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Location: From the Hancock County Courthouse, go southeast on Hwy 15 for 0.3 mile to the fork at the Sparta Baptist Church. Stay right at the fork and continue on Hwy 15 for another 9.5 miles to Balerma Church Rd. Turn right and travel west 1.4 miles to the church. The cemetery is to the south and west of the church, which faces east. GPS coordinates: 33 10' 54" N 82 53' 30" W or in degrees only form: 33.18167° N X 82.89167° W See location on Yahoo map (NOTE:The map opens in a new window. The cemetery will be at the location indicated by A. If it is not in the center of your window, maximize your window and then click Reload or Refresh on your browser.) GMD: 118 Cemetery Status: Active Predominant race: White Indexer(s) or Contributor(s): Tilmon and Anne Chamlee | |
| Lot No. | Pers No. | Name | Birth | Death | Inscription and Notes | Service |
| 1 | 1 | William Berry Garner | 1884 | 1974 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Kate Marshall Garner | 1885 | 1965 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Doris Steed Smith | 1908 | 1994 | ||
| 1 | 4 | Wray Smith | 1897 | 1978 | ||
| 1 | 5 | Mrs. Oscar E. Smith | 1867 | 1943 | Addie Archer per family members. | |
| 1 | 6 | Mr. Oscar E. Smith | 1869 | 1942 | ||
| 1 | 7 | James Harvey Archer | 1877 | 1969 | ||
| 1 | 8 | Bessie Harper Archer | 1876 | 1954 | ||
| 1 | 9 | Lillie Archer Chamlee | 1905 | 1981 | ||
| 1 | 10 | Rev. George Tilmon Chamlee | 1898 | 1979 | World War I Cpl U.S. Army | |
| 1 | 11 | William Berry Archer | Feb 5, 1904 | Oct 12, 1955 | ||
| 1 | 12 | J. Mercer Archer | Mar 17, 1883 | Feb 7, 1951 | ||
| 1 | 13 | Lula Hood | Jul 3, 1882 | Jun 1, 1981 | ||
| 1 | 14 | Jesse Fred Archer | Sep 8, 1902 | Oct 3, 1962 | ||
| 1 | 15 | Lucy Rhodes Archer | Mar 6, 1867 | Jun 30, 1934 | w/o F. J. Archer. | |
| 1 | 16 | Flavius J. Archer | Nov 24, 1869 | Aug 1, 1944 | ||
| 1 | 17 | Bessie Rite Hightower Archer | Aug 28, 1866 | May 26, 1907 | w/o F. J. Archer. | |
| 1 | 18 | Hartwell D. Archer | Apr 26, 1898 | Mar 25, 1932 | "Beloved husband of Maud Lou Hightower" | |
| 2 | 1 | Ruth Toulson Cox | Apr 6, 1906 | Jan 8, 1994 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Martha Inez Toulson | Apr 16, 1916 | Sep 8, 1926 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Claudie Lee Toulson | Aug 11, 1876 | Aug 5, 1936 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Myrabo N. Toulson | Dec 6, 1865 | Aug 18, 1937 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Myrabo M. Toulson | Jan 6, 1921 | Jun 17, 1979 | World War II Pvt. U.S. Army | |
| 3 | 1 | Martha T. Brown | Jan 22, 1917 | Mar 31, 2000 | ||
| 3 | 2 | J. Roger Brown | Oct 18, 1914 | Sep 14, 1990 | ||
| 3 | 3 | William C. Brown | 1878 | 1947 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Emma H. Brown | 1884 | 1964 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Effie Virginia Brown | Mar 1929 | Nov 1929 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Christine Brown | Jun 17, 1906 | Mar 6, 1980 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Herman Brown | Nov 4, 1900 | Mar 8, 1906 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Mamie C. Archer Brown | Oct 3, 1890 | Dec 4, 1914 | w/o G. L. Brown. | |
