Edgar Cemetery

Choctaw County, AL

by Sarah Mozingo, November, 1998

Although "Edgar Cemetery" is still over the entrance, I was told by a member of the community that it is now called the Silas Cemetery.

Additions by Edgar Cemetery Association INC
Edgar Cemetery Additions

Emma H. Alston
b. Sept. 9, 1889
d. Nov. 5, 1979

Robert Cedric Baughman
b. Oct. 18, 1907
d. Aug. 9, 1972

Nannie A. Baughman
b. Oct. 27, 1904
d. Sept. 25, 1958

Janie Pearl Baughman
b. Dec. 18, 1939
d. Dec. 22, 1939

Dinah Jean Bishop
b. Oct. 5, 1951
d. Mar. 26, 1978

James M. Bonner, Jr.
Sgt. U. S. Army
World War II
b. Mar. 11, 1932
d. Nov. 17, 1990

Ruby C. Bonner
b. Aug. 24, 1933
d. Jan. 20, 1962

Jennie DuBose Boughan
b. Apr. 15, 1877
d. Jan. 19, 1963

Leonard C. Boykin
U. S. Army
Korea
b. Aug. 30, 1929
d. Nov. 11, 1988

Leslie T. Britton
b. July 24, 1906
d. Jan. 31, 1981

Pauline E. Britton
b. Feb. 2, 1916
d. Sept. 15, 1986

Fred J. Campbell
b. Sept. 3, 1879
d. May 7, 1963

Leona M. Campbell
b. Feb. 27, 1899
d. Feb. 12, 1966

Thomas Mason Campbell
Tec. 5 U. S. Army
World War II
b. June 20, 1925
d. June 10, 1991

Bettie Mixon Campbell
b. Apr. 3, 1927
Still Living

William J. Coody
b. Jan. 15, 1932
Still Living

R. Ruth Coody
b. Nov. 23, 1928
d. Dec. 18, 1991

Leonard Cooper
b. 1873
d. 1947

Viola Cooper
b. 1874
d. 1951

Ellen B. Cooper
b. Feb. 7, 1930
d. Nov. 30, 1954

James M. Creed
b. Aug. 6, 1873
d. Oct. 14, 1945

Mary K. Creed
b. Oct. 25, 1863
d. Aug. 6, 1950

D. S. Cunningham
"Woodie"
b. Sept. 11, 1893
d. Oct. 21, 1973

Lennie Stokley Cunningham
b. Oct. 3, 1905
d. Mar. 1, 1986

Tiny Cunningham
Daughter of Lennie Cunningham
b. 1928
d. 1931

Percy Foy DeVane
Georgia
Sgt. Medical Department
World War I
b. May 8, 1894
d. Nov. 11, 1958

Emma Lura DeVane
Vermont
Nurse, Navy Nurse Corps.
b. Sept. 26, 1893
d. Nov. 30, 1945

Mary Lura DeVane
Daughter of P. F. and Emma L. DeVane
b. Aug. 14, 1926
d. Dec. 15, 1963

Fronia D. Dickerson
b. Sept. 27, 1882
d. Feb. 7, 1970

Lettie V. Downey
b. Jan. 30, 1921
d. Apr. 17, 1995

Hazel Stanley DuBose
b. Nov. 20, 1926
d. July 25, 1951

A. I. DuBose
"Bless"
b. Sept. 25, 1869
d. Aug. 21, 1961

Lyddie Hankins DuBose
b. Oct. 13, 1893
d. Apr. 25, 1927

Gary A. DuBose
b. Nov. 17, 1959
d. Jan. 1, 1993

Asia A. DuBose
b. Mar. 23, 1876
d. Oct. 16, 1954

Emma Lavinia DuBose
b. Oct. 15, 1878
d. Apr. 6, 1919

Lawrence A. DuBose
b. Aug. 22, 1906
d. Apr. 30, 1973

Acey M. DuBose
b. Feb. 10, 1850
d. Mar. 6, 1937

Mahaley Jane DuBose
b. July 2, 1892
d. Jan. 9, 1985

J. W. A. Edgar
b. 1861
d. 1945

Florence P. Edgar
b. 1862
d. 1949

Infant Daughter of J. H. and Viola Edgar
1916

Hazel Edgar
Infant Daughter of J. M. and Vivie Edgar
1924

Merle and Pearl Edgar
Children of J. M. and Vivie Edgar
Nov. 9, 1924
Jan. 16, 1925

