COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA
CEMETERIES - TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 14

DOUTHIT CEMETERY



[Photos by David Montgomery]

Surveyed Feb 2004;
Contributed 9 Jun 2004
by David Montgomery

Douthit Cemetery,
Colbert County, Alabama

Lat. 34° 50¢ 59² N, Lon: 88° 05¢ 02² W

To reach the Douthit Cemetery from Margarum, Alabama, travel north on County Rd. # 1, (Riverton Rose Trail) for approximately 9.2 miles to the cemetery on the left. There is a sign beside the road marking the entrance to the cemetery. A couple of large headstones have been turned over. We were able to turn one over to get the names off it, but another was just to heavy without having bars to pry it up.

The Douthit Cemetery is located north of Cherokee, Alabama on County Rd. 1 (Riverton Rose Trail). It is near the Bear Creek backwaters of the Tennessee River.

The following information was recorded from headstones & foot markers and is current as of February 29, 2004. Total number of records = 149.

-David Leon Montgomery                          

Beachum, Bulah; b. 05 Apr 1900, d. 19 Mar 1965
Bowling, Albert; b. 08 Jul 1876, d. 28 Dec 1928
Bowling, Lota; b. 24 Dec 1880, d. 1924
Counts, J. P.; b. 24 Nov 1887, d. 30 Oct 1926
Counts, John; b. 10 Feb 1852, d. 13 Apr 1931, husband of Mary E.
Counts, John; d. 10 Jan 1897, 75 years of age
Counts, John Gordon; b. 1920, d. 1920, infant son of John & Bertha
Counts, Mary E.; b. 30 Jan 1852, d. 25 Sep 1916, wife of John
Counts, Tom C.; b. 28 Feb 1882, d. 23 Dec 1959
Counts, no given name , no dates
Davis, Benjamin F.; b. 30 Mar 1876, d. 25 Sep1950
Davis, Ida R.; b. 17 Sep 1875, d. 02 Aug 1947
Douthit, Clyde R.; b. 17 Oct 1893, d. 05 Jun 1952, husband of Creasy L.
Douthit, Creasy L.; b. 21 Nov 1893, d. 27 Jul 1976, wife of Clyde R.
Douthit, Herman; b. 10 May 1908, d. 30 May 1909
Douthit, John G.; b. 1842, d. 1910
Douthit, John Gordon; b. 20 Oct 1905, d. 02 Aug 1906, son of M. R. & E. I.
Douthit, John Mack; b. 16 Aug 1883, d. 01 Jan 1908, son of J. G. & T. M.
Douthitt, Victor E.; b. 22 Nov 1917, d. 26 Jun 1936
Glover, Jack S.; b. 20 Nov 1903, d. 30 Mar 1995, husband of Mollie M.
Glover, Minnie Lee; b. 17 Nov 1877, d. 20 May 1973, wife of Wiley Steven
Glover, Mollie M.; b. 23 May 1911, d. 21 May 1997, wife of Jack S.
Glover, Wiley Steven; b. 11 Nov 1876, d. 01 Feb 1927, husband of Minnie Lee
Goodwin, H. M.; b. 03 Jul 1879, d. 08 Aug 1915
Haines, L. C.; b. 27 Oct 1868, d. 06 Jun 1905
Harland, Arrena; b. 01 Jun 1843, d. 12 Jun 1916, wife of R. E.
Harland, Charlie C.; b. 17 Oct 1868, d. 18 Jul 1942, husband of Lue Creasy
Harland, Clara; b. 09 Apr 1898, d. 02 Apr 1975, wife of Dick
Harland, daughter of R. E. & Rena, b. 17 Mar 1880, d. 30 Jul 1893
Harland, Dick; b. 12 Oct 1896, d. 18 May 1973, husband of Clara
Harland, Edgar W.; b. 13 Oct 1901, d. 08 Feb 1970, husband of Mae
Harland, Gracy O.; b. 15 Jun 1914, d. 15 May 1917
Harland, infant; b. 12 Nov 1920, d. 27 Nov 1920, son of Charlie C. & Lue Creasy
Harland, infant; b. 18 Aug 1894, d. 22 Aug 1894, son of J. M. & L. A.
Harland, J. L.; b. 13 Jan 1917, d. 12 Feb 1918
Harland, James M.; b. 19 Feb 1869, d. 17 May 1910
Harland, John H.; b. 04 Apr 1871, d. 14 Sep 1874, son of R. E. & Arrena
Harland, Laura I.; b. 17 May 1880, d. 30 Jan 1893
Harland, Leonard C.; b. 11 Jun 1913, d. 21 Jun 1994, husband of Nona L.
Harland, Lizzie J.; b. 1869, d. 1910
Harland, Lucy; b. 12 May 1908, d. 04 Jun 1909, daughter of C. C. & Elizabeth
Harland, Lue Creasy; b. 01 Aug 1889, d. 03 May 1947, wife of Charlie C.
Harland, Mae; b. 30 Dec 1902, d. 31 Aug 1969, wife of Edgar W.
Harland, Mrs. J. C.; b. 15 Feb 1887, d. 20 Nov 1934
Harland, Nona L.; b. 08 Dec 1918, no death date, wife of Leonard C.
Harland, O'Reilly; dates not legible
Harland, Rena; b. 20 Apr 1893, d. 27 Sep 1913
Harland, Robert Emmett; b. 04 Feb 1843, d. 03 May 1923, husband of Arrena,
          CO “K” 2 MS Regt CSA
Harland, ? T.; b. 29 Dec 1881, d. 13 Dec 1956, [1st initial broken off]
Holiday, Charles E.; b. 19 Jan 1930, d. 22 Oct 2001,
Pfc. US Marine Corp. Korea
Holiday, George R.; b. 1902, d. 1946
Holiday, Mary J.; b. 09 Jul 1912, d. 15 Jan 1980
