PROSPECT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY

84 BARNES MOUNTAIN ROAD

MANSFIELD ( JASPER COUNTY ), GA.  30055  

Information provided by Rose Lewis ( rosehl@bellsouth.net )

Stories of the buried people

                                                                                                         

 

LOT # 1                  (4 Graves )

Julian L(afor). Kelly

B. 1-31-1873            D. 2-15-1942

Information:          Son of Erbin Herschel and Anna Robinson Kelly (lot # 38); father of Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pritchard, Sparta, GA; grandfather of Doris Olivia Pritchard Rozier, Newborn, GA and Mary Joyce Pritchard Hammett, Barnesville, GA, Loyd Edward Pritchard, Panama City Beach, FL, and Ruby Lee Pritchard Berry (deceased)

Mattie Clyde Gaston Kelly

B. 11-11-1881          D. 1-23-1963

Information:          Wife of Julian L. Kelly

C(harles) H(erschel) Kelly

B.  9-6-1898            D.  4-29-1915

Inscription:            “Come ye blessed”

“Death is eternal life, why should we weep

Information:          Son of Julian and Clyde Gaston Kelly; brother of Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pritchard, Sparta , GA           

Edith Gaston Kelly

B. 1899                                   D.  5-30-1965

Information:          Sister of Mattie Clyde Gaston Kelly; wife of Alva Ralph Kelly (lot # 38)

 

(Note:  Square rock marks corner of plot, not a grave)

 

LOT # 2                                  (1 Grave)

James Henry Ozburn

B. 1886                                   D.  1923

Information:          Brother of Robert Ozburn (lot # 49) and Tom Watson Ozburn (lot # 50)

Corrie Redd Ozburn

B. 1890

Inscription:            “His wife”

Information:                                                                                                                                          Buried in Lawnwood Memorial Park , Covington , GA ; they had three        

daughters

 

LOT # 3                                  (1 Grave)

Unknown

 

LOT # 4                                  (4 Graves )

H (enry) G(rady) Lewis

B.  8-12-1825          D.  10-26-1909

Inscription:            “Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die”

Information:          Grandfather of George Lewis (lot # 20); great grandfather of Emma George Lewis, Monticello , GA, Carolyn Goolsby Lewis, Robert Herschel Lewis, Covington , GA , and Julius Benjamin Lewis, Monticello , GA (and others)

Mary Shaw Lewis

B. 1-20-1835            D. 12-28-1924

Information:          Wife of Henry Grady Lewis

 

 

Infant

Information:          Daughter of Weymon and Pearl Lewis; granddaughter of Henry Grady and Mary

Shaw Lewis; she was one year old at death.

Robert Lewis Reed

                B. 9-14-1954            D. 4-14-2000

                Information:          Husband of Janice Goolsby Reed, great, great granddaughter of Henry Grady and Mary

Shaw Lewis.

 

LOT # 5                                                  (5 Graves )

Newton Cunard

B. 1847                                   D. 1927

Inscription:            “CO.  A, 32 GA INF., C. S. A.”

Emma M. Cunard

B. 1842                                   D. 1915

Information:          Wife of Newton Cunard

Odessa Cunard Ellington

B. 1881                                   D.1921

Inscription:            “Wife of C. R. Ellington”  “Faithful to her trust even unto death”.

Information:          Daughter of Newton and Emma Cunard; wife of C. R. Ellington, who is buried

elsewhere.

Estelle Cunard

B. 1872                                   D. 1957

Information:          Daughter of Newton Cunard

Claudia E. Cunard

D. 11-7-1874           D. 7-16-1957

Information:          Daughter of Newton Cunard

 

LOT # 6                                  (4 Graves )

Infant

Information:          Child of Newt and Annelle Morse, John Franklin’s granddaughter; the Morses are buried in Lakeland , FL.

Pauline Franklin

B. 4-8-1866              D. 5-15-1948

Inscription:            “Aunt” “Sweet is the slumber beneath the sod, while the pure spirit rests with God”

Information:          Daughter of John and Josephine Franklin; lived with sister Robatine Anderson in

Covington

Jno. (John) C(arter) Franklin

B. 11-3-1829            D. 12-30-1886

Inscription:            “Our Father”

Information:          The lot is enclosed in a wrought iron fence.  John Franklin’s father is buried at

Starrsville.  His great granddaughter is Mrs. James (Mary Margaret) Benton ,

Mansfield , GA.

J(osephine) ( Frances ) Franklin

B. 1-14-1836            D. 11-30-1892

Inscription:            “Our Mother” “At Rest” “Mother” “J.F.”

Information:          Wife of John Carter Franklin; dates and first two inscriptions are on side of larger marker, headstone has initials and third inscription

 

 

 

 

 

LOT # 7                                  (7Graves)

Gladys M. Floyd

B. 5-6-1920              D. 5-12-1920

Inscription:            “Mother’s Baby”

Information:          Daughter of Radus and Bernice Newby; granddaughter of Alfred and Martha Floyd

Alfred S. Floyd

B. 1870                                   D. 1955

Martha A. Floyd


B. 1874                                   D. 1942

Information:          Wife of Alfred Floyd

Sceleta Floyd

B. 5-10-1910            D. 8-8-1978

Information;          Daughter of Alfred and Martha Floyd            

Mary Ann Newby

B. 4-7-1947              D. 4-8-1947

Information:          Daughter of Radus and Bernice Newby; granddaughter of Alfred and Martha Floyd           

Radus Newby

B. 8-8-1914              D. 2-4-1997

Inscription:            “PVT U S ARMY WORLD WAR II”

Information:          Husband of Bernice Floyd

Mary Bernice Floyd Newby

B. 7-6-1915              D. 12-31-2000

Information:          Wife of Radus Newby; daughter of Alfred and Martha Floyd

 

LOT # 8                                  (1 Grave)

Robert G. Smith

B. 8-5-1930              D. 4-1-1993

Information:          Husband of Margie Bates Smith, granddaughter of Alex and Nannie King (lot # 48);

father of Lisa Smith Hipps Connor, Covington , GA.

