The epitaphs are as follows:

In a fence on the Church grounds


Wells monument

Daniel Dulaney Wells
Apr 24 1836
Jun 27 1909

Sarah Catherine Wells
Jun 14 1850
Nov 16 1942

James Thomas
Son of 
O C and Daisy Vann
Sep 24 1914
Apr 8 1915

Mattie C. Boone
Aug 15 1843
Jan 29 1918

John W. Boone
Dec 2 1839
Jul 10 1908

George J. Moore
Sep 1 1877
Jun 26 1926

Louie E. Moore
Feb 16 1874
Feb 22 1923
John Decator Moore
Feb 19 1888
Aug 17 1906

William Alford Moore
Apr 3 1841
May 23 1908

Mary C. Brice
Wife of 
William A. Moore
Aug 29 1851
Dec 17 1923

Cyrus James Moore
Sep 14 1893
May 3 1942

Martha M. Scott
Sep 14 1885
Jan 28 1968



Across the road



Spearman Monument

Ethel A. Spearman
Jun 12 1892
Aug 3 1979

Ned William Spearman
Aug 15 1930
Feb 28 1988

James Vasser Spearman
May 28 1892
May 25 1984

James E. Spearman
Aug 26 1856
Sep 3 1903

Lucy J. Spearman
Oct 7 1857
Feb 25 1946

Claudie S. Spearman
Mar 1 1889
Mar 31 1891

Adolphus Spearman
May 16 1854
Jul 4 1873

Dolly C. Spearman
Feb 19 1820
Mar 10 1889

Samuel Spearman
Jun 4 1808
May 4 1869

Double Stone
Bishop
Carrie R.
Dec 6 1882
Dec 14 1961
Married
Apr 5 1906
John J. Jim
Apr 6 1883
Feb 6 1989

Double Stone
Bishop
Mary Wilkins
Mar 29 1909
Jan 15 2000
Married
Nov 6 1943
David Ralph
May 8 1914
Aug 31 1994

Double Stone
Boone
Stephen A
Sep 19 1900
Sep 13 1971
Married 
Dec 27 1946
Grace Glisson
Feb 10 1910
Jan 2 1979

Mary Jane Hall
Wife of 
James C. Boone
Oct 20 1859
Oct 2 1951

James C. Boone
Aug 29 1856
Nov 17 1917
Age 61 yrs

Infant 
Daughter of
J. C. and Mary J. Boone
Nov 17 1890
Nov 17 1890

John Laudiuos Hudson
Aug 14 1904
Feb 22 1962

Sarah C. Boone
Nee Herring
Wife of 
Stephen J. Boone
Nov 2 1835
Dec 8 1903

Stephen J. Boone
Dec 24 1830
Oct 21 1913

Annie Mae Boone Ezzell
1896-1987

Charles Raymond Ezzell
1905-1985

Edith Raymond Ezzell Lamm
Aug 27 1939
NOD

Richard Hundley Lamm
Aug 29 1940
NOD

Edna Stanton Johnson
Sep 15 1911
Mar 8 2010

Kristina Dawn Schwabe
Jul 9 1983
Feb 21 1995

MM
Mrs. Anna M. Boone
Oct 7 1918
Nov 8 2004
Age 86

Earl Boone
MSGT US Air Force
World War II  Korea
Jan 4 1913
Oct 18 1992

Rosa Annette Sholar Coleman
Nov 6 1937
Apr 7 2001

Double Stone
Sholar
Annie L.
Feb 13 1908
Dec 18 1969
Lacy
Nov 24 1903
Jan 30 1962

Charles Roe Sholar
Jan 11 1934
May 21 1978

Double Stone
Blanchard
Joseph D
May 13 1944
Aug 31 2002
Martha P
Jun 12 1947
NOD

Double Stone
Bell
Violet Six
Jun 18 1933
Apr 6 1992
George C
Sep 21 1914
Oct 11 1992

Barry Everett Bell
Sep 8 1963
Sep 3 1988

James Edward Barnette Sr
Aug 14 1963
Jun 8 1998

Double Stone
Usher
William S
Apr 5 1939
NOD
Betty Rackley
Mar 20 1944
Jun 27 1999


