Capps, Carpenter, Cartwright, Cavender, Church, Clark, Clemmer, Cloninger, Coalman, Cole, Coleman, Collins, Cook, Coon, Costner, Craig, Crawford, Croft, Cronier, Dameron, Davidson, Davis, Day, Devine, Dillon, Dixon, Downey, Eaves, Eller, Elmore, Ervin, Erwin, Eudy, Farmer, Featherston, Fletcher, Fortenbery, Fowler, Fraley, Froneberger, Gamble, George, Goode, Goodson, Grayson, Greeff, Green, Greenway, Greer, Gustafson, Hamilton, Haney, Hannah, Harding, Harmon, Harris, Hawkins, Hayes, Hicks, Holbrook, Holcombe, Hopper, Hord, Horne, Hoyle, Huffstetler, Hyatt, Isabell, Isenhour, Jackson, Jenkins, Johnson, Joines, Jones, Jump, Kelly, Kendrick, Kiser, Koscinski, Lail, Law, Laws, Lemaster, Lewis, Lindsay, Long, Lutz, Lynch, Madison, Martin, Mason, Matthews, McDonald, McEntire, McKillip, Medford, Medlin, Melton, Metcalf, Mincey, Mitchell, Moore, Moses, Murray, Nash, Neal, Nichols, Oates, Outen, Owensby, Padgett, Page, Parton, Patterson, Payne, Paysour, Pazan, Peele, Pell, Perdue, Pettey, Plummer, Postell, Poteat, Powell, Price, Ramsey, Rash, Reeves, Revis, Rhyne, Richardson, Roberts, Robinson, Rollins, Ross, Runion, Russell, Savage, Scarboro, Scates, Schwartz, Scism, Servis, Sharpe, Shives, Shuford, Shufford, Silvers, Smith, Snow, Stamey, Stewart, Stowe, Stroup, Strutt, Summey, Summitt, Tate, Taylor, Thompson, Thornburg, Tucker, Turner, Vernadore, Voyles, Waisner, Walker, Wallace, Waller, Watson, Watts, Weatherford, Weaver, Wells, Wentworth, Wesson, Whitaker, White, Whitfield, Whitworth, Wiggins, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wilson, Wise, Wood, Woods, Wooten, Wright, Yelton, Young ------------------------------------ Eller, Wayne Doug July 3, 1943 - April 13, 2001 Eller, Wanda Sue January 28, 1949 - Church, Julia Walker August 30, 1965 - November 12, 2005 Patterson, Mary Karen December 27, 1962 - January 24, 2000 Harmon, Christie Carl May 6, 1924 - August 22, 2004 WWII Harding, Arthur David March 10, 1938 - Harding, Sue C. White February 24, 1942 Scarboro, Ralph Henry December 13, 1919 - April 20, 2000 WWII Stewart, Christopher Shiloh May 20 1986 - May 2, 2004 Brother & Stewart, Sierra Nichole September 30, 1987 - November 3, 2004 Sister Biddix, James Everett August 23, 1921 - March 26, 2000 WWII Biddix, Grace Silvers May 25, 1925 - June 6, 2003 Eaves, Anthony Everette April 3, 1967 - April 18, 1967 s/o Ted & Brenda Eaves Eaves, Lester Charles July 13, 1900 - September 20, 1948 Eaves, Ethel Barrett July 12, 1900 - October 24, 1980 Eaves, Sidney Boyd May 27, 1926 - August 14, 1995 Eaves, Robert L. November 30, 1929 - March 10, 1996 Korea Dameron, Robert Refinis July 17, 1915 - October 3, 1974 Dameron, Elizabeth (Lib) Summitt October 2, 1917 - December 23, 2003 Dameron, Robby R., Jr. May 10, 1954 - November 9, 2003 Dameron, Margie W. October 2, 1945 - Whitaker, Alonzo A. 1891 - 1958 Whitaker, Fannie P. 1897 - 1974 McDonald, Gregory Brent October 23, 1946 - October 6, 2000 McDonald, Joe T. October 7, 1909 - June 1, 1956 WWII McDonald, Mable Ann Whitaker November 22, 1919 - July 29, 1996 Hamilton, Crystal R. May 26, 1964 - August 18, 1999 McKillip, Luther (Jim) September 19, 1936 - April 25, 2000 McKillip, Shirley E. April 16, 1940 - Savage, Inmond Jerry November 30, 1924 - May 28, 2001 WWII Cavender, James W. September 25, 1941 - Cavender, Thelma L. May 15, 1942 - Whitworth, Edward Bain November 25, 1921 - May 31, 2004 Whitworth, Lillian Payne March 15, 1927 - Postell, Frances K. July 3, 1973 - August 12, 2004 Rhyne, Sam J. July 24, 1929 - July 10, 1996 Rhyne, Rosa S. September 4, 1938 - June 5, 1999 Madison, Forney Rowan, Jr. April 12, 1961 - January 12, 2006 Madison, Kelly Robinson October 28, 1961 - (Married) February 14, 1981 Long, Lavaine Rice June 20, 1941 - February 5, 2006 Black, Larry A., Sr. March 8, 1943 - April 26, 2004 Black, Patricia D. September 2, 1954 - (Married) March 6, 1976 Stowe, Ann A. November 3, 1946 - December 26, 1999 Lemaster, James O. March 4, 1925 - June 9, 1996 WWII Russell, Donald Roy October 29, 1936 - February 15, 1998 Moore, Robert Love (M.D.) March 23, 1913 - November 28, 1979 Taylor, James Earl September 12, 1916 - February 7, 1999 WWII Jones, Fannie P. October 11, 1904 - July 30, 1990 Jones, Dickie H. June 28, 1937 - November 10, 1947 Murray, Thomas W. May 18, 1919- May 1, 1945 WWII Murray, Thomas O. February 22, 1881 - October 8, 1955 Murray, Etta I. April 29, 1886 - January 28, 1954 Murray, Jeannette April 