Margie B(ates)

B. 7-6-1930

 

LOT # 9                                  (3 Graves )

Alfred P(erry). Cook

B. 6-24-1920            D. 10-21-1921

Information:          Son of Grover and Elma Cook; died from diphtheria

Grover C(leveland). Cook

B. 1-20-1892            D. 12-11-1930

Information:          Son of John Morris Cook (lot # 40); father of Laura Belle Cook Lindsey; Alfred Perry Cook, Alice Ophelia Cook Parker, Harold Eugene Cook, Jackson, GA, and Wilmer Arnold Cook; grandfather of Barbara Parker Bankston, Mansfield, GA, Robert Thomas Parker, Covington, GA, and Nancy Carole Parker, Mansfield, GA

Elma M(oore). Cook

B. 8-6-1898              D. 3-5-1983

Inscription:            “Wife of Grover C. Cook”

Information:          Sister of Evelyn Moore Hodge

 

LOT # 10                (5 Graves )

Charley Terrell Rye

B. 2-1-1922              D. 2-15-1922

Inscription:            “Baby” “Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven”

 

Warren A. Rye

B. 8-12-1919            D. 10-16-1944

Inscription:            “GEORGIA PVT 361 INF 91 DIV WORLD WAR II”     

Information:          Son of Lawrence Rye

Lawrence B. Rye

B. 6-22-1881            D. 3-5-1951

Information:          Had a blacksmith shop across from Joel Hodge’s home

Claudia B. Rye

B. 1-19-1889            D. 4-18-1953

Information:          Wife of Lawrence Rye         

(Mary Jane) Rye

Information:          Mother of Lawrence Rye

 

LOT # 11                (4 Graves )

J. C. Aiken

B. 10-16-1848          D. 5-2-1918

Inscription:            “At Rest”


Information:          J. C. was called “Albert”

Tinie (Thompson) Aiken

B. 11-25-1850          D. 2-23-1933

Inscription:            “Wife of J. C. Aiken” “At Rest”

Althea Thompson Barnes

B. 7-12-1848            D. 11-14-1921

Information:          Sister of Tinie Aiken

Thomas Homer Barnes

B. 6-5-1843              D. 3-5-1922

Information:          Father of Hugh Robert Barnes (lot # 19)

 

LOT # 12                (5 Graves )

R. Louis Kelly

B. 12-18-1912          D. 5-31-1914

Inscription:            “SON”

Information:          Son of C. B. Kelly

Ida Jones Kelly

B. 3-16-1875            D. 4-10-1952

Information:          Wife of C. B. Kelly

C. B. Kelly

B. 1871

Information:          Son of E. J. Kelly, called “B”             

E. J. Kelly

B. 1818

Information:          His remains were taken up from cemetery in J. B. Spears’ pasture and buried here by

granddaughter, Vallee Kelly, who lived in Columbus .

Kelly

Information:          Wife of E. J. Kelly               

 

LOT # 13                (2 Graves )

J. Grady Cargile

B. 4-19-1896            D. 12-26-1973

Information:          Father of Jeanette Cargile Sumners, Jackson, Mississippi; Rebecca Cargile Frakes, Kentucky; Leonard Cargile, Jonesboro, GA; James Cargile (deceased); Joanne Cargile (deceased); Patricia Cargile Ferris, Atlanta, GA; Grady Cargile, Jr. Covington, GA; and Linda Cargile Watkins, Jackson, GA

Ethel D(igby) Cargile

B. 8-7-1900              D. 9-26-1976

Information:          Wife of Grady Cargile

LOT # 14                (2 Graves )

W(ill) H. Thompson

B. 8-31-1826            D. 11-17-1901

Inscription:            “Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever woke to weep” “In loving memory of”

Information:          Known as “Judge Thompson”; father of Will, Kate, Charlie (married to Sally, Glover Jordan ’s sister)

Paulina Thompson

B. (1826)                 D. 4-5-1904

Inscription:            “Wife of W.H. Thompson” “Aged 78 years and 10 days”

 

LOT # 15A            (l Grave)

Campbell

Information:          Daughter of Luke Campbell, around six years of age; believed to be the oldest grave in the cemetery, according to Cornelia Lewis’ grandfather, Erbin Hershcel Kelly

 

LOT # 15B             (Edwin Allen Family)

 

LOT # 16                (2 Graves )

George William (Will) Burney

B. 4-10-1859            D. 12-29-1925

Information:          His wife died in early 1900's and is buried elsewhere; children were Lucille Burney (taught school at Prospect), Hollis Burney, and William Doyle Burney.

William Doyle Burney

B. 8-31-1902            D 11-13-1925

Information:          Died of tuberculosis

 

LOT # 17                (2 Graves )

William Berry Beckwith

B. 1856                                   D. 1928

Information:          Brother of S. L. Beckwith (lot # 27); father of Allie Claire Beckwith Crane, Wightman Samuel Beckwith and Hubert Berry Beckwith; grandfather of William Beckwith Crane, Winston Salem, NC; great grandfather of Michael A. Crane, Charlotte, NC and Kathy Crane Lauter, Marietta, GA

Sarah Frances Jones Beckwith

B. 1863                                   D. 1926

Information:          Wife of William Beckwith; sister of Eugenia Jones Digby (lot # 18) and William C. Jones (lot # 18)

   

LOT # 18                (5 Graves )

Lawrence Digby

B. 12-2-1851            D. 8-10-1926

Inscription:            “We will meet again. He is not dead, but sleepeth.”

