Shelby County Alabama

Saginaw African-American
aka Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
Cemetery Census


Dated April 2005

This website is courtesy of the Shelby County ALGenWeb Host Bobby Joe Seales

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It is to be used for research only. Thank you.


Please understand that some of the grave markers were worn, broken, and/or illegible,
therefore, some errors in transcribing may have occurred.

Behind the Galilee Baptist Church, an African-American church at Junction U.S. Hwy. #31 and Shelby County Hwy. #340 East (10 Ozley Road) in Saginaw.
At the time the cemetery survey was taken there were about 50 unmarked graves.


        NAME                      BIRTH          DEATH                 COMMENT          

ADAMS, Annie B.	18 Jul 1936	03 Jan 1989		
ADAMS, La'Randal La"Shaun	06 Mar 1970	07 Mar 1970		
AVERY, Betty Mae	18 Dec 1893	06 Oct 1991	Mom.	
BISHOP, Jessie F.	 28 Sep 1910 	 26 May 1972	Ala. Tec. 3 US Army, WWII.	
BISHOP, Wilbert	20 Apr 1932	24 Jan 1982		
BROWN, Dennie	18 Jul 1897	28 Jun 1997	A Loving Mother.	
BROWN, Lucious	25 Dec 1886	28 Feb 1982		
BURN, John Ross	20 Apr 1900	04 Dec 1974		
CALHOUN, Phil	 18 Dec 1894 	 17 Sep 1968	Ala. Pvt. Co. C 449 Res. Labor Btn. QMC WWI; Marker almost covered with dirt. 	
CARGO, Carrie 	 04 Mar 1889 	 14 Jan 1972	Our Precious Mother.	
CARGO, Talmer 	 09 Aug 1888 	 12 Jun 1967		
DOWDELL, Charles E.	09 Oct 1937	24 May 1981		
DOWDELL, Eva Mae	31 May 1915	01 Jun 1988		
DOWDELL, Monroe W.	12 Apr 1911	29 Aug 1972		
DOWDELL, Sharon	31 Mar 1950	18 Mar 1991		
FOYTE, Lonnie 	 Oct 1894 	16 Feb 1969	Hand carved in slab; hard to read.	
GAITERS, Ben  	02 Oct 1881	30 Sep 1963		
GAITERS, Ben, Jr.	11 Mar 1930	01 Nov 1985		
GAITERS, Callie	19 Oct 1887	19 Aug 1976	Mother; Eastern Star.	
GAITERS, Mose W.	Apr 1917	Mar 1969	Rest In Peace.	
GAITERS, William Picket, Jr. 	10 Oct 1934	22 Jun 1964	Illinois AB, US Air Force.	
GARDNER, Jettie R., Brother 	 One date	 10 Aug 1966	Brother Jettie R. GARDNER, died 10 Aug 1966.	
HALL, James Thomas, Sr.	01 Jul 1918	10 Jun 1998	Pvt. US Army Air Corps, WWII.	
HALL, Viola E.	15 Jan 1929	08 Mar 1974		
HANES, Estella	04 Jul 1913	02 Mar 1997		
HANES, Kevin L.	08 Jun 1967	09 Feb 1995		
HARRIS, Beulah 	 10 Mar 1882 	 20 Oct 1969	Hand carved; badly worn.	
HARRISON, Samuel Lee	23 May 1905	21 Jun 1985		
HAYNES, Sylvia	24 Feb 1966	21 Jul 2004	A Loving Mother, Daughter & Friend.	
HICKS, Mary Ella 	 14 Jul 1893 	 03 Oct 1970		