16, 1908 - October 21, 1999 Haney, Geneva Murray April 19, 1914 - Fraley, Billy H. January 4, 1929 - December 1, 2004 Fraley, M. Louise June 9, 1934 - (Married) September 7, 1950 Fraley, Lee S. April 23, 1900 - October 16, 1983 Fraley, William Carl July 3, 1900 - July 23, 1955 WWII Fraley, Howard P. January 8, 1926 - October 2, 1995 Fraley, Sylvia Diane December 2, 1947 - March 5, 1948 d/o Howard & Ruby Wells Fraley Schwartz, Henry R. October 1, 1901 - October 9, 1948 Schwartz, Hattie K. November 23, 1884 - September 21, 1979 Kiser, William Duncan April 26, 1920 - September 30, 2002 WWII Bartlett, Sally Ann W. 1922 - 2006 Weaver, Robert Lee November 13, 1916 - September 2, 1973 Brown, John T., Sr. October 29, 1889 - January 29, 1948 Brown, Pearl S. June 6, 1899 - December 27, 1972 Brown, John T., Jr. May 9, 1918 - December 15, 1983 Brown, Margaret C. October 22, 1911 - January 2, 1998 Ballard, George D. February 9, 1903 - November 23, 1969 Ballard, Eva C. April 30, 1902 - March 17, 1978 Ballard, David Allen July 13, 1937 - October 11, 1963 Ballard, Chouvis A. July 3, 1932 - Ballard, Louise March 19, 1933 - July 12, 2002 Fortenbery, Francis A. May 17, 1880 - March 24, 1946 Fortenbery, Sallie February 11, 1886 - January 29, 1971 Fortenbery, James G. December 12, 1906 - April 17, 1994 Berryhill, Edward Lee September 5, 1904 - January 13, 1962 Berryhill, Margaret L. May 15, 1913 - September 4, 1951 Berryhill, Frances E. October 6, 1932 - June 29, 1999 Berryhill, Gypsey L. December 13, 1978 - February 1, 2003 Gamble, W. A. July 1, 1868 - August 26, 1939 Gamble, N. E. September 2, 1873 - July 10, 1936 Gamble, D. M. December 16, 1900 - August 11, 1984 (Daughter) Whitley, Carl W. June 6, 1926 - March 27, 1992 WWII Whitley, Walter, L. April 15, 1914 - August 15, 1997 Whitley, Samuel N. April 20, 1853 - January 22, 1930 Whitley, Mary Watson August 15, 1859 - January 22, 1931 Whitley, Clarence W. July 14, 1891 - August 9, 1951 Whitley, Martha B. May 20, 1892 - October 4, 1959 Robinson, Mary Ellen Whitley January 27, 1932 - January 3, 1998 Froneberger, Eugene A. September 17, 1911 - September 2, 2001 Froneberger, Pansy Matthews April 28, 1911 - March 13, 1993 Long, R. Kathleen Froneberger April 13, 1916 - August 27, 1944 W/O Paul M. Long Froneberger, Sara Allaine August 5, 1905 - January 1, 1996 Froneberger, Henry C. March 12, 1876 - June 18, 1929 Froneberger, Sarah C. July 29, 1875 - January 15, 1938 Thornburg, Raymond Wentworth August 12, 1876 - February 24, 1946 Thornburg, Charlotte Butler August 20, 1889 - July 23, 1978 Hicks, Ernest Worth April 25, 1891 - April 11, 1941 Abernethy, Joannie Lamir (B&D) January 15, 1958 Hayes, Calvin L. September 14, 1894 - February 19, 1972 WWI Hayes, Ruth Barrett August 8, 1898 - April 15, 1989 Hayes, Mildred Eugenia April 27, 1921 - December 22, 1928 d/o C. L. & Ruth V. Hayes Hayes, Robert Ervin October 21, 1929 - May 19, 2000 Hayes, Mary Lee January 27, 1931 - October 17, 1988 Goode, John Harvy December 8, 1918 - November 16, 1969 Johnson, Ethel H. September 14, 1923 - April 27, 1987 Brymer, Sherry L. December 23, 1941 - May 24, 1958 Hayes, A. I. February 1, 1859 - December 5, 1929 Hayes, Mary E. Mason November 16, 1867 - October 24, 1935 Hayes, Pearl D. July 15, 1892 - August 17, 1953 Hayes, Dovie J. September 4, 1882 - November 26, 1966 Ramsey, John A. June 24, 1890 - May 11, 1960 Ramsey, Sparkie A. June 3, 1891 - September 11, 1979 Capps, Earl Ramsey June 25, 1913 - December 17, 1972 Capps, Joe M. October 19, 1906 - December 25, 1974 Caldwell, Wm. Galbreath 1868 - 1925 Caldwell, Lucy Jane Hord 1872 - 1937 Caldwell, Lucy Helen May 8, 1916 - September 16, 1963 Caldwell, William H., Sr. May 19, 1907 - October 17, 1992 Caldwell, Mildred P. December 9, 1914 - July 5, 1982 Bellmund, Jeanne Hodnett February 6, 1925 - February 7, 1994 Payne, Thomas G. January 9, 1894 - November 28, 1962 Payne, Georgia M. Oates July 22, 1892 - April 28, 1955 Payne, Clyde Lloyd November 14, 1919 - July 12, 1998 WWII Holcombe, Edgar Eugene April 8, 1928 - April 21, 1928 Farmer, James Craig July 18, 1879 - January 22, 1961 Farmer, Thadus J. August 26, 1880 - March 26, 1956 Farmer, Dora Tucker July 26, 1885 - July 2, 1971 Farmer, John U. December 23, 1854 - December 1, 1936 Farmer, Nancy Ann May 10, 1860 - March 7, 1925 Farmer, Henry M. 1887 - 1928 Camp, Rufus Calvin February 7, 1881 - March 2, 1970 Camp, Daisy Hyatt November 16, 1890 - December 17, 1978 