| 4 | 2 | Thomas A. Archer | 1870 | 1955 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Mrs. Thomas A. Archer | 1873 | 1959 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Robert Fulton Archer | 1908 | 1987 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Evny Holmes Heringdine | Aug 3, 1890 | Feb 26, 1920 | ||
| 5 | 2 | John D. Heringdine | Sep 17, 1847 | Dec 12, 1925 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Martha A. Heringdine | Apr 12, 1859 | Jan 27, 1939 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Robert Bridges | ||||
| 6 | 2 | Berta Bridges | ||||
| 6 | 3 | C. A. "Bert" Bridges | ||||
| 6 | 4 | Harriet Johnson | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Baby boy Johnson | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Ike Johnson | ||||
| 7 | 1 | Oscar Lee Garner | 1882 | 1921 | ||
| 7 | 2 | James Thomas Garner | 1848 | 1926 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Frances Gheesling Garner | 1858 | 1926 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Mary G. Johnson | Dec 15, 1891 | Oct 1, 1916 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Maud V. Garner | 1885 | 1958 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Infant son of Mr/Mrs. John Q. Swint | May 6, 1926 | May 8, 1926 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Ila Mae S. Burgamy | Aug 31, 1914 | Aug 19, 1933 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Alfred E. Burgamy | Feb 16, 1913 | Nov 9, 1960 | ||
| 8 | 4 | John Q. Swint | Nov 30, 1878 | Jan 1, 1949 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Daisy F. Swint | Mar 23, 1879 | May 25, 1957 | ||
| 9 | 1 | John Willie Sparks | 1888 | 1961 | Masonic emblem. | |
| 9 | 2 | Frankie Fair Sparks | 1893 | 1964 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Infants of Youngblood | 3 infant graves. | |||
| 9 | 6 | Infants of Sparks | 3 infant graves. | |||
| 10 | 1 | H. B. Sparks | 1858 | 1931 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Ivey I. Sparks | Jan 22, 1910 | Jun 21, 1945 | "A loving husband and devoted father" | |
| 10 | 3 | Thomas R. Sparks | Sep 26, 1860 | Sep 23, 1949 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Katie F. Sparks | 1892 | 1920 | ||
| 10 | 5 | I. T. Sparks | 1889 | 1955 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Joseph C. Sparks | May 22, 1895 | May 22, 1975 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Venice A. Sparks | Feb 28, 1898 | Dec 13, 1991 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Mrs. J. E. Sparks | 1860 | 1927 | ||
| 10 | 9 | J. E. Sparks | 1855 | 1938 | ||
| 10 | 10 | M. M. Sparks | 1887 | 1946 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Infant son of Mike and Martha Hinton | Dec 16, 1938 | Dec 18, 1938 | ||
| 11 | 2 | "Mike" Silas Hinton | Oct 15, 1915 | Apr 20, 2001 | "Beloved husband, father, brother, and friend" | |
| 11 | 3 | Martha F. Hinton | Apr 16, 1920 | Jul 28, 1997 | "A devoted wife and a loving mother at rest" | |
| 12 | 1 | Marston Jackson Marshall | Jul 7, 1892 | Jul 30, 1955 | World War I Georgia Cpl 495 Aero Sq | |
| 13 | 1 | George Powers | No dates. | |||
| 14 | 1 | J. G. Harrison | Oct 2, 1832 | Apr 4, 1907 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Elra Harrison | No dates. | |||
| 15 | 1 | Edward W. Franks | Sep 19, 1911 | Feb 6, 1979 | World War II SC1, U.S. Navy | |