Johnson, Arthur; b. 21 Mar 1895, d. Sep 1929
Johnson, Charles; b. 1896, d. 1957, husband of Etta
Johnson, Emmet O.; b. 14 Jan 1911, d. 11 Apr 1966,
          MS Sgt. 4325 OM Baker CO WWII
Johnson, Etta; b. 1906, no death date, wife of Charles
Johnson, Lutie; b. 22 Mar 1902, d. 25 Dec 1921
Johnson, Mary; b. 25 Jun 1873, d. 16 Sep 1927
Johnson, Robert; b. 13 Aug 1903, d. 28 Sep 1982
Johnson, Rosie; b. 29 Jul 1878, d. 28 Oct 1928
Kendrick, Amy L.; b. 27 Jul 1916, d. 29 Dec 1998, wife of Howard G.
Kendrick, Curtis E.; b. 25 Jun 1946, d. 20 Apr 1985
Kendrick, Howard G.; b. 11Aug 1916, d. 29 Dec 1971, husband of Amy L.
Lee, Catherine; b. 26 Nov 1800, d. 29 Sep 1874, wife of Nathan Lee
Long, Willie Eric; b. 06 Aug 1959, d. 04 Apr 1990, AMSAN US Navy
Reeves, Amanda J.; b. 26 Feb 1869, d. 16 Apr 1946,  wife of Phillip Walter
Reeves, Ellis C.; b. 17 Feb 1905, d. 02 Apr 1947
Reeves, J. L.; b. 24 Jul 1840, d. 26 Jul 1909
Reeves, Joseph F.; b. 27 Aug 1882, d. 06 Aug 1964
Reeves, Julie; b. 29 Apr 1881, d. 05 Jun 1922
Reeves, Phillip Walter; b. 01 Dec 1873, d. 08 Jan 1952, husband of Amanda J.
Reeves, Sarah E.; b. cir 1849, d. 1909
Reynolds, James; d. 14 Apr 1863, husband of Mary H.
Reynolds, Mary H.; b. 14 Dec 1829, d. 07 Feb 1907, wife of James
Rhoark, Emily; b. 30 Dec 1807, d. 20 Feb 1863
Shannon, George E.; b. 27 Mar 1927, d. 28 Dec 2000
Shannon, Henry Etta; b. 01 Jan 1898, d. 16 Dec 1980
Smith, Felix James; b. 30 Nov 1879, d. 14 Jan 1961
Smith, James W.; b. 18 Jun 1844, d. 20 Mar 1908, husband of Mary E.
Smith, Mary E.; b. 21 Mar 1854, d. 11 Sep 1921
Stevens, Agnes; b. 03 Feb 1908, d. 07 Mar 1908, infant son of Tom
Stevens, Carmes; d. 19 Jan 1925
Stevens, child; d. 1909
Swift, Betty Joyce; b. 28 Jan 1930, d. 13 May 1989, wife of Harold Gordon
Swift, Harold Gordon “Swifty”; b. 03 Mar 1924, d. 02 Dec 1990,
          husband of Betty Joyce, T Sgt. US Air Force WWII, Korea & Vietnam
Tanner, James E.; b. 19 Nov 1903, d. 29 Mar 1980, husband of Minnie L.
Tanner, Minnie L.; b. 13 Jan 1901, d. 17 Dec 1963, wife of James E.
Thomas; b. 1808, d. 08 Mar 1858
Till, Eva; b. 28 Jul 1876, d. 09 Feb 1969
Till, Guy P.; b. 03 Dec 1863, d. 11 Jun 1924
Till, Lena; b. 03 Oct 1903, d. 15 Oct 1978
Till, R. W.; b. 03 Oct 1884, d. 09 Aug 1907, son of Gabe & Callie
Till, Tina (Haines); b. 09 May 1879, d. 18 Mar 1921
Trotter, Geether W.; b. 1890, d. 1962, husband of Urma D.
Trotter, Urma D.; b. 1891, d. 1957, wife of Geether W.
Turberville, Rosa J. (Gaisser); b. 26 May 1858, d. 09 Sep 1927, wife Laban
Turbeville, C. C.; b. 26 Feb 1901, d. 04 May 1927
Turbeville, Charlie W.; b. 11 Jul 1892, d. 10 Jan 1963,
husband of Mary A., MS Pvt. CO “M” 168 Inf. WWI
Turbeville, Dallas; b. 28 Feb 1879, d. 18 Apr 1913, son of Laban & R. J.
Turbeville, Dixie Charline; b. 17 Jun 1932, d. 16 Jun 1933
Turbeville, Mary A.; b. 1906, d. 1997, wife of Charlie W.
Turbeville, L.Laban; b. 26 Aug 1856, d. 18 Dec 1929
Turbeville, Mark A.; b. 02 Feb 1964, d. 22 Nov 1980
Turbiville, Denishe J.; b. 20 Mar 1831, d. 13 Jul 1874, wife of B. R.
Turbiville, Mary T.; b. 08 Apr 1863, d. 20 Feb 1865,
daughter of B. R. & Denishe J.
Turbville, Ethel M.; b. 20 May 1903, d. 16 Sep 1903
Turbville, infant; b. 03 Feb 1929, d. 03 Feb 1929, daughter of C. W. & M. A.
Walker, E. C.; b. 31 Aug 1875, d. 25 May 1876, daughter of Thomas Counts & Nancy J.
Walker, Freeman C.; b. 10 Apr 1895, d. 27 Mar 1974
Walker, John B.; b. 27 Dec 1869, d. 24 Jun 1876
Walker, Louelvie C.; b. 1875, d. 1895, wife of W. W.
Walker, Lula (Till); b. 05 Sep 1875, d. 10 Aug 1949
Walker, Mary R.; b. 10 Feb 1874, d. 19 Oct 1876
Walker, Mattie L.; b. 14 Jul 1871, d. 02 Oct 1874
Walker, T. C.; b. 18 Aug 1846, d. 19 Nov 1913
Walker, Thomas Counts; b. 12 Jan 1845, d. 27 Sep 1926, husband of Nancy J.
Walker, W. W.; b. 1869, d. 1962, husband of Louelvie C.
Wells, Judith Ann; b. 11 Jun 1958, d. 31 Oct 1973
Whitaker, Geneva (Harland); b. 12 Jan 1910, d. 07 May 1996, wife of James M.
Whitaker, James Maxwell; b. 25 May 1906, d. 27 Sep 1963, husband of Geneva
Wilson, Eligah Houston; b. 1856, d. 1922
Wilson, Nancy Gattis “Nannie”; b. 10 Jun 1862, d. 24 May 1943
Woodruff, Mary T.; b. 10 May 1849, d. 19 Oct 1927
 