Payne, James Elvin February 24, 1950 - November 14, 1975 Payne, Leonard Eugene March 16, 1904 - December 9, 1993 Cloninger, John E. January 2, 1882 - December 26, 1960 Cloninger, Mamie Jane March 31, 1887 - May 31, 1973 Payne, Bynum O. March 4, 1907 - January 2, 1988 Payne, Maudie Lee C. December 27, 1906 - January 25, 1973 Payne, Bynum Glenn June 11, 1935 - March 29, 1980 Payne, James Wade (B&D) August 19, 1933 s/o Bynum O. & Maudie Payne Abernathy, David G. April 15, 1917 - November 8, 1997 WWII Payne, Archie A. July 12, 1922 - July 30, 1923 Payne, Vieva E. November 24, 1908 - November 9, 1918 Payne, John I. November 11, 1879 - July 10, 1931 Payne, Ola Mae C. December 6, 1884 - January 9, 1971 Payne, Robert Lewis June 30, 1916 - December 13, 1976 WWII Payne, Julia Ford February 15, 1924 - March 28, 1990 Shives, Marshall Bell November 7, 1912 - November 26, 1987 WWII Shives, Dorothy Payne December 11, 1912 - June 12, 2005 Payne, R. Arthur October 1, 1882 - October 24, 1929 Payne, Ola Jane Burke April 9, 1882 - March 21, 1947 Payne, Edith Pauline April 9, 1919 - April 17, 1919 Payne, Robert A., Jr. April 9, 1920 - July 14, 1968 Payne, Tena Matthews March 21, 1919 - July 12, 1982 Cavender, Isaac D. September 11, 1915 - March 9, 1996 Cavender, Bryte P. April 12, 1918 - October 13, 2001 Cavender, Susan M. (B&D) October 26, 1981 Cavender, Cynthia A. September 22, 1955 - October 5, 1955 Cavender, Michael S. (B&D) December 14, 1974 Johnson, W. O. (Dink) October 8, 1906 - February 4, 1979 Son Johnson, Pearl A. July 20, 1884 - July 10, 1967 Mother Johnson, Ethel Gonella February 23, 1914 - February 1, 1998 Johnson, Thomas 1845 - 1920 Johnson, Rosanna 1855 - 1927 Erwin, Robert L. July 5, 1854 - December 19, 1930 Erwin, Margaret A. February 3, 1866 - December 30, 1933 Ervin, Robert Rowe April 16, 1916 - September 10, 1961 Ervin, Ora Bell Tucker April 21, 1913 - October 4, 1980 Ervin, James Lee March 21, 1926 - February 26, 1986 Ervin, Infant Son (B&D) February 6, 1920 s/o B. L. & L. E. Ervin Ervin, Benjamin Lee May 27, 1893 - June 5, 1931 McEntire, Stanley Falls June 10, 1904 - May 6, 1996 McEntire, Lillie Etta March 29, 1893 - May 6, 1971 McEntire, Martha Ann October 18, 1935 - January 16, 1936 d/o S. F. & Etta McEntire Carpenter, Bergain E. January 10, 1877 - October 23, 1956 Spainish American War Carpenter, Elizabeth E. July 23, 1899 - January 20, 1956 Grayson, John C. December 25, 1846 - August 1, 1919 CSA Grayson, Matilda A. March 9, 1842 - March 20, 1906 Grayson, Daniel M. July 26, 1873 - May 15, 1915 Payne, Porter Otis March 6, 1892 - March 26, 1939 Payne, Z. T. February 8, 1852 - June 16, 1929 Payne, Martha Neil November 4, 1862 - April 30, 1942 Payne, Pearl E. May 6, 1903 - November 21, 1909 d/o Z. T. & Martha Payne, Fannie G. June 25, 1900 - November 7, 1902 d/o Z. T. & Martha Payne, Sarah Ida October 14, 1883 - September 17, 1965 Dameron, James Thomas Refinas June 20, 1845 - July 24, 1914 Dameron, Sarah Arrowood October 10, 1842 - March 18, 1934 Dameron, John Thomas June 22, 1877 - September 10, 1958 Dameron, Mary Payne March 21, 1874 - (No Death Date) Dameron, Thomas Robert December 15, 1904 - June 24, 1905 Dameron, Mamie Stroup May 2, 1897 - June 12, 1978 d/o Martin Luther & Mary Stroup Stroup, Martin Luther November 29, 1858 - October 30, 1938 Stroup, Mary Kendrick April 13, 1863 - April 27, 1961 Dameron, Beulah Bradshaw October 7, 1912 - February 11, 2006 Allen, Roy G. (D) November 18, 1934 Age 36 WWII Allen, William May 14, 1859 - February 3, 1939 Allen, Jane Ann Beattie December 9, 1862 - February 28, 1948 Allen, Myrtle March 19, 1900 - July 11, 1905 Payne, Katherine August 24, 1903 - June 20, 1987 d/o Robert Lee & Lucy Lineberger Payne Payne, Frances November 2, 1908 - September 30, 1993 d/o Robert Lee & Lucy Lineberger Payne Payne, Gordon Jonas July 15, 1894 - October 29, 1970 WWI Payne, Alene Reames June 7, 1902 - March 22, 1990 w/o Gordon J. Payne & A. V. Wallace Payne, John C. (B&D) October 19, 1933 s/o Gordon & Alene Payne Jenkins, Love 1878 - 1945 Jenkins, Laura 1882 - 1961 Jenkins, Ruth March 17, 1905 - July 9, 1907 Jenkins, Wm. Robert November 10, 1909 - August 10, 1943 WWII Killed in Action USN Jenkins, Willard August 1, 1907 - August 1, 1926 Jenkins, Inez July 11, 1911 - August 1, 1926 Jenkins, Earl Love December 17, 1921 - March 7, 2005 Jenkins, Helen Colleen M. December 3, 1924 - June 23, 1995 Jenkins, Priscilla Lee Mae April 12, 1965 - January 5, 1966 Byers, Josie B. 1878 - 1957 Payne, John A. September 17, 1843 - July 24, 1922 Payne, Margaret A. November 23, 1842 - February 15, 1906 Bell, Rosa C. July 23, 1842 - March 7, 1907 (Broken Rock) Huffstetler, Ephraim September 8, 1848 - July 9, 1914 CSA Huffstetler, Henry Lee August 12, 1862 - September 1, 1931 Huffstetler, Linwood January 1, 1913 - April 14, 1986 Huffstetler, Mary Green July 5, 1917 - March 19, 1996 Huffstetler, Henry Lee December 2, 1934 - October 2, 1945 Huffstetler, William H. April 13, 1900 - January 9, 1952 WWII (Broken Rock) Huffstetler, Fannie (D) July 9, 1904 Age 35 w/o H. P. Huffstetler Huffstetler, Mandy G. May 15, 1904 - September 11, 1904 d/o H. D. & M. M. Huffstetler Wright, G. E. March 19, 1868 - June 9, 1930 Wright, Leonless Whitworth July 11, 1878 - May 7, 1952 Wright, Lillie May January 5, 1903 - January 18, 1957 Wright, Henry Russell January 27, 1915 - March 5, 1983 Whitworth, Lawrence L. September 22, 1884 - May 4, 1930 Whitworth, Lillian Yelton November 6, 1882 - October 18, 1957 Whitworth, Herman Y. August 9, 1916 - July 7, 1917 Whitworth, Infant (No Dates) Clark, Cornelius W. August 29, 1911 - March 14, 1970 Clark, Allie Horne December 31, 1918 - October 11, 1975 Rollins, Rufus Plato 1869 - 1957 Rollins, Violet Smith 1880 - 1917 Tucker, E. A. August 28, 1850 - November 20, 1925 Tucker, Sarah A. May 19, 1853 - February 18, 1920 Tucker, Betty B. August 9, 1887 - October 9, 1953 Tucker, Gussie Ann October 18, 1895 - April 17, 1919 Willis, George Hartwell March 4, 1870 - March 24, 1961 Willis, Ada W. February 4, 1879 - April 17, 1919 Willis, Infant Son (B&D) September 23, 1914 Willis, Pearl E. April 25, 1908 - August 20, 1908 d/o G. H. & A. W. Willis Price, Frances Bumgardner February 9, 1934 - December 24, 2002 (Funeral Home Marker) Bumgardner, Hazel Bollinger July 15, 1915 - January 9, 1985 Bumgardner, Rebecca Ann October 5, 1946 - February 6, 1947 Bumgardner, David Edward (B&D) May 22, 1940 Bumgardner, Betty Jean June 6, 1935 - June 25, 1937 Bollinger, O. H. August 19, 1894 - June 30, 1954 Bollinger, Claire Summitt August 21, 1895 - September 8, 1971 Bollinger, O. H., Jr. October 27, 1919 - April 15, 1920 Bollinger, Bernice December 5, 1924 - July 12, 1925 Elmore, Hobson I., Jr. April 30, 1918 - April 6, 1976 Lynch, Woodrow May 14, 1909 - August 22, 1985 WWII Lynch, Madge V. Price May 11, 1914 - November 24, 1985 Davis, Naomi Price April 11, 1911 - August 21, 1996 Featherston, Betty Jo Grant April 8, 1932 - October 4, 1968 wife of Johnny B. Featherston Elmore, Joyce Blair September 7, 1941 - June 16, 1947 Waller, William 1832 - 1907 Waller, Hannah Pell 1835 - 1914 Pell, William 1856 - 1935 Pell, Edward November 18, 1862 - December 29, 1938 Pell, Anna E. H. April 16, 1872 - September 17, 1944 Pell, John William July 26, 1904 - February 9, 1906 Young, John Nisbet July 12, 1848 - September 5, 1906 Young, Nancy Sharpe February 27, 1855 - November 11, 1940 Young, Thomas Hugh February 17, 1883 - May 27, 1944 Young, Archibald Sharpe June 20, 1885 - March 25, 1951 Young, Mary Amelia February 19, 1888 - (Date Buried) Young, Henry S. April 23, 1881 - December 19, 1936 Young, Annie H. September 14, 1897 - November 20, 1963 Servis, Ross B. November 9, 1875 - October 8, 1959 Servis, Carrie A. (D) 1916 Brock, Grover L. September 5, 1905 - August 12, 1990 WWII Brock, Eulalia Servis January 16, 1912 - January 2, 1982 Brock, Geneva L. (Neva) June 16, 1931 - August 6, 2006 Pettey, John March 15, 1853 - July 19, 1909 Pettey, Nancy July 15, 1854 - March 15, 1913 Pettey, Berry July 15, 1891 - November 13, 1914 2 infants - Rock Broken Davidson, James Ryan March 25, 1950 - Davidson, Cathy Jean Costner January 8, 1950 - Davidson, Scarlett Erin September 18, 1979 - August 11, 1989 Craig, Claude Matthew May 20, 1882 - February 24, 1958 WWI Craig, Era Jane Plummer January 6, 1890 - June 27, 1982 Craig, Infant daughter (B&D) June 20, 1920 Harmon, Charles W. August 23, 1875 - December 15, 1932 Harmon, Nancy E. Crawford February 27, 1871 - January 15, 1949 Harmon, Cleon Donald December 26, 1899 - July 21, 1965 Harmon, Infant Son (B&D) June 20, 1936 s/o Earle & Evelena Harmon, Judson L., Jr. October 23, 1948 - October 25, 1994 Vietnam Grayson, Ernest R. September 1, 1913 - January 12,1983 Grayson, Lillie January 24, 1882 - October 10, 1934 Grayson, Della February 16, 1906 - January 12, 1920 d/o D. M. & L. Grayson Watts, John R. July 19, 