(Mary) Eugenia Jones Digby

B. 9-9-1853              D. 6-29-1929

Inscription:            “Wife of Lawrence Digby” “Gone, but not forgotten”

Information:          Sister of Sarah F. Jones Beckwith (lot # 17) and W. C. Jones

Wm.  (William) C(olensworth) Jones

B. 4-2-1858              D. 6-7-1920

Information:          Father of Eleanor Deden, Mary, David Cluie, Thomas Fred, William Clyde, Annie Jean (played organ at Prospect for a number of years), Emily Inez, Ralph Kelly, and Sara Martha; grandfather of Sarah Taylor Davis, Oxford, GA; brother of Sara Frances Jones Beckwith, (lot # 17), Eugenia Jones Digby (lot # 18), Carrie Jones Thornton (lot #22), Julia Spears, Elizer Thomas (Tommy) Angeline Ellis, and Emma David Brown. 

Mollie (Mary India) Kelly Jones

B. 11-21-1864          D. 9-14-1948

Information:          Wife of William C. Jones; born the day Sherman marched through Shady Dale

Mary Jones

B. 5-23-1900            D. 4-9-1984

Information:          Daughter of William and Mollie Jones

 

LOT # 19                (8 Graves )

Albert Allen

B. 12-25-1851          D. 6-17-1917

Inscription:            “Our father has gone to a mansion of rest, To the glorious land by the Deity blest”

Information:          Father of Albert Loice D. Allen, Sr.; grandfather of Albert Loice D. Allen, Jr.

Cora Alice Allen

B. 4-21-1857            D. 4-6-1930

Inscription:            “Our mother has gone to a mansion of rest, To the glorious land by the Deity blest”

Information:          Wife of Albert Allen

Albert Loice D. Allen

B. 2-17-1899            D. 2-16-1962

Information:          Father of Loice Allen, Jr. (lot # 23)

Emma Saye Allen

B. 1-10-1899            D. 3-16-1979

Information:          Wife of Albert Loice Allen

Hugh Robert Barnes

B. 8-13-1880            D. 11-21-1917

Information:          Son of Homer and Althea Barnes (lot # 11)

Corrie Allen Barnes

B. 9-1-1879              D. 2-27-1932

Information:          Wife of Hugh Robert Barnes; daughter of Albert and Cora Allen             

John Kyle Allen

B. 11-6-1885            D. 3-1-1965

Information:          Brother of Loice Allen, Sr.

Ilene Ivey Allen

B. 7-29-1890            D. 9-17-1970

Information:          Wife of John Kyle Allen; no children              

     

LOT # 20                (2 Graves )

George Lewis

B. 10-10-1897          D. 9-6-1987

Information:          Grandson of Henry Grady and Mary Shaw Lewis (lot # 4); son of Robert Woody and Lola Tedders Lewis (lot # 41); brother of Henry Grady Lewis (lot # 56); husband of Cornelia Kelly Lewis; father of Emma George Lewis Lewis, Carolyn Lewis Goolsby, Robert Herschel Lewis, and Julius Benjamin Lewis

Cornelia K(elly) Lewis

B. 8-2-1906              D. 5-10-2003

Information:          Wife of George Lewis

Vicki Marie Lewis

B. 1-5-1960              D. 8-30-1962

Information:          Daughter of Benny and Janis Lewis; granddaughter of George and Cornelia Lewis

 

LOT # 21                (1 Grave)

Joseph B. Goolsby

B. 3-28-1910            D. 7-6-1973

Information:          Husband of Carolyn Lewis Goolsby; father of JoAnn Goolsby Cummings and Janice Goolsby Reed

Carolyn L(ewis) Goolsby

B. 10-1-1927

 

LOT # 22                (3 Graves )

John W. Thornton              

B. 12-1-1857            D. 6-26-1931

Information:          Father of William F. Thornton (lot # 24); grandfather of John Harris Thornton, Sr., Monticello , GA

Carrie ( Carolina Clementine) Jones Thornton

B. 1-20-1852            D. 7-8-1926

Inscription:            “She was the sunshine of our home”

Information:          Wife of John W. Thornton; sister of W. C. Jones (lot # 18)

Capers Eugenia Thornton

B. 2-20-1884            D. 3-6-1977

Information:          Daughter of John W. and Carrie Jones Thornton

 

LOT # 23                (1 Grave)                Note: Incorporated into lot # 19

                                Albert Loice Deleon Allen, Jr.

                                B. 2-8-1932              D. 9-19-2002

                                Information:          Grandson of Albert Allen (lot # 19); son of Albert Loice D. Allen, Sr. (lot # 19); husband

                                                                of Linda Allen; father of Edwin Allen, Debra Allen Glaze, Kyle Allen, Lyle Allen, and Lynn

                                                                Allen

                                Inscription:            Military marker: “Albert LD Allen, Jr., U. S. Air Force, Korea, Feb 8, 1932, Sep 19, 2002”                “If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to Heaven and

                                                                bring you home again.”

