CEMETERY SURVEY

Columbia, Alabama

Compiled by

Janie E. Wood

--1994, with supplemental information 2006 and 2008--

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 Including Maps
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., m/d/yyyy	D. O. D., m/d/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; husb. of Martha Melinda Jernigan Adams, fa. 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 75
D	114	Adams, Lewis Henry Sr.	11/17/1894	3/9/1966	b. Barbour Co., AL; d. Ft. Gaines, GA; husb. 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; husb. 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; dau. 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 104.
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	8/14/1985	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
C	037	Anglin, George Clinton	6/14/1946	1/2/1993
C	035	Anglin, George Ernest	2/24/1909	8/13/1973
C	036	Anglin, Sue Sirmons	10/14/1907	1/11/1997	Age 89
C	036	Anglin, Willie Sermons	10/14/1947	None
A	005	Antley, Lennie J.	3/29/1900	10/8/1992
A	004	Antley, W. D.	7/9/1902	3/25/1961
A	006	Antley, William H.	4/7/1923	8/35/1987	US Army, WW II
O	059	Appling, Alice	none	None	A wife of & buried next to James Otho Appling.
O	060	Appling, Amanda	x/x/1852	None	A wife of & buried next to James Otho Appling.
O	063	Appling, James L.	x/x/1875	None	Adult.
O	058	Appling, James Otho	8/10/1847	2/16/1927	Postmaster 1892, town Alderman 1908-12; buried in KKK regalia, “KKK Co. E., 63 Bn. Ala. Div.”
O	061	Appling, Lee B.	9/8/1872	6/22/1892	Son of J. O., A. E. Appling
O	062	Appling, Lizzie	(2/5/1852)	12/26/1896	No birth date shown, but “aged 44 yrs, 10 mos., 21 days,” wife of J. O. Appling.
K	019	Armstrong, Charity Roxanne Elizabeth	4/10/1829	12/20/1872	Daughter of Lewis W. & Jane Bargeron Anderson; 2^nd wife of Thomas Armstrong.
J	058	Armstrong, Eloise Farmer	6/30/1927	10/14/1988	Wife of Rhudolph V. Armstrong
M	24C	Armstrong, Eula Whatley	5/31/1916	10/07/2003	Age 87
K	013	Armstrong, Isabella Jane	1/15/1849	5/2/1926	Daughter of Thomas & Mariah S. Lewis Armstrong
M	24B	Armstrong, John Andrew	9/22/1909	3/13/1999	Age 89
C	025	Armstrong, Lewis William	12/30/1869	9/18/1952	Son of Thomas & Charity Roxane Elizabeth Anderson Armstrong; husband of Olive Warren Armstrong. Banker; Councilman 1940-44
C	026	Armstrong, Olive Warren	11/4/1880	11/6/1962	Daughter of Elly & Mary Louise Stamper Warren; wife of Lewis William Armstrong
J	057	Armstrong, Rhudolph Valentino	4/23/1927	8/30/1995	Age 68
K	021	Armstrong, Thomas	8/9/1817	2/19/1891	Son of Wm. & Mary Ann King Armstrong; husband of Charity R. E. Anderson. Farmer, Justice of Peace Columbia, Sherriff Henry Co., AL, 1861-63
G	022	Asbell, Ethel	10/21/1885	9/15/1893	Daughter Of J. L. & M. E. Asbell
P	041	Atkeson, Henry Beach	1/25/1903	2/11/1973	Married Lucille Peacock Atkeson, 3/14/1936
P	042	Atkeson, Lucille Peacock	10/19/1911	11/14/1985	Married Henry Beach Atkeson, 3/14/1936
J	042	Atkeson, Nina Beach	1/26/1878	2/17/1961	Wife of Thomas Zephaniah Atkeson
J	041	Atkeson, Thomas Zephaniah	5/14/1879	8/9/1974	Husband of Nina Beach Atkeson
J	40A	Atkeson, Thomas Zephaniah	6/10/1912	7/12/1999	Age 87
L	048	Baker, Arthur Lee	3/9/1896	9/27/1949	Age 53
J	076	Baker (infant)	7/9/1891	7/9/1891	Infant of C. W. & M. C. Baker
P	022	Baker, Blanche O’Neal	x/x/1890	x/x/1916	Incomplete dates shown
M	042	Baker, Eugene E.	7/15/1889	8/6/1966	Ala. Pvt. MG Co., 123 Infantry, WW I
L	051	Baker, Eva Chambers	x/x/1885	9/26/1960	No birth day or month shown.
