DICKSON MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC Version 1.0, 22-Mar2002, C056A.TXT, C56 **************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization, or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. **************************************************************** LOCATION: --------- On Route-24, on the Westside of Townville. Next to Townville Presbyterian Church. N34 33.880 x W82 54.211 HISTORY: -------- Our Church - A Legacy of Love A feeling of love abides in Dickson Memorial Methodist Church. You sense it as soon as you enter a door. You experience it when you interact with any of our congregation, with our beloved Pastor, Paul Mitchell, and his loving, lovely wife, Becky. This love permeating our church is elemental to our heritage, emanating from the circuit minister who served the Methodists in Townville in the latter half of the 1800s. A professor of mathematics at Columbia Female College, the Reverend J. Walter Dickson, son of Benjamin Franklin and Matilda Jane (Gantt) Dickson, lived a life of love, service and compassion. Born in 1849, he provided for his parents in their old age, took care of three maiden aunts, his father's sisters, and somehow found time for marriage, teaching and ministry. His service to the residents of Townville must have been a labor of love - of his family, the people of Townville, his love of Jesus, and his desire to serve God. He died in 1898 and was buried at Smiths Chapel Methodist Church. His widow, Annie Maria Schorb Dickson, donated the land on which his aunts had resided to the Methodists for the purpose of building a church in his memory. The wooden church built and dedicated in his memory in 1903 was replaced by our brick building in 1955. The new building housed three classrooms upstairs and children's classrooms downstairs. Picnics under the trees provided social activities. The need for more space and additional facilities became apparent, and the vision of Joy Hall was born. Designed to provide space for Sunday School rooms, a combination meeting/dining room, and a kitchen, Joy Hall was erected in 1960. Eight years later, in 1968, our Church became the Dickson Memorial United Methodist church, when the Methodist church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined to form The United Methodist Church, our country's second largest Protestant denomination. Growth was inevitable, and in October 1998, the plan to add another building to accommodate large gatherings and additional classrooms was born. Two years later, the congregation moved into the new building, Dickson Fellowship Building., The multipurpose building contains five Sunday School rooms, a children's Assembly Room, a nursery, large, full-function kitchen, and the 200 seat Fellowship Hall, designed for congregational gatherings and congregational dinners. Joy Hall would continue to serve smaller groups. The mortgage was paid off in record time, and on Sunday, July 29,2007; the building was dedicated to God, to be a place of joy, worship and fellowship. The Rev. Mitchell attributes the early pay-off to our close-knit family atmosphere, open to all people. "Our mission is loving, sharing, giving, making it very easy for us to reach out to people and make them a part of the family of God." Our heritage of love and service to God guarantees continued growth. Future plans include a much-needed expansion of our sanctuary. We are steadfast in our Mission: To Know God and to Make Him Known o----------o REMEMBERING OUR PAST: --------------------- The church continues to perpetuate the memory of a professor of mathematics at Columbia Female College and early circuit minister, the Reverend J. Walter Dickson. Born in 1849 in Fork Township Anderson County, son of Benjamin Franklin Dickson and Matilda Jane Grantt Dickson, he provided for his parents in their old age and also took care of three maiden aunts, sisters of his father. In 1898 he died and was buried at Smith's Chapel Methodist Church. The land on which his Aunts had resided, was given by his widow, Annie Maria Schorb Dickson, to the Methodists for the purpose of building a Church. A wooden church building was dedicated in 1903 on the present site. It was torn down and replaced by a brick structure in 1955. CELEBRATING OUR FUTURE: ----------------------- Substantial renovations took place in 1986-87 to enhance the sanctuary, which continues to be known as Dickson Memorial United Methodist Church. As the congregation grew in the 1900's, two services were established for morning worship. Ground was purchased and a new parsonage was built in 1994. At