Butler County, Alabama

Forest Home Cemetery

Submitted by Donna Eldridge
Forest Home, Alabama

James H. Cheatham
Feb. 17, 1871
Feb. 14, 1945

Belle L. Cheatham
Dec. 23, 1876
Dec. 7, 1960

(Small metal marker on post)
C. B. Dukes
died Nov. 16, 1939
Aged 41 years

Unmarked slab

Space for five graves

Iron post headmarker

Raymond Douglas
Son of W. E. & M. B. Moorer
Aged 3 years (no dates)

Callie Ann Linton Hawkins
Apr. 7, 1872 - Dec. 19, 1951

Fred A. Foster
Aug. 31, 1901 - July 8, 1934

2 Field stones at head of graves

Callie Mae
Dau. of W. H. & C. A. Hawkins
Feb. 6, 1907 - Nov. 14, 1907

2 unmarked slabs

Inf. Son
of A. W. & E. S. Sims
June 21, 1930 - June 21, 1930

Jill Sims
Apr. 1, 1928 - Sept. 24, 1929

Arthur Wirt Sims
1889 - 1953

Rhonie, R. O. B.
wife of F. M. Boutwell
Feb. 1, 1862
May 1880 (day of month not shown)

Unmarked small slab

space for 3 graves

Marien Oswald
May 15, 1928 - May 12, 1952

Joseph C. Owald, Jr.
Sept. 10, 1923 - June 17, 1935

Space for five graves

Amelia A.
wife of C. S. Walker
July 12, 1842 - Jan 22, 1896

3 Iron post headmarkers

Victor Marie Robison
Aug. 15, 1898 - June (?) 1899

Infant
of Allen & Phronie Robison
May 15, 1900

John Robert Robison
Apr. 13, 1903 - Mar. 10, 1907

Allen Robison
Nov. 6, 1870 - Apr. 4, 1915

Lodwick H. Robison
May 8, 1828 - Oct. 13, 1882
(Also spelled Roberson)

Francis W. Robison
Jan. 8, 1836 - May 7, 1919

Spaces for 4 graves

Manning Thompson
Oct. 18, 1885 (born)

Frances G. Thompson
Feb. 14, 1897 - Mar. 20, 1971

H. E. Thompson
1896 - 1940

Lewis M. Gray
1861 - 1936

James W. Allen
Oct. 20, 1877 - Apr. 15, 1951

4 Unmarked slabs

Ralph R. Davis
Sept. 28, 1901 - Aug. 25, 1960

(Vacant place for wife, Mattie Davis, living)

Infant son
of Ralph & Mattie Leah Davis
Mar. 22, 1938

Grace Griffith
Dec. 29, 1922 - Mar. 5, 1941

Nancy Carolin
wife of Rev. McPurifoy
Sept. 12, 1818 - Apr 19, 189(3?)
Foot marker - N.C. McP.

Iron posts at head & foot of unmarked grave

Lucy Idane
dau. of J. E. & L. C. Purifoy
July 27, 1890 - Aug. 17. 1892

Infant Dau.
of J. E. & L. C. Purifoy
died Oct. 20, 1886

Marvin,
Son of J. E. & M. E. Lazenby
Oct. 10, 1877 - May 24, 1882

P. H. Cook
June 28, 1819 - July 10, 1880
(This is oldest marked grave found)

One small unmarked slab

Frank Aquila Rogers, M. D.
July 18, 1883 - Nov. 17, 1936

Seth Mercer Rogers
Mar. 21, 1896 - May 28, 1961

Henry Porter (Stringfellow?)
July 17, 1933
June 9, 1934

Willie Dell Boutwell
Jan. 26, 1936
Jan. 10, 1944

Fannie Mabel Benson
1881 - 1963

Corrie Porter Benson
1871 - 1960

Marie Elise Benson
1879 - 1972

Alice Nix Benson
1878 - 1964

Laurence Key Benson
1872 - 1941

Mary Eliza Benson
1841 - 1925

Joseph Preston Benson
1834 - 1929

Prentice Benson
1876 - 1905

Willliam Warlow Benson
1868 - 1952

Sarah Patton Benson
1874 - 1948

Sarah Patton Benson
Nov. 8, 1819 - May 3, 1905

Space for 4 graves

Infant
(no names)
Dec. 1906

2 unmarked slabs

William Rogers
Mar. 20, 1822 - Jan. 20, 1912

Icy Saphronia Rogers
Oct. 5, 1830 - May 29, 1911

J. A. Rogers
(Masonic emblem)
Mar. 10, 1853 - Jan. 7, 1908

Amanda Elizabeth Scott
wife of John A. Rogers
May 18, 1863 - Apr. 30, 1929
Jewel Perry Rogers
Nov. 20, 1903 - July 20, 1937

