Bear Creek Church Cemetery

Located between Oak Hill and McWilliams on Hwy 21

T11N, R10E, Sec 31

 

Surveyed by Cindy Waren McCoy

May 21, 2001

 

Robert C. Sadler

Feb. 17, 1871 - Sept. 23, 1954

Evie P. Sadler

Nov. 24, 1870 - June 18, 1942

 

Zelma Sadler

July 9, 1902 - March 29, 1985

Our Beloved

 

William A. McLean

1876 - 1931

 

Mary Florence Griffith

Mollie

Wife of W.A. McLean

Jan. 16, 1872 - April 1961

 

John E. Hart

Aug. 9, 1917 - Aug. 26, 1934

 

Lola M. Lewis

1865 - 1945

 

Lee L. Lewis

1861 - 1939

 

Jessie Philpot

1848 - 1930

 

Mary B. Philpot

1918

 

William Benjamin Philpot

No dates

 

William Bill Philpot

Jan. 24, 1899 - 1920

 

Eugene Gene Philpot

Jan. 30, 1897 - Dec. 3, 1955

 

Lena P. Jones

Sept. 12, 1875 - March 4, 1916

 

William D. Jones

July 15, 1867 - Feb. 28, 1917

 

Unmarked

 

Mary Ellen Turner

Age 69 years

 

Henry L. Turner

Feb. 7, 1850 - Feb. 22, 1940

 

Fred Allen Lamkin

June 22, 1942 - June 3, 1943

 

Edna Earle Hamilton Lamkin

Jan. 9, 1911 - Dec. 15, 1943

 

Unmarked

 

William Thomas Woodson

1866 - 1919

Minnie Lee Woodson

1881- 1911

 

Martha Woodson

1830-1920

 

Unmarked

 

John H. Watts

No dates

 

Ida Knox Harper Watts

No dates

 

John Henry Watts

1878

 

Howard Brutus Watts

1886 - 1936

 

Bricks

 

Unmarked

 

James Newton Holcombe

Dec. 15, 1841 - June 12, 1896

 

2 unmarked

 

Lot:

Julious McDonald Turner

March 21, 1877 - April 20, 1957

 

Mary Lee Dean Turner

June 25, 1895 - Sept. 9, 1971

 

Virgil Louis Girlie

Sept. 4, 1927 - April 24, 1978

 

Marguerite Turner Girlie

Jan. 19, 1928 - May 8, 2000

 

End lot

 

Mary Oswald

1836 - 1922

 

Jesse Daniel Oswald

Co C 44 Al Reg CSA

1837 - 1903

 

John S. Watts

Co I 3rd Ala Cal

 

William J. Sessions

Jan. 17, 1834 - Dec. 3, 1900 (?)

 

Unmarked

 

Unreadable

 

Margaret Sessions

Wife of John Watts

1820- 1880

 

Maggie

Wife of CH Miller

Oct. 18, 1837

Aged 24 years, 10 months, 24 days

 

Lula

Daughter of BF and Mary M Watts

Aug. 15, 1878 - Feb. 2, 1910

 

John M. Dunnam

1902 - 1956

 

C A Oswalt

Oct 20, 1835 - Aug. 27, 1898

 

S M Oswalt

Sept. 27, 1839 - April 10, 1912

 

Unmarked

 

J J Till, Jr.

Aug. 24, 1907 - Dec. 15, 1907

 

J A Holloway

Oct. 5, 1826 - Jan. 19, 1894

 

Alice Pritchett

Jan. 30, 1859 - June 9, 19?9

 

Ida Pritchett

Daughter of TJ and Alice Pritchett

Wife of JJ Till

Born Wilcox Co. Ala

Oct. 5, 1883

Died Santa Rosa Co., Fla

Nov. 24, 1907

 

Unmarked

 

Unmarked

 

Lot:

A T Chappell

July 23, 1837 - Oct. 20, 1915

 

Nannie L. Chappell

Feb. 13, 1845 - March 11, 1929

 

End Lot

 

3 unmarked

 

Sarah

Daughter of MA and LC Hicks

April 9, 1888 - April 4, 1889

 

3 unmarked

 

Mary

Wife of JC Boutwell

Died Aug. 15, 1892

 

Issac C. Boutwell

Died July 26, 1909

Aged 105 years

 

Unmarked

 

Indio Anna Hayes

April 20, 1869 - July 16, 1901

 

John Thomas Hayes

Oct. 2, 1862 - Oct. 11, 1943

 

Mary I Lewis

Feb. 14, 1836 - Feb. 7, 1921

Ransom Lewis

July 14, 1832 - Nov. 14, 1927

 

George Robert Andrews

April 15, 1870 - Jan. 18, 1923

Jefferson Cornelia Pritchett Andrews

Sept. 22, 1879 - Jan. 27, 1955

 

N S Pritchett

Dec. 15, 1844 - Oct. 17, 1924

 

I J Pritchett

April 13, 1848 - Feb. 22, 1922

 