the same time, plans were made to add an all-purpose building to house additional classroom space for the children and youth, a nursery, commercial kitchen and large meeting/dining room. Bishop McClesky consecrated the newest addition in June 2000. The 9 a.m. service is being held in the new building at the present time. Future plans include an expansion of the present sanctuary. by: Dickson Memorial United Methodist Church JOHN WESLEY, 1703-1791: ----------------------- English evangelical preacher, founder of Methodism, born in Epworth, Lincolnshire. He was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1725, elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1726, and ordained a priest in 1728. At Oxford he took the lead (1729) in a group of students that included his younger brother, Charles Wesley, and George Whitefield. They were called Methodists for their methodical devotion to study and religious duties. In 1735, John Wesley accompanied James Oglethorpe to Georgia to serve as a missionary. In 1738 at a meeting of a small religious society in London, Wesley experienced conversion while listening to a reading of Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. This experience of salvation through Christ alone was the burden of his message for the rest of his life. He soon entered upon evangelistic work, in the course of which he is said to have preached 40,000 sermons and to have traveled 250,000 miles. Wesley undertook open-air or field preaching, first in Bristol, then elsewhere. In 1739 a group in London requested him to aid them in forming a society and to act as their leader. An old foundry at Moorfields was purchased; it remained until 1778 the center of Methodist work in London. In 1784 Wesley executed the deed of declaration by which the Methodist societies became legally constituted and which was in essence the charter of British Methodists. In the same year he became convinced that he must ordain clergy to serve the Methodist societies in America, although he had long hesitated to assume the authority of ordination. Wesley ordained two preachers as pastors and Dr. Thomas Coke as Bishop. Francis Asbury was to serve as co-Bishop in the newly-planned church. by: General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church METHODIST ROOTS, 1736-1816: --------------------------- The United Methodist Church shares a common history and heritage with other Methodist and Wesleyan bodies. The lives and ministries of John Wesley (1703- 1791) and of his brother, Charles (1707-1788), mark the origin of their common roots. Both John and Charles were Church of England missionaries to the colony of Georgia, arriving in March 1736. It was their only occasion to visit America. Their mission was far from an unqualified success, and both returned to England disillusioned and discouraged, Charles in December 1736, and John in February 1738. Both of the Wesley brothers had transforming religious experiences in May 1738. In the years following, the Wesleys succeeded in leading a lively renewal movement in the Church of England. As the Methodist movement grew, it became apparent that their ministry would spread to the American colonies as some Methodists made the exhausting and hazardous Atlantic voyage to the New World. Organized Methodism in America began as a lay movement. Among its earliest leaders were Robert Strawbridge, an immigrant farmer who organized work about 1760 in Maryland and Virginia, Philip Embury and his cousin, Barbara Heck, who began work in New York in 1766, and Captain Thomas Webb, whose labors were instrumental in Methodist beginnings in Philadelphia in 1767. To strengthen the Methodist work in the colonies, John Wesley sent two of his lay preachers, Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmore, to America in 1769. Two years later Richard Wright and Francis Asbury were also dispatched by Wesley to undergird the growing American Methodist societies. Francis Asbury became the most important figure in early American Methodism. His energetic devotion to the principles of Wesleyan theology, ministry, and organization shaped Methodism in America in a way unmatched by any other individual. In addition to the preachers sent by Wesley, some Methodists in the colonies also answered the call to become lay preachers in the movement. The first conference of Methodist preachers in the colonies was held in Philadelphia in 1773. The ten who attended took several important actions. They pledged allegiance to Wesley's leadership and agreed that they would not administer the sacraments because they were