KEITH, Freddie L.	03 May 1936	05 Aug 1977	Brother.	
KIRKLAND, Clinton	14 May 1913	30 Mar 1995		
KIRKLAND, Irene 	 30 May 1921 	 18 Nov 1966		
KIRKLAND, John H.	13 Jan 1908	16 Dec 1996		
KIRKLAND, Johnnie Mae	08 Oct 1939	17 Oct 2003		
KIRKLAND, Mary M.	03 Sep 1909	20 Aug 2000	Married to one man 77 years.	
KIRKLAND, Robert Lee	02 Feb 1906	23 Jul 1999		
KIRKLAND, Sylvester Lewis	1958	1992	HN US Navy.	
MERCHANT, Gregory P.	07 Aug 1956	20 Feb 1999		
MONTGOMERY, Lillie Mae	22 Feb 1919	18 Feb 1964	A Loving Mother; Wife of Willie Lee MONTGOMERY; Small marker between Willie Lee & Lillie Mae MONTGOMERY reads "TOPPER", born  27 Jan 1976, died 05 Mar 1998.	
MONTGOMERY, Marlon	05 Apr 1973	09 Dec 1978		
MONTGOMERY, Willie J.	03 Jul 1947	22 Apr 1999	Sgt. US Army, Vietnam.	
MONTGOMERY, Willie Lee	25 Aug 1913	20 Aug 1964	Small marker between Willie Lee & Lillie Mae MONTGOMERY reads "TOPPER", born  27 Jan 1976, died 05 Mar 1998.	
NABORS, Bertha C.	1935	1995		
NABORS, T.B., Jr.	 14 May 1934 	 01 May 1975	US Army.	
NELMS, Calvin	07 Feb 1927	05 Dec 2001		
NELMS, Charlie E., Rev.	13 Dec 1919	17 Oct 1984	Father.	
NELMS, Louise H.	02 Feb 1920	10 May 2002	Mother; Wife of Rev. Charlie E. NELMS.	
NOBLE, Carrie	02 May 1894	20 Feb 1976		
NORRIS, Camille	03 Nov 1965	25 Sep 2001		
NORRIS, Maggie P.	24 Aug 1917	02 Jan 1980		
NORRIS, Raymond Terrel	24 Aug 1976	22 Feb 1992		
PICKETT, Jimmie L.	07 Jul 1909	14 Jan 1993	Tec. 4 US Army, WWII.	
POWELL, Estella	11 May 1885	30 Oct 1974		
PRICE, Eddie, Rev. 	 22 Jan 1898 	 23 Dec 1973		
RHINE, Annie Bell	10 Dec 1930	15 May 1999		
RIGGINS, Joshua Kaleb	One date	18 Aug 1997		
RUSH, Flora M. 	 13 Jan 1936 	 12 Jul 1967	Hand carved in slab.	
RUSSELL, Catherine	30 Sep 1919	04 Feb 1979		
RUSSELL, L.M.	30 Mar 1918	07 May 1989		
SHIELDS, Danny K.	13 Oct 1961	20 Jan 1996		
SMOOT, Josephine KIRKLAND	03 Mar 1889	09 Mar 1961		
SPEIGNER, Albert, Sr.	07 Dec 1941	18 Mar 2001		
SPEIGNER, Sammie H.	13 Sep 1919	03 Mar 2001	Pvt. US Army, WWII.	
SWAIN, Nathaniel	24 Jan 1922	28 Apr 1975		
SWAYNE, Fletcher	17 Aug 1896	27 Sep 1974	US Army, WWI.	
SWIFT, Lee	01 Mar 1899	07 Dec 1983	Daddy.	
SWIFT, Lillian TAYLOR	08 Apr 1913	14 Aug 1996	Mother.	
TONEY, James H., Jr.	04 Feb 1936	12 Oct 1995	Pvt. US Army, Korea.	
WARREN, Theodore R.	1946	2000		
WASHINGTON, Harry, Sr.	27 Oct 1923	29 Dec 1995		
WILLIAMS, Neal L., Sr.	26 May 1893	14 Feb 1982	Our Loving Father.	
WRIGHT, Earnest, Jr.	08 Mar 1925	08 Jul 2003	Pfc. US Army, WWII.	
WRIGHT, Mary L.	30 Jun 1926	22 May 2000	Wife of Earnest WRIGHT, Jr.