Fannie
wife of W. R. Wright
Jan. 12, 1874 - Aug. 5, 1900

Rev. Joseph M. Scott
Feb. 5, 1823 - Aug. 29, 1899

Amanda B. Scott
Mar. 9, 1830 - Aug. 10, 1880

Saphronia Marion Scott
July 27, 1871
Aug. 25, 1886

Willis Brewer Kirk, Jr.
Dec. 4, 1941 - Dec. 6, 1941

Brewer Kirk
Feb. 3, 1901 - Nov. 2, 1950

Olive T. Kirk
Nov. 1916
(no death date)

Irby Leon Thompson
Sept. 9, 1887
Mar. 2, 1950

Spaces for 4 graves

4 unmarked graves

Devit G. Till
(Woodman of World)
Nov. 30, 1880 - Sept. 30, 1942

2 unmarked slabs

3 unmarked small slabs

Spaces for 3 graves

Icie Phena Luckie
June 11, 1849- Jan. 17, 1922

W. H. Luckie
1844 - 1931

Mary Campbell
Sept. 29, 1876 - July 20, 1894
Age 17 yrs, 9mos, 21 days
Dau. of T. D. & Anna Campbell

Emma M. Moorer
Mother
Wife of R. C. Gaston
Sept. 27, 1851 - June 6, 1923

R. C. Gaston
June 12, 1855 - Sept. 30, 1913

Elberta Pate
June 15, 1900
Age 18 yrs, 2 mos. 20 days

Grover Winkler Sims
1887 - 1942

Ima Young Sims
1888 - 1970

Mary Winnie Stewart
Dec. 3, 1913 - May 19, 1915
Dau. of J. H. & Winnie S. Stewart

Maud Ulma Shanks
May 19, 1879 - Mar. 27, 1952
Beloved wife of Wyett H. Merritt

Wm. H. Shanks
Nov. 15, 1849 - Feb. 6, 1927

Olivia M. Shanks
Nov. 2, 1851 - Nov. 29, 1904
Wife of Wm. Shanks

Sammie Clayton Shanks
Sept. 21, 1883 - Nov. 7, 1889

Wm. Hamilton Shanks
Feb. 2, 1871 - Sept. 6, 1881
Son of Wm. H. & O. M. Shanks

Anna Belle Shanks
Jan. 15, 1886 - Sept. 7, 1886

Inf. Son
of Wm. H. & O. M. Shanks
Born June 6, 1889

Hugh McComb Shanks
Sept. 10, 1880 - Jan. 22, 1882
Son of Wm. H. & O. M. Shanks

Infants, Son & Dau.
of Wm. H. & O. M. Shanks
June 12, 1882

Sam Shanks
b & d Aug. 21, 1907
Son of Dr. R. G. & Julia P. Shanks

Mary Edward Dudley
Jan. 30, 1866 - Nov. 27, 1881

F. M. Mize
Sept. 5, 1826 - Dec. 27, 1894

Julia Ann Mize
b. June 26, 1836 - Sumpter Co., GA
d. Jan. 21, 1910 - Butler Co., Ala

Unmarked slab

3 vacant spaces

Illegible marker

Inf. son
of Mack & Lomie Andress
Sept. 14, 1916

Inf. dau. of E. M. & Lomie Andress
Sept. 29, 1923

Illegible infant marker

Lomie Little
wife of Elias McKenzie Andress
Aug. 9, 1882 - (living)