 

LOT # 24                (3 Graves )

William F(arris) Thornton

B. 9-13-1885            D. 3-29-1947

Information:          Son of John W. Thornton (lot # 22); father of John Harris Thornton, Sr., Monticello, GA; Sunday School superintendent for Prospect UMC for several years

 

 

Eula E. Thornton

B. 7-26-1886            D. 4-14-1964

Information:          Wife of William F. Thornton

Martha Benton Thornton

B. 1-24-1916            D. 5-25-1917

Inscription:            “Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Thornton” “Blessed are the early dead”

 

LOT # 25                (Vacant)

 

LOT #26                 (5 Graves )

George Curry

B. 8-1821                                                D. 2-5-1908            

Inscription:            “A soldier of the Civil War”

Charlie Curry

B. 6-24-1881            D. 7-17-1882

Inscription:            “Son of R. C. and M. A. Curry” “Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest, God called thee home, He thought it best”

Information:          Oldest dated grave;

Robert C. Curry

B. 4-1824                D. 3-19-1897

Inscription:            “Death may the bonds of life unloose, but can’t dissolve our love”

Information:          Brother of George Curry

Mrs. M. A. Curry

B. 2-21-1845            D. 5-5-1927

Information:          Wife of Robert C. Curry

Curry

 

LOT # 27                (2 Graves )

S(amuel) L. Beckwith

B. 9-30-1858            D. 10-28-1887

Inscription:            “Our Brother” “At Rest”

Information:          Brother of William Beckwith (lot # 17); died with pneumonia, according to his great nephew, Michael Crane

Belinda Digby Beckwith

B. 3-27-1837           D.  1906

Information:          Mother of Samuel and William Beckwith

 

LOT # 28                (2 Graves )

Loucinda Digby Hodge

B. 6-22-1843            D. 3-19-1930

Inscription:            “Mother”

Information:          Sister of Belinda Digby (lot # 27); grandmother of Carroll Hodge; husband, Duke Hodge, is buried on Wild Road

Duke Seals Hodge

B. 6-14-1877            D. 3-11-1965Inscription:      “Son”


Information:          Son of Loucinda Digby Hodge

 

LOT # 29                (10 Graves )

W(illiam ) C. Campbell

B. 8-24-1849            D. 1-2-1914

Information:          Uncle of Mrs. Robert (Lola) Lewis (lot # 41); an early trustee of Prospect UMC who lived on Barnes Mountain Rd.

M. E(mmaline) Campbell

B. 4-24-1850            D. 12-3-1925

Information:          Wife of W. C. Campbell

Elise D. Lowery

B. 7-5-1911              D. 1-19-1978

Inscription:            “Ma Elise, we love you”

Information:          Sister of George Dooley; daughter of Frank and Denie Dooley; mother of Evelyn Lowery Jackson, Monticello, GA.

Wilburn Lowery

B. 10-17-1912          D. 4-7-1997

Information:          Husband of Elise D. Lowery

Daniel C. Brooks, Jr.

B. 7-15-1970            D. 7-16-1970

Information:          Grandson of Elise Lowery (lot # 29)

Boyce F. Dooley

B. 12-4-1908            D. 3-17-1911

Inscription:            “Budded on earth to bloom in Heaven” “Son of B. F. and D. B.”            

Infant

Information:          Child of Denie B. Dooley; died together at childbirth

Denie B. Dooley

B. 11-30-1884          D. 11-15-1918

Inscription:            “Rest Mother, rest in quiet sleep, while friends in sorrows over thee weep”

Information:          First wife of B. F. Dooley; sister of Eben Allen (lot # 34), Orbie Allen (lot # 32), Juie Allen (lot # 30), John Albert Allen (lot # 30, and Sam Allen (buried at New Rocky Creek Baptist Church Cemetery)

B. F. “Frank” Dooley

B. 2-7-1881              D. 4-27-1959

Information:          Father of George Dooley (lot # 45), Elise Dooley Lowery (lot # 29), Grace Dooley Middlebrooks, and Jack Dooley

Evie M(organ) Dooley

B. 3-12-1879            D. 12-9-1960

Information:          Second wife of B. F. Dooley

 

LOT # 30                (8 Graves )

John Albert Allen

B. 1-27-1876            D. 8-1-1954

Information:          Brother of Orbie (lot # 32), Eben (lot # 34), Juie (lot # 30), Denie B. Dooley (lot # 29, and Sam Allen (buried at New Rocky Creek Baptist Church Cemetery); father of Marie Allen Brittain; grandfather of Allan Brittain, Camilla Brittain Fore, Nancy Brittain Burton, and Dorothy Brittain Turner

Essie Polk Allen

B. 8-22-1888            D. 4-28-1968

Information:          Wife of John Albert Allen

Ralph Allen

B. 9-12-1912            D. 1-6-1918

Information:          Son of John Albert and Essie Polk Allen; died with pneumonia

Nina Mae Allen


B. 6-12-1907            D. 3-10-1988

Information:          Daughter of John Albert and Essie Polk Allen

 

 

 

James Shade Allen

B. 7-5-1910              D. 1-31-1962

Inscription:            GEORGIA CPL 3845 QM TRUCK CO.  WORLD WAR II”

Information:          Son of John Albert and Essie Polk Allen

Juie H. Allen

B. 4-19-1886            D. 8-14-1948

Inscription:            “Husband”

Information:          Father of Herschel Allen, Atlanta , GA

Lena R. Allen

B. 2-5-1888              D. 2-11-1973

Inscription:            “Wife”

Information:          Wife of Juie H. Allen

Charles Ellis Allen

B. 9-8-1916              D. 12-28-1982

Information:          Son of Juie and Lena Allen

 

LOT # 31                (Vacant)

 

LOT # 32                (1 Grave)

Orbie A. Allen

B. 2-18-1874            D. 2-7-1961

Information:          Family listed under John Albert Allen (lot # 30)

 

LOT # 33                (5 Graves )

Paul Goodman, Jr.