| 15 | 2 | George Gordon Franks | Jan 2, 1914 | Jul 5, 1974 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Infant son of Mr/Mrs. Albert Franks | No dates. | |||
| 15 | 4 | Mrs. Lizzie Murphy Franks | Feb 2, 1887 | Sep 14, 1918 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lillie Mae M. Wilson | Jan 4, 1892 | Apr 22, 1951 | w/o A. C. Wilson | |
| 15 | 6 | Eloise Franks Fearon | Dec 4, 1908 | Jul 2, 1991 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Gertrude A. Franks | Sep 24, 1906 | Dec 4, 1988 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lewis Homer Swint | Oct 9, 1907 | Jul 26, 1908 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Effie Murphy Swint | Jul 28, 1883 | Aug 26, 1912 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Mrs. Lue Ella Murphy | Nov 27, 1861 | Feb 15, 1915 | w/o E. M. Murphy. "Heaven now retains our treasure, Earth the lonely casket keeps, And the sunbeams long to linger, Where our sainted Mother sleeps." | |
| 15 | 11 | Edward M. Murphy | Apr 21, 1861 | Oct 10, 1934 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Walter J. Johnson | Oct 22, 1866 | Nov 16, 1938 | ||
| 16 | 2 | Emma J. Johnson | Jan 16, 1875 | Aug 20, 1966 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Willis Barnett Johnson | Sep 7, 1915 | Apr 24, 1950 | World War II Georgia S1 USNR | |
| 17 | 1 | Oscar Ramon Walker | Nov 8, 1935 | Nov 11, 1935 | s/o Wilson and Evelyn Carr Walker. | |
| 17 | 2 | Frances Carr Hood | Mar 4, 1912 | Feb 5, 1997 | ||
| 17 | 3 | Zeno Hood | Jul 14, 1910 | Jan 29, 1985 | World War II PFC U.S. Army | |
| 17 | 4 | Evelyn Carr Walker | Jun 21, 1916 | Jan 24, 1970 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Woodrow Wilson Walker | Sep 28, 1912 | Mar 10, 1969 | ||
| 18 | 1 | James Mansfield Brown | Sep 16, 1895 | May 16, 1981 | ||
| 18 | 2 | Mattie Lee McCoy Brown | Jan 27, 1898 | Sep 3, 1982 | ||
| 18 | 3 | Cecil Bernard Brown | May 31, 1919 | Mar 31, 1997 | World War II U.S. Army | |
| 18 | 4 | William M. Brown | Jan 19, 1917 | May 19, 1953 | ||
| 19 | 1 | Morris L. Yates, Jr. | Sep 23, 1919 | Nov 25, 1971 | World War II PFC 236 Ordnance Ammo Co. | |
| 19 | 2 | Effie Cummings Yates | Apr 6, 1929 | Oct 28, 1989 | ||
| 19 | 3 | Joe B. Cummings | May 25, 1905 | Mar 1, 1981 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Robert E. Morgan | Oct 30, 1879 | Mar 31, 1956 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Mary Elizabeth Morgan | Dec 30, 1879 | Apr 4, 1956 | ||
| 20 | 3 | Homer Adel Morgan | Mar 6, 1908 | Oct 30, 1978 | ||
| 21 | 1 | Thomas Marshall Frazier | Jul 26, 1902 | Nov 3, 1961 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Francis Veal Frazier | Sep 9, 1908 | Feb 3, 2002 | ||
| 22 | 1 | Infant of W. A. and A. Scott | Handwritten in concrete slab. No dates. | |||
| 22 | 2 | M. V. Youngblood | Aug 31, 1827 | Jun 8, 1907 | ||
| 22 | 3 | Mrs. Sarah E. Brookins | Feb 1833 | May 1911 | ||
| 23 | 1 | Henry L. Archer | Aug 10, 1892 | Jan 15, 1944 | ||
| 23 | 2 | Ruby Emma Johnson Archer | Jun 23, 1907 | Nov 23, 1994 | ||
| 23 | 3 | Julian Archer | 1867 | 1948 | ||
| 23 | 4 | Mollie Archer | 1867 | 1953 | ||
| 24 | 1 | Joe Thomas Pearce | Aug 1, 1955 | |||
| 24 | 2 | Willard G. Jackson | Mar 31, 1913 | Aug 22, 1947 | ||
| 24 | 3 | Lorene Jackson Pearce | Jul 31, 1935 | Nov 8, 1980 | ||
| 24 | 4 | Thomas T. Pearce | Apr 6, 1927 | Feb 14, 1988 |