Holmes County, Florida

Eden Baptist Church

Geneva County, Alabama

On Hwy 65 north of Hwy 52,
between Marl community and Coffee Springs

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This cemetery was originally surveyed by Lavinia Jordan Helms in 1984.  It was updated by her in 1995 and again updated and reformatted in Jan 2004 by Wilda Murphy.  Lavinia has generously provided us with this survey, which was included in her book Church Records of Southeast Alabama, Book I.

 

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

Comments

 

 

 

 

Alford, Abbie Jones

2 Dec 1919

23 Jan 2000

(dbl w/Wm Edward)

Alford, William Edward

29 Dec 1916

one date

(dbl w/Abbie Jones; married 16 Feb 1947)

Anderson, Desty L.

18 Oct 1883

26 Jan 1977

(dbl w/John Z)

Anderson, John Z.

8 Mar 1877

5 Dec 1944

(dbl w/Desty)

Armstrong, Eunice Irene

1 Mar 1935

one date

(dbl w/Ralph, Jr)

Armstrong, infants

 

 

of Mr and Mrs Ralph Armstrong; same plot

Armstrong, Ralph, Jr

21 May 1933

20 Jan 1992

US Army Korea; (masonic emblem; dbl w/Eunice Irene)

Armstrong, Ralph, Sr

26 Dec 1912

15 Jan 1997

PFC US Army WWII; purple heart; (dbl w/Ruby E;  2  stones - one says 1913)

Armstrong, Ruby E

16 Aug 1917

one date

(dbl w/ Ralph, Sr; married 19 May 1932)

Aycock, A. L.

b. & d. 1916 ?

 

 

Aycock, Albert Lamar

13 Jun 1930

20 Aug 1930

 

Aycock, B. Louise

1928

 

(Fred L. & Louise mar. 3 March 1951)

Aycock, Ella Ruth

12 Apr 1911

one date

(dbl/w Ralph)

Aycock, Fannie Mae

2 Nov 1898

13 Jul 1918

 

Aycock, Fred L.

17 Apr 1914

13 Nov 1974

PVT US Army

Aycock, Henry E.

23 Mar 1902

27 Sept 1957

 

Aycock, Henry I

23 Mar 1902

7 Sep 1957

Father; (married 23 Dec 1922; dbl w/Ruby)

Aycock, Hugh

18 Dec 1906

29 Jan 1992

(dbl w/Lonie P)

Aycock, John T., Jr.

13 Sept 1887

22 Nov 1980

(dbl w/Nealie)

Aycock, John Thomas, Sr.

13 Jul 1856

17 Apr 1905

 

Aycock, Lonie P

31 Aug 1910

13 Dec 1981

(dbl w/Hugh)

Aycock, Martha Jane

17 April 1860

27 Jul 1938

 

Aycock, Minnie

13 Sept 1892

8 Dec 1952

(Martha J., John T. Sr., Fannie M., Minnie in same lot)

Aycock, Nealie

1 June 1891

7 May 1984

(dbl w/John T.)

Aycock, plot

 

 

4 large graves

Aycock, plot

 

 

1 infant grave

Aycock, Ralph

29 Nov 1911

15 Jan 1964

(dbl w/Ella Ruth)

Aycock, Ruby L.

30 Sep 1906

9 Aug 1986

Mother; (dbl w/ Henry I. mar. 23 Dec 1922 )

Barnes, Annie H.

27 Aug 1886

15 July 1928

(triple w/hus Daniel J. & Lillie Mae)

Barnes, Billy R.,

1935

1970

(beside mo Myrtle)

Barnes, Daniel J.

3 Dec 1884

24 Mar 1947

(triple w/wives Annie H. & Lillie Mae Ezell)

Barnes, George R.

14 Dec 1906

23 Dec 1978

(between Myrtle and Myrtice)

Barnes, Joseph M, Jr

28 Jan 1924

3 Apr 1996

US Army WWII

Barnes, Joseph Malone (Loney)

16 Feb 1890

29 Mar 1975

 

Barnes, Lillie Mae Ezell

14 July 1894

28 Feb 1968

(triple w/Daniel & Annie H)

Barnes, Lillie Maud (H)

9 Oct 1891

18 June 1978

 

Barnes, Louie Malone

15 Oct 1926

27 Sept 1968

 

Barnes, Myrtice

11 Jan 1909

31 Aug 2001

(in plot w/Billy R, Myrtle & George Barnes)

Barnes, Myrtle

1906

1945

 

Barnes, Porter

27 Jan 1906

16 Sep 1977

(dbl w/Ruth)

Barnes, Ruth

19 Jul 1904

30 Sep 2002

(dbl w/Porter)

Beesley, Dessie McCollough

11 Oct 1915

29 Jul 1972

(in lot w/Lester L. & Bryce J McCollough)

Bell, Charlie Edgar 

18 May 1883

17 May 1951

(dbl w/Cosie Mae)

Bell, Cosie Mae 

15 Mar 1890

27 Sep 1961

(dbl/w/Charlie Edgar)

Bell, infant

10 May 1917

11 May 1917

of W. A. & Janie

Bell, infant 

 

 

father E. A.

