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Girardi MMGir@aol.com ==================================================================== BEAR CREEK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY Township 19, Range 12, Sections 15/16 Woodland Area, Randolph County, Alabama Surveyed by Marie M. Cain and Marilyn M. Girardi Submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi MMGir@aol.com Traylor, Emma R. [Rampy] (Mother) Oct 30 1895 June 19,1982 Married 1919 Traylor, Mark W. (Daddy) Apr 12 1892 Nov 17 1967 Butler, Iva [Rampy] Nov 6 1897 Jan 26, 1998 Butler, Merrill Jan 21 1905 Sep 5 1985 Lowe, Ella K. [Mary Ella Knight] May 4 1899 Dec 4 1991[d/o J. Walter & Mary Lorene 'Mollie' McMurray] Lowe, Herbert M. May 21 1894 May 12 1972 McManus, Mildred M. [Messer] Apr 12 1919 OD McManus, V. Garfield Jan 5 1908 Oct 4 1984 Bass, Sybil Emma [McManus] (Mother) Oct 23 1927 Mar 15 1988 Bass, Bobby L. (Daddy) Feb 5 1933 OD Bass, Bobby Lewis, Jr. Mar 6, 1957 Dec 3, 1993 Stewart, James Walter Oct 30 1911 Jan 21 1962 Rampy, Mary [Miss] Oct 6 1901 Mar 4 1970 Rampy, Lewis B. Feb 15 1906 Jul 18 1980 Rampy Gurtha J. [Johnson] Jul 13 1909 OD Shelton, Jesse Elijah Aug 7, 1925 OD Shelton, Thelma Joyce Jun 4, 1932 OD Walden, Charles L. Mar 21, 1933 Dec 3, 1992 A1C US AIR FORCE Korea Walden, Nell B. May 31, 1933 OD Married: Feb 24, 1965 McManus, J. Lewis May 16, 1910 Dec 30, 1997 McManus, Alice F. Dec 3, 1913 OD Lipham, Dallas L. (Purple Heart) Mar 23, 1924 Mar 6, 1999 (Bronze Star) PFC US ARMY WWII Rampy, Katie B. [Burgess] (Mother) Jun 12 1904 Jun 5 1984 Rampy, Lester L., Sr. (Dad) Nov 4 1899 Oct 18 1981 Burgess, George H. [Jul 16] 1906 [May 4] 1982 (m. Dec 21, 1924) Burgess, Josie Ann Harrington [Nov 4] 1904 [May 31] 1973 Capes Monument Goode, Cecil Arlin Aug 2 1928 OD [Married: Nov 15, 1947] Goode, Lila Frank R. [Rampy] Mar 21 1928 OD Goode, Infant daug of Cecil & Lila 1962 OD [Error on marker: Infant Daugh b. & d. Nov 14, 1961] One (1) unmarked childs grave (Colored child--possibly first grave in cemetery) Rampy, Carol Elizabeth Jun 5 1947 Mar 16 1948 Rampy, Judy Ann Apr. 21 1946 Apr 21 1946 Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Rampy Stewart, Timothy Winston (Infant son) Jul 10 1959 Jul 23 1959 Rampy, Virgil Stanley 1917 1985 US ARMY WWII (Monument reads: "Rampy--Son of Eva McCarley and Jim Burl Rampy--Father of Richard Stanley, Emily Wynette, Peggy Annette, Charles Douglas, Jo Ann. Beloved son and father.") Bass, Joe L. Jun 17 1901 Aug 3 1957 Bass, Jimmie L. [McManus] May 5 1903 May 1 1983 Gable, Nancy L. Bass Nov 3 1935 Feb 3 1957 Lee, Virgil V. (Father) Mar 12 1912 Nov 16 1978 Lee, Roy F. (Son) 1944 1962 Bass, Russell P. Apr 27, 1922 OD Bass, Arlis S. May 6, 1919 OD Burgess, W. H. "Jim" 1887 1964 Burgess, Ludie C. [Cline] 1903 1987 Bass, Calvin Louis Apr 12 1925 Sep 13 1965 AL AOM2 US NAVY WWII DFC-AM Bass. Colonel William Mar 3 1898 Oct 21 1984 Bass, Bessie Rampy May 7 1900 Dec 24 1985 Shelton, Robert Lester