BROWN'S CEMETERY
(Section 4)

             Three types of notes: A "note" in quotation marks is a statement actually on a marker or footstone. A (note) in parenthesis concerns condition of marker, such as (broken). A [note] in brackets is a recorder comment. Recorded October 17, 2001. Checked and updated September 25, 2003.

 

Allen, Esther Hames, Mar. 20, 1932-____
Allen, James Hallie, June 15, 1920-Dec. 25, 2000, military marker as footstone "US Army World War II Prisoner of War"; "Married Mar. 31, 1950" "Our children: Tasha, Ginger, Byron"

Alves, Gilbert, July 27, 1931-May 10, 1998
Alves, Billy Jean, Sept. 14, 1932-Apr. 7, 2002, "Wed Nov. 24, 1966"

Barnes, Billy Thomas, Oct. 20, 1969-Feb. 10, 1988
Barnes, Christy Dawn, June 2, 1971-____, "Married Jan. 19, 1988"

Bennett, Carolyn [see Goodrich, Carolyn Bennett]

Bingham, James Whitley, July 10, 2001-July 10, 2001, temporary marker read in 2003, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 3 yards southeast of double marker for Peggy J. and Raymond N. Brown

Bingham, Nelle B., June 24, 1909-Mar. 26, 2001, temporary marker read in 2001, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, "Mrs. Ruby Nell Bingham"
Bingham, J. P., Aug. 18, 1904-July 13, 1988

Blackmon, J. Edward, Apr. 22, 1909-June 10, 1988

Blackmon, Ruth P., July 5, 1913-Mar. 29, 1979 [adjacent to marker for J. Edward Blackmon]

Blankenship, Doris Mai Tomlinson, June 14, 1926-____
Blankenship, Ray Granvel, Nov. 16, 1921-Oct. 24, 1998, military marker mounted on back "US Army World War II"

Bomar, Harry Temple Jr. "Tim," Sept. 15, 1949-Mar. 15, 1996
Bomar, Marilyn Maxwell, Apr. 28, 1951-____, Married Sept. 1, 1978"

Boren, Edith Laverne, Feb. 7, 1924-____
Boren, Sidney Lanier, Aug. 12, 1923-Apr. 25, 2002, military marker as footstone "EM1 US Navy World War II"
"Our children Ernie, Annie, Larry, Robert and Susan"

Boren, Edith Walker, Aug. 12, 1920-Sept. 5, 1996
Boren, Billy Sewell, Sept. 27, 1919-____, "Wed Apr. 28, 1945"

Boren, Michael Shawn, July 12, 1990, "Grandson" footstone [infant-style marker]

Bowman, Vesta [see Walker, Vesta Bowman]

Boyd, Martha Ray [see Wilson, Martha Ray Boyd]

Branch, Ruby B., Mar. 17, 1909-Mar. 30, 1976
Branch, John Lee, Dec. 8, 1908-Oct. 12, 1986

Brooks, Mary Ann [see Key, Mary Ann Brooks]

Brooks, Otey Nell, Feb. 18, 1926-Aug. 7, 1984, "Mother"

Brooks, Vernell [see Killough, Vernell Brooks]

Brown, Betty J. [see Veteto, Betty J. Brown]

Brown, Guy Eula, Oct. 23, 1900-Feb. 21, 1977

Brown, Peggy J., Aug. 1, 1930-____
Brown, Raymond N., Sept. 16, 1927-____, "Wed Aug. 6, 1947"

Bumpas, Dorothy [see Winslow, Dorothy Bumpas]

Bumpas, Zelma S., Nov. 20, 1904-July 20, 1985
Bumpas, Ray, Aug. 31, 1897-Aug. 29, 1970

Burkhead, Edith Rushing, Mar. 4, 1910-Apr. 30, 1991, Beloved mother"

Carroll, Polly C., Sept. 10, 1924-Aug. 25, 1996
Carroll, Jesse L., Dec. 20, 1919-____

Case, David, Mar. 21, 1943-____
Case, Kay, Feb. 28, 1947-____

Cash, Alma Louise, June 4, 1923-____
Cash, John Sherman, May 15, 1918-Jan. 23, 2001, military marker as footstone "US Army Korea"; "Married Aug. 3, 1943"

Clyce, D. C., Feb. 12, 1910-Apr. 11, 1983

Clyce, Garland E., Jan. 24, 1944-Nov. 10, 1983

Clydce, Wilma Anne, Nov. 19, 1915-____ [adjacent to marker for D. C. Clyce]