Bell, Jackson Andrew 

3 May 1859

13 Jan 1939

(beside wife Mattie Elizabeth)

Bell, Mattie Elizabeth

30 Apr 1861

24 Mar 1949

(beside husband Jackson Andrew)

Bell, Oscar R.

6 Feb 1881

23 June 1922

(son of Jackson Andrew & Mattie Elizabeth)

Benefield, Edna Jewell

1914

1994

(dbl w/Willie Warren)

Benefield, Willie Warren

1909

1972

(dbl w/ Edna Jewell)

Blair, Mike W.

10 May 1865

17 Apr 1943

(a Mason; 5 large, 1 infant grave in plot)

Blanchett, Mary Jane

9 Oct 1855

20 Feb 1937

(in Abraham Powell plot)

Boddy, Noah G.

20 Feb 1901

9 May 1966

(child slab next to Noah & Nora)

Boddy, Nora B.

19 Apr 1906

9 Aug 1988

(with Noah G.)

Broken infant stone

1912

only date legible

(in Abraham Powell plot; footmarker: P)

Brown, Eunice Aycock

7 Aug 1908

25 Aug 1995

Mother; (dbl w/James R)

Brown, James R (Bob)

16 Jun 1908

2 May 1992

Father; (married 23 Apr 1927; dbl w/Eunice Aycock)

Brown, John D.

6 May 1875

24 Dec 1940

(dbl w/Leila H.)

Brown, Leila H.

3 Nov 1880

8 Jan 1968

(dbl w/John D.)

Brown, plot

 

 

1 small grave

Brown, Roy Lawrence

17 May 1906

28 Dec 1962

 

Brown, Simeon Augustus

11 Jan 1904

24 Sept 1939

 

Brown, twins

 

29 Mar 1913

of Mr. & Mrs. John D.

Bryant, Emma Lee

22 May 1886

11 Feb 1972

(dbl w/Joseph)

Bryant, Joseph

12 July 1889

5 Jan 1960

(dbl w/Emma Lee)

Byrd, Elizabeth A.

26 Dec 1886

14 Mar 1963

(hus James R.)

Byrd, James R.

19 Dec 1879

19 Dec 1962

(wife Elizabeth)

Byrne, Emily A.

20 Feb 1893

16 Mar 1989

 

Carnley, Earl

31 Jan 1902

21 Nov 1983

DADDA; (triple w/Lillie & Eleanor E.)

Carnley, Eleanor Earlene

13 Nov 1928

3 Sept 1930

(Our Darling)

Carnley, James Madison

10 Jul 1856

16 Apr 1925

(beside Telitha Layton)

Carnley, Lillie E.

29 Sept 1906

26 Sept 1973

 

Carnley, Telitha Layton

2 Nov 1867

16 Sep 1958

(beside James Madison)

Cason, Frankie Mae

25 Aug 1902

1 Sept 1916

(one adult slab between her & Claudia/Kenneth Shirah plot)

Cason, Katie O Hinson

26 Jan 1899

27 Jul 1993

(beside Edgar P Hinson)

Caylor, Henry B

2 Feb 1927

10 Mar 1996

S2 US Navy WWII; (same plot w/Clifford Jones)

Chalker, Daniel D

10 Feb 1908

10 May 1980

(infant grave in same plot)

Cheshire, Drew W

4 Feb 1893

21 May 1972

(dbl w/ Eulala W)

Cheshire, Eulala W

2 Jun 1904

19 Nov 1998

(dbl w/Drew; in plot w/Mary Nell & Clyde McIntosh)

Clark, Barbara Ruth

18 Oct 1944

one date

Mother; (in plot w/ Ralph Adolph & Jewell)

Clark, Jewel Riley

16 Aug 1918

5 Apr 1999

(dbl w/ Rev. Ralph)

Clark, Jimmy Ray, Rev.

7 Jan 1943

14 Dec 1996

Father; (dblstone w/ Barbara Ruth)

Clark, Ralph Adolph, Rev.