Sep 3 1903 Jan 11 1969 Shelton, Etta E. [Edwards] Nov 30 1905 Sep 14 1988 Shelton, Janie I. [McManus] 1869 1941 Shelton, Elijah W. 1871 1948 Freeman, Ella B. [Burgess] Apr 28 1885 Sep 29 1960 Freeman, T. J. (Rev.) Feb 27 1875 Feb 4 1962 Boggs, Minnie M. [McManus] Jul 7 1905 Mar 21 1973 McManus, Delia Belle Nov 20 1912 Jul 19 1944 McManus, Mollie F. [Rampy] Dec 16 1878 Apr 23 1939 Married: Jan 2, 1898 McManus, Joseph E. Dec 16 1870 Oct 23 1944 Burgess, Henry 1878 1943 Burgess, Etta Shaw 1886 1978 Stewart, James Vinson Mar 3 1885 Nov 12 1961 Stewart, Ervin Clyde [Hinton] Dec 16 1893 Oct 27 1952 [d/o W.M.Tugle & Vida E. McMurray] Burgess, Mildred L. Dec 7 1927 Oct 4 1936 Burgess, J. Thaniel Sep 15 1923 Feb 25 1941 Yates, Rufus Hinton Jun 7 1915 Jun 21 1972 Yates, Anna Burke 27 Jul 1921 30 Nov 1995 One (1) unmarked childs grave [Infant of Dan and Sarah Johnson] Harrington, Patrica Jane Apr 2 1947 Apr 16 1947 Infant d/o Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Harrington Harrington, J. Wyatt Jun 10, 1919 OD Harrington, Isabel R. Mar 26, 1919 OD Lovvorn, Shellie M. 1893 1974 Lovvorn, Ella Hinton 1896 Jan 4, 1989 [d/o W.M.Tugle & Vida E. McMurray] New grave unmarked: Following information was given by church member and relative. Shelton, Olivia Dobbins Age 56 Nov 27, 1943 Aug 16, 2000 Yates, Joel Francis Aug 10 1887 Dec 25 1970 Yates, Lillian Estelle [Hinton] Jun 17 1889 Apr 19 1960 [d/o W.M.Tugle & Vida E. McMurray] Hinton, Wyley Sep 19 1910 OD Son of WMT & VE Hinton Hinton, Walter Bradford May 15 1887 Jul 29 1890 s/o WMT & VE Hinton Hinton, W.M.T. [Walter Martin Tugle] Mar 2 1861 May 16 1916 (Father) Hinton, Vida E. [V. Elsavada McMurray] Apr 8 1866 Dec 26 1948 (Mother) [d/o Wm F & Lavicie T Jane Gay] McManus, Culpy 1895 1937 McManus, William N. 1867 1942 McManus, Mahala [Lancaster] 1868 1949 McManus, Caster Clint WWII Nov 24 1903 Feb 4 1965 AL PVT BTRY B243 COAST ARTY McManus, Jessie Mae Fincher May 30 1907 Jul 12 1970 Rampy, James Albert [Px] Sep 16 1925 Jul 23 1951 AL PFC 16 INF Rampy, Jim B. Jan 31, 1893 Mar 27, 1971 Rampy, Eva E. [McCarley] Apr 8, 1897 Dec 22, 1988 Bass, George W. Nov 28 1912 Aug 6 1981 Bass, Essie M. [Rampy] Mar 4 1918 OD Bass, Betty Jean Feb 15 1935 Mar 9 1943 Bass, Joe Cyrus Oct 26 1865 Sep 30 1941 Bass, Fannie Taylor Oct 12 1874 Sep 26 1955 McManus, Lowell M. Aug 13, 1915 May 8, 1999 McManus, Bernice Y. Feb 21, 1917 Apr 5, 1998 McManus, Ruby E. [Bass](Mother) 1893 1940 McManus, John M. (Father) 1890 1935 Burgess, Howell C. [Jul 3] 1848 1901 Burgess, Laura A. [Rampy] 1851 1943 Burgess, T. J. Aug 24 1908 Oct 5 1908 s/o R. M & A. O. Burgess, Stevenson [Steve ] [Jun 18] 1919 [Sep 9] 1936] [Killed by lightening] Burgess, Minyard [Jul 14] 1872 [Nov 28] 1953 Burgess, Alcie [Pardon] [Dec 20] 1876 [Jan 7] 1944 Ferrell, Lizzie [Abbott] Apr 7 1880 Feb 21 1960 McClain, Barbary Eugene Jun 30 1930 May 1 1973 Stewart, Jeff Sanders Apr 10 1927 Jul 13 1984 CPL US ARMY Korea Stewart, Sammie Smith Nov 13 1937 