Coffman, Eleanor B., Oct. 30, 1923-Jan. 7, 2003
Coffman, Paul V., Aug. 16, 1923-Mar. 25, 1983, military marker as footstone "US Army"

Cole, Diane W., Mar. 8, 1948-July 16, 1985
Cole, Charles W., Oct. 9, 1939-____

Counts, Lorene Lydia, Jan. 16, 1915-Apr. 21, 1999, "Mrs.", temporary marker read in 2003, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 4 feet south of marker for Martha Key Fite

Cowden, Robert John, Sept. 6, 1958-June 29, 1993, military marker "PFC US Marine Corps"

Cox, Opal M., July 30, 1929-Dec. 8, 1995

Crick, Dorothy M., Nov. 29, 1920-July 17, 2002
Crick, Hugh R., Apr. 1, 1924-Apr. 23, 1988

Crosnoe, Christina Michelle, Aug. 15, 1987 [infant-style marker]

Crosnoe, Juanita, Aug. 27, 1940-____, "Mother" [adjacent to marker for Thomas E. Crosnoe, Sr.]

Crosnoe, Thomas E., Sr., Dec. 6, 1937-Mar. 16, 1989, "Father"

Daniel, Gwen B., Jan. 21, 1933-____
Daniel, Hight C., Mar. 6, 1930-Mar. 1, 1986

Dorris, Abagail Kristen, Jan. 3, 1989-Aug. 16, 1990 ["Dorris" only on central marker]

Dorris, Teresa Lynn, Feb. 3, 1959-Aug. 17, 1990, "Twigg" ["Dorris" only on central marker]

Douglas, Charles W., May 8, 1932-Sept. 6, 1987

Douglas, Lizzie Lois [see Lowe, Lizzie Lois Douglas]

Duke, Martha L., June 22, 1929-____
Duke, Josephine L., Aug. 7, 1906-July 29, 1984
Duke, James B., Sept. 23, 1905-June 9, 1985

Dunn, Andrea S., Dec. 13, 1911-Jan. 23, 1987
Dunn, Roy W., Aug. 13, 1905-Aug. 13, 1985

Dyer, Timothy Allen, June 15, 1957-Aug. 15, 1996, "Loving husband and father"

Edgell, Lucile [see Richards, Lucile Edgell]

Egbert, Pamela Key, Jan. 11, 1955-Sept. 23, 1985

Elder, Clarence Hilliard, Aug. 24, 1933-May 29, 1991

Eldridge, Ella Frances, Aug. 7, 1930-Dec. 6, 1980
Eldridge, William W., Feb. 20, 1922, Dec. 24, 1982, "Col. USAF Ret."; military marker as footstone "Lt Col US Air Force WWII Korea Vietnam"

Evans, Clarence, Oct. 21, 1919-June 27, 1986, "Mother"
Evans, Milton, Mar. 16, 1905-Nov. 1, 1970, "Father"

Evans, Evelyn H., Jan. 7, 1913-Feb. 2, 1987
Evans, John M., Dec. 5, 1909-Mar. 6, 1997

Everett, Mary Ruth Jones, Sept. 4, 1924-June 23, 2003; temporary marker read in 2003, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 3 feet south of marker for James Billy Rushing, Jr.

Fielding, Beverly [see Hall, Beverly Fielding]

Fite, Martha Key, Oct. 13, 1918-May 28, 2001

Gardner, Bobby A. G., Jan. 5, 1939-Aug. 3, 1993, military marker as footstone "Sgt US Marine Corps Vietnam Purple Heart"
Gardner, Nancy Street, Sept. 6, 1943-____

Gerson, Frederick Bryan, Oct. 14, 1869-Oct. 18, 1969

Gilbert, J. C., Sept. 16, 1901-Oct. 26, 1981
Gilbert, Lorene, May 20, 1899-Aug. 7, 1994

Goodrich, Billy Jack, Jan. 30, 1931-July 19, 1995
Goodrich, Carolyn Bennett, Sept. 17, 1934-Feb. 18, 2001

Grooms, Benjemin Tyler, July 3, 2000-July 31, 2000, temporary marker read in 2003, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 8 feet east of marker for James D. Hooper

Hall, Leon J. Mountain, Nov. 26, 1932-Nov. 9, 1993
Hall, Beverly Fielding, Oct. 8, 1939-____

Hall, Mary L., 1932-1982 [on flower holder "Louise Spellings Hall"]
Hall, Leon J., 1932-____, "Married Jan. 30, 1976"