18 Nov 1916

22 Jul 1989

(Masonic emblem)

Cole, Colie

9 Mar 1905

6 Aug 1906

(Daughter of Sam D. and Docia (Jordan) Cole. It is a plain cement slab that yielded her name only in the late afternoon when the sun was very low in the sky. A rubbing also confirmed the find. Docia Jordan Cole was the daughter of James F. & Laura Rebecca (Bell) Jordan. Their son Leon Jordan & wife Willie Mae (Harris) Jordan are buried there. - Correction supplied by Anthony A. Lehtola, 6 Apr 2006)

Crews, Clifton F

30 Jun 1921

18 Apr 1997

(married 4 May 1940; dbl w/Mary M)

Crews, Mary M

23 Sep 1923

one date

(dbl w/Clifton F)

Crosby, Ollie Mae

24 Oct 1929

5 Nov 2000

 

Cundy, Mertie H.

1909

1973

( Foot stone for Mertie L. Heath; married 16 Sept 1972.)

Dean, Harold N

14 Oct 1934

one date

(dbl w/Janyce I)

Dean, Janyce I

11 Jul 1940

one date

(dbl w/Harold N)

Driggers, B. D. (Button)

13 Aug 1894

12 July 1967

(dbl w/Dorinda)

Driggers, Dorinda

23 Sept 1899

16 Sept 1981

(dbl w/B. D. Button)

Driggers, J. C. (Jack)

15 Jul 1901

8 Nov 1956

(dbl w/Mary Bell)

Driggers, Malcolm L

23 Nov 1916

20 Jan 1998

(dbl w/Tom Edd)

Driggers, Mary Bell

16 Apr 1900

17 Sept 1952

(dbl w/J C (Jack))

Driggers, Tom Edd

20 Oct 1918

5 Jun 2003

(dbl w/Malcolm L)

Evans, Alice M.

1880

1945

(dbl w/Robert E.)

Evans, Edward

No Dates

 

(with Alice M.)

Evans, Infant 

 

 

(father Robert E., mother Alice M.)

Evans, Rachel

No Dates

 

(with Alice M.)

Evans, Robert E.

1880

1963

(dbl w/Alice M.)

Farmer, Bertie L.

12 Oct 1903

26 Feb 1984

(dbl w/W Claude)

Farmer, Mable E

20 Mar 1930

one date

(mar. 20 Nov 1959 ; in plot w/W Claude & Bertie L)

Farmer, W. Claude

12 Apr 1900

12 Jan 1983

(dbl w/Bertie L)

Farmer, Winford E

14 Aug 1932

9 Jan 1999

(dbl w/ Mable E)

Finley, Susie M.

1888

1967

(3 graves by this)

Free, Sandra

29 Dec 1962

5 Mar 1990

 

Frill, Bertha Byrd

14 Aug 1914

19 June 1973

 

Frill, William F (Bill)

12 Sep 1911

3 Jun 2003

 

Gibson, Gladys M.

12 June 1915

one date

(same H/S w/J. P.)

Gibson, J. P.

16 Mar 1905

14 Sept 1986

(same H/S w/Gladys; mar. 24 Nov 1932 )

Gibson, John Hilliard

2 Jan 1879

22 Aug 1951

(in plot w/J W & Velia G Jones)

Gilley, Homer

28 Dec 1912

29 Nov 1913

(son of H L & Beulah; 3 adult slabs in plot)

Gilley, Nancy Louan

21 Apr 1870

8 June 1953

(beside hus W. T.)

Gilley, W. T.

12 Oct 1867

18 Mar 1937

(wife Nancy Louan)

Gilmore, B. N. 

11 Aug 1858

27 Jan 1941

(1 grave near, prob 2nd wife)

Gilmore, Susie E.

Nov 1858

26 Aug 1917

(beside hus B. Nolly)

Goff, Ann Sherrer

15 Jan 1887

24 Sept 1983

 

Goff, Colie 

9 Jan 1906

10 Aug 1906

(1 large grave by this)

Goff, John W.

13 Apr 1892

24 Jan 1981

 

Graves, Merle Whatley

30 Nov 1918

6 Oct 1991

(in lot with Minnie B. & Willie C. Whatley)

Gray, Elizabeth

3 Jan 1839

3 Aug 1908

(in Smith plot ‑ mother of Dr. W.W.Smith)

Gunter, C. G.

22 June 1856

3 Aug 1909

 

Hall, Harmon W.

13 Oct 1867

23 Jul 1922

 

Hall, Mattie F.

30 Mar 1841

20 May 1928

(hus prob Silas)

Hall, Silas D. W.

