Fayette County, Alabama
 
~ Owens Family Cemetery ~



Location: About 6 miles southwest of Fayette ~ east side of gravel road off State Hwy 159 (S9-T17S-R13W)
Copied by: Herbert M. Newell Jr. & Jeanie Patterson Newell - 1 Mar 1959 ~ (additions/corrections are highlighted) 

See updated transcription with photos at Find A Grave  New!


69/35    ______, J.R. “Bob” - Apr 195_ ~ aged 84 years (last name & date unreadable)

71/13    ALEXANDER, Clinton C. - Aug 27, 1893 - Mar 12, 1954

71/10    ALEXANDER, Mellie B. - Apr 4, 1892 -

68/24    BOBITT, Faustene, dau of Mr. & Mrs. A.B. Bobitt - Apr 27, 1918 - Oct 7, 1923 

69/14    COLEMAN, Infant son of J.W. & M.J. Coleman - Nov 3, 1901 - Nov 8, 1901

67/30    COOK, Alice Owen - June 24, 1870 - July 25, 1952

70/14    COOK, Arlie, son of W.W. & A. Cook - June 6, 1914 - July 7, 1914

70/08    COOK, James, son of W.W. & A. Cook - Mar 17, 1891 - May 9, 1891

70/11    COOK, Mary, dau of W.W. & A. Cook - July 25, 1904 - Aug 30, 1904

67/33    COOK, W.W. - Jan 24, 1868 - Nov 29, 1943

71/16    CROWELL, Luther - 1951 - 1958

67/36    ELMORE, Margie E. - Mar 7, 1887 - June 6, 1947

68/49    FOSTER, Ozemer - Dec 24, 1876 - Mar 12, 1952

69/02    FOSTER, Thomas H. - Apr 7, 1874 - July 27, 1945

69/26    FREEMAN, Melissa (Mrs.) - Nov 8, 1872 - Jan 18, 1936

67/27    FREEMAN, Victor - Apr 28, 1893 - Jan 2, 1949 ~ Ala. Pvt., 162 Depot Brig., WWI

71/22    HUDSON, Della (Mrs.) - d. Mar 16, 1951 ~ aged 82y-3m

67/44    HUDSON, John Henry - July 12, 1871 - Feb 8, 1943

71/21    HUDSON, M.A. - Dec 28, 1873 - Jan 25, 1943

67/40    HUDSON, Mary Etta - May 14, 1881 - 19__

71/07    HUGHES, Albert P. - 1883 - 1958

71/04    HUGHES, Arnie - 1884 -

67/39    JOHNSON, J.P. - 1855 - 1942

70/05    LABOON, James F. - 1818 - May 23, 1897

70/02    LABOON, M.B. - 1816 - 1892

69/44    LABOON, Mary A., dau of James F. Laboon - Feb 7, 1844 - June 27, 1912

69/41    LABOON, Sarah J. - Sept 8, 1845 - Dec 9, 1929   

69/11    LIVINGSTON, Eliza - July 9, 1876 - Oct 29, 1952

68/20    LIVINGSTON, Loris, dau of Della & Clinton Livingston - Sept 12, 1924 - Jan 9, 1925

68/28    LIVINGSTON, Mary - d. Dec 2, 1948 ~ aged 77 years 

69/08    LIVINGSTON, Tom - Mar 20, 1876 - May 3, 1918 

67/48    McCOOL, Elma - Feb 29, 1891 - Feb 16, 1933 

67/52    McCOOL, George - Sept 3, 1884 - Nov 11, 1957

69/23    OWEN, Alma, wife of S.R. Owen - May 12, 1887 - Dec 18, 1916

69/32    OWEN, Amanda - Mar 20, 1837 - Oct 25, 1907

69/38    OWEN, Dora, dau of W.B. & M.C. Owen - Apr 2, 1874 - Feb 15, 1873 

71/25    OWEN, E.R. - Sept 13, 1857 - Aug 25, 1941

70/17    OWEN, Emely E. - Jan 1, 1835 - June 21, 1915   

71/01    OWEN, Exie, dau of Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Owen - Oct 21, 1894 - Dec 8, 1912 ~ (dau of James M. & Josephine Owen; d. one day before her father, according to family lore)  [1, 2] 