Halliday, Lionel R., Feb. 17, 1984-Dec. 7, 1985

Harris, Mary Evelyn, Jan. 6, 1917-____

Holloway, Virgie., Apr. 15, 1914-Jan. 2, 1998
Holloway, Tom C., Oct. 24, 1917-Sept. 4, 1975, military marker as footstone "PFC US Army World War II" (military marker was sunken and overgrown with grass in 2003)

Holmes, Alma W., Mar. 3, 1928-____
Holmes, Cecil R., Nov. 19, 1923-Jan. 24, 1999, military marker as footstone "SFC US Army World War II Purple Heart"; "Wed Nov. 20, 1943" "Children Sandra, Barbara, Barry"

Hopper, James D., Sept. 12, 1922-July 19, 1994, military marker as footstone "MSgt US Air Force World War II Korea"

Hopper, Jane Sanders, July 2, 1922-Sept. 4, 2003, temporary marker read in 2003, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 5 feet south of double marker for Bobby A, G. and Nancy Street Gardner

Hopper, Robert (Murray), Nov. 14, 1917-Augh. 11, 2003, temporary marker read in 2003, Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home, 5 feet north of double marker for John frederick Killough, Jr. and Vernell Brooks Killough

Hughes, Michael Craig, Aug. 10, 1935-Jan. 23, 1988
Hughes, Olivia Sue, Oct. 20, 1940-____

Hunt, Ethan James, Jan. 23, 2001-Jan. 23, 2001

James, Andrew Thomas, July 29, 1908-Apr. 3, 1977

James, Sammy T., Apr. 27, 1933-May 5, 1982
James, J. L. (Polly), July 9, 1935-____

James, Susie, 1909-2002, temporary marker read in 2003, reed's Chapel, 4 feet north of marker for Andrew Thomas James

James, Ted Lee, Oct. 21, 1955-July 27, 1979

Jobe, Bill, Dec. 20, 1967-Apr. 19, 1985, "our beloved son, grandson, brother"

Jones, Imogene [see Tisdale, Imogene Jones]

Jones, Jimmie C., Dec. 1, 1921-____
Jones, Oliver H., Mar. 14, 1920-Feb. 16, 1993, military marker as footstone "SSgt US Army Air Corps World War II"

Jones, Katherine R., Nov. 5, 1910-Jan. 8, 2000
Jones, John D., Sept. 5, 1908-June 21, 1981

Jones, Mary Ruth [see Everett, Mary Ruth Jones]

Jones, Robbie Richard, June 27, 1921-____
Jones, Jasper Eason, Apr. 14, 1923-____

Keel, Kevin Doyle, June 6, 1968-Sept. 19, 1991

Key, Jerry Lester, Oct. 5, 1943-____ [Masonic symbol]
Key, Mary Ann Brooks, Dec. 17, 1945-Feb. 7, 1994
"Loving husband, father, and grandfather" "Loving wife, mother, and grandmother"; carved bells and "Dec. 20, 1963"; "Our children Jerry Lester Jr.\James Brooks\Jonathan Scott" "Grandchildren Brittany Whitney Tiffany [under Jerry Lester Jr.] Kayla Craig" [under James Brooks]

Key, Linda M., Sept. 18, 1935-____
Key, Dolan W., Sept. 22, 1933-Sept. 25, 1986, military marker as footstone "US Army"; "Married Aug. 1, 1954" "Parents of Lisa and Andy"

Key, Mae Spiller, Aug. 15, 1895-May 3, 1971
Key, Fred S., Nov. 21, 1892-Oct. 23, 1978

Key, Martha [see Fite, Martha Key]

Key, Pamela [see Egbert, Pamela Key]

Killough, John Frederick Jr., July 13, 1922-Aug. 7, 1999, military marker as footstone "BM2 US Navy World War II"
Killough, Vernell Brooks, Sept. 15, 1922-____

Langley, Carol A., Aug. 17, 1905-Mar. 28, 1997

Leslie, Lila E., Feb. 22, 1911-Dec. 8, 1984, "Mother" footstone
Leslie, Clint, Mar. 21, 1905-Apr. 24, 1984, "Father" footstone

Littrell, Joe C., June 5, 1967-July 21, 1984, "Little Joe"

Love, Frances Pearl, Oct. 7, 1927-____
Kove, Raymond Ross, Sr., Dec. 8, 1924-Apr. 28, 2002, military marker as footstone "Cpl US Army World War II"

Lowe, John Wesley, Oct. 4, 1923-Mar. 8, 2001, military marker as footstone "CPO US Navy World War II Korea"
Lowe, Lizzie Lois Douglas, Apr. 28, 1916-Sept. 7, 2000