laypersons. Their people were to receive the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper at the local Anglican parish church. They emphasized strong discipline among the societies and preachers. A system of regular conferences of the preachers was inaugurated similar to those Wesley had instituted in England to conduct the business of the Methodist movement. The American Revolution had a profound impact on Methodism. John Wesley's Toryism and his writings against the revolutionary cause did not enhance the image of Methodism among many who supported independence. Furthermore, a number of Methodist preachers refused to bear arms to aid the patriots. When independence from England had been won, Wesley recognized that changes were necessary in American Methodism. He sent Thomas Coke to America to superintend the work with Asbury. Coke brought with him a prayer book titled The Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America, prepared by Wesley and incorporating his revision of the Church of England's Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. Two other preachers, Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vasey, whom Wesley had ordained, accompanied Coke. Wesley's ordinations set a precedent that ultimately permitted Methodists in America to become an independent church. In December 1784, the famous Christmas Conference of preachers was held in Baltimore at Lovely Lane Chapel to chart the future course of the movement in America. Most of the American preachers attended, probably including two African Americans, Harry Hosier and Richard Allen. It was at this gathering that the movement became organized as The Methodist Episcopal Church in America. In the years following the Christmas Conference, The Methodist Episcopal Church published its first Discipline (1785), adopted a quadrennial General Conference, the first of which was held in 1792, drafted a Constitution in 1808, refined its structure, established a publishing house, and became an ardent proponent of revivalism and the camp meeting. As The Methodist Episcopal Church was in its infancy, two other churches were being formed. In their earliest years they were composed almost entirely of German-speaking people. The first was founded by Philip William Otterbein (1726- 1813) and Martin Boehm (1725-1812). Otterbein, a German Reformed pastor, and Boehm, a Mennonite, preached an evangelical message and experience similar to the Methodists. In 1800 their followers formally organized the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. A second church, The Evangelical Association, was begun by Jacob Albright (1759-1808), a Lutheran farmer and tile maker in eastern Pennsylvania who had been converted and nurtured under Methodist teaching. The Evangelical Association was officially organized in 1803. These two churches were to unite with each other in 1946 and with The Methodist Church in 1968 to form The United Methodist Church. By the time of Asbury's death in March 1816, Otterbein, Boehm, and Albright had also died. The churches they nurtured had survived the difficulties of early life and were beginning to expand numerically and geographically. THE CHURCHES GROW, 1817-1843: ----------------------------- The Second Great Awakening was the dominant religious development among Protestants in America in the first half of the nineteenth century. Through revivals and camp meetings sinners were brought to an experience of conversion. Circuit riding preachers and lay pastors knit them into a connection. This style of Christian faith and discipline was very agreeable to Methodists, United Brethren, and Evangelicals, who favored its emphasis on the experiential. The memberships of these churches increased dramatically during this period. The number of preachers serving them also multiplied significantly. Lay members and preachers were expected to be seriously committed to the faith. Preachers were not only to possess a sound conversion and divine calling but were also to demonstrate the gifts and skills requisite for an effective ministry. Their work was urgent and demanding. The financial benefits were meager. But, as they often reminded one another, there was no more important work than theirs. The deep commitment of the general membership was exhibited in their willingness to adhere to the spiritual disciplines and standards of conduct outlined by their churches. Methodists, for example, were to be strictly guided by a set of General Rules adopted at the Christmas Conference of 1784 and still printed in United Methodism's Book of Discipline. They were urged to avoid