This reading was taken with my second cousin, Roby Church. He knew who was buried where and some of the fieldstones. I hope it will prove helpful. We started at the gate and worked to the back on the lower side (left) of the cemetery and then from the top down on the hill (right side).

1. Edith Pennington (child) 2. Harry Blevins July 12, 1910--July 28, 1952 3. Evelyn Goebel Sept 13, 1909--June 3, 1993 Beloved Mother 4. Bill Mercer 1891-1954 5. Floyd Mercer Aug 1930--July 1975 6. Stone - unknown 7. stone - unknown 8. stone - unknown 9. stone - unknown 10. stone - unknown 11. stone - unknown 12. Emmet Sizemore 1893-1957 13. unknown 14. unknown 15. Samie Lambert July 1913--July 1984 16. Fanny Lambert (mother of Samie) 17. unk 18. unk 19. unk 20. unk 21. Mack Nuchols 22. Illegible 23. Mary Sizemore - child of Hurley Sizemore 24. unk 25. Irvin Garcie 26. Martin Green March 1893-1976 (military) 27. unk There are about 11 graves here. I think they are Fowlers but not sure 28. George Pandal 1915-1988 29. Carrie Lane 1917-1994 30. T. Louise Peggins April 2, 1917--May 2, 1928 31. Dewey R. Sizemore 1927--1987 32. unk 33. Gladys Anne Pennington June 29, 1930--July 23, 1942 (my sister, the daughter of Rufus Pennington and Ethel Mae Brown) 34 Henry Preston Pennington Sept 28, 34--Oct 15, 1934 (my brother, same as above) 35. Stephen Perry Sizemore June 30, 1924--June 22, 1996 (RM3 WS Navy World War II) 36. space for wife of Stephen Sizemore 37. Larry Stephen Sizemore Dec 28, 1950--Oct 6, 1967 (son of Stephen and Virgie Sizemore, killed in accident) 38. Tracy Isaac Sizemore Sept 29, 1955-March 24, 1980 (same as above) 39. Lonnie Steele 40. Steele baby 41. Wife of Lonnie Steele. Lonnie, wife and baby killed on RR crossing 42. Simpson Lee Sizemore May 23, 1907 --Dec 28, 1999 (WWII) 43. Perry Allen Sizemore May 30, 1879--Feb 28, 1956 (son of Mary Ann Mitchem and John Marion Sizemore) 44. Eliza Jane Sizemore July 15, 1886--July 6, 1958 wife of Perry Allen 45. Sizemore baby 9parents: Perry Allen and Eliza Jane 46. Donald Sizemore 1936-1990 son of Isaac and Phoeby Sizemore 47. Cloey Sizemore 48. Estel Sizemore 1908-1940 49. Augusta Sizemore 1918-1943 47-48-49 are children of Johnny Sizemore and America Milem Sizemore 50. Johnny Sizemore 1874-Nov 30, 1939 (son of Mary Ann Mitchem) 51. America Milem Sizemore 1884-May 30, 1954 52. W. Weaver Sizemore 1916-1995 53. Phoeby Tedder Sizemore 1906-1972 54. Isaac Sizemore (Mitchem) 1893-1971 son of Mary Ann Mitchem 55. Melvin C. Sizemore August 9, 1926--Dec 23, 1945 56. Isaac Sizemore Jr. Dec 29, 1927--Aug 19, 1928 57. Michael P. Cooley Feb 9 --Aug 11, 1982 58. Billy Cooley 1974 59. Mary Ann Mitchem 1853-1923 (my g grandmother) 60. Eliza Jane Mitchem May 1887-Oct 19, 1932 (dau of Mary Ann) 61. Sherman Sizemore Dec 7, 1931 62. Freeman Sizemore Aug 10, 1930--Nov 3, 1930 63. Edward Mitchem 1945 64. Bonnie Mitchem 1951 65. Wildie Wilson Dec 6, 1910--Sept 2, 1965 66. G.W. Sizemore (stone) 67. C.J. Sizemore (stone) 68. unk 69. unk (68 and 69 are thought to be Sheets family children) 70. Jessie W. Sheets Sept 6, 1916--Feb 23, 1917 71. unk 72. Buas Smith May 5, 1915--Sept 15, (stone) 73. Smith (Stone) 74. Smith (stone) 75. Smith (stone) 76. Sheets (stone) 77. Toby Preston Sheets Mar 30, 1914--Feb 5, 1916 78. Sheets (stone) 79. Knuckles (stone) 80. Renie Knuckles 1874-1952 (her husband Arvid Nuckles is buried in this area too, but no stone) 81. Roy Knuckles 1906-1990 82. Sheets (stone) 83. Sheets (stone) 84. Sheets (stone) 85. Sheets (stone) 86. Sheets 1897-1918 (stone) 87. unk 88. Elsie Marie Brock June 10, 1950--May 4, 1999 89. Lula Mae Church May 9, 1928--Apr 13, 1973 90. unk (stone) 91. Church 92. Church 93. Church 94. Mary Church Angle Jan 3, 1896-June 1, 1983 95. unk 96. unk 97. Frances Jane Brooks 