CEMETERY SURVEY

Columbia, Alabama

Compiled by

Janie E. Wood

--1994, with supplemental information 2006--

This Survey of the Columbia, Alabama, Cemetery
is published under the auspices of
The Friends of Columbia.

The compiler and The Friends of Columbia
ask that anyone who has further information
concerning the cemetery, or of anyone
buried there, to please provide it to:
Janie E. Wood
Westminster Village apt. 253
500 Spanish Fort Blvd.
Spanish Fort, Alabama 36527.

Copies of this Cemetery Survey
may be purchased from--
The Friends of Columbia
Columbia, Alabama 36319

FOREWORD

Through the years records of the Columbia Cemetery have been kept primarily in the memories of people who have buried loved ones there. Some graves have undoubtedly been lost in time past. This survey is an attempt to provide a permanent record of graves at this time. Since the cemetery is still active, this survey should be updated periodically.

The information in this work has been gathered as accurately as possible as of April 30, 1994. However, further identification of unmarked graves and notification of unintentional errors, omissions or additions will be appreciated. I would like to thank Mrs. Kathy Jernigan for reading and recording inscriptions on tombstones. Many are almost illegible. Also, I thank Mr. L. H. Adams for his computer work, research and invaluable advice and help.

The plats are schematic and not to scale. They are designed to help locate particular graves quickly and easily.

The cemetery is owned by the Town of Columbia, and maintained by Friends of Columbia. The oldest marked grave is that of an infant, William J. McGriff, who died June 10, 1839. In 1883 an improvement committee initiated considerable work which was financed by popular subscription. An extension of land on the north side was given by Mr. McGriff. It was at that time a wrought-iron fence was put up around the enclosure, trees and shrubbery were trimmed and new walks made. In April 1883, Mr. Wiley Brooks, a brother of Rev. W. L. Brooks (who is buried in the cemetery), erected the entrance house or “summer house” (now generally called gazebo). Mr. Cecil Bomont Culbreth, who died March 14, 1934, was the first person buried in the south extension. The extension on the west side was given by Mr. John Oakley in 1980. In 1993 the Friends of Columbia promoted the repair and painting of the fence, removing the badly broken sections on the east side and planting a row of trees as a boundary.

Donations for cemetery upkeep may be made to Friends of Columbia, P. O. Box 77, Columbia AL 36319-0077. Copies of this survey may be purchased from the same source.

Janie E. Wood
Columbia, Alabama
June 1994

Columbia, Alabama, Cemetery
Table A. Alphabetical Listing by Name, then Section and No., with Other Information. Items without location data are from 2005 survey.