evil, to do good, and to use the means of grace supplied by God. Membership in the church was serious business. There was no place for those whom Wesley called the "almost Christians." The structure of the Methodist, United Brethren, and Evangelical Association churches allowed them to function in ways to support, consolidate, and expand their ministries. General Conferences, meeting quadrennially, proved sufficient to set the main course for the church. Annual Conferences under episcopal leadership provided the mechanism for admitting and ordaining clergy, appointing itinerant preachers to their churches, and supplying them with mutual support. Local churches and classes could spring up wherever a few women and men were gathered under the direction of a class leader and were visited regularly by the circuit preacher, one who had a circuit of preaching placed under his care. This system effectively served the needs of city, town, village, or frontier outpost. The churches were able to go to the people wherever they settled. The earlier years of the nineteenth century were also marked by the spread of the Sunday school movement in America. By 1835 Sunday schools were encouraged in every place where they could be started and maintained. The Sunday school became a principal source of prospective members for the church. The churches' interest in education was also evident in their establishment of secondary schools and colleges. By 1845 Methodists, Evangelicals, and United Brethren had also instituted courses of study for their preachers to ensure that they had a basic knowledge of the Bible, theology, and pastoral ministry. To supply their members, preachers, and Sunday schools with Christian literature, the churches established publishing operations. The Methodist Book Concern, organized in 1789, was the first church publishing house in America. The Evangelical Association and United Brethren also authorized the formation of publishing agencies in the early nineteenth century. From the presses of their printing plants came a succession of hymnals, Disciplines, newspapers, magazines, Sunday school materials, and other literature to nurture their memberships. Profits were usually designated for the support and welfare of retired and indigent preachers and their families. The churches were also increasingly committed to missionary work. By 1841 each of them had started denominational missionary societies to develop strategies and provide funds for work in the United States and abroad. John Stewart's mission to the Wyandots marked a beginning of the important presence of Native Americans in Methodism. The founding period was not without serious problems, especially for the Methodists. Richard Allen (1760-1831), an emancipated slave and Methodist preacher who had been mistreated because of his race, left the church and in 1816 organized The African Methodist Episcopal Church. For similar reasons, The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church was begun in 1821. In 1830 another rupture occurred in The Methodist Episcopal Church. About 5,000 preachers and laypeople left the denomination because it would not grant representation to the laity or permit the election of presiding elders (district superintendents). The new body was called The Methodist Protestant Church. It remained a strong church until 1939, when it united with The Methodist Episcopal Church and The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to become The Methodist Church. by: The United Methodist Publishing House, The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church - 2000 RESEARCHING YOUR UNITED METHODIST ANCESTORS: -------------------------------------------- Was my ancestor an ordained minister? Many families have the tradition that "great-grandpa was a preacher." Such family history may or may not be accurate. In United Methodism the term preacher could refer to an ordained minister or it could refer to a lay person who had many of the duties of an ordained minister, but only in a specific locale. This person was called a local preacher. If the person was an ordained minister, then records held by the General Commission on Archives and History may be able to help you. The resources for genealogical research are limited to full-time, fully ordained clergy of the United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations. (See below for a list of our predecessor groups) If the person you are researching falls into this category then please feel free to fill out our Ministerial Genealogical Research Information form. What we may be able to provide