Lot

Jeff Cone Mims

May 17, 1862 - Oct. 31, 1897

Mrs. LC Mims

Oct. 9, 1864 - July 11, 1912

End lot

 

2 unmarked

 

Ellen Skinner Dean

No dates

 

Rebecca "Aunt Becky" Skinner

No dates

 

Callie H. Dean

June 29, 1861 - June 30, 1937

John W. Dean

March 26, 1862 - Sept. 24, 1937

 

Sisters

Ella E. Davis

Dec. 23, 1886 - July 22, 1951

Mary A. Dean

Sept. 18, 1888 - Sept. 5, 1965

 

William W. Dean

Dec. 16, 1899 - Nov. 10, 1970

 

Fence

Mary Lucile Turner

Oct. 16, 1919 - Sept. 17, 1923

 

George Barlow Turner

Oct. 18, 1845 - Feb. 28, 1928

 

Luisa Jane Warren

Oct. 16, 1831 - Feb. 3, 1935

 

Alma Dean Turner

Aug. 29, 1894 - March 13, 1939

 

Jesse Eugene Turner

Feb. 28, 1839 - Oct. 6, 1972

 

Avon Turner Fuller

Sept. 25, 1915 - July 24, 1971

 

Harold Eugene Turner

MMC US Navy WWII

March 2, 1920 - Sept. 16, 1994

 

New unmarked

 

End fence

 

JK Andrews

July 14, 1856 - Nov. 5, 1918

 

Allie Andrews

March 10, 1900 - Sept. 15, 1901

 

Sarah Carnelia Andrews

Feb. 7, 1863 - Jan. 20, 1909

 

James Harvell Andrews

Dec. 14, 1858 - Feb. 4, 1911

 

Unmarked

 

Amelia M. Hopkins

Nov. 23, 1877 - April 21, 1952

 

William F. Hopkins

Sept. 3, 1883 - Sept. 25, 1925

 

Infant daughter of Marvin & Olivia McClurkin

Aug. 19, 1909

 

Marvin L

Son of Marvin & Olivia McClurkin

Nov. 4, 1922 - Nov. 18, 1922

 

Robert Joseph Dunnam, Jr.

July 14, 1872 - Aug. 1900

 

Earl Dunnam

Infant son of Robert J Dunnam & Amelia McClurkin Dunnam

1900

 

Lot

J H Hopkins

Oct. 26, 1898 - May 21, 1944

 

J F Casey

Feb. 4, 1851 - Dec. 17, 1943

 

Lillie Jane Hopkins Hardy

Oct. 8, 1892 - Jan 18, 1923

 

James Franklin Hopkins

June 16, 1860 - July 13, 1939

 

Emily Jane Casey Hopkins

Nov. 19, 1862 - Nov. 27, 1909

 

Mary Hopkins

June 30, 1886 - Oct. 5, 1901

 

Twins

Infants

Born 1890

Born 1900

 

End lot

 

2 fieldstones

 

Mary Ann Casey

April 11, 1827 - Nov. 17, 1894

 

Dr. W.T. Casey

Aug. 9, 1817 - Aug. 9, 1899

 

Tom R. Bowman

Feb. 12, 1869 - May 16, 1962

 

Willie P. Bowman

Nov. 11, 1886 - April 23, 1958

 

2 fieldstones

 

Henry James McGraw

Co G 5th Ala Inf

CSA

No dates

 

A J McGraw

No dates

 

 

ME McGraw

Dec. 13, 1858 - July 3, 1929

 

J N McGraw

1887 - ??

 

Joseph B

Son of DC and EA Nettles

April 16, 1889 - Aug. 29, 1892

 

Thomas Meredith Eddins

Husband of Lucinda Till Eddins

July 11, 1858 - July 15, 1897

 

Benjamin F. Hardy

1840 - 1924

 

Jennie Sadler Hardy

1850 - 1898

 

Myrtice Hardy

1865 - 1890

 

Lot

Joseph H.

Son of EL and WE Hall

Sept 10, 1893 - April 26, 1899

 

WE Hall

May 17, 1864 - April 26, 1899

EL Hall

Oct. 14, 1862 - March 30, 1907

 

End lot

 

3 slabs no markings

 

Bernard Sadler

1886 - 1886

 

Fredonia Sadler

1881 - 1899

 

Annyce Sadler

1868 - 1893

 

Lucenda Hardy Sadler

1844 - 1909

 

Duck

Leon Yelverton Sadler

1842 - 1893

A veteran of the Civil War

 

Robert J. Dunnam

Nov. 22, 1837 - June 14, 1927

 

Bricks

 

James D. Rowell

1844 - 1900

 

James D. Rowell, Jr.