B. 3-3-1919              D. 2-24-1925

Information:          Son of Paul and Ethel Dooley Goodman who are buried in Macon

Richard H. Goodman

B. 3-29-1855            D. 6-27-1939

Information:          Grandfather of Paul Goodman, Jr.; brother of Rebecca Goodman Smith

Malissie A. Goodman

B. 4-26-1860            D. 5-29-1920

Inscription:            “Wife of R. H. Goodman” “She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother, and a friend to all.”

Charles Eldredge Smith

B. 10-12-1870          D. 2-6-1940

Information:          Local Baptist preacher

Rebecca Goodman Smith

B. 8-13-1877            D. 7-4-1942

Information:          Wife of Charles Eldredge Smith; sister of Richard H. Goodman

 

LOT # 34                (5 Graves )

T. W. Dooley

B. 7-4-1847              D. 3-22-1919

Inscription:            “They who knew him best will bless his name and keep his memory dear while life shall last”

Information:          Father of Frank Dooley (lot # 29) and Vera Kate Dooley Allen

Sarah A. Dooley

B. 7-10-1862            D. 4-7-1934


Inscription:            “Wife of T. W. Dooley” “Faithful to her trust even unto death

 

 

Eben E. Allen

B. 7-19-1889            D. 8-17-1966

Information:          Father of Geraldine, Eugene, and George Keith; other family listed under John Albert Allen (lot # 30)

Vera K. Allen

B. 5-28-1895            D. 6-22-1986

Information:          Wife of Eben Allen; sister of B. F. Dooley

George Keith Allen

B. 6-20-1917            D. 10-12-1918

Inscription:            “How much light, how much joy was buried with our darling boy”

Information:          Son of Eben and Vera Allen              

 

LOT # 35                (14 Graves )

A(dell) Digby

Information:          Wife of William Digby

Infant

Information:          Child of Adell Digby; buried with mother

H(arvey) Digby

Information:          Son of William and Adell Digby; died in automobile accident

Archie Ray Digby

B. 10-1-1937            D. 3-11-1947

Information:          Son of Buddy Digby; died with measles

Mr. Lewis Buddy Digby

B. 12-22-1897          D. 9-8-1974

Information:          Father of Archie Ray Digby; husband of Jamie Mae

J. W(hit) Digby

B. 8-9-1851              D. 10-3-1929

W(illiam) “Sweetie” Digby

M(artha) S(cott) Wilson

Information:          Sister of Annie Digby

A(nnie) Digby

Information:          Wife of J. Whit Digby

L(izzie) J(effers) White    

Frankie Jeffers

B. 2-7-1914              D. 5-3-1974

Information:          Son of Scrap Jeffers; dates were on metal marker, which is now gone

S(crap) J(effers) Leach

Information:          Wife of Robert (Buddy) W. Leach

Robert (Buddy) W. Leach

B. 10-4-1892            D. 11-4-1979

Inscription:            “PVT U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR I” 

Doyle Leach

B. 1926                                   D. 1978

Inscription:            “PVT U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR II”

Information:          Son of Buddy and Scrap Leach        

 

LOT # 36                (5 Graves )

R. Colvin Kitchens

B. 4-18-1906            D. 4-2-1980


Inscription:            “Dedicated to the memory of our son, Wentzelle, who lost his life in Korea

Information:          Father of Virginia Kitchens Weems, Elizabeth Kitchens Harrison, Tom Kitchens, Rachel Kitchens Cunard, Kay Kitchens Herndon, and Ruben Wentzelle Kitchens

Ruth K(elly) Kitchens

B. 6-2-1906

Ruben W(entzelle) Kitchens

B. 12-31-1928          D. 9-19-1950

Inscription:            “GEORGIA, CPL 25 MP CO 25 INF DIV KOREA PH”

William Champ Kelly

B. 8-25-1882            D. 7-4-1979

Information:          Son of Erbin Herschel Kelly (lot # 38); father of Champ Seals Kelly, Ruth Kelly Kitchens, Wesley Kelly, Vivian Kelly Bearden, Loucille Kelly Thornton, and Marie Kelly Fears

Inis Cook Kelly

B.12-28-1875          D.12-26-1951

Information:          Wife of William Champ Kelly

Champ Seals Kelly

B. 10-31-1902          D. 9-19-1925

Information:          Son of William Champ and Inis Cook Kelly

 

LOT # 37                (7 Graves )

Joel A. Hodge

B. 10-24-1894          D. 9-30-1989

Inscription:            “SFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I”

Information:          Son of Cincinatus Lee Hodge

Allene J. Hodge

B. 9-22-1905            D. 9-28-1998

Information:          Wife of Joel A. Hodge

Judith C(arolyn) Hodge

B. 3-7-1942              D. 9-3-1999

Information:          Daughter of Carroll and Evelyn Hodge           

Carroll L. Hodge

B. 2-27-1912

Evelyn M(oore) Hodge

B. 5-20-1911

Cincinatus Lee Hodge

B. 5-25-1868            D. 7-14-1937

Information:          Father of Carroll Hodge, Monticello , GA

Lola Amanda McLendon Hodge

B. 12-23-1869          D. 8-2-1956

Information:          Wife of Cincinatus Lee Hodge; death date on marker is incorrect according to Carroll Hodge —  should read 9-2-1956

Joe Brown Martin

B. 7-12-1921            D. 2-20-1991

Inscription:            “LTJG U. S. NAVY, WORLD WAR II”