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Double Stone
Evans
Therman F
Dec 14 1920
Dec 26 1998
Married
Jul 18 1942
Ellen M.
Dec 25 1925
Aug 28 2010
FS
Therman F. Evans
PVT US Army
World War II
Dec 14 1920
Dec 26 1998

Thurman Franklin Evans Jr
Jul 10 1950
Oct 5 1982

Double Stone
Usher
William Frankley Sr
Aug 26 1949
May 15 2008
Married
Jul 27 1985
Martha English
Jul 25 1961
NOD
FS
William Franklin Usher
SR US Navy
Vietnam
Aug 26 1949
May 15 2008

MM
John F McIntryre
1914-2008

Double Stone
Usher
Charlie Juston “C. J.“
Jun 5 1929
Jun 8 2005
Elsie Ethelyne Baker
Jan 26 1932
NOD

Francis Patrick Usher
PFC US Army
World War II
Aug 21 1923
Nov 14 1995

Mary Morgan Usher
Oct 30 1926
NOD



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Sabrah S. Matthews
Wife of 
Levi C. Stansill
Jun 19 1869
Jul 21 1937

Levi C. Stansill
Feb 19 1861
May 1 1910

Nancy E. Sellers
Wife of 
James D. Mathews
Oct 12 1838
Jun 28 1914

Polly Merritt
Wife of 
Joseph Sellers
Age 65 yrs
NOI

Joseph Sellers
Sep 22 1802
Jun 16 1884

Joe Robert
Son of 
M. and Lucy Head
Aug 13 1889
Oct 21 1904

John Edward
Son of 
M. and Lucy Head
Sep 13 1890
Sep 4 1891

Maby F
Daughter of 
M. and C. Wells
Sep 10 1900
Feb 2 1907

Emmons Gray Chestnutt
PVT 
US Army
World War II
Apr 23 1919
Dec 27 1970

Daisy D. Chestnutt
Dec 2 1882
Apr 11 1951

Samuel Holt Chestnut
Sep 15 1869
May 14 1935

Ruth Chestnutt
Apr 22 1906
Jun 15 1933

Mary A. Sellers
Wife of 
James Chestnutt
Sep 28 1831
Dec 12 1911

James Chestnutt
May 25 1812
Jul 2 1894

William Matthew Drew
Mar 18 1834
Jun 12 1911

Junius J. Mathews
Aug 21 1863
Feb 23 1915

Rebekah Knowles
Wife of 
Junious J. Mathews
Jan 24 1868
Oct 8 1895

Nancy James Mathews
Age 6 wks 2 days

Mary N. Mathews
Age 5 mo 5 days

Mary E. Wilkins
Aug 5 1866
Dec 3 1892
Aged 26 yrs 3 mos 28 dys

Mary Wilkins
Feb 28 1820
Dec 8 1889
Aged 69 yrs 10 mos 20 days

Stephens Wilkins
May 29 1822
Feb 12 1882
Aged 59 years

Sarah Kilpatrick
Wife of 
William Wilkins
Jun 28 1828
Apr 17 1896
Aged 68 yrs 9 mos 19 dys

William Wilkins
Oct 2 1817
Nov 5 1867
Aged 50 yrs 1 mos. 3 dys

Frances Wilkins
Jan 3 1793
Jul 26 1875
Aged 82 yrs 6 mo 23 dys

Robert Wilkins
Aug 12 1790
Jan 14 1857
Aged 66 yrs mo 2 ds

Margaret Wilkins
Wife of 
Wm. M. Drew
Nov 6 1823
Dec 21 1912

Lois Wilkins
Wife of 
P. H Usher
Mar 6 1892
Dec 28 1926

Double Stone
Basham-Wilkins
Mary Wilkins Basham
Nov 6 1904
Jul 26 1997
Married
Jul 2 1925
David Manly Wilkins
Jul 23 1901
May 11 1939

Keziah Frances Ward
Wife of 
Wm. David Wilkins
Sep 18 1865
May 10 1952

Wm. David Wilkins
Jul 1 1858
Jun 5 1927

Susan Penny Wilkins
Daughter of
William & Sallie Wilkins
Mar 20 1854
Mar 26 1932

Double Stone
John H Lewis
Sep 29 1883
Mar 10 1939
May Bell Brice
Feb 18 1893
Aug 6 1933