Lowery, James H., Jr., Jan. 21, 1969-Jan. 27, 1998, "J.J." "With all my love, Michelle"

Malone, Thelma H., June 25, 1902-Mar. 1, 1989, "Mom"

McKinney, Willie G., May 8, 1904-Sept. 8, 1984

Mealer, Loveany M., Sept. 6, 1924-____
Mealer, Maxie J., Jan. 15, 1920-Oct. 30, 1988

Milam, Syble D., Mar. 11, 1929-____
Milam, Bruce E., Oct. 13, 1924-May 17, 1982, "Married Feb. 10, 1951

Miller, Mary Katherine, Dec. 26, 1928-Mar. 5, 1984

Minnis, Gary Wayne, Sept. 4, 1944-Aug. 16, 1992, "SP4 US Army Vietnam"

Morgan, Betty [see Parham, Betty Morgan]

Morgan, Ruth E. [see Parham, Ruth E. Morgan]

Mumbower, James W., Dec. 29, 1923-____
Mumbower, Margaret, Feb. 18, 1925-____

Nanney, Euna D., Feb. 20, 1903-____
Nanney, Edgar H., Dec. 13, 1901-Feb. 27, 1982

Nanney, Jeffrey Lewis, July 17, 1961-Sept. 1, 1982, "Beloved son"

Newman, Kathy H., Nov. 13, 1955-Jan. 29, 1992

Parham, Betty Morgan, Apr. 20, 1948-____

Parham, Ruth E. Morgan, Jan. 1, 1914-____

Parham, Chester Lee, Oct. 17, 1908-May 6, 1997, military marker as footstone "Tec 4 US Army World War II"

Parrott, John Junior, June 20, 1925-Aug. 16, 1989

Pomeroy, Roselle Foster, Aug. 3, 1932-____ [she was buried on Sept. 27, 2003]
Pomeroy, Richard Benjamin, Jan. 31, 1931-June 18, 1997

Potmesil, Linda, 1940-2003

Priddy, Bessie Laverne, June 29, 1924-____
Priddy, Charles Harold, Aug. 17, 1922-Jan. 4, 1995, "Red," military marker as footstone "Sgt US Army World War II"; "Married July 23, 1946"

Privitt, Jennifer Lynn, Sept. 2, 1911-July 26, 1973

Rainey, Christine, Sept. 15, 1932-Jan. 9, 2002, "beloved wife and mother" [adjacent to military marker for Odean Rainey]

Rainey, Odean, Feb. 6, 1923-Oct. 8, 1993, military marker "PFC US Army World War II"

Reeder, Jean P., July 29, 1929-June 15, 1987
Reeder, J. Thomas, Dec. 9, 1919-Feb. 15, 1987, military marker as footstone "James Thomas Reeder" "Pvt US Army World War II"

Rhodes, Edward K., May 13, 1921-Jan. 20, 1995, military marker as footstone "Edward Keaton Rhodes" "PFC US Army World War II"
Rhodes, Ester F., Mar. 22, 1929-Dec. 7, 1998, carved rings and "Dec. 21, 1946"; "Our children: Kenneth, Paul, David, and Robert"

Rhodes, Kenneth Edward, Oct. 16, 1947-Dec. 4, 1996, military marker "SP4 US Army Vietnam"

Rhodes, Robert E., Aug. 4, 1954-Aug. 7, 1998
Rhodes, Vinnie Mae, July 1, 1951-____, "Married June 1, 1973"

Rice, Edith C., Feb. 8, 1896-Dec. 12, 1989
Rice, Beverly P., Jan. 17, 1891-Nov. 6, 1976

Rice, Mary L., Apr. 27, 1936-____
Rice, William P., Dec. 27, 1918-Oct. 16, 1983, military marker as footstone "US Army"

Richards, Robbie [see Jones, Bobbie Richardson]

Richards, Jimmy Edgell, Jan. 29, 1946-____
Richards, Lucile Edgell, Oct. 29, 1909-Mar. 25, 1993
Richards, James Dempster, Aug. 31, 1909-Mar. 3, 1978

Rowan, Laurie Wilson, May 1, 1963-Dec. 26, 1996

Rushing, Edith [see Burkhead, Edith Rushing]

Rushing, James Billy, Jr., Mar. 29, 1957-Dec. 31, 1976, "Sonny"

Russell, Vera B., Jan. 10, 1893-July 30, 1987
Russell, Andy L., Feb. 7, 1886-Feb. 1, 1967

Sells, Deven Aymee, Aug. 6, 1989-Mar. 19, 1991 [not found in 2001; reported by Smith]

Sharp, Harold, Sept. 30, 1925-Feb. 24, 2000
Sharp, Margaret, July 31, 1927-____, "Married July 29, 1944"

Smith, G. Howard, 1937-1992 [Smith reported Grady Howard Smith]

Smith, Rexford, Nov. 8, 1943-Jan. 10, 2003, military marker as footstone "Rexford Smith Jr." "US Air Force"
Smith, Nellie, Aug. 10, 1939-____

Spellings, Louise [see Hall, Mary L.]