1849 - May 3, 1912 Watts, Martha M. May 28, 1856 - November 5, 1925 Carpenter, Clarence M. July 11, 1880 - February 5, 1919 Carpenter, Baby (No Dates) Carpenter, Baby (No Dates) Watts, David E. October 18, 1892 - September 25, 1969 Richardson, K. Crown May 5, 1896 - May 11, 1972 Richardson, Lavada Watts August 3, 1895 - August 5, 1980 Richardson, John H. October 30, 1916 - October 31, 1916 Richardson, Dewey Russell September 6, 1899 - January 8, 1956 Richardson, Bessie B. February 4, 1900 - January 11, 1973 Richardson, Donald R. December 29, 1925 - July 15, 1972 WWII Harmon, Haywood 1865 - 1949 Harmon, Barbara A. 1860 - 1941 Harmon, Ralph V., Sr. July 27, 1923 - July 5, 2005 WWII Harmon, Mary Helen A. January 22, 1931 - April 21, 2004 Harmon, Luther Alexander November 27, 1887 - November 17, 1963 Harmon, Anna Powell June 3, 1888 - June 21, 1965 Padgett, Noah T. February 14, 1849 - September 21, 1935 Padgett, Missouri July 4, 1862 - April 23, 1931 Padgett, Andrew J. February 13, 1887 - December 6, 1972 WWI Padgett, James Andrew, Jr. August 2, 1932 (only date) Owensby, John Christopher (D) March 1, 1926 WWI Owensby, Lillie B. March 8, 1891 - January 10, 1983 Richardson, Kendrick July 9, 1861 - October 11, 1936 Richardson, Maggie G. January 20, 1870 - September 22, 1926 Richardson, Auther L. July 22, 1904 - July 22, 1969 Richardson, Margaret Tate May 10, 1909 - January 1, 1995 Harris, William D. January 4, 1881 - February 8, 1928 Harris, Ada E. Paysour August 24, 1879 - (No Death Date) Harris, Clarence Fred March 7, 1907 - June 2, 1979 Harris, Christine December 8, 1916 - September 4, 1999 (Stone is Handwritten) Harmon, Mary Price April 1, 1896 - April 20, 1976 Harmon, Robert A. January 8, 1930 - April 21, 1995 Korea Harmon, Raymond Nelson January 14, 1932 - January 15, 1932 Harmon, John Junior February 16, 1926 - April 7, 2005 WWII Harmon, Barbara W. May 25, 1933 - Bickley, Alice Hawkins April 22, 1943 - October 7, 1982 Callis, Burton E. September 25, 1892 - February 25, 1957 WWI Callis, Alice Cartwright September 24, 1893 - January 27, 1988 Callis, Burton E., Jr. February 4, 1925 - January 5, 1929 Greeff, Bertie March 10, 1938 - December 24, 1995 Dillon, Eunavie P. March 19, 1937 - December 25, 1995 Gheen, June Patricia May 19, 1932 - May 22, 1932 d/o C. B. & Emily Gheen Richardson, Don June 6, 1930 Coon, Henry J. March 8, 1873 - March 14, 1926 Greer, Ferrie Coon June 20, 1884 - April 26, 1972 Waisner, Hattie Mitchem October 15, 1882 - July 20, 1935 Coon, Henry J. (Bill) May 27, 1914 - December 25, 1988 Wallace, Charles Stephen July 3, 1923 - Wallace, Mary Helen C. March 6, 1923 - Lewis, William Pinkney December 25, 1910 - September 4, 1995 WWII Black, Wayne Steve July 22, 1948 - August 11, 1995 Melton, Thomas L. December 28, 1891 - January 6, 1962 Melton, Mattie M. September 23, 1890 - April 28, 1969 Melton, Ray Cleveland May 3, 1919 - December 16, 1979 WWII Melton, Infant Son (No Dates) Melton, Christine Woods October 27, 1928 - January 10, 1998 Lindsay, John R. April 12, 1890 - November 6, 1955 Lindsay, Mamie Black January 26, 1890 - December 24, 1960 Lindsay, Virginia R. April 17, 1922 - May 16, 1923 Fletcher, Luther P. October 14, 1919 - January 12, 1991 Fletcher, Dorothy E. December 21, 1925 - Mack, Jack D. February 1, 1914 - Mack, Ethel P. January 22, 1917 - Mack, Jack Doyle, II. Died at Age 9 (No Dates) Poteat, Samuel J. 1867 - 1950 Poteat, Helena D. 1895 - 1975 Shufford, William Frank June 16, 1892 - February 8, 1957 Shufford, Mary Effie June 18, 1897 - November 24, 1988 Shufford, Myrtle Margaret December 1, 1923 - April 9, 1989 Shuford, Tamara Nicole December 10, 1987 - November 17, 1991 Shufford, Frances Burgin March 29, 1886 - June 24, 1965 Shufford, Cora Lee June 14, 1890 - December 11, 1996 Shufford, Mattie Jane January 24, 1857 - April 22, 1930 McDonald, Marvin L. Washington PVT. I CL. MED DETACH August 22, 1929 (This is what’s on rock- no other dates) Williams, George Dallas May 25, 1855 - January 29, 1942 Williams, Margaret Lucinda Devine May 27, 1861 - December 3, 1931 Williams, Lucy J. May 22, 1888 - April 11, 1975 Robinson, Franklin G. November 29, 1905 - January 5, 1992 Robinson, Margaret H. June 26, 1909 - February 27, 1992 Robinson, Bobby E. December 6, 1932 - March 6, 1933 Robinson, Patrick Wayne January 23, 1939 - May 19, 2000 McEntire, Thomas M. July 31, 1874 - November 20, 1932 McEntire, Nera Ann May 5, 1877 - August 22, 1932 