Brice Monument

Charlie J. Brice
Aug 17 1868
Feb 21 1959

Anna Register
Wife of 
Charlie J. Brice
Nov 10 1867
Jul 31 1953

William B. Brice
Apr 4 1819
Feb 14 1902

Wm Brice
Apr 4 1819
Feb 12 1902
Aged 82 yrs 10 mos 8 dys

Margaret A.
Wife of 
William Brice
1830
Jun 5 1905

Margaret Register
Wife of 
William B Brice
Aug 15 1830
Jun 5 1908


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Martha
Daughter of
Wm & Margaret Brice
Feb 3 1854
Oct 5 1857

Double Stone
Brice
George Register
Apr 29 1909
Sep 18 1995
Grace Jones
Aug 9 1906
Jul 23 1992
FS
George Register Brice
PVT US Army
Apr 29 1909
Sep 18 1995

Drew monument

Addie C. Drew
Aug 18 1875
Aug 7 1955

Lucian C. Drew
Jan 20 1861
Jun 2 1950

Matthews Monument

Josephine Wilkins
Wife of 
D. S. Matthews
Sep 9 1899
Mar 24 1967

David S. Matthews
Jun 16 1974
Feb 16 1952

Sudie Johnson
Wife of 
D. S. Matthews
Aug 7 1877
Dec 23 1942

Lanier Monumnent

Hosea L. Lanier
Sep 7 1881
Jan 20 1948

Laura Ann Lanier
May 20 1885
Apr 7 1966

Double Stone
Holleman
Joseph Clifton
Sep 13 1915
Dec 31 1975
Married
Dec 21 1935
Lillie Lanier
Jul 5 1913
Aug 14 1996
FS
Joseph C Holleman
North Carolina
PVT US Army
World War II
Sep 13 1915
Dec 31 1973

Double Stone
Todd
Joseph Michael
Born & Died
Jan 19 1979
Patricia Ann Holleman
Feb 1 1949
NOD

Warters Monument

Homer E. Warters
Feb 22 1908
Feb 14 1952

Double Stone
Holleman
James C
Mar 5 1942
NOD
Married
Mar 23 1973
Annette J
Apr 22 1936
Feb 21 2000

Lanier Monument

Martha L. Lanier
Dec 25 1904
Feb 20 1973

Jesse Lark Lanier
Jan 20 1892
Sep 22 1958

Joyce
Wife of 
Walter Scott Jr
Age 19 years

Joyce Lanier Scott
Mar 11 1933
May 20 1952

Marvin C. Usher
PFC US Army
World War II
Jun 9 1927
Jul 10 1994

Broken Stone

Broken Stone

Uster Monument

Leo C. Usher
Apr 10 1894
Apr 23 1968

Alice Brice Usher
Sep 28 1898
Jun 29 1997

Earl Douglas Usher
Feb 2 1944
Aug 1 1996

Double Stone
Murray
George Scott
May 15 1940
Aug 10 1998
Tappy Herring
Nov 2 1940
Jan 9 1999

David Owen Murray
Aug 21 1969
Jun 15 2008

Suzanne Murray Klimczak
Aug 31 1961
Feb 4 1997

Suzanne Murray Klimczak
Aug 31 1961
Feb 4 1997

Herring Monument

Thomas D. Herring
1894-1974

Mazie B. Herring
1896-1981

James O. Herring
1887-1967

James O. Herring
1887-1967

Infant 
daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hernandez
May 16 1959

George Dewitt Herring
Oct 6 1919
Aug 26 1995

Arminius James Johnson
Dec 27 1899
Jan 29 1979

Amos J. Smith
Dec 20 1846
Nov 8 1912

Ella J. Smith
Aug 6 1851
Dec 6 1917

Rossie
Daughter of 
M. and C. Wells
Sep 4 1905
Oct 16 1909


No Photos:


Minnie Dulany
Daughter of
D. D. and S. C. Wells
Oct 16 1868
Aug 31 1874





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