Elias McKenzie Andress
Nov. 27, 1886 - Dec. 3, 1962

Minnie I. Little
May 28, 1890 - Mar. 12, 1900

Unmarked slab

Several vacant spaces

Thompson, Albert O'Gynn
May 3, 1906 - May 28, 1906

Little Alma
dau. of C. E. & A. L. Thompson
Nov. 5, 1897

Velma Thompson
1899 - 1914

Anna
wife of C. E. Thompson
1874 - 1915
(A second marker for above)
Anna thompson
Feb. 21, 1875 - Sept. 12, 1915

Charles E. Thompson
July 19, 1870 - Dec. 16, 1939

Hexie Floyd
wife of M. Thompson
d. July 29, 196
Age 17 years

H. Flowers Davis
1899 - 1947

Wm. Tine
son of J. H. & Estelle Hunt
Mar. 5, 1915 - Dec. 7, 1915

2 unmarked slabs

2 unmarked slabs

Infant child slab unmarked

Elizabeth Davis
Oct. 13, 1914
Age 66 years

Etta Davis
Oct. 6, 1903 - Nov. 13, 194(?)

P. H. (Illegible name)
inscriptins illegible

2 unmarked slabs

Ira H. Little
Apr. 15, 1884 - Jan. 14, 1973

P. H. Little
(Pinkney Hamilton Little)
Apr. 1, 1839 - Dec. 10, 1895

Joanna Palmore
wife of Pinkney Little
Dec. 28, 1842 - Sept. 2, 1926

Wilborn H. Watt
1859 - 1939

Olivia H. Watt
1861 - 1942

Bobbie
dau. of W H. & H. O. Watt
Aug. 22, 1885 - Oct. 27, 1885

Charles Benson Watt
Dec. 21, 1897
May 8, 1899

Headstone, initials W.H.W.
Footstone, initials W.H.W.

Horace E. Thompson
Dec. 5, 1882 - June 11, 1926

Jewell
dau. of H. E. & M. L. Thompson
Nov. 24, 1912 - Oct. 13, 1913

Mary L. Thompson
Apr. 7, 1880 - Feb. 10, 1971

Herman
son of H. E. & M. L. Thompson
Mar. 11, 1909 - Sept. 13, 1910

Arthur
son of H. E. & M. L. Thompson
Jan. 15, 1906 - July 19, 1908

Charles Hawkins

Jimmie Hawkins

Allen Hawkins

Johnnie Hawkins

Fannie Hawkins

Ida Hawkins Murphy

Nalia Hawkins

W. H. Hawkins

Unmarked slab

Elizabeth Matiloa
wife of Allie Hawkins
d. Oct. 5, 1894

George Byron
inf. son of Thomas M. & Ella L. Mills
Jan. 19, 1900 - Aug. 3, 1900

Willis J. Kelly
Mar. 21, 1874
(slab but no death date)

Ada Harris Kelly
Nov. 29, 1882 - Mar. 8, 1950

Malinda Lawhorn
wife of Membrane Jordan
Dec. 25, 1813 - Feb. 22, 1912

Several vacant spaces

John M. Jordan
Oct. 5, 1874 - Jan. 6, 1918

Jessie Franklin Jordan
Aug. 28, 1900 - Jan. 2, 1910

Infant son
of __ & __ Jordan
July 28, 1904 - Nov. 5, 1904

Mildred R. Arant
Oct. 24, 1910 - Dec. 10, 1910

Bettie G. Bolton
oct. 17, 1862 - July 23, 1940

Sarah Ann Jordan
Apr. 9, 1876 - July 21, 1965

Abe Jordan
Mar. 28, 1850 - July 15, 1922

Frances Arena Jordan
Nov. 9, 1853 - July 18, (1913?)

