Holmes County, Florida

New Home Cemetery

Geneva County, Alabama

(on county road 16 east of Hwy 87 about 2 miles south of Samson)  

Surveyed 3 Oct 2003 by Wilda Murphy.  (Comments in red added by surveyor)

 

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  Rows are not in straight alignment all the way across.  Sometimes, the assignment of row number was arbitrary.

 

  Left to right, going west to rear of cemetery

 

Row 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Owens, James H

11 Dec 1878

26 Sep 1955

(James Hollis, son of John H Owens)

Owens, Lillie B

16 Jun 1884

22 Jan 1953

(Lillie Belle, dau of John Duncan Weeks)

 

 

 

 

Double stone

 

 

 

Alford, Marion Bruce

6 Aug 1919

one date only

Father; married 29 Dec 1939

Alford, Sybil Owens

10 Mar 1921

one date only

Mother; on back of stone:  Our children:  Charles Alton, Ethelene P;  our grandchildren:  Stacy Lynn, Shannan Renee, Shellie Leigh, Charles Joseph, Michael Charles, David Bruce

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Thompson, Carl William “Tommy”

28 Jan 1931

15 May 2003

US Air Force, US Army

Thompson, Betty Owens

20 Sep 1931

 

Married 2 Nov 1950; on back of stone:  children: James “Jim”, Elizabeth “Muff”; grandchildren: Jamie, Katie

 

 

 

 

Thompson, Farres

19 Feb 1897

18 Oct 1952

 

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Whitman, Lee

13 Sep 1882

17 Mar 1954

 

Whitman, Lena

17 Sep 1886

12 Dec 1968

 

 

 

 

 

Family plot:

 

 

 

Sellers, Daniel Thomas, Sr

5 Feb 1861

8 Nov 1944

 

Sellers, Callie Elizabeth

26 Sep 1880

1 Jul 1951

 

 

 

 

 

Kilcrease plot

 

 

 (occupies Rows 1-3)

Double stone:

 

 

 

Kilcrease, Robert, Jr

20 Dec 1850

19 Dec 1938

 

Kilcrease, Mary Petrey

20 May 1871

10 Nov 1958

 

 

 

 

 

Kilcrease, Robert

3 Jan 1826

22 May 1913

Masonic emblem

Infant stone, no dates

 

 

 

end Kilcrease plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two unmarked adult slabs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Armstrong plot:

 

 

 

Armstrong, Robert Edward

6 Sep 1924

1 Jan 1958

 

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Armstrong, Fannie H

11 Mar 1893

24 Apr 1982

 

Armstrong, John D

8 Jan 1892

2 Sep 1972

 

end Armstrong plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owens plot:

 

 

 

Owens, children

1928

1929

of Walter & Roxie; also:  1925-1927  (same stone)

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Owens, Walter L

3 Nov 1902

29 Jun 1964

(Walter Lee, son of Irvin Angus Owens & Beulah Gilmore)

Owens, Mary Roxie

6 Mar 1905

6 Dec 1966

 

end Owens plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owens plot:

 

 

 

Owens, David Harvard

21 Jul 1934

22 Nov 1980

(son of Dewey Harvey Owens & Bessie Spears)

Owens, Hanlan G

12 May 1930

7 Dec 1983

US Army Korea

end Owens plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small plot of children’s graves

 

 

Right of the Kilcrease plot (Row 1-3), and between rows 1 and 2

Alford, W M R

28 Jan 1901

28 Oct 1902

Son of R M & M E Alford

One or more unmarked children’s graves

 

 

 

end small plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row 1A  (short row to right of entrance gate, in front of full Row 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brooks, Melissa Gilmore

22 Feb 1900

7 Mar 1986

Mother

 

 

 

 

Alford plot, triple stone:

 

 

 

Alford, Reuben M

1908

1966

 

Alford, Johnnie R

1948

1966

 

Alford, Reecie A

1908

1988

 

On back of this triple stone:

 

 

 

Alford, Oscar M

1937

1937

 

end Alford plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hayes plot, double stone:

 

 

 

Hayes, James H

17 Nov 1923

one date only

Married 18 Dec 1942

Hayes, I Mildred

19 Dec 1926

one date only

 

end Hayes plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alford, Hubert D

17 Jul 1925

30 Dec 1987

Our loving father

 

 

 

 

Spears plot:

 

 

 

Vaughan, Hazel S

14 Aug 1932

15 Mar 2000

 

Spears, Ruth

21 May 1916

14 Jul 1932

 

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Spears, Noah

7 Nov 1888

19 Apr 1968

 

Spears, Lillie B

4 Aug 1888

20 May 1968

 

end Spears plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owens plot, double stone:

 

 

 

Owens, Dewey H

15 Jul 1905

23 Dec 1994

(Dewey Harvey)

Owens, Bessie L

20 Jul 1909

17 Sep 1972

(Bessie Spears, dau of Noah)

end Owens plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spann plot, double stone:

 

 

 

Spann, R Weston

29 Jun 1906

11 Jan 1983

Married 6 Nov 1926

Spann, Georgia J

28 Nov 1908

16 Apr 1997

 

end Spann plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bailey, Horace W

28 Sep 1918

27 Oct 1991

US Army WWII

One unmarked grave

 

 

 

Spann, Ronnie

10 Oct 1946

24 May 2001

US Army

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plot marked McNeal, D F:

 

 

 

Four unmarked adult slabs

 

 

