Gravel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
Butler County, Alabama
Contributed by Donna Eldridge
Located on Co. Rd. 41 1/2 mile south of Hwy 31 by Gravel Hill Baptist Church.
Note: Due to the date of this survey, it is more than likely incomplete.
John C. Aplin
b. 17 Oct. 1867 d. 16 Apr. 1945
Linnie Aplin
dau. of J.C. & M. E.
b. 29 June 1907 d. 28 July 1912
Mary E. Aplin
wife of John C.
b. 3 Mch 1872 d. 9 July 1968
Willie L. Aplin
b. 15 May 1895 d. 18 Dec. 1917
Woodman of World marker
J. N. Beckworth
b. 4 Aug. 1849 d. 20 Aug. 1898
Maggie E. Beckworth
wife of J. N.
b. 29 Jan. 1854 d. 22 Aug, 1904
Bertie W. Lowe Bennett
b. 8 Jan. 1880 d. 13 Feb. 1965
George S. Bennett
b. 26 Sept. 1890 d. 20 Sept. 1950
Ala. Pvt. 13 Inf. 31 Div.
World War l
Ruth Welch Bennett
b. 10 Feb. 1899 d. (blank)
A. Jeff Beverly
b. 9 May 1885 d. 26 Nov. 1966
Rena G. Beverly
b. 21 Mch. 1887 d. (blank)
(same stone as Jeff)
Cary James Bloodworth
b. 14 Mch. 1896 d. 14 Sept. 1959
Timothy Boggan
b. 9 July 1911 d. 14 May 1963
m. 22 Mch. 1929
Ala. S I USN
World War ll
James Bradley
son of D. J. & A. E.
b. 30 Aug. 1877 d. 24 June 1899
Josephine Taylor Browder
wife of E. T.
b. 22 Mch. 1881 d. 2 Feb. 1934
George W. Campbell, Jr.
b. 13 May 1928 d. 27 July 1973
George Washington Campbell, Sr.
b. 29 Jan. 1903 d. 26 Jan. 1969
Henry Cyril Campbell, Sr.
b. 19 Sept. 1918 d. 31 May 1972
Capt. AAF, World War II
Nannie Dickens Campbell
b. 18 July 1895 d. 25 Nov. 1967
(same stone as Oscar Lee)
Oscar Lee Campbell
b. 20 Sept. 1891 d. 30 Sept. 1945
Ruth Mae Campbell
b. 17 Sept. 1924 d. (blank)
same stone as Henry Cyril Sr.
D. A. Craig
b. 11 July 1852 d. 13 July 1927
E. M. Craig
b. 30 Jan. 1869 d. 5 May 1921
(same stone as D. A.)
Freddie J. Craig
b. 14 Dec. 1902 d. 9 Feb. 1935
George H. Craig
b. 25 Feb. 1878 d. 30 Mch. 1938
Georgia E. Craig
b. 19 Dec. 1874 d. 10 Dec. 1957
Jack Craig
b. 15 May 1907 d. 24 Dec. 1930
Omega Craig
b. 21 Aug. 1906 d. 29 Jan. 1953
Allen Croley
b. 14 Feb. 1876 d. 29 Sept. 1954
Herman A. Croley
b. 25 Nov. 1903 d. 10 Feb. 1938
J. C. Croley
b. 4 Apr. 1930 d. 26 Mch. 1939
Sallie L. Croley
b. 12 Dec. 1881 d. 29 Feb. 1964
Timothy George Duke
d. 14 Dec. 1954
son of Homer E. & Eliz. C.
Eady
twin son of Nannie Lorene Sweatt & Wm. Wesley
d. 18 May 1908
Eady
son of Nannie Lorene Sweatt & Wm. Wesley
d. 18 Feb. 1912
Fails, Elsbery
b. 17 Nov. 1821 d. 19 Sept. 1901
N. T. Farmer
b. 12 Dec. 1850 d. 3 Nov. 1926
(Masonic emblem)
Annie Funderburk, Mrs.
b. 22 Aug. 1889 d. 6 Nov. 1948
Gaston
inf. son of W. G.
d. 8 Jan. 1934
George Walter Grant
1874 - 1937
Hattie Low Grant
1883 - (blank)
Claude A. Green
b. 12 Nov. 1901 d. 8 Feb. 1951
Luiser J. Green
b. 23 Sept. 1905 d. (blank)
same stone as Claude A.