Spiller, Mae [see Key, Mae Spiller]

Stanfill, Doris H., 1933-____
Stanfill, W. Glenn, 1944-1994

Stanfill, Katie B., 1911-1986\Stanfill, W. Harry, 1913-1983

Stoltz, Lucy [see Street, Lucy Stoltz]

Street, Nancy [see Gardner, Nancy Street]

Street, R. Wilson, Sept. 22, 1915-____
Street, Lucy Stoltz, Dec. 30, 1916-____

Stump, Stanley, Mar 22, 1929-____
Stump, Fay H., Sept. 29, 1933-Sept. 26, 2001

Tarpley, Cecil L., May 31, 1910-May 23, 1990
Tarpley, Frances C., Nov. 5, 1918-____

Thomas, Evelyn B., Aug. 15, 1928-____
Thomas, Charles V., Mar. 24, 1927-Jan. 13, 1978, military marker as footstone "SN US Navy World War II Korea"; "Married June 4, 1949"

Tims, Billy C., Jan. 23, 1958-Nov. 26, 1999

Tisdale, Imogene Jones, Jan. 16, 1932-____, "Loving grandmother"
Tisdale, Lamar Franklin, July 17, 1927-Jan. 17, 2003, "Loving grandfather" "Children Linda J. Robert F"

Tomlinson, Doris Mai [see Blankenship, Doris Mae Tomlinson]

Veteto, Betty J. Brown, Jan. 5, 1930-____
Veteto, Byron A. "Sonny," May 3, 1928-Apr. 10, 1991

Vires, Joshua Allen, Aug. 17, 1987-Dec. 4, 1988

Walker, Edith [see Boren, Edith Walker]

Walker, Ernestine P., Nov. 2, 1921-____
Walker, Lawrence E., Aug. 9, 1925-Oct. 19, 2001, military marker as footstone "US Army World War II Purple Heart"; "Married Nov. 24, 1949"

Walker, Nolan C., Aug. 25, 1918-Apr. 1, 1994

Walker, Robert Ponie, Aug. 19, 1896-Dec. 26, 1971

Walker, Vesta Bowman, Oct. 21, 1898-June 6, 1993 [adjacent to marker for Robert Ponie Walker]

Watkins, Clyde P., Oct. 1, 1910-Mar. 3, 1993, military marker as footstone "S1 US Navy World War II"
atkins, Idella C., Apr. 1, 1903-Feb. 14, 1986, "Married Mar. 5, 1935"

Webb, Rebecca R., Jan. 31, 1920-____
Webb, James H., July 27, 1921-Sept. 24, 1993, military marker as footstone "US Army World War II"

Wheeler, Thomas Nell, Apr. 26, 1919-May 24, 2001, "Mother of Rebecca James Barbara Betty"; "Grandmother" footstone

Williams, Louie N., 1908-1992
Williams, J. Raymond, 1905-1985

Wilson, Laurie [see Rowan, Laurie Wilson]

Wilson, Martha Ray Boyd, 1939-____
Wilson, Ralph Jones, 1938-1985, "Parents of Laurie, Kim, Steve"

Winslow, Dorothy Bumpas, Apr. 19, 1926-June 2, 2001
Winslow, Earl Russell, Apr. 22, 1925-____, "Married Jan. 3, 1947" "Our children Diane, Pat, Jan, and Rusty"

Winslow, William R., d. June 26, 1996, "81 yrs" [not found in 2001; reported by Smith, probably read from a temporary marker]

Woolfolk, Sylvia Dell, 1939, "Infant dau. of Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Woolfolk"

Woolfolk, William W., Mar. 9, 1911-Nov. 13, 1996, military marker "Tec 5 US Army World War II 120 Bomb Disposal Squad" [actually military marker is footstone to a double marker with no names]

Wyand, Robert C., Apr. 10, 1900-Nov. 1, 1982, "Father"

Young, Ora Sue, 1904-1988
Young, A. Milton, 1901-1975

Yandell, Frances S., Apr. 8, 1920-____ [only name on a double marker; my guess is that other side will be a bronze military marker]

 

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