69/29    OWEN, G.W. - Nov 13, 1863 - Feb 24, 1913

70/23    OWEN, Infant of N.A. & E.R. Owen - Oct 10, 1886 ~ (only one date)

70/32    OWEN, J.E., wife of J.M. Owen - June 18, 1862 - Nov 26, 1939 ~ (nee Josephine E. MERRITT)  [2] 

70/20    OWEN, J. Luther - Feb 1, 1854 - Oct 15, 1895

70/35    OWEN, J.M. (Mrs.) - Dec 10, 1852 - Dec 3, 1912 ~ (listed as "Mrs. J.H. Owen on original transcription; changed in 2009 to "James M. Owen"; headstone photo clearly shows "Mrs. J.M. Owen" with the dates listed here; however, family lore and his death certificate assert that Mr. James M. Owen d. Dec 9, 1912, in Kennedy, AL; the errant headstone was never corrected) ImageImage  [1, 2]  

68/43    OWEN, Mary C., wife of W.B. Owen - Oct 15, 1849 - Jan 3, 1929

68/08    OWEN, Renzo, son of W.A. & M.S. Owen - Oct 4, 1914 - Apr 7, 1925

68/12    OWEN, W.A. - July 14, 1863 - Apr 17, 1932

68/46    OWEN, W.B. - June 10, 1845 - Jan 19, 1923

71/23    OWEN, W.W. - Apr 2, 1892 - Aug 23, 1948

70/26    OWEN, William A. - Jan 18, 1825 - May 20, 1880

67/21    OWENS, Claudie - Nov 4, 1899 - Sept 8, 1955

67/18    OWENS, Etta Mae - Jan 5, 1910 - 19__

70/29    OWENS, John Shade ~ Co. I, 8 Ala. Cav., C.S.A.

68/04    OWENS, Maggie Johnson - July 28, 1877 - May 23, 1954 ~ “Mother”

71/24    OWENS, Nancie A. - Jan 6, 1867 - Jan 4, 1952 ~ (nee Nancie Ala SHEPHERD, dau of George Washington Shepherd & Mary Jane PLYLER; wife of E. Rush OWEN)  [2] 

68/37    OWENS, S.R. - Oct 20, 1875 - May 10, 1941

68/40    OWENS, Thurmon - Dec 194_ - (only one date, hard to read)

68/16    P_____, W.A. ~ (name illegible, no dates)

69/05    SHEPHERD, Ernest, son of W.A. & Leora Shepherd - Apr 12, 1915 - Oct 12, 1921 

69/17    SHEPHERD, G.W. - Nov 23, 1844 - Nov 4, 1909 ~ (George Washington Shepherd)  [2] 

69/20    SHEPHERD, Mary Jane - June 20, 1845 - Feb 14, 1913 ~ (nee Mary Jane PLYLER, dau of Felton D. Plyler & Nancy BELK; wife of G.W. Shepherd)  [2] 

00/00    SHEPHERD, Vernon - May 12, 1925 - June 15, 1925 ~ (infant son of Grady Shepherd & Zelma OWEN; grave unmarked)  [1, 2] 

67/24    SMOTHERS, James H. “Uncle Bud” - Mar 30, 1870 - Apr 8, 1954

67/12    TERRY, Amy - Aug 30, 1892 - June 2, 1957 ~ (dau of James M. & Josephine OWEN; ssw Lonzo Terry)  [2] 

71/19    TERRY, Eli - Apr 24, 1895 - June 23, 1949

71/31    TERRY, Fletcher - Oct 17, 1913 - Sept 7, 1958

68/34    TERRY, Icy - 1868 - 1923

67/15    TERRY, Lonzo - Mar 8, 1892 - Sept 6, 1983 ~ (Alonzo Huston Terry, ssw Amy Terry)  [2] 

71/30    TERRY, “Son” - Aug 6, 1940 ~ (buried with mother, same grave)

68/31    TERRY, W.D. - 1862 - 1939 

71/26    TERRY, Wynell - Jan 26, 1919 - Aug 6, 1940 ~ (buried with son, same grave)

Page/line numbers show the order listed in the published record.
ssw = same stone with


This material generously transcribed from the written records by
Richard W. SEYM0UR


Additional sources:
[1]  Vickie Ferguson Benoist, e-mail message, 15 Nov 2009 
[2]  Helen Moore Webster, e-mail messages w/photo, 17-25 Jun 2010  New!





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