Lotte Leote Henderson
dau. of J. W. & M. L.
b. 11 Dec. 1881 d. 3 Jan. 1900
Bettie M. Fails Herndon
wife of W. F.
b. 7 Mch. 1858 d. 16 May 1918
Clara Estelle Herndon
b. 17 Feb. 1883 d. 11 Apr. 1923
W. F. Herndon
b. 12 July 1855 d. 16 June 1930
Wm. Elsberry Herndon
d. 16 Feb. 1951, aged 67
hus. Marie Alice Whitehead
mar. 19 July 1909
J. T. Hilliard
b. 15 Feb. 1884 d. 15 Jan. 1946
Gerald Hillery Gus Jones
b. 18 Nov. 1906 d. 27 Sept. 1913
Kate D. Jones
1848 - 1922
J. M. Kimmons
1837 - 1910
Minnie P. Kirk
(no dates)
Strader S. Kirk
(no dates)
Mattie G. Lewis
b. 3 May 1853 d. 1 Sept. 1939
William E. Lewis
b. 18 July 1917 d. 29 July 1943
Ada Lowery
1881 - 1917
Arthur W. Lowery
1907 - 1959
Dovie Lowery
1889 - 1940
Ella Lowery
1887 - 1925
Emma Hughes Lowery
1885 - 1937
Harriet McKay Lowery
1814 - 1905
Jerry Lowery
1864 - 1928
Myrtice E. Lowery
1916 - (blank)
(same stone as Arthur W.)
Sally Lowery
1852 - 1917
W. W. Lowery
b. 18 July 1839 d. 8 July 1914
J. H. Luckie
b. 2 Oct 1887 d. 8 Dec. 1926
(Masonic emblem)
Mittiea Luckie
b. 7 Jan. 1890 d. 12 Mch. 1947
Clinton McFerrin
1872 - 1927
J. C. McFerrin
1899 - 1938
Savilla A. McFerrin
b. 20 Mch. 1889 - 29 Mch. 1911
Barbara E. McVay
b. 22 May 1938 - d. 7 July 1939
Annie L. Mathews
b. 27 May 1901 d. (blank)
W. Palmer Mathews
b. 11 Dec. 1903 d. 21 Jan. 1964
William Wiley Mathews
son of Palmer & Annie
b. 20 Aug. 1929 d. 31 Aug. 1929
Mathews
son of Palmer & Annie
b. & d. 13 Aug. 1930
Irena W. Fails Mercer
wife of Seth
b. 20 June 1829 d. 1 May 1899
Seth Mercer
b. 13 Oct. 1826 d. 25 June 1912
Ella Morgan, Mrs.
b. 24 Feb. 1861 d. 5 Feb. 1940
Edward A. Newton
b. 3 Sept. 1874 d. 17 Sept. 1951
Frank H. Newton
son of W. H. & N. V.
b. 6 Apr. 1884 d. 16 Apr. 1908
George D. Newton
d. 28 Jan. 1961
Margaret E. Newton
b. 17 Aug. 1877 d. 25 Feb. 1971
Nancy V. Newton
wife of W. H.
b. 21 Feb. 1851 d. 26 Oct. 1902
Sarah Ellen Newton
b. 12 Apr. 1878 d. 30 Sept. 1910
Selman Bruce Newton
son of T. B. & Verna
b. & d. 15 Dec. 1926
T. Bruce Newton
b. 7 Nov. 1881 d. 3 Aug. 1939
Verna Cheatham Newton
wife of T. B.