8 years old

No dates

 

J B Rowell

Feb. 18, 1875 - March 21, 1905

 

Carrie Holcombe Rowell Montgomery

Dec. 14, 1878 - March 4, 1959

 

Unmarked

 

Infant daughter of RM and OM Staples

Feb. 15, 1902

 

Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. TVG

No dates

 

Treasy

Wife of TV Griffith

1876 - 1901

 

3 small slabs with one stone that reads

3 children of BF Jones

 

Elizabeth Knoles

Mother of Mary Jane Knoles Jones

 

Mary Jane Knoles Jones

Feb. 13, 1844 - July 8, 1896

 

Frances Virginia (Dunnam)

Wife of JM Hardy

March 26, 1842 - May 6, 1901

 

M L McWilliams

Feb. 29, 1860 - Jan. 2, 1915

 

Bessie Garlington McWilliams

Nov. 11, 1861 - Oct. 2, 1922

 

Mrs. EA Garlington

March 25, 1829 - Nov. 22, 1901

 

Joseph H. McWilliams

Our Soldier Boy

March 26, 1886 - Oct. 18, 1918

Bttn C USA 116th Field Art

 

John M McWilliams

AL Pvt Co L 167 INF 42 INF PH

Feb. 19, 1895 - Jan. 8, 1956

 

Nathan W. McWilliams

June 1, 1889 - July 1, 1962

 

Unmarked

 

Eva Baby Philpot

No dates

 

Anna E. Philpot

1873 - 1911

 

Davis Philpot

1871 - Feb. 2, 1953

 

Thomas G. Griffith

Born in Mecklenburg Co, NC

June 16, 1833 - May 15, 1905

 

Mary Ellen Griffith

Daughter of Sarah and Green Vickers

Aug. 11, 1837

Joined in matrimony to Thomas G Griffith Dec. 24, 1857

Died Dec. 20, 1901

 

Jerry M. Jones

April 6, 1866 - Aug. 11, 1958

 

Katie Rowell

Wife of JM Jones

May 29, 1873 - Dec. 5, 1907

 

Jones

Ernest Melton

Dec. 14, 1904 - July 31, 1981

Lucile Lewis Jones

Nov. 15, 1905 - Dec. 2, 1978

 

David P Watts

May 4, 1861 - Sept. 5, 1948

 

Margaret Woodson Watts

Wife of David Watts

May 18, 1861 - Dec. 17, 1926

 

Carl Everette Watson

April 17, 1918 - Nov. 11, 1974

Col US Army WWII

 

Jessie Caudle Watson

Wife of Carl E. Watson

March 31, 1922 - Aug. 7, 1972

NC 2nd Lt Army Nurse Corps WWII

 

Bonnie Watts Watson

Sept. 27, 1887 - March 9, 1975

David O. Watson, Sr.

Feb. 27, 1889 - Feb. 8, 1965

 

Eugene Watts

Born Caledonia, Ala

Aug. 9, 1892

Died Camden, Ala

Jan. 14, 1965

 

Flora M. Watts

Oct. 31, 1871 - Feb. 26, 1937

 

BF Watts Jr.

Nov. 4, 1867 - Feb. 26, 1937

 

William F. Philpot

Cpl US Army WWII

Oct. 19, 1922 - Dec. 25, 1974

 

Frank Watts Griffith

May 24, 1893 - Dec. 12, 1959

 

2 unmarked

 

Lula B Philpot

Jan. 5, 1889 - Aug. 29, 1977

Frank Philpot

July 25, 1877 - Jan. 20, 1954

 

Sallie Griffith

1895 - 1935

 

W P "Press" Watts

1872 - 1942

 

Arthur L Lewis

Jan. 18, 1897 - July 28, 1960

AL PVT CO B 4th BN REPL TNG CEN WWI

 

T Jessie Lewis

1868 - 1937

Clara W. Lewis

1876 - 1925

 

Stone, unmarked

 

Aunt Mag

Margarette Watts Philpot

1878 - 1911

 

Infant son of DC and BP Watson

Dec. 24, 1914

 

John Bracey Jones

Oct. 21, 1876 - March 15, 1938

Julia Watts Jones

June 6, 1880 - Dec. 19, 1968

 

William H

Son of BF & Mary M Watts

Aug. 4, 1869 - Oct. 18, 1915

 

E B Watts

Son of BF & Mary M Watts

Aug. 22, 1873 - July 18, 1910

 

Mary M Watts

Wife of BF Watts

May 22, 1838 - July 4, 1910

 

BF Watts

Feb. 23, 1833 - Oct. 27, 1916

 

Jessie Pamela Watts

May 24, 1931 - May 26, 1931

 

James David Watts

Feb. 11, 1844 - Dec. 6, 1937

 

Jessie Pamela Watts

Sept. 13, 1895 - June 28, 1973

 

Clifford Hall Sheffield

May 1, 1918 - April 28, 1935

 

Carrie P. Sheffield

Feb. 5, 1880 - Aug. 23, 1954

Frederick C. Sheffield

Dec. 26, 1886 - April 28, 1971

 

John Ervin Jones

Feb. 10, 1914 -Jan. 24, 1990

 

Nell Gwin Jones

Dec. 24, 1917   - Aug. 12, 1996

 

Carrie Melton Jones

Jan 28, 1888 - Nov. 15, 1950

 

Mal C. Jones

Sept. 1, 1881 - Oct. 31, 1951

 

William Bill Griffin

July 19, 1911 - July 15, 1992