Information:          Husband of Leila Saye Hodge Martin

Leila S(aye) Hodge Martin

B. 4-22-1924

W. J. Bryan Hodge

B. 11-6-1899            D. 4-25-1929

Inscription:            “Although he sleeps, his memory doth live.  You are not dead to us, but as a bright star unseen”

Information:          Father of Leila Saye Hodge Martin  

 

 

 

LOT # 38                (7 Graves )

John H(erschel) Kelly

B. 1879                                   D. 1940

Inscription:            “Father”

Information:          Son of Erbin Herschel Kelly; father of Leon Kelly (lot # 42), Cornelia Kelly Lewis, John Ben Kelly, and Ralph Kelly (lot # 43)

Dotsy (Georgianna Cook) Kelly

B. 1879                                   D. 1957

Inscription:            “Mother”

Information:          Wife of John Herschel Kelly

Alva Ralph Kelly

B. 11-30-1895          D. 7-28-1955

Inscription:            “GEORGIA  PVT U. S. ARMY, WORLD WAR I”

Information:          Son of Erbin Herschel Kelly

E(rbin) H(erschel) Kelly

B. 9-9-1852              D. 1-14-1941

Inscription:            “FATHER”

Information:          Father of John Herschel Kelly, William Champion Kelly (lot # 36), Julian Lafor Kelly

                                               (lot # 1), Lillian Maude Kelly Evans, Oscar Paul Kelly, Ossia Pearl Kelly, Aubit Nathan Kelly, Lamar Kelly, Sidney Kelly, and Alva Ralph Kelly

Anna (Robinson) Kelly

B. 4-28-1850            D. 2-20-1924

Inscription:            “Wife of E. H. Kelly”MOTHER”

S(idney) Kelly

Information:          Son of Erbin Herschel Kelly; no children

L(ottie) Kelly

Information:          Wife of Sidney Kelly          

 

LOT # 39                (6 Graves )

W. H(omer) Parker

B. 8-23-1880            D. 11-21-1931

Information:          Father of Alva Parker and Eddie Maude Parker; mugged, robbed, and killed on a street in Atlanta

M(aggie Layson) Parker

B. (1886?)               D.( 4-22-1937 )

Information:          Wife of W. H. Parker; sister of John Layson  (Dates and name were on temporary marker, which is now gone.)

Marcus D. Layson

B. 12-1-1861            D. 5-8-1928

Information:          Father of Floyd Layson (lot # 40), Maggie Layson (Mrs. Homer Parker), and John Layson

Sara Jane Layson

B. 12-10-1861          D. 2-14-1947

Information:          Wife of Marcus Layson

John H. Layson

B. 9-21-1887            D. 3-28-1973

Information:          Father of Lanier Layson

Minnie Mae Huff Layson


B. 5-28-1892            D. 9-14-1939

Inscription:            “Mother” “Wife of J. H. Layson”

 

 

 

LOT # 40                (9 Graves )

J. Dozier Layson

B. 1907                                   D. 1922

Information:          Son of Floyd Layson; died with pneumonia

J. Floyd Layson

B. 1880                                   D. 1946

Information:          Son of Marcus D. Layson (lot # 39)

Lillie C. Layson

B. 1889                                   D. 1972

Information:          Wife of Floyd Layson; daughter of John Morris Cook; sister of Grover C. Cook (lot # 9)     

Sara Layson Loyd

B. 6-9-1918              D. 9-14-1994

Information:          Daughter of Floyd Layson

Elvin Harris Loyd, Sr.

B. 7-1-1920              D. 4-30-1992

Inscription:            “S  SGT U S ARMY WORLD WAR II”

Information:          Husband of Sara Layson Loyd

Raymond M. Layson

B. 6-6-1920              D. 3-28-1988

Inscription:            “Father”

Information:          Son of Floyd Layson

Mary W. Layson

B. 4-30-1926

Inscription:            “Mother”

Information:          Wife of Raymond Layson

John Morris Cook

B. 2-28-1869            D. 10--6-1941

Information:          Known as “Jack”; son of Benjamin Washington Cook; grandson of John Wesley Cook, local Methodist preacher in 1872-73; father of Lillie Cook Layson (lot # 40), Grover Cleveland Cook (lot # 9), Minnie Lee Cook Ozburn (lot # 49), Albert Grady Cook, Aubie Neal Cook, and John Paul Cook (lot # 57); grandfather of JoAnn Cook Fuller and Emily Cook Kelly; great grandfather of Barbara Parker Bankston

Josephine W(omack). Cook

B. 3-25-1862            D. 9-3-1926

Information:          Wife of John Morris Cook 

(Billie Lumsden)

Information:          Flat marble marker with no engraving; lived with different families in the community since she had no family of her own

 

LOT # 41                (6 Graves )

G(eorge) W. Tedders

B.                                            D. 9-15-1922

Inscription:            “PVT. 1 GA. INF. C. S. A.”