OD Brand, Lula May 7 1870 Oct 11 1948 Stevens, Hariet E. Dec 23 1846 Apr 8 1924 Taylor, Martha No dates Burgess, Infant 1870 - OD Cline, Peter Aug 15 1817 Feb 7 1904 PVT CO K 42 AL REGT CSA Cline, J. J. Jun 9 1855 Mar 27 1896 Cline, W. B. Mar 29 1863 Sep 21 1898 Capehart, Charles F. May 19 1870 Nov 16 1935 Capehart, Ella V. [Lovvorn] Apr 29 1874 Jun 19 1953 Capehart, Euine Jul 16 1905 Sep 13 1936 Capehart, Dewey E. Mar 12 1903 Jul 16 1977 Green, W. H. Grady Sep 14 1890 Mar 31 1955 Green, Augusta A. [Sears] Mar 9 1898 Jun 10 1950 McManus, J. B. [Jim Bob] Oct 1 1900 Aug 13, 1997 McManus, Bertie L. [Boone] Sep 12 1898 Jan 1 1953 Haynes, Cyrus William Oct 8 1901 May 16 1981 Haynes, Mary Delila [Sears] Sep 28 1902 May 16 1981 Haynes, Jimmy Clyde Jun 5 1937 Dec 23 1942 Haynes, Bobby Lewis May 8 1932 Aug 29 1933 Burgess, Sallie (Sister) May 25 1890 Jul 4 1970 Burgess, Annie (Sister) Apr 11 1882 Dec 30 1952 Cline, Heney Son of P. & Ame Cline Jun 5 1857 Jun 2 1858 'The first grave' scratched on flagstone. Cline, Loena Died Jan 14 1860 Rampy, Buddy 1862 OD Rampy, Margaret [Capehart] 1823 1902 Rampy, Robert 1821 1903 Married: Jul 22, 1841 in Chambers Co, AL Wortham, Fannie [Rampy] 1862 1944 Rampy, Opel Lee Nov 6 1916 Nov 8 1924 Rampy, Colleene Jun 26 1926 Sep 12 1926 Rampy, Belle [Stewart] Feb 10 1892 Apr 30 1945 Rampy, Rass Nov 15 1890 Jun 28 1976 Capehart, Edna P. (Wife) [Fincher] Dec 27 1895 Jan 3 1923 Capehart, Kermit (Infant) Dec 3 1915 Jun 1916 Rampy, Mary N. Oct 24 1862 Feb 8 1865 d/o J.N. & S.A.E. Rampy Rampy, Martha A. [Herrage] 1849 1930 Rampy, Lewis B. 1848 1907 Sears, Shellie M. Sep 23 1878 Jul 28 1963 Sears, Lillie A. [Traylor] Jan 25 1881 Sep 16 1961 Sears, Merlis Lorene Jun 2 1921 Jul 12 1921 Sears, Sara Vell Jun 24 1918 Jul 14 1918 Sears, Roe W. Apr 3 1910 Jun 10 1910 Bass, Ruth E. Sep 3 1943 OD Bass, Gerald G. Sep 3 1938 Mar 30 1984 Sears, Bert C. Sep 12 1952 Jan 31 1962 Sears, Gladys Payne Jun 2 1919 OD Sears, Virgil Royle Dec 31 1914 Sep 29 1969 Sears Marvin B. [Bass] 1891 1957 Sears, John A. 1886 1935 (Mason) Sears, Infant 1912 (Only date) Sears, Daughter of D. I. & M. C. No dates Sears, Son of D. I. & M. C. No dates Sears, David I. (Father) Sep 13 1856 Nov 9 1887 Sears, Mary C. (Mother) May 15 1850 Dec 31 1932 Green, B. Lee Sears 1934 OD 2nd wife of VB Green Green, Virgil Berry Apr 25 1930 Oct 22 1965 AL SP4 US ARMY Green, Virgle Berry, Sr. May 20 1883 Feb 13, 1969 Rampy, J. H. Dec 20 1882 Jun 22 1908 Rampy, Henry Jan 2 1797 Feb 22 1879 'Born in Edgefield, SC; He joined the M.E. Church in early life and lived a consistent member until his death. Erected by J. A. Rampy' Rampy, Elizabeth 1801 Jan 6 1887 [w/o Henry Rampy] [b. in SC] Poole, Sarah F. [Rampy] Mar 12 1827 Dec 6 1890 [Married Joel J. Poole on Dec. 19, 1843 in Chambers Co, AL] Gray, Elizabeth '1801 SC Jan 6, 1887 Woodland AL married C. A. Gray 1820. Both are buried in Bear Creek Cemetery, Woodland, AL' Capehart, Ruby Lee (Infant) May 19 1929 May 19 1929 