Henry Frank Edgar
Tec. 4 U. S. Army
World War II
b. Mar. 27, 1919
d. Aug. 21, 1985

John Henry Edgar
b. July 2, 1911
d. Dec. 7, 1934

W. Green Edgar
b. May 17, 1876
d. Nov. 22, 1966

Nettie V. Edgar
b. May 17, 1892
d. Mar. 1, 1934

Cpl. Henry Edgar
Co. G 32 Ala. Infantry
C.S.A.
b. May 20, 1836
d. Feb. 2, 1886

Eliza A. Blanton Edgar
Wife of Henry Edgar
b. Nov. 10, 1835
d. June 10, 1908

Cassie Dianne Evans
b. Feb. 27, 1964
d. Feb. 29, 1964

Charles Irma Fagan
b. Sept. 22, 1890
d. Oct. 12, 1958

Bessie H. Fagan
b. Oct. 11, 1903
d. July 17, 1980

Thomas A. Farmer
b. Jan. 1, 1861
d. Feb. 10, 1945

Pearl M. Farmer
b. Oct. 1, 1872
d. Mar. 18, 1945

Baby Fountain
Son of H. P. and Lora Fountain
b. Sept. 30, 1935
d. Oct. 1, 1935

J. L. Fox, Jr.
b. Sept. 8, 1869
d. June 21, 1949

Ella Martin Fox
Wife of J. L. Fox, Jr.
b. Dec. 14, 1872
d. Mar. 27, 1947

James S. Fox
b. June 11, 1901
d. July 1, 1969

John F. Fox
b. June 7, 1903
d. Sept. 27, 1941

Hattie W. Fox
b. July 21, 1903
d. Jan. 16, 1976

Dan. W. Gordon
b. July 28, 1909
d. Aug. 27, 1972

Ruth K. Gordon
b. June 20, 1920
Still Living

Thelmer Lolermay Harris
b. Sept. 21, 1915
d. May 3, 1917

Jimmy Harris
b. Dec. 22, 1873
d. Mar. 18, 1919

Chester L. Hearon
b. June 11, 1895
d. Apr. 28, 1969

Bonnie C. Hearon
b. Oct. 15, 1908
d. Mar. 27, 1995

Preston Hearon
Age 8

Leslie Hearon
Age 21

Oma Hearon
Age 14

Joseph Hearon
b. 1863
d. 1920

Alice Hearon
b. 1865
d. 1939

Infant Son Hearon
Dec. 9, 1925

Columbus M. Hicks
b. Mar. 12, 1914
d. Nov. 4, 1974

Fannie Mae S. Hicks
b. Sept. 7, 1917
Still Living

Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hicks
b. and d. Dec. 13, 1938

Rupert C. Hurlbert
b. Nov. 12, 1883
d. Jan. 31, 1966

Carrie S. Hurlbert
b. Oct. 6, 1907
d. June 9, 1989

Edward Thomas Hutchinson
"Ned"
b. July 12, 1879
d. July 27, 1943

James W. Hutchinson
b. Mar. 12, 1880
d. Apr. 5, 1961

Dora D. Hutchinson
b. Sept. 29, 1889
d. Apr. 5, 1979

Aulvin Gray Hutchinson
Son of James W. and Dora D. Hutchinson
b. Mar. 22, 1918
d. Aug. 22, 1924

Andrew J. Hutchinson
b. Sept. 18, 1870
d. Oct. 5, 1936

Sarah E. Hutchinson
b. Jan. 16, 1867
d. Jan. 9, 1932

Clement Hutchinson
b. Oct. 13, 1892
d. No Date

Mary E. Edgar Hutchinson
Wife of Clement O. Hutchinson
b. Mar. 7, 1879
d. Oct. 27, 1939