Information:          Father of Lola Tedders Lewis; died in buggy accident on square of Monticello

Robert W(oody) Lewis

B. 1-13-1871            D. 6-12-1955

Information:          Son of Henry Grady and Mary Shaw Lewis (lot #4); father of George Lewis (Lot #20), Henry Grady Lewis (lot # 56), Robbie Lewis Elliott, Ewell Lewis, Royce Lewis, Velma Lewis McCullough, Mabry Lewis, Lorene Lewis White, and Lois Lewis Bohannon

Lola T(edders) Lewis

B. 9-15-1872            D. 2-2-1956

Information:          Wife of Robert Woody Lewis

Robert Mabry Lewis


B. 9-14-1906            D. 2-9-1980

Information:          Son of Robert and Lola Lewis

Sarah I(mogene) McCullough

B. 9-16-1929            D. 12-10-1929

Inscription:            “Infant daughter of Thomas O. & Velma Lewis McCullough”

Information:          Sister of Bobby McCullough and Leonard McCullough

Stanley S(pirgeon) Lewis

                B.10-7-1947            D. 9-17-2000

Inscription:            “More each day”

Information:          Grandson of George and Cornelia Lewis; great grandson of Robert W. and Lola T. Lewis;

                                                                Son of Spirgeon and Emma George Lewis Lewis; husband of Judy Lewis

LOT # 42                (3 Graves )

D. Leon Kelly

B. 10-13-1903          D. 3-7-1989

Information:          Son of John Herschel Kelly (lot # 38); father of Martha Ann Kelly, Colin Kelly ( Lot # 53), Wayne Kelly, Jacquelyn Kelly Birchfield, and Joyce Kelly Gibbs

Vallie K(itchens) Kelly

B. 1-23-1901            D. 7-26-1979

Information:          Wife of Leon Kelly; sister of Colvin Kitchens (lot # 36)

Martha Ann Kelly

B. 10-1-1932            D. 6-14-1950

Information:          Daughter of Leon and Vallie Kelly; died with pneumonia

 

LOT # 43                (2 Graves )

Ralph H(erschel) Kelly

B. 9-12-1909            D. 9-25-1991

Information:          Grandson of Erbin Herschel Kelly (lot # 38); son of John Herschel Kelly (lot # 38); brother of Leon Kelly (lot # 32); father of Sybil Kelly Cunard, High Point, NC

Carmie R(iggins) Kelly

B. 11-4-1917            D. 1-4-1973

Information:          Wife of Ralph Kelly

 

LOT # 44                (John Ben Kelly Family)

 

LOT # 45                (2 Graves )

George O. Dooley

B. 8-11-1914            D. 6-6-1960

Information:          Son of Frank Dooley (lot # 29); father of Harold Dooley, Tommy Dooley, Troy Dooley, Linda Dooley Wood, Wayne Dooley, and Terry Dooley; led Sunday afternoon singings at area churches, accompanied on the piano by his sister Grace Dooley Middlebrooks

Dorothy B. Dooley

B. 5-11-1920            D. 7-25-1993

Information:          Wife of George Dooley; daughter of Homer and Maggie Boyd; sister of Olin Boyd and Wilson Boyd

 

LOT # 46                (1Grave)

                                Donna Faulkner Sanders

B. 5-29-1972            D. 5-23-2002

Information:          Daughter of Warren D. and Joyce Faulkner (lot # 51); mother of Wesley Ray Sanders;

                                victim of homicide

Inscription:            “Our Angel”   “Wesley’s Mom”

LOT # 47                (2 Graves )

Lucy H. Chaffin

B. 6-5-1874              D. 2-18-1938

Information:          Wife of Theodore Chaffin

Theodore J. Chaffin

B. 8-3-1870              D. 5-13-1932

Information:          Father of Theo Chaffin, Macon, GA

 

LOT # 48                (5 Graves )

D(onna Sue) Harris

B.  5-1962               D. 5-1962


Information:          Granddaughter of James and Mary King Bates; daughter of Theron and Sarah Lois Harris, Macon , GA

Bates Infant         

Information:          Child of James and Mary King Bates

Bates Twins

Information:          Children of James and Mary King Bates

Alex Thompson King

B. 2-26-1886            D. 1-25-1972

Information:          Father of Sara King Johnson (lot # 52), Nesbit King, Herbert King, and Mary King Bates, Oxford , GA ; led singing at Prospect UMC and New Rocky Creek Baptist Church

Nannie Lex (White) King

B. 2-16-1886            D. 7-4-1980

Information:          Wife of Alex Thompson King

 

LOT # 49                (4 Graves )

Morris Phillips Ozburn

B. 6-2--1915           D. 10-28-1934

Inscription:            “He is not dead, but sleepeth”

Information:          Son of Robert and Minnie Ozburn; killed in an automobile accident

Robert Donald Ozburn

B. 1-14-1929            D. 7-23-1937

Inscription:            “Gone to be an angel”

Information:          Son of Robert and Minnie Ozburn

Robert L. Ozburn

B. 3-2-1889              D. 5-2-1961

Information:          Brother of James Henry Ozburn (lot # 2) and Tom Watson Ozburn (lot # 50); father of Morris Phillips Ozburn, Robert Donald Ozburn, Christine Ozburn Burkhalter, and Carlton (Pete) Ozburn, Monticello, GA

Minnie C(ook) Ozburn

B. 2-8-1894              D. 9-14-1961

Information:          Wife of Robert Ozburn; daughter of John Morris and Josephine Cook (lot #40)

 

LOT # 50                (3 Graves )

Tom Watson Ozburn

B. 1-1-1892              D. 12-9-1940

Information:          Father of James Paul Ozburn; brother of Robert Ozburn (lot # 49) and James Henry Ozburn (lot # 2); wife is buried in Atlanta

Vannie May Ozburn

B. 1-24-1906            D. 3-29-1983

Inscription:            “Precious Memories”

Information:          Wife of James Paul Ozburn               

James Paul Ozburn

B. 10-29-1912          D. 3-16-1994

Inscription:            “Precious Memories”

Information:          Son of Tom Watson Ozburn

 

LOT # 51                (4 Graves )