All of the graves listed below were in the woods. There were dozens more that were recognizable as graves only by sunken places in the ground and/or unreadable funeral home markers. One burial in this area was as late as 1964. One wonders why it was allowed to grow up so badly.

Abernathy, Moss; b. 07 Aug 1910, d. 08 Apr 1946,
          KY Pvt. 1 CL 461 AAF Aviation SQ
Beacham, James; b. 11 Feb 1893, d. 14 Dec 1948
Beacham, Robert Mack; b. 04 May 1877, d. 05 Nov 1947
Bowling, Albert; b. 18 Jul 1876, d. 28 Dec 1928,
          Morning Star Chamber 4231 Riverton, AL
Bowling, Lota; b. 24 Dec 1880, d. 21 Oct 1924
Craig, Arminta; b. 07 Aug 1903, d. 26 Dec 1922
Craig, Jack; b. 15 Jul 1896, d. 06 Feb 1922
Craig, Martha; b. 26 May 1877, d. 28 Sep 1923
Craig, Ophiela; b. 11 Oct 1913, d. 09 Mar 1924
Craig, Peter Rev.; b. 1876, d. 1930
Craig, Sarah; b. 25 Jul 1898, d. 02 Mar 1922
Creenshaw, Freeman; b. 1830, d. 09 Aug 1894
Creenshaw, Annee A.; b. 1841, d. 15 Jan 1904
Creenshaw, Nimon J.; b. 1893, d. 14 Feb 1905, son of F. & A. A.
Creenshaw, Vennie A.; b. 1870, d. 12 May 1878, daughter of F. & A. A.
Holiday, D. W.; b. cir 1853, d. 14 Jul 1908, 55 years of age
Holiday, Ella; wife of Lee, no dates
Holiday, Sherman; b. 01 Nov 1890, d. 11 Jan 1911
Holiday, Susie; daughter of Rafe & Louvenia, 8 months of age
Hollis, Nellis E.; b. 08 Apr 1919, d. 25 May 1964, AL Pfc. US Army WWII
Hurd, E. J.; 20 Oct 1865, only date
Hurd, Eliza J.; b. 20 Oct 1865, d. 16 Mar 1905
Menace, Mae Bell; b. 07 Feb 1898, d. 22 Oct 1925
White, Sophia; b. 19 Mar 1875, d. 06 Jun 1923
Williams, Florence; b. 20 May 1878, d. 24 Oct 1898, wife of George

Update 14 Mar 2006 by David Montgomery
Stephens, William Thomas; b. 20 Sep 1881, d. 14 Apr 1934
         [NOTE: This stone was off its base, laying face down, and too heavy
                       to set back on its base. DLM.]
 

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