 

end McNeal plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unmarked infant grave

 

 

next to Frances E Owens Powell

Powell, Frances E Owens

22 Feb 1868

16 Mar 1938

(Frances Ellafair, dau of Wm W & Sarah A A Cope)

Powell, C C

26 Jun 1868

30 Aug 1925

(Christopher Columbus, son of Daniel F & Nancy Caroline Cost )

Powell, Daniel F

10 Jan 1828

24 Aug 1910

Alabama PVT Co A 6 Reg’t Al Cav CSA

Powell, Nancy Caroline Cost

1840

1912

Wife of D F Powell

Sellers, Esther Jane

17 Jan 1908

23 Oct 1909

 

Holley, James H

18 Oct 1887

26 Jul 1904

Son of W C & S E Holley

 

 

 

 

Owens, William W

22 Feb 1836

14 Feb 1902

To the right of the Kilcrease plot;  (Note:  This is a turn-of -the-century style marble stone with a circle containing a right hand with index finger pointing upwards.  The stone has been broken and patched back together.  The only date legible is 22 Feb 18--.  Dates given here are from an old compilation.)

 

 

 

 

Unmarked slab

29 Mar 1926

one date only

Date inscribed on slab

 

 

 

 

Owens plot, triple stone:

 

 

 

Owens, Lillie G

3 Nov 1887

14 Jul 1907

(Lillie Gilmore)

Owens, R Albert

9 Sep 1871

16 Jan 1938

(Reuben Albert, son of Wm W and Sarah A A Cope)

Owens, Minnie G

23 Nov 1889

16 May 1973

(Minnie Gilmore)

end Owens plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plot with three small markers

 

 

no names or dates

 

 

 

 

G H Owens plot

 

 

(grass is about to cover name on plot boundary):

Unmarked adult slab

 

 

 

Owens, Pealie (sic) Jane

1906

1999

Bronze Guerry Funeral Home marker on slab.

 

 

 

 

end G H Owens plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson plot, double stone:

 

 

 

Wilson, Holden (Dock)

18 Nov 1907

18 May 1975

 

Wilson, Clydie Lorena

17 Mar 1910

23 Aug 1990

 

end Wilson plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plot marked Lucas single child’s grave.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newton, Lemmy

29 Jul 1904

19 Sep 1910

 

Sellers, Eliza Jane Hood

22 Oct 1836

24 Jun 1918

 

Three unmarked graves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A long unnamed plot:

 

 

 

Foreman, John F

24 Mar 1828

16 Sep 1909

Masonic emblem

Unmarked adult slab

 

 

 

Child’s grave

 

 

broken upright stone;  initial W remaining

Possibly several unmarked graves

 

 

 

Unmarked adult slab

 

 

 

end unnamed plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Davidson plot:

 

 

 

Davidson, Jas J

9 Jan 1911

23 Oct 1913

Son of R B & S A Davidson

Davidson, Susanna Gilmore

26 Oct 1883

9 Aug 1972

 

 

 

 

 

Double stone:

 

 

 

Davidson, George W

22 Jun 1906

21 Dec 1986

Married 3 Feb 1924

Davidson, Annie P

16 Oct 1906

20 Nov 1984

 

end Davidson plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thames plot:

 

 

 

Thames, Louise Adams

16 Mar 1904

31 Dec 1976

Mother; Son: W B Adams;  dau: Ethel W Warr

end Thames plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owens plot, double stone:

 

 

 

Owens, Ralph M

8 Aug 1911

21 Jul 1960

(son of Grover C  & Mary Frances Powell;  married Ruby Cobb 1932)

Owens, Ruby Monk

7 Feb 1917

3 Mar 2000

(Ruby Owens m. W A Monk 1961)

end Owens plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brewer plot, double stone:

 

 

 

Brewer, Jim

17 Dec 1919

8 Mar 1972

 

Brewer, Kathryn

23 May 1922

one date only

 

end Brewer plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McCollough plot, double stone:

 

 

 

McCollough, Ulysses

5 Sep 1918

23 Sep 1995

 

McCollough, Lela F

23 Sep 1925

5 Nov 1977

 

end McCollough plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G H Bush plot:

 

 

 

Brasewell, Henry

21 Nov 1936

22 Nov 1936

 

Brasewell, Bula May

30 Mar 1922

1 Nov 1942

 

Bush, Mary Ann

5 Feb 1901

31 Mar 1940

 

Bush, Harry

1881

1963

 

end plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spears, Nancy

2 Sep 1863

5 Jul 1944

(may be Nancy Caroline Warren, dau of Sarah Ann Powell and James Cornelius Warren)

Spears, Bryant

21 Mar 1855

10 Aug 1924

   

Unmarked slab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spears plot:

 

 

 

Two unmarked graves

 

 

 

Spears, Jonah

14 May 1885

21 Sep 1902

 

Spears, Eliza

25 Feb 1847

31 Feb 1908

 

Spears, Luke

25 Dec 1840

15 Jul 1934

 

Spears, Gatsey

5 Aug 1867

19 Oct 1941

 

end plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unmarked adult slab

 

 

 

Unmarked infant grave

 

 

 

Cook, John Willis

3 Oct 1907

25 Nov 1987

 

 

 

 

 

Cook plot:

 

 

 

Cook, Lillie E

16 Nov 1909

23 Aug 1911

Dau of J J & Q E Cook

Cook, Queen E

no dates

 

 

Cook, Joseph J