Warren D(onald) Faulkner

B. 1-6-1932              D. 10-29-1978

Inscription:            “AIC US Air FORCE KOREA

Information:          Son of Mary Faulkner; killed in an automobile accident

Joyce B(rannon). Faulkner

B. 6-23-1938            D. 10-29-1978

Information:          Wife of Warren Donald Faulkner; killed in an automobile accident with her husband in Coweta County, GA; their three minor children, Crystal, Donna, and Amy were taken into home of Billy Morris and Merry Hilsman Faulkner


Wm.  Mark Faulkner

B. 2-23-1956            D. 3-5-1990

Inscription:            “You are the wind beneath my wings”

Information:          Son of Warren Donald Faulkner

                                Mary Erin Morris Faulkner

B. 5-27-1910            D. 6-1-2000

Inscription:            “Loving Mother and Grandmother”

Information:          Mother of Warren Donald Faulkner and Billy Morris Faulkner; grandmother of Wm. Mark Faulkner 

 

LOT # 52                (2 Graves )

Dorsey H. Johnson

B. 6-1-1914              D. 5-31-1991

Information:          Father of Jerry Johnson and Leslie Johnson

Sarah K(ing) Johnson

B. 4-14-1911            D. 8-28-1992

Information:          Daughter of Alex and Nannie King (lot # 48)

 

LOT # 53                (l Grave)

Colin Kelly

B. 11-21-1934          D. 8-10-1996

Information:          Son of Leon and Vallie Kelly (lot # 42)            

Emily Kelly

B. 6-28-1938

 

LOT # 54                (6 Graves )

Rosa Lee McClendon

B. 9-27-1903            D. 3-5-1990

Information:          Daughter of John and Rebecca McClendon

John Henry McClendon

B. 9-6-1867              D. 2-6-1935

Information:          Brother of Lola McClendon Hodge (lot # 37)

Rebecca Cunard McClendon

B. 4-11-1877            D. 1-10-1948

Information:          Wife of John Henry McClendon

 

 

Robert Howard McClendon

B. 11-14-1898          D. 4-5-1970

Information:          Son of John Henry and Rebecca McClendon

Alice Saye McClendon

B. 11-23-1896          D. 12-20-1972

Information:          Wife of Robert Howard McClendon; sister of Emma Saye Allen (lot # 19)

Jack J. Mitchell

B. 6-23-1919           

Inscription:            “Loving Husband”

Emma Josephine “Jo” Mitchell

B. 10-11-1922          D. 1-11-2003

Inscription:            “My Precious Angel”

J. Nesbit McClendon

B. 5-1-1930              D. 12-7-1984

Inscription:            “AB 3 U S NAVY , KOREA

Information:          Son of Robert Howard and Alice McClendon

 

LOT # 55                (4 Graves )

Betty Ann ( Jordan ) Brown

B. 7-26-1929            D. 3-29-1991

Information:          Daughter of Lawrence and Ocie Jordan

Annie Laurie Bates

B. 4-19-1915            D. 9-15-1935

Inscription:            “Doodle”

Information:          Daughter of Lawrence H. Jordan; wife of J. C. Bates; mother of Chalton Bates, Mansfield , GA ; killed in a school bus accident

Lawrence H. Jordan

B. 1-14-1883            D. 8-12-1959

Inscription:            “FATHER”

Information:          Father of Mrs. Felton (Ruth) Rogers, Milledgeville , GA

Ocie C. Jordan

B. 8-4-1884              D. 12-27-1978

Inscription:            “MOTHER”

Information:          Wife of Lawrence H. Jordan

 

LOT # 56                (4 Graves )

Alton E(ugene) Lewis

B. 11-6-1926            D. 7-21-1990

Inscription:            “CPL U S Army Korea ” “Gene Lewis”

Information:          Son of Henry Grady and Annie Maude Lewis

Henry Grady Lewis

B. 9-18-1892            D. 8-20-1961

Inscription:            “GEORGIA PVT U S ARMY WORLD WAR I”

Information:          Son of Robert Woody and Lola Tedders Lewis (lot # 41); brother of George Lewis (lot # 20) and Mabry Lewis (lot # 41); father of Charles Lewis, Monticello, GA, Noel Lewis, Audrey Annette Lewis, Alton Eugene Lewis, and Martha Lewis Robinson, Mansfield, GA

Annie Maude McCullough Lewis Morgan

B. 10-3-1903            D. 5-13-1999

Information:                                                                          First wife of Henry Grady Lewis

Audrey Annette Lewis

B. 8-26-1933            D. 10-22-1938

Inscription:            “Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. G. Lewis” “Darling, we miss thee”

LOT # 57                (1 Grave)

John Paul Cook

B. 1900                                   D. 1949

Information:          Son of John Morris Cook (lot # 40); father of Paul Cook and JoAnn Cook Fuller

Dessie H(ickman). Cook

B. 1908

Information:          Wife of John Paul Cook

 

LOT #58 (Robert Lewis Family)

 

LOT # 59                (Billy Pruett Family)

 

LOT # 60                (David Williams Family)

 

LOT # 61                (Hubert Cunard Family)

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

                                                STATISTICS RELATING TO PROSPECT UMC CEMETERY

                                                                                               May 2003

 

Number of graves:  214

 

Number of unknown graves:  1

 

Number of infant graves:    12

 

Number of graves of children, ages 1-12:  13

 

Number of Civil War veterans:  3     

 

Number of World War I veterans:     4

 

Number of World War II veterans:   6

 

Number of Korean War veterans:     4

 

Number of soldiers killed in combat: 2

 

Oldest dated grave: Charley Curry, 1882 (lot # 26)

 

Oldest grave: Campbell (lot # 15)