Isenhour, Thomas F. January 1, 1881 - November 19, 1966 Isenhour, Mary E. Best November 29, 1886 - January 29, 1938 Isenhour, Edna Verl March 1, 1918 - November 11, 1925 Isenhour, Sophie Lynch November 9, 1914 - December 22, 1938 Nichols, Ralph Warren, Jr. January 19, 1965 - April 9, 2006 Tucker, Samuel T. September 25, 1885 - December 23, 1965 Tucker, Annie J. Clemmer December 17, 1886 - October 13, 1957 Tucker, Wilbur A. April 24, 1915 - May 3, 1981 WWII Dixon, James Loyde December 18, 1891 - July 18, 1940 Dixon, Lillian Richard October 7, 1899 - October 11, 1950 Nichols, Samuel M. D. November 19, 1896 - March 18, 1947 Nichols, Ida Dixon December 13, 1899 - February 19, 1937 Nichols, Hubert L. (B&D) May 10, 1930 Bullard, Paul Plato January 18, 1913 - March 19, 1964 Bullard, Lucille Tucker August 27, 1913 - June 28, 1996 Bullard, Sarah Francis June 29, 1932 - December 9, 1933 Wiggins, Casper C. September 11, 1900 - April 24, 1965 Wiggins, Inez C. September 10, 1909 - November 6, 2002 Wiggins, Margaret Louise January 28, 1936 - April 21, 1948 Wiggins, Mary Elizabeth February 11, 1932 - February 8, 1934 Poteat, Clarence F. September 18, 1907 - August 26, 1971 Poteat, Wilma September 26, 1910 - Poteat, John A. October 18, 1926 - October 27, 1970 WWII, Korea, Vietnam Poteat, Hazel A. July 23, 1930 - June 12, 2003 Poteat, Betty Jean September 10, 1929 - August 10, 1930 d/o M/M C. F. Poteat Poteat, Charles Edward (B&D) September 1, 1933 s/o M/M C. F. Poteat Poteat, Annette & Jeanette (B&D) November 15, 1934 Twins of M/M C. F. Poteat Wiggins, Kimberly Sue March 4, 1960 - January 9, 1980 d/o James & Donita Wiggins Wilson, Wallace Henry February 5, 1879 - March 14, 1964 Wilson, Hester J. July 28, 1875 - July 24, 1966 Wilson, Dorcas L. March 5, 1894 - May 19, 1973 Wilson, Lula L. July 10, 1858 - May 31, 1931 w/o P. B. Wilson Wilson, Walker W. November 19, 1913 - March 30, 1973 WWII Wilson, Julia A. May 26, 1916 - April 26, 1984 Cronier, James W. September 28, 1907 - November 5, 1954 Cronier, Ida W. September 17, 1907 - August 30, 1980 Johnson, Nina April 18, 1915 - October 17, 1928 d/o R. A. Johnson Tate, Grover C. October 22, 1884 - January 3, 1964 Tate, Mary Ann Berckman March 21, 1888 - May 23, 1928 Tate, Lila Pearl Beam May 27, 1898 - September 29, 1991 Tate, Grover Acie January 1, 1932 - June 15, 1998 Korea Robinson, Ann E. Joseph January 18, 1925 - March 30, 1964 w/o Roy L. Robinson Sarvis, Lloyd A. August 3, 1908 - May 10, 1973 Sarvis, Louise Tate July 7, 1913 - July 3, 1992 Gustafson, Erika Shay (B&D) September 21, 1978 d/o Mark & Sandra Robinson Gustafson Collins, Frederick A. July 16, 1892 - June 11, 1965 Collins, Lucy W. July 29, 1895 - January 1, 1985 Collins, Donald W. December 4, 1926 - December 3, 1927 s/o M/M F. A. Collins Koscinski, Kathleen Collins February 12, 1923 - October 17, 1996 Robinson, Lawson Arthur Lewis November 9, 1895 - January 3, 1982 Robinson, Beulah Summey December 8, 1900 - March 25, 1939 (1st wife) Robinson, Mildred H. March 9, 1905 - April, 29, 2000 (2nd wife) Robinson, infant daughter (B&D) February 7, 1930 Harmon, Russell L. January 17, 1908 - June 27, 1951 Harmon, Irene Tate June 25, 1907 - July 6, 1999 Harmon, Mamie Laura July 26, 1927 - August 6, 1927 Harmon, Loy September 25, 1929 - September 27, 1929 s/o A. H. & Verna Harmon Wilson, John Franklin May 18, 1883 - December 14, 1965 Wilson, Sallie Carpenter July 3, 1880 - May 30, 1937 Wilson, Boyce Cone July 13, 1912 - January 7, 1914 s/o John F. & Sallie Wilson Eudy, Claude D. December 4, 1907 - May 15, 1962 WWII Eudy, Nina Wilson April 29, 1909 - October 13, 1991 Barrett, Martha Carpenter 1840 - 1912 Cole, Grady Hughes (D) July 5, 1933 infant s/o B. C. & Ethel Cole Harmon, James Erskine May 3, 1907 - December 23, 1910 s/o D. W. & F. M. Harmon Harmon, Myrtle L. Brigman 1908 - 1932 Carpenter, Frances Levonne Harmon May 17, 1928 - January 16, 1998 Wiggins, Walter J. November 14, 1909 - February 27, 1986 WWII Wiggins, Lessie C. December 23, 1914 - May 5, 1997 Powell, John Shirridon March 30, 1871 - June 12, 1936 Powell, Hannah Daisy November 30, 1885 - October 11, 1970 Powell, Detro M. March 29, 1909 - March 29, 1985 Powell, Flora Henson June 10, 1879 - July 1, 1907 w/o J. S. Powell Infant (Can’t Read) Medlin, Mary Runion May 9, 1836 - February 9, 1907 Can’t Read - (Rock turned over) Black, Albert B. February 28, 1892 - March 22, 1918 Isenhour, Leona Laws July 18, 1888 - March 30, 