13 Oct 1839

10 June 1907

(wife prob Mattie F.)

Harrison, Betty

no dates

 

(beside Mary Jane Locke; 1 grave near)

Harrison, Jewel Brown

21 Jan 1920

16 Oct 2002

(in plot w/Browns: John E & Leila H, James R & Eunice Aycock, Simeon Augustus, Roy Lawrence & John D twins)

Heath, Mertie L.

1909

1973

(dbl w/Perry L)

Heath, Perry L. 

1898

1958

(1st wife Minnie Lee Cain, 2nd Mertie Huguley)

Helms, Joan Marie

12 Nov 1943

13 Nov 1943

(dau/ Reesa & Vera)

Helms, Michael Reesa

12 Jul 1952

17 Jul 1952

(son/Roy & Ann) (above Helms in same lot)

Helms, plot

 

 

1 large, 2 infant graves

Helms, Reesa Floyd

28 June 1908

4 Sept 1954

(dbl w/Vera L.)

Helms, Vera L. Wise

22 Feb 1909

22 Jul 1985

(dbl w/Reesa Floyd)

Herbert, plot

 

 

(old, no markers)

Herbert, Gregory

30 Sep 1930

30 Sep 1930

(Different Herbert plot;  with 1 infant grave)

Hiesler, Jennie

1879

1916

(by Josie Lee)

Hiesler, Josie Lee

16 Aug 1916

18 Apr 1918

(by Jennie)

Hinson, Annie Reese

21 Jan 1936

8 Feb 1936

(father Percy L., mother Rosa Mae)

Hinson, Charles A.

25 Dec 1888

23 Apr 1959

(dbl w/Rushia L.; W.O.W.)

Hinson, E. R.

7 Oct 1871

1 Mar 1915

"Wife" (hus S. A.)

Hinson, Edgar P.

23 Mar 1894

28 Aug 1927

(in large plot beside Katie O Hinson Cason, with no other visible graves)

Hinson, Effie

 1900

1964

(mar. Thomas E. 25 Dec 1917 )

Hinson, Eliza Rebecca Johnson

7 Oct 1871

1 Mar 1915

(wife of S. A. Hinson)

Hinson, Emma Gertrude Thompson

23 Jan 1860

15 Mar 1939

(dbl w/William Hadley)

Hinson, Joseph

8 Apr 1835

21 Nov 1917

Co B. 6 Fla Inf CSA; (dbl w/Mary Agnes)

Hinson, Mary Agnes

6 Jan 1865

9 Oct 1947

(Minnie; dbl w/Joseph)

Hinson, Mary Elizabeth

17 Jul 1891

one date

(dbl w/Norman Gillis)

Hinson, Norman Gillis

17 Oct 1885

28 Feb 1964

(dbl w/Mary E.)

Hinson, Percy L.

20 Sept 1905

4 June 1951

(beside wife Rosa Mae)

Hinson, Roger

14 Sept 1915

7 Jul 1917

(son of N. G. & Mary)

Hinson, Rosa Mae

24 May 1906

18 Jun 1945

(beside hus Percy L.)

Hinson, Rushia L.

9 Oct 1891

11 Oct 1950

(dbl w/Charles A)

Hinson, Seaborn H.

16 Oct 1897

4 May 1899

(son of S. A. and E. R.)

Hinson, William G.  

9 Feb 1929

5 Apr 1993

SFC US Army Korea (with Rushia & Charles A.)

Hinson, William Hadley

11 Dec 1857

26 Apr 1940

(dbl w/Emma Gertrude)

Hogan, Bessie M.

9 Nov 1917

 

 

Hogan, Bob

21 Mar 1892

20 May 1982

(dbl w/Bunie)

Hogan, Bunie Carnley

16 May 1890

22 Aug 1965

(dbl w/Bob)

Hogan, Foy M.

6 Sept 1918

28 Jul 1987

(dbl w/Bessie)

Hogan, Irene J.

5 Aug 1906

23 Nov 1985

(dbl w/Talmer L)

Hogan, plot

 

 

1 grave in plot

Hogan, Talmer L.

16 Mar 1904

21 Dec 1971

(dbl w/Irene J)

Holloway, James Austin   

only one date

7 Nov 1928

Alabama ‑ Pvt 140 Inf 35 Div

Holloway, James L.

16 Sept 1923

29 May 1975

Pvt US Army, Ala.

Holmes, Arthur 

only one date

5 Feb 1961

(68 years old)

Holt, John W.      

26 Dec 1884

24 Dec 1976

Father   (dbl w/Minnie; a Mason)

Holt, Minnie E.    

10 Apr 1890