is a copy of the official obituary taken from the person's Annual Conference Journal. (See below for definition). There is a non-refundable fee for this service. Many annual conferences can also provide this service. You may wish to contact them as well. Was my ancestor a missionary? If you believe that your ancestor was a missionary, then again, we may be able to help you. We have obituaries for many of the denomination's missionaries and we have reports filed by many of the missionaries about their work. If the person you are researching falls into this category then please feel free to fill out our Archives General Research Request Form . Where are baptismal and membership records? Local church records, such as baptismal and membership records, are not kept by the General Commission on Archives and History. Local church records are kept at the local church. If that church closes and merges with another church, then the records go to the new church. If the church closes and there is no successor church, then the records are usually transferred to the annual conference archives. You will need to contact the conference archives to learn more about the status of the church and how to go about finding its records. Feel free to use our on-line conference directory to locate the person you need to contact. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. What are the Predecessor Denominations of The United Methodist Church? Today's United Methodist Church is the descendent of several predecessors. These denominations are: Methodist Episcopal Church (1784-1939), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1845-1939), Methodist Protestant Church ( 1828-1939), Methodist Church (1939-1968), United Brethren in Christ (1800-1946), Evangelical Association (1803-1922), United Evangelical Church (1894-1922), Evangelical Church (1922-1946), Evangelical United Brethren (1946-1968), United Methodist Church (1968- present). "UNITED METHOD-ESE" - WHAT SOME OF THE TERMS MEAN: -------------------------------------------------- * Annual Conference - an organizational unit within United Methodism (and all predecessor denominations), consisting of churches in a given geographical area. Clergy and lay delegates attend a business session each year, usually in the early summer, at which time clergy receive their preaching appointments for the coming year. Financial business, reports of the numbers of new members, and other matters are also addressed at this yearly meeting. * Annual Conference Journal - Published every year, the journal contains detailed information about, clergy, churches, and ministries of an annual conference. * Appointment - The preacher's assignment by the bishop of the annual conference where the preacher holds his or her membership. * Charge - The church or churches to which a pastor is appointed. * Circuit - A pastoral charge of two or more churches. * Local Preacher/Pastor - In the 19th century, a lay person who was authorized to perform ministerial tasks (such as preaching, marrying and burying, but not conducting the Lord's Supper) at a local church while the fully ordained minister was away traveling the circuit. by: Dr. John E. Sims, General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2001 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2001 HISTORY WRITE-UP : Dickson Memorial United Methodist Church in 2000 Pastor Jerry James at james@millenicom.com LOCATION WRITE-UP: Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2001 TRANSCRIPTION .. : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2001 TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: -------------------- a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife NOTES: ------ Surnames marked with a "(*)" indicate that the tombstone inscriptions were not actually read, or reconfirmed as previously reported. Birth dates marked with "circa", were not actually read. ADAMS, Ella S., b. 1885, d. 1955 ADAMS, William R., b. 1886, d. 1964 ARNOLD(*), Hubert, b. 18-jan-1915, d. 30-mar-1916 BAKER, Clifford, b. 1920, d. 1995 BAKER, Delphia, b. 1916, d. 1989 BOGGS, Harret A. Elizabeth Prater, b. 1-nov-1850, d. 16-apr-1926 BOGGS, Hoyt D., b 1-june-1894, d. 21-apr-1963 BOGGS, James David, b. 5-jan-1954, d. 27-jan-1954 BOGGS, John Conyers, b. 7-aug-1854, d. 13-july-1938 BOGGS, Margaret, b. 28-apr-1926, d. 6-june-1928 BOGGS, Ruth O'Neal, b. 17-mar-1896 BOLEMAN, James Newton, b. 9-may-1873, d. 20-apr-1938 BOLEMAN, Maude Cromer, b. 14-sept-1876, d. 19-apr-1918 BOLEMAN, Samuel R., b. 31-jan-1908, d. 7-feb-1949 BROWN, Ethel Fuller, b. 20-Sep-1898, d. 12-Feb-1930 