Nettie Jordan
dau. of Mr. & Mrs. Abe Jordan
wife of J. F. Hayes
1889  - 1934

Fannie, infant dau.
of Mrs. H. C. Coney
Sept. 25, 1903 - Oct 17, 1904

Mrs. Olivia Hartsfield Weaver
Mar. 31, 1856 - Mar. 12, 1905

Roy B. Weaver
Aug. 22, 1880 - Dec. 5, 1903

Lute Weaver
Dec. 6, 1881 - Dec. 8, 1897

Joseph H. Little
May 2, 1866 - July 14, 1913

D. J. Little
died May 15, 1911
Aged 73 years
This monument is erected by her son J. H. Little

Sallie Adams Reynolds
wife of R. A. Wall, M.D.
1874 - 1968

Richard Albert Wall, M. D.
July 31, 1869 - May 28, 1928

Sara Berta
dau. of R. A. & Sara Wall
Aug. 18, 1910 - June 29, 1912

Conrad Wall, M.D.
Sept. 22, 1829 - Dec. 25, 1898

Cornelia Elizabeth Wall
June 3, 1844 - Dec. 7, 1904

Nanie C. Wall
1866 - 1952

Ella M. Wall
1867 - 1966

Sarah Alberta Wall
Feb. 23, 1871 - Apr. 15, 1965
Dau. of Dr. Conrad & Cornelia Elizabeth Wall

John H. Chapman
Feb. 5, 1868 - July 3, 1932

Myra Wall Chapman
July 23, 1878 - May 4, 1972

small head marker, most of inscription is illegible although part of it appears to be " __ Mr. & Mrs. Cribb?". apparently a child grave

Annie Laurie Little
June 8, 1913 - Aug. 7, (1913?)

Belle Lasseter
wife of Hiram P. Little
Oct. 16, 1873 - Dec. 31, 1903

Hiram P. Little
Dec. 11, 1872 - Dec. 8, 1957

Thomas Bragg Coleman
Co. C. 33 Ala. Inf. CSA
(no dates)

In Memory of J. W. Hayes
(no dates)

Edna Opal (Moody?)
1913 - 1920

Mary Malinda Mason
Mar. 2, 1836 - Apr. 8, 1917

Sarah A. Glenn
May 4, 1836 - Feb. 24, 1904

S. T. Glenn
Jan. 4, 1825 - July 23, 1899

M. J. Butler Glenn
Nov. 4, 1815 - Sept. 3, 1887

Cornelia Tait
1871 - 1951

Space for up to 10 more graves

Lelia Sims Simmons
July 13, 1893 - Dec. 31, 1918

Slab

E. D. Sims
Woodman of World
Apr. 11, 1862 - Mar. 25, 1919

Minnie Davis Sims
May 5, 1891 - Apr. 3, 1929

(Donie?) Davis
1870 - 1942

Litt M. Davis
1868 - (?)

Space for 8 graves

Slab

Virginia R. Williams
Aug. 21, 1916 - Apr. 23, 1929

Several spaces for graves

Victoria Young
Nov. 28, 1877 - Oct. 1, 1956

Joseph I. Young
Feb. 27, 1873 - Jan. 19, 1909

Two foot markers with initials J. M. J. & A. R.

One child grave with head and foot markers with no inscriptions

Mitt Luckie
Dec. 1851 - May 10, 1935

Talitha Luckie
Mar. 28, 1858 - Nov. 1, 1930

Space for several graves

Lizzie M.
wife of J. A. Thompson
Apr. 23, 1867 - Feb. 25, 1890
Aged 22 yrs, 10 mos, 2 days
(this is the 1st wife; J. A. Thompson bur. at St. Paul Meth. Ch.; Butler Co., AL)

Benjamin H. Young
Co. E, 23 Ala. Inf. CSA
(No dates)

William Henry
son of A. Y. & E. B. Stabler
Dec. 1, 1888 - Jan. 14, 1906

Ella Belle McFerrin Stabler
Sept. 22, 1855 - Feb. 22, 1909

Andrew Vandy Vastine Stabler
Jan. 31, 1851 - Oct. 20, 1950

Bess Dominick Stabler
Aug. 27, 1891 - Mar. 12, 1970

Lemuel Clay Stabler
July 15, 1890 - Apr. 16, 1970

Henry Boutwell
1833 - 1911
(Masonic emblem)

Slab

Bernice B. Machett
Died Dec. 15, 1922
Aged 42 yrs

Edward Machett
Died Jan. 13, 1926
Aged 65 yrs

Marion Machett
Died Apr. 9, 1925
Aged 17  yrs

Twins
son & dau. of Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Boutwell
born and died May 24, 1905

Vadie Lee
wife of I. W. Fuller
dau. of Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Boutwell
Sept. 27 1896 - May 3, 1928

Bert Boutwell
July 9, 1866 - Oct. 6, 1943

Arrie Boutwell
Feb. 5, 1866 - Mar. 10, 1951

Head marker, initials P. B.