Sec.	No.	Name	D. O. B., mm/dd/yyyy	D. O. D., mm/dd/yyyy	Other Information
H	002	Achord, Edith L., Mrs.	3/26/1880	3/22/1920	b. Washington, D. C.; d. Pike Road, AL
H	001	Achord, Ruth Evelyn	11/10/1902	6/29/1903	b. Findlay, OH; d. Hilson, GA
D	112	Adams, Alpheus Reid, Rev.	2/25/1859	10/31/1933	b. Barbour Co., AL; d. Columbia, AL; husband of Martha Melinda Jernigan Adams, father of L. H. Adams, Sr., & L. A. Adams, Sr.; son of Lewis Nashwell Adams & Alice Jane Albritton; Methodist Minister.
H	015	Adams, Ethel Brown	11/6/1892	12/16/1989	Wife of Loyd A. Adams, daughter of John J. & Alice Sears Brown
Q	037	Adams, J. H.	11/x/1846	5/x/1898	Exact dates not shown. Grandfather of Ernestine Horn.
C	048	Adams, James A.	11/24/1833	5/28/1879
H	016A	Adams, Kate Boyd	2/6/1926	7/8/2001	Age 77
D	114	Adams, Lewis Henry Sr.	11/17/1894	3/9/3966	b. Barbour Co., AL; d. Ft. Gaines, GA; husband of Myrtle E. Glover Adams; son of Rev. A. R. Adams & Martha Melinda Jernigan Adams. PFC Co. G., 167^th Inf., 42^nd Rainbow Division WW I; Fire Chief 1944-48, Councilman 1948-56, Town Clerk 1956-64.
H	014	Adams, Loyd A.	4/23/1890	12/19/1933	b. Barbour Co, AL, son of Rev. A. R. Adams & Martha Melinda Jernigan Adams; husband of Ethel B. Adams; Pvt. 1 Co, Motor Trans. Corps, WW I. Businessman & Mayor of Columbia, 1932-33
H	016	Adams, Loyd A., Jr.	2/3/1924	3/26/1967	b. Columbia, AL; son of Loyd A. Adams Sr. & Ethel Brown Adams; USN, WW II
D	113	Adams, Martha Melinda Jernigan	1/29/1858	10/6/1925	b. Barbour Co, AL; d. Midland City, AL; wife of Rev. Alpheus Reid Adams; daughter of William M. Jernigan & Martha M. DeShazo Jernigan
D	115	Adams, Myrtle E. Glover	5/9/1900	2/9/1982	b. Dale Co, AL; d. Ft. Gaines, GA; wife of Lewie Henry Adams, Sr.; daughter of W. F. Glover & Nancy Folsom Glover.
F	044	Adamson, James B.	10/23/1947	5/25/1996	Age 48
F	048	Adamson, Margaret Payton	5/20/1955
L	019	Alexander, Marie Collins	x/x/1885	x/x/1919	Incomplete dates shown.
E	068	Alford, Charles Carroll	9/7/1883	7/27/1888	Son of J. B. & S. E. Alford
E	067	Alford, Clarise Richerson, Mrs.	4/15/1902	None	Age 84 yrs.
L	002	Alford, Homer P.	12/15/1886	6/27/1933
L	003	Alford, James A.	9/16/1928	4/16/1977	USAF, WW II
E	070	Alford, James B.	2/22/1842	9/10/1902
E	071	Alford, James Badger, Jr.	5/11/1878	10/4/1921
E	075	Alford, John Cornelius	2/22/1876	4/24/1941
E	061	Alford, Lucile	7/11/1888	9/29/1979
E	063	Alford, Lucy Thurman	7/x/1859	4/x/1926	Incomplete dates. Wife of Preston Giles Alford.
P	093	Alford, M. K.	10/x/1847	3/8/1908	Day of birth not shown.
E	072	Alford, Maggie Agnes	10/18/1880	2/18/1985	Year of death not correct. Family members think she died in her 80’s, not at 105.
E	062	Alford, Maggie	x/x/1880	x/x/1908	Incomplete dates shown. Wife of C. J. Faulk.
L	001	Alford, Martha McCall	5/22/1892	6/23/1969
E	074	Alford, Maude L. Palmer	1/24/1891	8/14/1988	Wife of John C. Alford
E	076	Alford, Nettie Goodwin	7/21/1890	12/24/1926
E	065	Alford, Preston G.	11/17/1840	9/3/1890	Son of Wiley & Clarissa Alford. Pvt. In Columbia Blues, CSA
P	092	Alford, Sara A.	6/4/1848	4/17/1892	Wife of M. K. Alford.
E	077	Alford, Sarah E. Robinson	10/30/1848	1/8/1927	Wife of James B. Alford
E	073	Alford, Sarah Elizabeth	12/29/1923	1/17/1924	Daughter of John & Marie Alford
E	069	Alford, Thomas R.	11/9/1871	8/29/1895
E	064	Alford, Wiley	12/12/1876	9/28/1907
E	066	Alford, Wiley	6/21/1801	11/22/1878	B. Robeson Co, NC. Conflict on mo. of death: grave slab shows May, not November.
E	078	Alford, Wiley	12/18/1873	6/9/1942
C	050	Anglin, Annie Jane	6/15/1877	10/14/1959
C	049	Anglin, Charlie	12/22/1876	6/10/1932