BROWN(*), Lola McAdams, b. 2-Dec-1908, d. 16-Jul-1983 BROWN, Marvin, b. 27-May-1894, d. 25-Jan-1928 BROWN, Mary Lou, b. 17-Aug-1925, d. 24-Aug-1925 BROWN(*), Sarah Lou, b. 17-Aug-1925, d. 19-Aug-1925 BROWN, T. B., b. 6-May-1915 BURKETT, Elizabeth, b. 24-apr-1846, d. 11-jun-1911 COLE, Eunice F., b. 4-feb-1870, d. 1-mar-1914 CONYERS, Cecil C., b. 15-jan-1926, d. 28-sept-1967 CONYERS, John Clayton, b. 28-nov-1952, d. mar-1986 CONYERS, Nancy Alice, b. 1-may-1958, d. 8-mar-1978 CONYERS, Ossie Adams, b. 19-dec-1919, d. 1-sept-1997 COX, Joseph E., b. 11-feb-1870, d. 4-dec-1955 CROMER, Lillie A. Stevenson, b. 17-jan-1884, d. 8-aug-1921 DALRYMPLE, Dorsey E., b. 15-oct-1854, d. 7-nov-1927 DALRYMPLE, Julia Ann, b. 11-may-1853, d. 9-oct-1926 DALRYMPLE, Larry H., b. 14-jun-1869, d. 27-nov-1917 DAVIS, Cordie E., b. 1890, d. 1968 DAVIS, Grady E., b. 11-jul-1911, d. 23-apr-1965 DAVIS, Junie B., b. 27-jun-1918 DAVIS, Lee H., b. 15-dec-1913, d. 23-jan-1972 DAVIS, Samuel J., b. 1889, d. 1977 DICKSON, James Walter, b. 8-apr-1883, d. 25-apr-1915 DICKSON, Mattie E. Ledbetter, b. 13-feb-1884, d. 31-oct-1920 DONALD, Brenda E., b. 7-jan-1948, d. 2-feb-1948 DONALD, Cecil Mae, b. 21-oct-1902, d. 28-aug-1973 DONALD, Clarence F., b. 28-apr-1902, d. 6-aug-1948 DONALD, Dan F., b. 18-jun-1940, d. 11-jun-1981 DONALD, Eva R., b. 16-jul-1905, d. 18-oct-1980 DONALD, Lucy Jane Davis, b. 24-apr-1880, d. 2-jan-1955 DONALD, Penny L., b. 21-mar-1943 DONALD, Robert Clayton, b. 6-oct-1904, d. 5-dec-1967 DONALD(*), William F. (Dock), b. 2-sep-1878, d. 18-sept-1931 FANT, Charles Edward, b. 31-mar-1932, d. 4-jan-1974 FANT, Mamie Dalrymple, b. 8-feb-1901, d. 5-mar-1975 FISHER(*), Fluva Boggs, b. 20-nov-1883, d. 29-sep-1970 FULLER, Cooper B., b. 24-sep-1875, d. 17-aug-1956 FULLER, Frances, b. 1927, d. 1930 FULLER, Lelar R., b. 7-dec-1891, d. 30-nov-1974 GENTRY, Ada E., b. 8-nov-1880, d. 29-may-1958 GENTRY, Grady W., b. 19-mar-1905, d. 17-mar-1922 GENTRY, John W., b.13-jan-1878, d. 11-aug-1964 GLEASON, Arthur B., b. 5-sept-1896, d. 28-feb-1971 GLEASON, Carrie W., b. 1900, d. 1969 GLEASON, Charlie R., b. 1894, d. 1945 GLEASON, Clara M., b. 18-may-1897, d. 27-may-1991 GLEASON, Thelma Lucile, b. 15-nov-1923, d. 10-may-1925 GORDON, Baby Boy, b. 1935, d. 1935 GORDON, Willie F., b. 1917, d. 1935 GRANT, Barbara M., b. 5-mar-1953, d. 24-mar-1999 GRANT, Danny R., b. 25-jul-1952 GRUBBS, Emmie Barton, b. 24-jan-1877, d. 7-feb-1972 GRUBBS, John T., b. 24-sept-1889, d. 8-jan-1917 GRUBBS, Margie, b. 16-aug-1877, d. 22-july-1911 GRUBBS, Nellie L, b. 23-feb-1915 GRUBBS, Samuel J., b. 21-feb-1871, d. 20-aug-1945 GRUBBS, W. Thompson, b. 1904, d. 1952 HARBIN, Nannie Louise, b. 15-sept-1933, d. 16-sept-1933 HARBIN, Raymond Arther, 23-aug-1944 HARRINGTON(*), Emily L. Zachary, b. 2-aug-1891, d. 9-feb-1919 HELLBORG, Gustav F., b. 1899, d. 1972 HELLBORG, Willie Mae, b. 1910, d. 1988 JONES, Brenda Lou, b. 5-dec-1944, d. 17-feb-1984 JONES, J.D., b. 25-july-1919 JONES, Mattie Lou, b. 16-july-1921 KAY, Clifton, b. 20-aug-1910, d. 20-july-1976 KAY, Earl C., b. 11-jan-1909, d. 12-feb-1999 KAY, Geraldine H., b. 30-aug-1939, d. 1-nov-1994 KAY, Ronald James, b. 26-sept-1957, d. 1-oct-1957 KAY, Ruth Milford, b. 18-aug-1911, d. 19-aug-1994 KAY, Willie Mae, b. 5-aug-1915, d. 11-may-1992 KING, Annie B., b. 29-dec-1880, d. 31-mar-1961 KING, Betty Dale KING, Joseph Keith, b. 15-dec-1921, d. 8-sept-1922 KING, Max L., b. 16-oct-1913 KING, Mitt S., b. 18-dec-1887, d. 22-feb-1969 KING, Nell C., b. 13-june-1918 KING, Sara R., b. 9-feb-1917, d. 16-jan-1991 LAWRENCE, Beatrice R., b. 1924, d. 1998 LAWRENCE(*), Henry Young, b. 12-june-1875, d. 21-nov-1965 LAWRENCE(*), Stella Reeves, b. 24-july-1889, d. 10-sep-1961 LEDFORD(*), Sarah Elizabeth Olbon, b. 8-jan-1910, d. 1-nov-1990 LEWIS, Lon, b. 1894, d. 1952 McADAMS, Infant, 8-july-1930 McADAMS, J. Reese, b. 26-oct-1903, d. 26-apr-1992 McADAMS, Jesse R., b. 1873, d. 1939 McADAMS, Lou Ellen Maddox, b. 26-mar-1905, d. 8-july-1989 McADAMS, Mabel A., b. 1903, d. 1956 McADAMS(*), Marge D., b. 1876, d. 1960 McADAMS, Tom S., b. 1902, d. 1964 McCOY, Baby, 9-oct-1948 McCOY, Douglas A., b. 13-july-1943, d. 13-july-1957 McCOY, Julius Andrew, b. 26-apr-1919, d. 28-nov-1977 McPHAIL, John Augustus, b. 25-aug-1876, d. 3-sept-1961 McPHAIL, Mary J. Stevenson, b. 6-mar-1878, d. 1-june-1963 MILFORD, Ervin, b. 17-mar-1878, d. 24-feb-1931 MILFORD, Sallie W., b. 1-jan-1886, d. 8-feb-1977 MOORE, Burt H., b. 4-mar-1929 MOORE, Martha F., b. 21-may-1928 MORRIS, Deborah Jean, b. 30-may-1961, d. 11-nov-1995 MORRIS, Pilla Boggs, b. 9-feb-1887, d. 12-june-1972 MORRIS, W. 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