Eula Ann Hutto
b. July 23, 1864
d. Nov. 8, 1939

John D. Hutto
b. Aug. 10, 1908
d. May 14, 1971

W. E. Hutto, Sr.
b. Nov. 11, 1904
d. Mar. 12, 1954

Lottie E. Ingram
b. 1851
d. Aug. 3, 1916

L. J. Irby
b. Mar. 15, 1927
d. Aug. 31, 1993

Carlton Jackson
b. Oct. 30, 1927
d. June 1, 1989

Ruby Jackson
b. June 29, 1931
Still Living

John R. Jackson
Alabama
Pvt. 317 Aux. Rmt. Dep. QMC
World War I
May 26, 1954

Henry Jackson
Alabama
Pvt. 162 Depot Brigade
World War I
b. Jan. 11, 1892
d. Apr. 30, 1950

Alois L. Jackson
b. Sept. 15, 1892
d. Nov. 19, 1983

Joe Jackson
b. July 20, 1849
d. Apr. 24, 1923

Minnie Jackson
b. Aug. 9, 1870
d. Dec. 28, 1946

Voncile Lee Johnson
b. Oct. 5, 1918
d. Oct. 2, 1982

Susie Mae Stokley Kelly
b. Apr. 28, 1924
d. Mar. 8, 1984

E. B. Knight
"Pete"
b. July 24, 1904
d. Jan. 15, 1976

Woodie B. Koen
b. Nov. 8, 1910
d. Feb. 10, 1990

Ollie L. Koen
b. Mar. 2, 1920
Still Living
Married May 8, 1937

Elias Tilton Koen
b. Dec. 29, 1876
d. Dec. 26, 1967

Nola Odom Koen
b. Apr. 3, 1883
d. July 7, 1925

Henry Clinton Koen
World War II Veteran
b. Oct. 31, 1914
d. Oct. 20, 1967

Howard S. Koen
b. Nov. 11, 1903
d. June 2, 1969

Eugene Homer Ladner
b. Jan. 15, 1880
d. July 15, 1931

Lillie Courine Batson Ladner
b. Aug. 15, 1880
d. Aug. 22, 1951

Emory Lenoir Linder
b. July 22, 1910
d. Jan. 27, 1951

Baby Girl Lindsey
Daughter of John T. and Betty J. Lindsey
b. and d. Dec. 2, 1962

Kaydi Leigh Lindsey
Daughter of Ronnie and Leigh Lindsey
b. and d. June 25, 1988

Baby Lindsey
Son of Annett and Thomas Lindsey
b. and d. May 5, 1940

Itece Livingston
Pvt. U. S. Army
World War I
b. Mar. 11, 1894
d. Sept. 15, 1975

Mary Jane Livingston
b. Jan. 24, 1908
d. Oct. 15, 1978

Xerxes Lucas
b. May 8, 1920
d. May 11, 1998

James Bell McDaniel
b. Jan. 22, 1876
d. Feb. 13, 1957

Maud Williamson McDaniel
b. Apr. 25, 1882
d. Nov. 14, 1949

Dewey McFadden
b. Aug. 8, 1900
d. Nov. 11, 1978

Annie Mae McFadden
b. Aug. 1, 1914
d. Sept. 26, 1973

Lankford J. McIlwain
b. May 17, 1935
d. June 24, 1993

Gladys B. McIlwain
b. Mar. 16, 1938
Still Living

Luke McIlwain
b. Sept. 28, 1903
d. Aug. 5, 1963

Velma McIlwain
b. Dec. 29, 1908
d. Sept. 4, 1922

Andy Jackson McIlwain
b. Apr. 3, 1886
d. May 26, 1946

Lillie M. McIlwain
b. Feb. 19, 1894
d. Oct. 22, 1988

Russell McIlwain, Jr.
"Rusty"
b. Oct. 22, 1948
d. Oct. 18, 1963

David I. McIlwain
T Sgt. U. S. Army
World War II
b. July 24, 1919
d. Nov. 4, 1994

Myram H. McIlwain
b. July 2, 1918
Still Living

Shawn LeDale McIlwain
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McIlwain
b. and d. July 22, 1973