b. 26 Sept. 1884 d. 17 Jan. 1927
W. H. Newton
b. 3 Mch. 1842 d. 18 Nov. 1922
Callie Parmer
b. 10 Nov. 1915 d. 16 Apr. 1916
Delia W. Parmer
b. 11 Oct. 1881 d. 7 May 1954
Hillery Parmer
b. 8 Oct. 1910 d. 23 July 1912
James M. Parmer, Deacon
b. 1 Apr. 1876 d. 3 Jan. 1951
Matthew Patton
b. 11 May 1832 d. 19 May 1901
John B. Perry
b. 22 July 1860 d. 30 Dec. 1939
Martha Antinette Perry
wife of J. B.
b. 20 Sept. 1859 d. 26 July 1931
Roy Owens Perry
b. 11 Dec. 1903 d. 12 Aug. 1955
Caddie Ponder
b. 11 Jan. 1897 d. 7 July 1944
Beulah Doud Powell
b. 4 Sept. 1885 d. 2 July 1963
Clarence B. Powell
b. 30 Sept. 1876 d. 8 Oct. 1928
Robert W. Powell
b. 3 Feb. 1920 d. 29 July 1970
Ala. T. Sgt. Depot Repair
Sq. AAF, World War II
Willie S. Powell
b. 31 Oct. 1906 d. 14 Oct. 1922
Amanda M. Rhodes
b. 22 July 1832 d. 12 May 1918
Bertha V. Rhodes
dau. of J. W. & C. V.
b. 3 Mch. 1893 d. 18 Dec. 1897
Henry E. Rhodes
1863 - 1937
James Rhodes
b. 14 Feb. 1860 d. 16 Oct. 1947
(same stone as Rosa J.)
James I. Rhodes
son of J. W. & C. V.
b. 22 Mch. 1897 d. 23 May 1899
John A. Rhodes
1851 - 1939
Myrtle E. Rhodes
1904 - 1926
Rosa J. Rhodes
b. 14 Feb. 1885 d. 18 Oct. 1967
William F. Rhodes
b. 13 July 1883 d. 12 Nov. 1954
Ann Taylor Roberson
1874 - 1954
Mrs. Sarah Sanders
b. 6 Apr. 1838 d. Mch. 1934
Inf. son
of Birdie & Cayrell Sellers
d. 18 Mch. 1937
Lilliam G. Sexton
b. 12 Feb. 1897 d. 3 Oct. 1916
Marion Sexton
b. 6 Mch. 1871 d. 8 Feb. 1918
Lewis E. Sharp
b. 23 Aug. 1879 d. Oct. 1937
Johnnie F. Smith
b. 18 Feb. 1908 d. 9 Dec. 1955
Rosa Bell Smith
b. 3 Jan. 1913 d. (blank)
(same stone as Johnnie F.)
Warren E. Smith
b. 22 Aug. 1880 d. 17 Mch. 1947
Zadie B. Smith
b. 15 Aug. 1886 d. 25 Mch. 1955
(same stone as Warren E.)
Mrs. J. J. Stabler
b. 20 Nov. 1849 d. 30 June 1928
Annie Elizabeth Sweatt
dau. of M. O. & Carrie A.
b. 2 Feb. 1906 d. 23 Oct. 1907
J. M. Sweatt
b. 23 Mch. 1847 d. 3 May 1933
Katie Lee Sweatt
dau. of M. O.
b. 9 May 1904 d. 7 Jan. 1914
Sarah E. Sweatt
b. 17 May 1857 d. 27 Oct. 1933
Arthur Lee Taylor
b. 8 Nov. 1919 d. 25 Oct. 1936
Uncle Jacy Taylor
b. 1 May 1852 d. 8 Apr 1936
M. Z. Taylor
son of Thos. Edmonson Taylor
b. Muscogee Co., GA
11 June 1838
d. 16 July 1898, CSA
(Obituary)
Pauline Taylor
b. 1 July 1924 d. 7 Jan. 1926
Pauline Holland Taylor
b. 25 Sept. 1893 d. (blank)
Senoba Taylor
wife of John Crawford
b. 3 May 1860 d. 14 July 1920
William Walter Taylor
b. 8 Nov. 1889 d. 13 Dec. 1971
Inf of.