Traylor, Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. A. L. Born and Died Aug 2 1920 Capehart, Cornelia May 13 1883 Jun 11 1919 Capehart, Carrie A. (Sister) Jul 17 1876 Jan 31 1912 Capehart, Augusta (Sister) Aug 22 1890 Nov 20 1912 Capehart, Mary Ervin Jul 12 1846 Dec 9 1915 Capehart, John F. (Father) Jul 22 1840 Oct 12 1912 PVT CO K 2ND AL CAV CSA Guy, Jessie Wayne Jan 14, 1944 Jan 15, 1944 Inf s/o Warren Preston & Brooksie Sears Guy Guy, Warren Preston, Jr. Oct 21, 1961 Nov 27, 1961 Inf s/o Warren Preston & Brooksie Sears Guy Sears, William David Feb 11, 1894 Mar 6 1950 AL PVT 325 INF 82 DIV WWI Sears, Ruthie Oct 17 1901 Jul 17 1981 Sears, Annette Sister Sep 12 1936 Oct 2 1954 Sears, Garvis Brother Jul 4 1939 Feb 6 1958 Sears, Dwight Brother Sep 25 1924 Nov 7 1959 Sears, William Robert Brother Apr 28 1926 Aug 14 1973 Bagley, Kathleen Sears Mar 1, 1934 Oct 22, 1994 New unmarked grave: Information on the following given by a church member. Wallace, Samantha Sears Abt age 19, killed by her husband died May 20, 2000 Sears, Guy A. Apr 24, 1913 Jun 11, 1990 Married: July 5, 1964 Sears, Dorothy Cronic Jan 22, 1937 Feb 25, 1997 Sears, Hollis L. Aug 9, 1919 Oct 5, 1996 TEC 4 US ARMY WWII Sears, Ruby Messer Apr 25, 1923 OD Sears, Edward 'Rosco', Sr. May 15, 1928 Oct 15, 1999 Sears, Ellen 'Janett' P. Jul 23, 1929 OD 'Children: Edward Rpsccpe Eddie, Jr. Aug 19, 1950; Evelyn Margie Nov 9, 1956; Ellen Carol Nov 29, 1960; James Vernon Jul 1, 1969.' Sears, Oliver Denson, Sr. Feb 18, 1922 Oct 29, 1996 SK1 US NAVY WWII Sears, Dena B. Jul 29, 1920 OD Morgan, Catherine Green Nov 26 1924 (Only date) Morgan, Van Marvin Mar 29 1913 May 24 1988 Green, Napoleon B. Nov 23, 1923 May 17, 1994 Green, Cordie Bell r. Sep 19, 1928 OD Rampy, Marvin Crouch Mar 26 1903 May 11, 1992 Rampy, Charlie B., Sr. Sep 20 1902 Sep 15 1978 Rampy, Louise A. [Stewart] Nov 19 1875 Nov 26 1941 Rampy, Johnnie L. Jul 2 1876 Mar 13 1967 Rampy, Leler Inez Oct 24 1908 Nov 18 1908 French, Mary Elizabeth Capehart 'Lizzie' Dec 13 1891 Aug 20 1968 Capehart, William H. Jun 4 1884 Jun 27 1922 Capehart, Trueman B. Dec 4 1912 May 31 1919 Capehart, Marybell May 10 1911 Aug 29 1913 Capehart, Hoyt Brasher Nov 16 1894 Dec 28 1969 Capehart, Myrtle Lee [Rampy] Jan 22 1895 Oct 31 1961 The following is from the listing of Diane Herren of September 8, 1988. Family records indicate that Julia Smith Doster, wife of Jack Doster, and four children of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doster--two children of Jack and Julia Doster and two children of Jack Doster and his second wife--are buried in Bear Creek Cemetery. Fifty-seven (57) unmarked graves were noted in her transcription. Not counted in this survey. Unmarked graves: [Death Records] Alem Anders--Male, White; Age 69-0-0; Died May 3, 1887. Infant--Male, White; Age 0-10-0; Died Feb 1, 1887. Infant of Jack Doster--Male, White; Age 2-0-0; Died Mar 15, 1896. Mrs. Smith--Female, White; Age 80-0-0; Died Mar 10, 1896. ******