Mitford G. McLaughlin
b. May 1, 1900
d. July 28, 1960

Irma Lee Fagan McPhearson
b. June 27, 1925
d. Jan. 29, 1959

Samuel A. Mixon
b. Nov. 12, 1899
d. May 17, 1974

Lillie K. Mixon
b. Feb. 11, 1903
d. Mar. 25, 1990

Robert L. Mixon
b. Sept. 4, 1907
d. May 26, 1938

George Hilliard Mixon
b. Nov. 26, 1871
d. Feb. 17, 1959

Rebecca Stewart Mixon
b. Oct. 9, 1880
d. Aug. 26, 1953

Jimmie Ray Mixon
U. S. Navy
World War II
b. May 29, 1909
d. Nov. 9, 1987

Paulin McIlwain Mixon
b. Nov. 14, 1914
d. Feb. 25, 1992

Wayne E. Moore
b. Nov. 28, 1959
d. Apr. 1, 1995

Cynthia Gaye Morgan
b. Sept. 28, 1961
d. Oct. 2, 1961

Joe F. Morgan
b. May 18, 1904
d. June 7, 1956

Jesse Morgan
b. Feb. 19, 1910
d. May 27, 1949

Maggie M. Morgan
b. July 29, 1915
d. Oct. 31, 1997

Charles L. Morris
b. Jan. 9, 1925
d. May 11, 1972

Virginia Sharon Morris
b. and d. May 17, 1947

Julian D. Napp
b. Sept. 11, 1899
d. Apr. 13, 1945

Jessie E. Napp
b. Jan. 12, 1910
d. Oct. 29, 1990
Married May 21, 1927

Joseph Leon Nix
Infant Son of Grady and Carelee Nix
No Dates

J. W. Nix
b. Nov. 25, 1870
d. Jan. 29, 1958

Lovie Nix
b. and d. Oct. 24, 1944

James D. Norton, Sr.
b. Aug. 24, 1902
d. Nov. 15, 1976

Lomie W. Norton
b. Nov. 28, 1906
d. July 31, 1988

Infant Daughter of James and Lomie Norton
b. and d. 1938

Dalton Dozier Odom
b. July 13, 1892
d. Aug. 14, 1968

Nancy Morris Odom
b. May 22, 1905
d. May 10, 1968

Rowena Waltmon Payne
b. Sept. 9, 1901
d. Jan. 9, 1971

James B. Raines
b. Sept. 15, 1916
d. July 12, 1964

Archie A. Raines
b. July 12, 1946
d. July 12, 1964

John I. Raines
b. Jan. 16, 1874
d. Nov. 4, 1962

Ada W. Raines
b. May 10, 1901
d. Nov. 10, 1953

James O. Raines
b. Nov. 28, 1894
d. June 16, 1946

Sarah W. Raines
b. 1900
d. 1980

Fannie Mae Raines
No Dates

Charles Ray
b. Aug. 18, 1927
d. Jan. 10, 1928

Joseph W. Rogers
b. Feb. 3, 1927
d. Oct. 3, 1995

Annie M. Rogers
b. Apr. 18, 1922
Still Living

Ethel M. Rogers
b. Feb. 5, 1952
d. Feb. 7, 1952

Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rogers
b. and d. Mar. 16, 1951

