~ Alta Baptist Cemetery ~
Location: About 4 miles northeast of Berry, AL - On north side of Willie Williams Road off County Road 27 (S1-T16S-R10W)
Copied/photographed by: Chip Collins, personal visit to cemetery - 07 Mar 2015 ~ (additions/corrections are highlighted)
Note: Earliest recorded burial date is 1973. Sometimes confused with the older Alta/Cedar Creek/Mt. Joy Baptist Cemetery, located about a mile to the south. Identified as "Alta Independent Church Cemetery" at findagrave.com.
[ Photos taken 03/07/2015 by Chip Collins ]
BRAND, Houston Columbus, (Rev.) - Nov 10, 1903 - Apr 3, 1974 ~ (ssw Sallie Brand)
BRAND, James H. - 1934 - 2003 ~ (ssw Janet C. Brand)
BRAND, Janet C. - 1936 - 1998 ~ (ssw James H. Brand)
BRAND, Margene Bonner - Jan 24, 1943 - Jan 20, 2014 ~ (hand-made wooden cross & enclosure; Nelson FHM)
BRAND, Sallie - Dec 22, 1908 - Apr 4, 1974 ~ (ssw Rev. Houston C. Brand)
BRAND, Sam D. - Apr 15, 1937 - Mar 17, 2011 ~ (hand-made wooden cross & enclosure)
CHRISTIAN, Shannon H. - Dec 12, 1956 - Nov 24, 1987 ~ (ssw Charles R. Christian, b. 1952)
COURINGTON, Danny Lynn - b./d. Feb 28, 1982 ~ "Infant"
COURINGTON, Thelma - May 6, 1932 - Apr 12, 1999 ~ "Mother" (ssw Daniel Courington, b. 1926)
GLAZE, Brittney Lynn - Jan 28, 2008 - Feb 20, 2008 ~
HANCOCK, Jerry D. - Nov 9, 1953 - Dec 15, 1973 ~
HANCOCK, Kelly - Aug 18, 1972 - Aug 8, 2012 ~
HUDGINS, Dorothy Brand - July 30, 1931 - Sept 1, 1996 ~ "Mother"
MADISON, Columbus Olen - Mar 16, 1922 - May 22, 2003 ~
MANASCO, Helen O. - Sept 15, 1945 - Feb 26, 2000 ~ "Wed Aug 7, 1965” (ssw Larry E. Manasco)
MANASCO, Larry E. - Dec 7, 1944 - July 19, 2009 ~ “Wed Aug 7, 1965” (ssw Helen O. Manasco)
MILLER, Linda Faye - Dec 24, 1944 - May 28, 2003 ~ "Mother"
PENDLEY, Andrew J. - Feb 12, 1908 - Jan 25, 1991 ~ "Father" (ssw Geneva M. Pendley, b. 1912)
PENDLEY, Damon L. - Feb 4, 1936 - Nov 21, 2004 ~
PENDLEY, Elzoda - Feb 11, 1920 - Feb 9, 2009 ~ (ssw Thomas H. Pendley)
PENDLEY, H. Lester - Mar 11, 1906 - Dec 4, 1980 ~ “Wed Sept 18, 1943” (ssw Janie L. Pendley)
PENDLEY, Janie Lou - Apr 22, 1910 - Feb 22, 1990 ~ “Wed Sept 18, 1943” (ssw H. Lester Pendley)
PENDLEY, Thomas H. - July 2, 1917 - Nov 20, 1997 ~ (ssw Elzoda Pendley)
TAYLOR, Crystal Ann - b./d. Oct 31, 1989 ~
TAYLOR, Huel Fletcher - July 6, 1934 - June 28, 1981 ~ "Father" (marker originally may have read: Huee Fletcher Taylor; b. 1936; ssw Lois F. Taylor)
TAYLOR, Jack Joseph, "Boy" - Jan 11, 1947 - Oct 2, 1998 ~
TAYLOR, John W. - Jan 16, 1944 - Feb 2, 1985 ~
TAYLOR, Lois Frood - July 6, 1947 - Sept 21, 2003 ~ "Mother" (ssw Huel F. Taylor)
TAYLOR, Walter E., “Gene” - Aug 7, 1945 - Dec 1, 1990 ~ “Wed Oct 26, 1964” (ssw Mary Ann Taylor, b. 1948)
TERRY, James W., (Jay) - Mar 22, 1940 - Feb 13, 2011 ~ MMCM, US Navy, Vietnam; “Wed June 23, 1963” (military marker & ssw Marie Brand Terry, b. 1947)
TERRY, Jonathan Daniel, son of James W. & Marie Brand Terry - July 23, 1972 - Aug 10, 1998 ~
THURSBY, John Floyd - May 27, 1930 - Feb 3, 2014 ~ Pfc., US Army, Korea (military marker & ssw Viola Kathleen Brand Thursby, b. 1941)
THURSBY, Tommy Dean - Oct 31, 1959 - Sept 24, 2009 ~ "Beloved Son & Brother"
VICE, Bonny Jean Taylor - Jan 26, 1969 - July 15, 2004 ~
VINTSON, Bobby R. - Jan 4, 1945 - June 26, 2008 ~ “Wed May 27, 1964” (ssw Shirley F. Vintson, b. 1950)
VINTSON, Teresa Diane - Nov 12, 1971 - Feb 19, 2015 ~ Aged 43 (Collins-Burke FHM)
WELCH, James A. - Jan 19, 1995 - Sept 6, 1999 ~
WILLIAMS, C. Viola - Mar 16, 1926 - July 4, 1998 ~
WILLIAMS, Gracie M. - Aug 7, 1925 - Mar 19, 2012 ~ (ssw Willie Williams)
WILLIAMS, Willie, “Bill” - Feb 2, 1918 - July 8, 1992 ~ Pfc., US Army, WWII, Purple Heart ~ (Willie O. Williams, per military marker; ssw Gracie M. Williams)
FHM = funeral home marker
ssw = same stone with
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