Walter & Pauline Taylor
b. 11 July 1924 d. Aug. 1924
Taylor infant
d. 16 Oct. 1932
Joseph W. Turner
b. 17 Mch. 1888 d. (blank)
Winnie L. Turner
b. 31 Aug. 1885 d. 11 Sept. 1964
Georgia Missouri Urquhart
b. 7 Dec. 1858 d. 27 June 1903
John Franklin Urquhart
b. 1 June 1903 d. 23 Aug. 1903
J. T. Waller
b. 31 Oct. 1869 d. 11 Mch. 1945
James Waller
1901 - 1956
John F. Waller
son of J. T. & Mollie
b. 3 Sept. 1895 d. 6 Feb. 1920
Mollie Waller
b. 28 Oct. 1868 d. 31 July 1946
Christine Sylvester West
b. 24 Oct. 1849 d. 31 Dec. 1921
Eula Lee West
b. 21 May 1893 d. 13 Dec. 1943
Irby R. West
3 Sept. 1888 d. 5 June 1903
Mattie M. West
dau. of C. S. & M. M.
b. 13 Jan. 1895 d. 2 Sept. 1901
Melvina M. West
wife of C. S.
b. 20 Feb. 1857 d. 13 Jan. 1899
Infant of
C. S. & M. M. West
(no dates)
Angustus Calhoun Whitehead
b. 21 Sept. 1858 d. 21 July 1915
Claud Octo Whitehead
b. 10 Oct. 1896 d. 4 Sept. 1900
James M. Whitehead
b. 25 May 1889 d. 26 Dec. 1942
Ala. Engineman 2 C1, USN
Mary Ann Robebecca Bailey Whitehead
wife of Augustus Calhoun
b. 16 aug. 1858 d. 5 July 1913
Claude B. Wilson
d. 30 Aug. 1948
Mary A. Wilson
1878 - 1962
Copied 28 Apr. 1974 by Mrs. Walter Boyd, Mrs. Don Jaeckels, Rufus Watson & Madge Hahn
Source: Butler County Historical Society Volume XVII September 1981 Number 3
ADDITIONS TO THE BUTLER CO., AL CEMETERY LISTS
2002 SIGHT LISTINGS OF
GRAVEL HILL BAP. CH. CEMETERY, GRAVEL HILL ROAD, GREENVILLE, AL.
*Listed are Parmer direct descendants of Ephraim Parmer, (1818 pioneer of Butler Co. who gave land for Greenville Courthouse) and their wives or/and children who are now all buried in Gravel HILL Cem...... by sight listing =M. LeGrand & Walter Ray Parmer; Feb. 2002
(wording is what is on the tombstones)
1 Thomas Jefferson PARMER, Sr. Son of John Madison and Martha Parmer, b: August 08, 1849 , d: December 25, 1938 ,
and (on same tombstone)
wife...Lucinda Vicie PARMER, loving daughter of James and Leah Lowery, b: 1854 d: December 22, 1929,
2 Deacon, James Madison PARMER, son of T.J. Parmer, b: April 01, 1876 ,d: January 03, 1951
(different tombstone; same walled plot)
wife...Delia Waller Parmer, b: October 11, 1881, daughter of Daniel and Georgia Waller, d: May 07, 1954,
... 3 Deacon Willie Edward PARMER, b: October 17, 1905 d: September 24, 1998
(same tombstone )
Loving Wife & Mother... Alma Hardy Craig PARMER, b: March 13, 1905 d: September 24, 1998
4 Billy Edward Parmer, b: October 10, 1937, d: 1938
5 Gail Parmer Gardener, b: 1954 d: 1977
6. James Franklin PARMER, b: February 06, 1908, d: July 05, 1988
7 Hillery Daniel Parmer, son of Jim & Delia Parmer, b: October 08, 1910, d: July 23, 1912
8. Callie Lou Parmer, daughter of Jim & Delia Parmer, b: November 01, 1915, d: April 16, 1916
9. Martha Rosanna Parmer, b: March 07, 1878, d: December 13, 1963
10.Thomas Jefferson PARMER, Jr. ..son of T.J. Sr... b: 1881, d, January, 1935
©2002 Rhonda Smith