Ethel Rogers
b. July 27, 1905
d. Nov. 19, 1944

Webster Sikes
Alabama
Pvt. U. S. Army
Apr. 12, 1936

Sue Stanley Simms
No Dates

Smith
1947

Joseph Helton Stanley
b. Aug. 4, 1899
d. Dec. 9, 1969

Ethel McIlwain Stanley
b. Nov. 12, 1904
d. Dec. 9, 1981

Oscar B. Stanley
b. July 7, 1902
d. Dec. 24, 1983

Flozzie S. Stanley
b. June 9, 1903
d. Sept. 18, 1968

Mabron Verma Stanley
b. Apr. 16, 1906
d. June 10, 1980

Gertrude Koen Stanley
b. Oct. 16, 1908
d. June 8, 1973

Baby Stanley
b. and d. Jan. 12, 1924

Alton Thomas Stokes
b. Aug. 22, 1904
d. May 21, 1968

Horace Edward Stokley
b. Sept. 12, 1916
d. Dec. 30, 1992

Braxton L. Stokley, II
b. May 27, 1959
d. Apr. 21, 1992

Flora Fay Stokley
b. Oct. 23, 1950
d. Oct. 4, 1970

Jimmy D. Stokley
b. Aug. 11, 1965
d. Dec. 10, 1965

Alva D. Stokley
b. Feb. 21, 1905
d. Aug. 1, 1963

Cora L. Stokley
b. Nov. 22, 1911
Still Living

Elijah Stokley
b. Oct. 3, 1878
d. Aug. 11, 1953

Flora Stokley
b. Apr. 29, 1882
d. June 27, 1958

Lottie V. Stokley
b. July 29, 1909
d. Dec. 19, 1988

Willie Gray Stokley
b. 1913
d. 1937

Robert M. Stokley
b. Oct. 20, 1903
d. June 9, 1977

Onnie C. Stokley
b. Aug. 10, 1904
d. Apr. 19, 1989

Emory C. Stokley
b. Aug. 8, 1908
d. May 29, 1955

E. Foxie Stokley
b. Dec. 6, 1900
d. Apr. 17, 1938

G. W. Stokley
b. Dec. 9, 1876
d. Feb. 14, 1954

Lula Stokley
Wife of G. W. Stokley
b. June 1, 1876
d. Oct. 20, 1939

Slater Stokley
b. Oct. 1, 1906
d. Aug. 4, 1961

Dessie Stokley
b. Oct. 23, 1909
d. July 5, 1985

Clarence Stokley
b. Apr. 17, 1943
d. Feb. 19, 1961

Ervin Bodie Stokley
b. Aug. 6, 1906
d. Oct. 29, 1948

Abbie D. Stokley
b. Oct. 2, 1904
d. May 27, 1979

James Lee Stokley
"Little Buddie"
b. 1929
d. 1933

Arthur Stokley
Alabama
Pvt. 536 Coast Arty. BN
World War II
b. Sept. 22, 1901
d. June 18, 1946

John R. Stokley
b. Jan. 25, 1881
d. Sept. 1, 1975

Della C. Stokley
b. Nov. 1, 1883
d. Feb. 26, 1962

Wyman C. Stokley
b. May 31, 1917
d. Oct. 16, 1941

A. Hall Stokley
b. Feb. 9, 1885
d. June 12, 1970

Burdett Stokley
Wife of A. H. Stokley
b. Dec. 11, 1889
d. Apr. 1, 1924

Minnie Jackson Stokley
b. 1882
d. 1966

McCoy S. Stokley
Pvt. U. S. Army
World War II
b. Apr. 10, 1916
d. Oct. 22, 1980

Jewel Stokley
b. Apr. 1, 1926
d. Oct. 1, 1926

Claude A. Stokley
b. Aug. 18, 1907
d. Sept. 25, 1986

Nellie E. Stokley
b. Jan. 23, 1913
d. Feb. 7, 1965

Erika Weltz Stokley
b. Oct. 25, 1939
d. May 5, 1966

Joe A. Stokley
b. Oct. 13, 1890
d. Nov. 21, 1966

Verna J. Stokley
b. Oct. 9, 1898
d. June 8, 1971

Jesse E. Stokley
b. Sept. 28, 1881
d. Dec. 28, 1929

Mary Lilla Stokley
Wife of Jesse E. Stokley
b. July 21, 1893
d. May 13, 1963

H. L. Stokley
b. May 16, 1855
d. Feb. 27, 1923

Fannie M. F. Stokley
Wife of H. L. Stokley
b. Oct. 13, 1859
d. Dec. 27, 1913

Infant Son of Joe and Verna Stokley
b. and d. Feb. 11, 1934

Ezra Stokley
U. S. Army
World War II
b. Aug. 14, 1906
d. June 27, 1994

A. J. Stokley, Jr.
b. May 25, 1914
d. Dec. 5, 1936

Andrew Jackson Stokley
b. Dec. 26, 1874
d. July 30, 1937

Mittie Stokley
Wife of A. J. Stokley
b. Mar. 24, 1874
d. Feb. 7, 1922

Capie May Stokley
b. July 19, 1911
d. May 17, 1912

Ermalie Beard Stokley
b. May 7, 1908
d. Oct. 4, 1958

Clinton A. TAYLOR
b. 25 May 1921
d. 21 Aug 2007
Burial 23 Aug 2007

Above new burial submitted 13 Jan 08 by Mary Palmer (includes additional info that may not be on tombstone):