N	032	Baker, James Richard	11/8/1859	7/3/1930	Town Marshal 1908-12, 1920-24.
L	046	Baker, John Floyd	x/x/1847	7/x/1920	Incomplete dates shown
L	050	Baker, John Thomas	1/30/1879	1/9/1964
L	049	Baker, Louise Jordan	7/29/1923	none
L	047	Baker, Mary Jane Ferrell	2/18/1887	12/31/1920	? birthdate actually2/15/1857
M	063	Baker, Minnie M.	12/16/1902	2/26/1994	Wife of Eugene E. Baker
N	033	Baker, Sarah Matilda	1/21/1872	11/25/1914
S	027	Baker, Sydney Lee	8/19/1887	7/3/1952
E	021	Balant, Carolyn Hammond	8/20/1921	3/28/1976	Wife of William Balant, daughter of E. E. & Frenchie McNair Hammond
F	011	Barbour, Haywood E.	1/25/1914	11/19/1987
C	079	Barfield, Lucy Jane Flowers	5/25/1914	3/16/1997	Age 82
C	078	Barfield, Robert E.	8/24/1914	7/31/1982
J	016	Beach, B. Amzi	2/1/1859	1/21/1895
J	040	Beach, Charles Henry	5/5/1866	9/18/1928
J	019	Beach, Charles LeBaron	9/18/1839	4/4/1901
J	036	Beach, Charlie Henry Jr.	10/31/1899	4/4/1918
J	018	Beach, Clara Maxwell	5/7/1838	4/25/1915	Wife of Henry Miller Beach
J	039	Beach, Florrie Jennings	4/6/1872	10/6/1936	Wife of C. H. Beach
J	017	Beach, Henry Miller	11/24/1833	7/1/1903	Husband of Clara (Maxwell) Beach. Organizer and 1^st Elder of Columbia Presbyterian Church.
J	043	Beach, Thornwell	2/15/1871	12/26/1937
P	095	Beall, Harrold	12/28/1886	2/23/1887	Son of Sanford & Blanche Beall. “Died at half past 8 o’clock after illness of several weeks.”
P	096	Beall, Little Sanford	6/23/1888	2/9/1897	Son of Sanford & Blanche Beall
		Beasley, Barbara Latiolais	12/3/1934	4/26/2007	Age 72
		Beasley, John Palmer	4/29/33
D	029	Bell, Mary Louise	3/30/1873	12/29/1960
C	112	Bell, Thomas H., Capt.	None	5/31/1862	Co. A, 6^th Ala. Inf. CSA. Killed at Civil War battle of Seven Pines.
D	031	Bell, W. J. Jr.	9/1/1895	3/31/1912
D	030	Bell, William James, Sr.	5/29/1870	6/4/1942	Born Palmetto, GA, died Dothan AL. Town Alderman, 1908-12.
C	070	Bentley, N. B.	3/6/1877	1/3/1913
C	075	Bentley, William E.	4/3/1843	1/6/1901
C	034	Best, Morgan James	1/12/1853	5/5/1881	“Joined the Baptist Church 1869”
J	008	Betts, Dora Gertrude	10/19/1887	3/31/1890	Daughter of Rev. I. F. & M. T. Betts
A	009	Bills, Jeanette H.	8/2/1911	4/15/1972
A	008	Bills, Robert S.	4/30/1919	12/21/1974	PFC, U. S. Army
T	011	Blackshear, Edna Maude	9/6/1944
T	010	Blackshear, Sam Davis, Sr.	2/14/1935	1/9/2004	Age 68
P	088	Blackwell, Annie Wood Bowdon	2/26/1888	8/7/1977	Wife of Camp Blackwell
E	044	Blackwell, Avarilla Richards	12/3/1855	5/15/1929	Wife of T. L. Blackwell
B	013	Blackwell, Billie	11/11/1921	10/20/1980
P	087	Blackwell, Camp	9/23/1883	6/11/1953	Husband of Annie Wood Bowdon Blackwell
E	042	Blackwell, Claude Harriett	11/27/1870	6/5/1958
E	047	Blackwell, Francis M.	11/8/1815	12/3/1895	Husband of Louisa M. Blackwell
P	085	Blackwell, Frank G.	1/26/1888	10/11/1928
P	084	Blackwell, Frank G., Jr.	5/29/1914	12/15/1959	Husband of Nellie Mae Seale Blackwell
B	08C	Blackwell, Jean McGriff	7/9/1935	7/17/2002	Age 67
E	043	Blackwell, John Darby	3/20/1893	7/1/1893	Son of T. L. & A. A. Blackwell
B	005	Blackwell, Lewis Felton	9/11/1912	3/8/1982	Mason, husband of Rhetta A. Blackwell
E	046	Blackwell, Louisa M.	7/16/1825	2/10/1885	Wife of Francis M. Blackwell
P	083	Blackwell, Nellie Mae Seale	7/16/1916	9/5/1942	Wife of Frank G. Blackwell, Jr.
B	004	Blackwell, Rhetta A.	11/20/1918	11/16/1987	Wife of Lewis Felton Blackwell, daughter of William Jernigan
E	048	Blackwell, Robert M.	5/20/1848	12/2/1896	Brother of F. M. & T. L. Blackwell
B	014A	Blackwell, Sara Jean Turner	3/8/1928	3/20/2008	Wife of Billie Blackwell, age 80