L. G.
son of J. E. & Jennie Vickery
1917 - 1919

E. M.
dau. of J. E. & Jennie Vickery
1914 - 1919

L. W.
son of J. E. & Jennie Vickery
1913 - 1919

D. H. Richard
Aug. 11, 1867 - Jan. 1, 1899

Two child graves with head & foot markers, initials SWR & THR

Conrad Wall, M.D.
Oct. 14, 1875 - May 31, 1947

Mary Etta Lazenby
wife of Conrad Wall
Oct. 13, 1879 - July 31, 1946

Vacant space for wife of
Perry Elmo Hutchinson

Perry Elmo Hutchinson
May 15, 1894 - Nov. 28, 1960

Space for 2 graves

Infant son
of M. W. & Carolyn Turnipseed
July 6, 1939

Henry L. Perry
son of M. W. & N. K. Perry
Feb. 22, 1876 - Sept. 18, 1903

(Small stone marker)
    TOTTIE

Edna Earle Cowan
Jan. 19, 1892 - July 3, 1898

Two adult graves with head & foot stones - no inscriptions

space for 4 graves

Ella V.
dau. of  F. B. & Odie Davidson
May 24, 1914 - May 30, 1914

Iron post at foot of grave

J. L. Sims
Sept. 1910 - died 1919

Annie Lou Sims
Feb. 5, 1887 - July 10, 1939

Unmarked slab

Ralph Sims
Mar. 15, 1906 - Apr. 10, 1844

Spaces for 7 or 8 graves

Lelia Sims
wife of H. P. Little
1880 - 1934

A. C. Sims
Co F, 18 Ala Inf CSA
no dates

Annie McNeil Sims
1852 - 1925

John A.
son of A. C. & A. C. Sims
Aug. 14, 1878 - 1889

Charlie C. DeShields
1880 - 1940

Lena Y. Deshields
1886 - 1960

Robert Lee
son of B. D. & A. E. Young
Oct. 27, 1892 - June 15, 1894
Aged 1 yr, 8 mos, 18 days

Benjamin D. Young
1862 - 1934

Ada E. Young
1869 - 1953

Martha A. Chancellor
1839 - 1905

Mary Ann Chancellor
wife of Jas. A. Thompson
lost in Civil War
Dec. 20, 1841 - May 23, 1925

George Thompson
July 6, 1861 - June 7, 1926

Lula A. Thompson
Mar. 23, 1874 - Jan. 31, 1960

Space for 1 grave next
to south fence

John G. Lazenby
Sept. 21, 1849 - Feb. 10, 1908

Edna Davis
wife of Geo. S. Lazenby
1867 - 1938

George Samuel Lazenby
1854 - 1926

Carrie Clayton
wife of Geo. S. Lazenby
Apr. 1, 1855 - July 8, 1908

Harry D. Lazenby
Nov. 5, 1858
Nov. 23, 1924

Ella Lloyd
wife of Harry Drake Lazenby
Mar. 30, 1867 - Dec. 11, 1951

William Lloyd Lazenby
Nov. 16, 1885 - Nov. 24, 1941

Louise Reeves Lazenby
Apr. 12, 1886 - Aug. 1951

Unmarked child slab

Martha J.
wife of Elias M. Lazenby
May 2, 1821 - Apr. 7, 1902

Fannie L.
wife of J. G. Reynolds
June 9, 1861 - Aug. 12, 1896

Olive
dau. of J. G. & Fannie L. Reynolds
Oct. 21, 1885 - Sept. 3, 1896

G. Claude Lazenby
June 22, 1876 - July 3, 1915

Augustus Greene Lazenby
Dec. 15, 1888 - Sept. 12, 1944

Allen P.
son of J. A. & E. S. Till
better known as Jack
Aug. 28, 1889 - Dec. 19, 1917

James Allen Till
Dec. 10, 1861 - May 24, 1932

M.S.E. McFerrin
wife of J. A. Till
born in Lowndes Co., near Hopewell Church
Aug. 28, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1928