1869--1943 98. unk 99. Elvira Church 1888-1908 100. unk 101. John Columbus Burks died Oct 24, 1968 lived 78 yrs, 7 months , 15 days 102. Archie Burks Sept 12, 1919--Sept 27, 1960 103. Gladys E. Simpson Church July 19, 1927--Apr 2, 1949 104. twin sons of Roby and Lula Church, June 13, 1960 105. Joe Church 1858- (father of Will Church) 106. Causby Church 1863 (mother of Will Church) 107. Church child 108 Church child 109. Church child 110. Church child 111. Church child 112. Church child 113. Church child 114. unk 115. unk 116. Oather M. Church Sept 8, 1936--July 21, 1997 (son of Hersey Church) 117. William B. Church 1881-1971 118. Amanda Church 1892-1957 (daughter of Mary Ann Mitchem & John Marion Sizemore) 119. Wm Church Jr. Dec 23, 1941-Aug 19, 1946 120. infant (Church) July 15, 1923 121. child 122. child (Church) 123. Ellen Sizemore 1913-1914 124. Wildie P. Wilson Dec 17, 1940--Jan 26, 1941 125. unk 126. unk (Angle) 127. Jesse Horace Pennington 1906-1953 128. Charles Horace Pennington 1880-1952 129. Maggie (Peggy) Sizemore 1884-1937 (dau of Mary Ann Mitchem and John M. Sizemore) 130. Henry C. Pennington 1912-1976 131. unk (stone) 132. unk (stone) 133. mitchem (stone) 134. Mitchem (stone) 135. Mitchem (stone) 136. unk 137. Michael L. Norman Apr 2, 1960 138. Mary & Maggie Norman Aug 20, 1966 139. Jacob Alves Norman Feb 17, 1888--Feb 17, 1959 140. Norman 141. Norman 142. Judy Kay Church 1951--1951 143. Daniel Alves Norman 144. Norman 145. Hersey O. Church Jan 1, 1911--May 24, 1989 146. Phoeby W. Church Aug 22, 1912--May 2, 1983 147. Blondie C. Church 1944 148. Peggy Jane Sizemore Feb 20, 1895-Jan 1, 1980 149. Kayla Marie Woolridge Dec 15, 1994 150. Roby M. Sizemore Apr 16, 1947--Apr 20, 1976 151. Ora M. Shumate May 13, 1905--Apr 3, 1975 152. Ira M. Shumate Mar 1, 1899--Feb 15, 1940 153. Oscar Garfield Ball Nov 10, 1927--Dec 26, 1927 154. Edward Roosevelt Ball Dec 9, 1920--Mar 5, 1932 155. Elgard W. (El) Ball Dec 25, 1928--June 18, 1981 156. Gladys L. Ball Mar 31, 1933--May 23,1996 married to El Dec 9, 1950 157-164 (stones) Mitchem children 165. Martha Mitchem June 6, 1884--July 1940 166. Samuel Mitchem about 20 unmarked spaces, thought to be Mitchem children 167. Luther Mitchem Mar 29, 1902--May 12, 1928 168. Lawrence Knuckles 1900-May 23, 1940 169. Ellie Knuckles 170. child 171. Shumate 172. Shumate infant 173. Shumate infant 174. unk 175. Catherine Steele Sizemore 176. Sizemore 177 Lawrence B. Sizemore 1929-1963 178. Edward P. Sizemore Sr. 1895-1973 179-185 Mitchem children unmarked 186. Floyed Welch Mitchem 1886-1954 187 "B" Blevins unk 188. Joseph Marven McReynolds 1902-Sept 8, 1920 189. Clarance Landreth Feb 4, 1922--Dec 19, 1923 190. Joseph Marven McReynolds Jan 8, 1922-- May 19, 1924 191. McReynolds wife 192. Benny Shell 193. Reynolds baby 194. Reynolds baby 195. Ethel Mae Blevins Sept 6, 1910-Aug 6, 1920 196. Virgie unk 197. unk 198. Cheeks 199. Cheeks 200. Mary A. Belcher (Cheeks) Mar 10, 1911-Jan 3, 1994 201. Mary Ann Sizemore July 12--died 14? ( wife of John Marion Sizemore) 202. Johnie Marion Sizemore (Gone but not forgotten) 8 stones, unk probably Mitchem and Sizemore 203-206 Hartley children 207-209 all on one stone 207. Bessie S. Hartley 1904-1965 208. John B. Hartley 1885-1952 209. John S. Hartley 1922-1958 210. unk 211. B. Stephen July 12, 1876-Feb 29, 1964 212. Frances Booker May 10, 1874--Aug 2, 1957 213. Lola Mae Shell Apr 3, 1909-Aug 18, 1981 214. Betty Sue Haynes Mar 4, 1946-Feb 6, 1993 215. Clarence J. Steele Oct 25, 1914-June 6, 1965 (WWII) 216. L. R. Steele (Lewis) Oct 8, 1880--Dec 20, 1936 217. Almeda Steele June 11, 1887-Jan 17, 1941 (dau of Mary Ann Mithem and John Marion Sizemore) 218. Annie F. Blevins 1889-1947 219. Charles O. Blevins 1881-1937

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