~ Shirley Family Cemetery ~
Location: Six miles north of Fayette about ¼
mile north of Townley Road (State Hwy 102) (S3-T15S-R12W)
Copied by: Herbert M. Newell Jr. & Jeanie Patterson
Newell -
25 Aug 1958
~ (additions/corrections are highlighted)
08 BARNETT, J.G. - June 4, 1816 - July 22, 1877
46 BYRD, A.B. - June 17, 1813 - May 28, 1896 ~ "Mother"
47 BYRD, William M. - Dec 23, 1809 - Feb 22,
1885 ~ "Father"
31 CAMPBELL, Sarah Olive - Dec 29, 1844 - Nov 23,
1930
29 DEAVOURS, L.F. - Feb 16, 1843 - Mar 21, 1909
19 DODSON, Infant of D.O. & V.A. Dodson -
b./d. 1929
48 EDMONDS, Druscilla - Mar 12, 1860 - Oct 21,
1882
01 FORD, Infant of E.J. Ford - b./d. 1916
04 FORD, Leona, dau. of J.A. & S.M. Ford - Aug
15, 1892 - Sept 27, 1905 ~ (death
year may be 1906)
03 FORD, Pearl Mea - Sept 28, 1898 - July 16,
1908
02 FORD, Sarah Molissie - Dec 5, 1856 - Mar 12,
1939
49 GADDIS, E.J. - Nov 15, 1830 - Jan 8, 1888
05 GILPIN, Infant of J.W. & M.E. Gilpin - Nov 10,
1917
- Nov 12, 1917
51 HALLMARK, Tabitha Bell - d. May 23, 1958 ~ aged
82y-2m-10d
50 MATTHEWS, Bartow - Jan 12, 1862 - May 11,
1881
23 MATTHEWS, Jerome - Aug 8, 1856 - Mar 13, 1930
24 MATTHEWS, Josie (Mrs.) - Mar 12, 1856 - Feb 26, 1931 ~ (nee Nancy Josephine DOBBS, dau of Barzilla Dobbs & Sarah CUNNINGHAM; wife of Jerome Matthews) [2]
22 MATTHEWS, Sallie - June 15, 1855 - June 24,
1894
21 MATTHEWS, Samuel G. (Jr.) - June 2, 1886 - June 24,
1894
30 McGUFF, Ethel Shirley - July 21, 1889 - May 23,
1924
36 MEHERG, Infant son of Mr. & Mrs. W.L. Meherg
-
b./d. 1909
38 MEHERG, Uly - Aug 24, 1903 - July 24, 1929
37 MEHERG, Willie Ceburn - 1901 - Jan 15, 1954 ~ aged
52y-1m-13d
13 ROBERTS, Humphrey - July 17, 1859 - May 31,
1931
15 ROBERTS, Infant - (no
dates)
14 ROBERTS, Sallie M. - Dec 25, 1868 - Sept 21,
1946
16 SELMAN,
B.T.
(Rev.) - Aug 23, 1853 - Aug 25, 1910 ~ (Masonic
emblem; early pastor of Rehobeth Baptist Church) [1]
18 SELMAN, John H., son of B.T. & C.C. Selman
- Mar 28, 1875 - Feb 24, 1898
17 SELMAN, Pearl C., dau of B.T. & C.C. Selman
- Oct 6, 1886 - Mar 16, 1898
11 SHIRLEY, B.V. (Rev.) - Feb 14, 1820 - June 14,
1877
45 SHIRLEY, Beverley - Mar 25, 1874 - Sept 25,
1896
41 SHIRLEY, Infant of W.B. & Luizey Shirley
- (no dates)
42 SHIRLEY, John W. - Jan 6, 1867 - June 6, 1878
32 SHIRLEY, Josiah Starnes (Rev.) - Feb 2, 1849 - Jan
9, 1936
09 SHIRLEY, Leonard C. - Nov 26, 1844 - Apr 10, 1896 ~
(md.
Martelle
FORD, Jan 19, 1871)
40 SHIRLEY, Luizer J., wife of W.B. Shirley - 1840 - Jan 23, 1887 ~ (dau of Berry HENDRIX & Siddie WHITE; wife of William B. Shirley; she was born in Georgia & came with her parents to Fayette County in the mid-1850s) [3]
27 SHIRLEY, M.G. Oswalt, wife of Y.J. Shirley - Apr
20, 1885 - Aug 20, 1900
10 SHIRLEY, Martelia Ford - Sept 30, 1852 - Jan
2, 1926
33 SHIRLEY, Martha Hollingsworth - Dec 29, 1849 -
Mar
14, 1917
34 SHIRLEY, Martha I. - Oct 20, 1874 - Nov
18, 1874
28 SHIRLEY, Mattie - Aug 8, 1900 - Feb 4, 1901
35 SHIRLEY, Rosie E. - Sept 13, 1893 - Nov 23,
1894
43 SHIRLEY, Sarah L., wife of W.B. Shirley - Sept 25, 1842 - Sept 16, 1879 ~ (dau of Berry HENDRIX & Siddie WHITE; wife of William B. Shirley; she was born in Georgia & came with her parents to Fayette County in the mid-1850s) [3]
39 SHIRLEY, Siddyh - Feb 1, 1872 - Nov 26, 1882
12 SHIRLEY, Vesta, wife of Rev. B.V. Shirley - Feb 15,
1816 - Nov 20, 1873
44 SHIRLEY, William B. - Apr 9, 1841 - Jan
18, 1900 ~ (son
of B.V. & Vesta Shirley) [3]
26 SHIRLEY, Young J. - Mar 14, 1858 - Aug 26,
1913
25 SMITH, Earnest - Aug 25, 1925 - Sept 18, 1949
52 SMITH, Thomas A. - May 30, 1910 - Oct 3, 1950 ~ Ala
Pfc, 6 Inf Div, WWII, B.S.M. & O.L.C.
06 WATKINS, Lester - 1900 - 1916 ~ (son
of William Alexander Watkins & Mattie SHIRLEY) [3]
07 WATKINS, Mattie, wife of W.A. Watkins - Aug 30,
1876
- July 17, 1900 ~ (dau
of William B. SHIRLEY & Sarah L. HENDRIX; wife of William Alexander
Watkins) [3]
20 WHITE, Kilby - Feb 12, 1887 - Sept 16, 1940
The number represents the order listed in the published record.
Additional sources:
[1] Frances Lowrey Brasher,
e-mail message w/photo, 29 May 2007
[2] Frances Lowrey Brasher,
e-mail message, 03 Feb 2008 [the
1958 Newell transciption incorrectly lists Josie as Mrs. Jessie Matthews]
[3] Juanita Holliman, e-mail
message, 18 Mar 2008