Ina Gray
son of J. A. & M.S.E. Till
Apr. 17, 1887 - Mar. 6, 1920

Two slabs

Effie Little Boutwell
(no dates - still living)
wife of Richard Hobson Boutwell

Richard Hobson Boutwell
Sept. 5, 1898 - Aug. 22, 1965

Mary Emma
wife of J. E. Wall
Spt 4, 1861 - Mar. 24, 1946

J. E. Wall
1859 - 1921

Lydia Hawthorne
1838 - 1926

Lou Adelle Vickery
sister of Mary Emma Wall
Feb. 22, 1865 - Dec. 29, 1937

Child Slab

Alice J. Little Thompson
Nov, 8, 1878 - Mar. 10, 1970

Thomas Claude Thompson
Jan. 26, 1879 - Apr. 27, 1922

Julius B. Thompson
May 4, 1929
Aug. 7, 1931

Mary Ellen Thompson
Aug. 7, 1908 - Dec. 4, 1940

Bertram Thompson
Dec. 15, 1906 - Mar. 3, 1950

Son of Richard Seale
Mar. 13, 1926 - June 12, 1932

Lillie (Thompson) Seale
May 14, 1892 - Feb. 14, 1942

J. C. Seale
June 22, 1882
Dec. 1, 1949

John W. Hutchison
1861 - 1946

Emily A. Hutchison
1867 - 1927

Martha Saphronia Hutchison
1857 - 1937

Conrad Wall Hutchison
Sept. 22, 1931 - July 15, 1932

Bertie Wingate Hutchison
Sept. 12, 1897 - ___ 1936

Glenn Bryson
Jan. 7, 1893 - Nov. 19, 1959

William Curtis Bryson
Feb. 8, 1890 - Nov 30, 1959

Hays (at top of marker)
Jesse Franklin Hayes
Nov. 5, 1881 - Jan. 3, 1957

Odie
dau. of C. C. & Mary (Little) Thompson
wife of J. F. Hayes
1879 - 1929

Howell Johnston Garrett
July 15, 1893 - Sept. 21, 1946
Ala. CY U. S. Navy WW I

William Marvin Moncreif
Sept. 2, 1893 - Feb. 22, 1963

Theresa Garrett Moncreif
Apr. 6, 1897 - Apr. 11, 1949

Dr. Jabez Johnston Garrett
Jan. 24, 1858 - July 22, 1858

Theresa Janeelia Garrett
(Dau. of John G. Little)
Mar. 5, 1855 - Apr. 11, 1928

Harold C. Chaplin
Capt. USAF World II
Feb. 12, 1917 - Dec. 2, 1955

Vandiver Lazenby
June 17, 1887 - Jan. 9, 1960

Robert Maxwell DeShields
Oct. 25, 1907 - Oct. 11, 1965

Joseph H. Till
Jan. 27, 1875 - Nov. 28, 1957

Joseph H. Till, Jr.
Sept. 22, 1917 - Mar. 28, 1971

Frank L. Watt
July 17, 1883 - Nov. 13, 1952

George Rodger Moorer
Apr. 5, 1946 - June 4, 1967

M. E. Bender Moorer
Feb. 2, 1901 - Apr. 12, 1973

Henry Ollie Moorer
Sept. 30, 1903 - Jan. 4, 1968

Lone B. Boutwell
May 23, 1875 - May 23, 1959

Mattie Hayes Boutwell
Mar. 18, 1879 - Apr. 10, 1967

William Nelson Moorer
Aug. 30, 1876 - Apr. 28, 1964

Lee Addie Griffin Moorer
Apr. 14, 1879 - July 14, 1953
Married Dec. 4, 1901 to
William Nelson

John Ranson Cole, Sr.
Nov. 27, 1890 - Oct. 23, 1962

Married Dec. 21, 1913

Ina Sirmon
Aug. 3, 1888 - Oct. 27, 1970

Terrence J. Faust
Jan. 3, 1921 - May 10, 1970
Pvt. 3840 QM Gas Sup Co

Vannie Lee Faust
July 22, 1927
(no death date)

This census taken by Mr. & Mrs. John G. Little, Jr., September 1973.

Source: Butler County Historical Society Volume X   December 1974   Number 4

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