Saginaw African-American aka Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
Cemetery Census
Dated April 2005
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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.