Wilbur Taylor
b. July 12, 1910
Still Living

E. V. Taylor
b. May 3, 1914
d. May 3, 1981

Julius L. Taylor
b. Oct. 31, 1936
d. Oct. 20, 1985

Marilyn S. Taylor
b. Sept. 16, 1944
Still Living

George W. Taylor
b. June 1, 1880
d. June 27, 1955

Eulah Reaves Taylor
b. Dec. 20, 1879
d. Feb. 8, 1949

Theodore S. Taylor
"Dock"
b. Feb. 27, 1898
d. July 31, 1981

Tommie Koen Taylor
b. June 25, 1904
Still Living

Richard Taylor
Infant Son of Dock and Tommie Taylor
b. Feb. 13, 1934
d. Feb. 15, 1934

James E. Taylor
No Dates

G. W. Thead
b. Aug. 29, 1939
d. May 21, 1918

L. J. Thead
Wife of G. W. Thead
b. Sept. 16, 1854
d. Oct. 29, 1937

William A. Thead
b. Feb. 22, 1874
d. Jan. 5, 1947

Zadie Moore Thead
"Aunt Zadie"
b. Mar. 26, 1889
d. May 12, 1976

Nell Hutchinson Utsey
Former Mayor of Silas
b. 16 Oct 1920
d. 9 Nov 2006
burial - 11 Nov 2006

Above new burial/info submitted 18 Jan 08 by Mary Palmer (includes additional info that may not be on tombstone)

Curtis E. Waite
Alabama
Pvt. Co. C 167 Depot Brig.
World War I
b. Oct. 4, 1896
d. July 29, 1970

Mary S. Waite
b. Jan. 15, 1898
d. Aug. 28, 1988

Earl W. Waite
Alabama
Pvt. U. S. Army
World War II
b. Dec. 30, 1922
d. July 30, 1967

Louise Waite
b. Oct. 28, 1923
d. Feb. 6, 1925

Fate Waite
b. Apr. 28, 1899
d. July 17, 1954

Earl F. Waite
b. June 12, 1943
d. Nov. 16, 1994

John A. Waite
b. Feb. 1, 1880
d. May 19, 1957

Ettie A. Edgar Waite
Wife of John A. Waite
b. Sept. 26, 1889
d. Jan. 6, 1923

C. C. Waltman
b. Feb. 7, 1895
d. Nov. 12, 1964

Willie Frank Waltman
b. Aug. 4, 1929
d. Mar. 24, 1962

Mrceserls Waltmon
No Dates

Craig T. Warren
b. May 4, 1965
d. Oct. 14, 1984

Vanessa S. Warren
b. Sept. 23, 1963
d. Oct. 19, 1963

Enoch Williams
b. July 10, 1873
d. Apr. 15, 1943

Queen Showls Williams
b. June 6, 1872
d. May 7, 1962

Claude G. Wimberley
b. Mar. 18, 1906
d. Aug. 21, 1993

Beatrice B. Wimberley
b. Nov. 28, 1914
Still Living
Married Nov. 15, 1933

Thomas E. Wimberley
b. Aug. 22, 1869
d. Sept. 7, 1946

Avrilla N. Wimberley
b. Sept. 11, 1879
d. Feb. 9, 1942

Glen E. Wimberley
b. Jan. 5, 1911
d. Jan. 29, 1990

L. Tom Wimberley
b. Aug. 29, 1904
d. May 2, 1981

Verma McDaniel Wimberley
b. Nov. 18, 1911
d. Oct. 3, 1992