E	045	Blackwell, Thomas Lewis	11/27/1855	1/26/1929	Husband of Avarilla Richard Blackwell
B	03A	Blackwell, Thomas Lewis (Tommy)	10/2/1941	11/20/1994	Age 55
		Blackwell, William “Billy” Camp	8/24/1938	5/31/2007	Age 78
B	015	Blackwell, William Charles	3/26/1963	6/5/1965	Son of Mr. & Mrs. Billie Blackwell
G	041	Blanchard, Allen	7/2/1901	1/29/1920	“An American Soldier”
O	039	BLANK
N	045	Bledsoe, Clarence A.	7/29/1869	11/27/1914	Woodmen of the World Memorial
D	117	Blewitt, David B.	None	None	Owner & operator of Blewitt’s Mill, Omusee Creek, Columbia. Husb. of Palmyra Riviere Blewitt. County Commissioner, Henry Co., AL, 1866-67. Tombstone misspells last name as “Bluett.”
D	118	Blewitt, Palmyra Riviere	None	None	Wife of David B. Blewitt, sister of Lewlie “Zenobia” R. Taylor (wife of John Burts Taylor). See above re tombstone.
M	001	Blount, T. Cook	4/11/1856	6/4/1889
I	023	Boadenrider, Mary L.	11/30/1841	3/26/1884	Wife of E. M. Boadenrider
J	080	Bohannon, Carter Shubal	7/18/1892	10/6/1942
J	081	Bohannon, Mildred Mercier	2/22/1906	2/17/1974
		Bonar, Robert (Bob)	None	6/4/1998	Age 72
D	066	Bond, Annie Mae	3/3/1899	10/18/1989
D	065	Bond, James Clete	3/21/1892	9/1/1971	Alabama, Pvt. U. S. Army, WW I
L	039	Bowdon, Belle Shepherd	3/7/1877	2/11/1944	Wife of J. F. Bowdon, Sr.
L	042	Bowdon, Bonnie Ruth	12/23/1910	12/2/1985
L	043	Bowdon, (infant)	None	None	Child of J. F. & Belle Bowdon, Sr.
L	044	Bowdon, (infant)	None	None	Child of J. F. & Belle Bowdon, Sr.
G	001	Bowdon, Edward	x/x/1878	x/x/1908	Incomplete dates shown
L	038	Bowdon, J. F., Sr.	10/30/1862	10/29/1944
P	089	Bowdon, James A.	6/3/1893	6/25/1955	Alabama, Wagoner, 106 Sanitary Tn., WW I
P	090	Bowdon, James A.	5/4/1852	9/29/1934
L	041	Bowdon, James F., Jr.	11/13/1908	12/11/1973	Alabama, Pvt., U. S. Army, WW II
L	37A	Bowdon, John Mayfield	7/28/1934	12/1/1994	Age 60
L	045	Bowdon, Little Mary Belle	7/13/1932	3/6/1933
L	040	Bowdon, Sam. S.	8/6/1914	12/12/1937
P	091	Bowdon, Susan	12/10/1849	1/2/1903	Wife of J. A. Bowdon
P	086	Bowdon, W. Shirley	2/8/1890	10/3/1962
B	040	Brackin, Erle W.	9/22/1897	8/14/1983
B	039	Brackin, Marion A.	4/6/1894	12/13/1980	U S Army WW I
M	047	Brackins, Ammie	6/2/1900	5/22/1953
D	048	Bricken, Bird E.	x/x/1878	x/x/1956	Incomplete dates shown
D	064	Bricken, Charity Armstrong	2/13/1911	12/29/1964	Daughter of L. W. & Olive Armstrong; wife of Fay Erskine Bricken
D	063	Bricken, Fay Erskine	8/13/1900	8/27/1962	Ala., COX USNR, WW II
D	049	Bricken, Little Martin	12/5/1877	3/23/1966
D	49A	Brinks, Sammuel David	10/5/1945	9/22/1957	Age 51
N	015	Bristow, Ila Bell Wilbourn	1/6/1906	4/27/1997	Age 91
N	014	Bristow, James Pitts	1/3/1901	4/19/1977
N	031	Brooks, Nora	12/9/1883	3/22/1884
P	062	Brooks, Tracy Lee	11/6/1972	11/6/1972	Infant son of Curtis & Teresa Brooks
N	030	Brooks, W. L., Rev.	11/3/1858	9/2/1888	“Master carpenter and Baptist minister.” Wife: Mary Elizabeth (Miss Lizzie) Anglin of Hilton, GA
F	041	Bronar, Robert (Bob)	1/6/1926	6/4/1998	Age 72
H	017	Brown, Alice Sears	1/18/1855	4/25/1935	Wife of John J. Brown, mother of Ethel Brown Adams
P	082	Brown, Ethel Edwina	4/25/1890	1/6/1903
P	081	Brown, Florence Prince	2/22/1884	11/6/1906
D	053	Brown, James E., Jr.	12/2/1924	4/8/1970	Ala., 2^nd Lt. Artillery, USAR, WW II, Korea
D	051	Brown, James Edd, Sr.	12/24/1893	11/11/1973	Husband of Susie Rollins (Bill) Brown. Alabama, Pvt., U. S. Army, WW I
R	014	Brown, James Howell	2/11/1896	7/8/1979	Pvt., U. S. Army, WW I
H	018	Brown, John J.	5/23/1854	10/27/1931	Husband of Alice Sears Brown, Father of Ethel Brown Adams