1960 w/o Thomas L. Isenhour Law, Jim May 5, 1905 - January 14, 1976 WWII Stamey, Edna April 26, 1902 - July 21, 1902 d/o D. E. Stamey Day, Sally C. November 9, 1955 - June 12, 1989 Day, Denise M. October 10, 1969 - February 21, 1970 Day, Jack Arvel, Sr. July 19, 1927 - July 12, 1992 Day, Betty Ross June 3, 1926 - March 14, 1991 Revis, Arthur B. December 29, 1911 - August 3, 1912 Revis, Sadie Camby 1892 - May 24, 1928 Revis, Jake July 16, 1917 - January 14, 1984 Outen, E. L. January 12, 1910 - September 17, 1911 Outen, G. H. February 22, 1907 - September 1, 1909 Children of B. A. & B. M. Outen Beer, John F. 1909 - 1955 Beer, Cora K. June 5, 1909 - April 28, 1993 Beer, Bobby King March 25, 1933 - May 1, 1983 WWII Snow, Benjamin Franklin April 14, 1880 - June 13, 1964 Snow, Yettie Rash May 16, 1900 - April 10, 1975 Beer, John W. March 4, 1905 - December 28, 1909 Beer, Rubin Moses May 19, 1908 - June 19, 1908 Beer, Robert G. May 8, 1871 - February 3, 1944 Beer, Margaret Ann February 26, 1880 - June 22, 1938 Joines, Lindsey W. April 25, 1902 - July 1, 1965 Joines, Ellen B. January 1, 1903 - July 30, 2001 Joines, Kennith R. August 22, 1936 - April 25, 1937 Medford, Cecil December 4, 1910 - December 18, 1989 Medford, Eldra Mae August 7, 1912 - August 6, 1996 Brooks, U. G. September 26, 1876 - February 11, 1930 Bullard, E. D. February 12, 1866 - October 25, 1918 Bullard, Emma Purdee March 4, 1874 - February 16, 1955 Davis, Infant Son (B&D) December 17, 1907 s/o E. B. & L. J. Davis George, Infant Daughter (B&D) April 3, 1905 George, Infant Son (B&D) June 15, 1906 children of H. D. & F. A George Hyatt, Bertha August 8, 1896 - April 8, 1950 (Stone was hand written) Coalman, Annie M. July 23, 1904 - July 9, 1905 d/o A. R. & Josie Coalman Williamson, Infant son & daughter (No Dates) children of M/M R. L. Williamson Coleman, Nellie Mae April 4, 1908 - December 26, 1988 Ramsey, Bruce April 20, 1882 - May 16, 1914 Ramsey, (Can’t Read) Martin, Lizzie July 30, 1875 - May 4, 1918 Scism, Yates March 26, 1907 - June 23, 1960 Page, Floyd Eddison October 9, 1930 - November 4, 1942 s/o Walter & Nancy Page Jones, Lola Bridges June 14, 1883 - July 8, 1913 w/o Campbell Jones Metcalf, Leroy March 7, 1891 - April 9, 1919 s/o F. E. & S. A. Metcalf Metcalf, Jacob E. February 16, 1889 - December 11, 1931 Ramsey, E. T. October 28, 1894 - April 4, 1945 Ramsey, Mary Lee December 2, 1903 - March 18, 1995 Mincey, Carl L. May 4, 1919 - August 9, 1997 WWII Wooten, Baby (No Dates) Cook, George Wesley March 2, 1885 - December 7, 1937 Cook, Amanda S. Long September 11, 1887 - August 29, 1950 Murray, Annie B. May 8, 1883 - February 13, 1956 Jump, Leola October 14, 1889 - November 2, 1928 Rhyne, Edward Junius September 29, 1924 - December 11, 1924 s/o E. J. & J. B. Rhyne Turner, Thomas Wilson May 24, 1902 - April 17, 1973 Turner, Ora Mae B. Febuary 2, 1907 - Turner, Perlie Mae April 19, 1927 - July 29, 1927 4 Broken Rocks (Can’t Read) Broughton, Leonard T. October 2, 1920 - August 2, 1947 WWII Wood, David April 15, 1930 - October 16, 1931 Wood, Eddie July 16, 1946 - July 19, 1946 Reeves, Gordon J. January 24, 1942 - January 4, 1944 Fowler, Charles D. March 10, 1885 - April 14, 1951 Fowler, Nellie R. March 17, 1895 - July 9, 1926 Hannah, D. Scott 1869 - 1938 Hannah, Vennie 1883 - 1952 Hannah, Troy 1926 - 1971 Hannah, Grady 1908 - 1931 Hannah, Garfield 1902 - 1925 Hannah, Sally May (NO Dates) infant daughter of Zeb Hannah Hannah, Infant (No Dates) infant of May Hannah Wright, William T. June 15, 1877 - March 14, 1932 Wright, Mary S. March 13, 1883 - April 5, 1959 Wright, Robert Benjamin March 25, 1908 - July 15, 1917 Wright, Laura M. May 12, 1906 - August 1, 1926 Wright, Bertha E. April 18, 1910 - August 1, 1926 Murray, John (No Dates) Murray, Mrs. John (No Dates) Murray, W. D. (No Dates) Scott, W. D. (No Dates) Scott, Dorothy (No Dates) Haney, Virgie Teague July 2, 1897 - April 19, 1985 Capps, R. B. September 10, 1916 - October 4, 1989 WWII Capps, Ruby Stogner February 22, 1925 - March 5, 2000 Nash, Henry Jackson March 7, 1923 - July 10, 1971 WWII Nash, Jerry Dean May 7, 1947 - October 8, 1991 Vietnam Voyles, Ethel Stogner September 3, 1917 - March 27, 1938 w/o Glenn Voyles Voyles, Glenn Oliver (B&D) December 21, 1963 s/o Winford & Vera Voyles Wesson, Mary J. (D) 1913 (Can’t Read) Rock Broken (Can’t Read) Holbrook, Bry F. January 11, 1890 - December 1, 1959 Holbrook Minnie Croft September 16, 1895 - August 29, 1983 Mitchell, Claudie Jolly June 28, 1877 - April 25, 1935 Hopper, Seaton J. January 28, 1877 - May 2, 1933 Pazan, Henry G. (No Dates) Spainish-America War Johnson, W. A. Age 72 (No Dates) Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Age 64 (No Dates) Vernadore, Robert March 17, 1906 - June 7, 1930 Roberts, Grace Tomberlin February 3, 1904 - March 18, 1952 Taylor, Walter F. October 23, 1884 - April 18, 1937 Taylor, Luther A. March 24, 1880 - June 6, 1975 Taylor, Mattie R. April 4, 1890 - January 8, 1938 Eaves, Sidney G. June 1, 1878 - December 6, 1931 Eaves, Anna C. May 28, 1873 - January 27, 1956 Lail, Hampton H. January 6, 1879 - February 19, 1933 Lail, Fannie E. Johnson November 5, 1875 - March 14, 1937 Lail, Ila A. January 31, 1903 - June 30, 1939 Lail, Cletus M. September 26, 1901 - May 29, 1967 Lail, Anna C. Scates August 24, 1906 - April 4, 1959 Lail, Mildred E. September 16, 1930 - May 9, 1983 (dau.) Strutt, S. L. December 17, 1856 - December 6, 1934 Strutt, Mary A. July 28, 1856 - November 2, 1936 Strutt, Amanda November 19, 1882 - December 24, 1941 Cook, Bessie Mae Moses May 9, 1908 - September 13, 1977 Lutz, Furman W. 1901 - 1971 Lutz, Carrie R. 1900 - 1989 Lutz, Bennie Sue April 21, 1932 - September 3, 1933 Blair, Mickey December 7, 1951 - February 5, 1953 s/o M/M A. M. Blair Downey, James W. June 20, 1911 - August 18, 1969 Downey, Hattie H. November 1, 1911 - December 21, 1985 Downey, Richard Arlen (B&D) June 3, 1937 Eaves, Cassander Jane August 3, 1849 - October 11, 1933 (Hand Written) Downey, J. Plato 1872 - 1945 Downey, Minnie R. 1882 - 1958 Downey, Thomas Guilford May 16, 1914 - May 28, 1965 Downey, Frankie H. October 30, 1913 - Isabell, Fred Harvy February 12, 1902 - June 28, 1933 Isabell, Ida Mary October 24, 1872 - March 12, 1957 Whitfield, Myrtle I. August 14, 1904 - September 20, 1996 Goodson, Robert Ray June 30, 1917 - November 1, 1952 WWII Goodson, Virgie M. August 17, 1920 - Goodson, Carolyn J. September 28, 1944 - May 16, 1965 Downey, Avery J. June 17, 1895 - April 11, 1947 Ballew, Amos W. October 22, 1905 - December 9, 1967 Ballew, Annie H. May 11, 1900 - August 24, 1962 Kelly, Robert Lee September 12, 1947 (No other date) Broken Rock - Can't read Cavender, Mrs. N. L. December 26, 1875 - June 9, 1942 Blackwell, Charlie April 5, 1898 - January 30, 1948 WWI Blackwell, Addie April 13, 1871 - January 23, 1948 Jackson, Tracie Lynne March 14, 1963 - August 7, 1996 Greenway, William C. February 17, 1877 - September 2, 1958 Peele, B. Frank November 3, 1927 - October 19, 2001 Peele, Pearl B. April 10, 1929 - Peele, Ann January, 1949 - March, 1949 This rock reads as follows: Cordelia Ray w/o D. M. Runion (No dates) Belle Cloninger sister of D. M. Runion (No dates) Weatherford, Charles W. November 24, 1933 - September 8, 2003 Weatherford, Maxine Hoyle December 1, 1937 - Costner, William M. July 29, 1934 - Costner, Peggy H. June 23, 1935 - April 24, 2001 Summey, Charley W., Jr. May 6, 1949 - January 14, 2001 Buchannan, Michael Bruce, Sr. October 23, 1956 - November 13, 2002 Coleman, George E. February 21, 1947 - April 8, 2002 Stowe, Vernon D. October 29, 1947 - January 14, 2003 Stowe, Sandra J. February 14, 1956 - Thompson, William L. March 18, 1941 - Thompson, Brenda S. April 11, 1944 - August 8, 2002 Price, Elvin Crosby March 25, 1917 - October 14, 2003 WWII Price, Vergie W. 1924 - Wise, William David April 29, 1937 - July 27, 2002 Caldwell, Kenneth H. September 2, 1934 - Caldwell, Peggy M. December 17, 1936 - At the entrance to the cemetery there are two monuments on the right side: Lloyd McDonald Parton Killed in line of duty 6/19/1948 Erected by Bessemer City Police Dept. & Friends In memory of Michael Patrick Jenkins City Police Office who died 5/2/1972 in the line of duty Erected by his friends At the entrance to the cemetery there are two monuments on the left side: MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO DIED FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM OF OUR NATION IN WORLD WAR I, II AND THE KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM, GRANADA, PANAMA AND DESERT STORM In honor of Mrs. J. W. Eury President Bessemer City Chapter American War Mothers 1956 - 1957 Presented in 1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These pages and information thereon are not to be reproduced in any form for profit or distribution without the permission of Jan Heavner © Copyright 2006