Randolph County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Gold Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Girardi mmgir@aol.com February 2010 Abstracted By: Linda S. Ayres, April 24, 2004 Updated February 2010 Township 18, Range 12, Section 4 Graham, Randolph County, Alabama Church organized in 1835 and known as Good Hope, was the first Baptist Church in Randolph Co, AL. The name was changed to Gold Ridge Jul 10, 1933. Update 2010: Additional information enclosed in [brackets] “Quotes” or (parenthesis) indicates info on markers. Name Birth Date Death Date Noles, G. W. 1874 1970 [G. W. ‘Bud’ Noles] Noles, Emily M. 187 1948 Yates, Infant Son of Millburn and Verdie Oct 14, 1940 Oct 14, 1940 Yates, Verdie Calhoun Jan 10, 1910 Mar 31, 1989 (Married: December 21, 1937) Yates, Milburn B. Sep 26, 1910 Nov 14, 1996 Yates, S. D. [PX] (Father) Mar 02, 1861 OD Yates, Dovie A. [PX] (Mother) May 07, 1886 Oct 28, 1939 [Wife of S.D. Yates] Boyd, Sgt. Garfield 1907 1942 Faulkner, Gertrude G. Feb 01, 1904 [Oct 20, 2004] [D/o Benjamin F. Gibbs & Clara S. Truitt] Faulkner, T. Jeff Jan 02, 1898 Jan 26, 1978 McDaniel, Shelby J. (Father) Nov 24, 1869 May 24, 1943 [Robert McDaniel & Nancy Hester] McDaniel, Rada C. (Mother) Nov 05, 1884 Aug 21, 1961 [Rada C. Parker] Boyd, Bill W. Aug 19, 1933 Dec 06, 1985 Boyd, Russell E. May 08, 1965 Dec 04, 1986 Gibbs, Eva R. (Mother) Jan 13, 1912 Jan 05, 1980 [Eva R. Lowry] Gibbs, Barnie Apr 28, 1911 Jun 09, 1997 [S/o Benjamin F. Gibbs & Clara S. Truitt] Boyd, Walter E. Apr 08, 1905 Oct 17, 1973 [S/o Richard Boyd & Amanda Towney] Boyd, Bernice E. Oct 02, 1913 Jun 09, 1997 [D/o Benjamin F. Gibbs & Clara S. Truitt] Gibbs, Clara Ednell Jun 09, 1927 Feb 13, 1964 Gibbs, Clara S. Dec 03, 1884 Feb 01, 1978 [Clara S. Truitt] Gibbs, Ben F. Jun 12, 1878 Jun 04, 1942 [S/o Thomas Gibbs & Nancy Cosper] Morgan, Patricia Ann Dec 26, 1937 June 1938 Harden, J.W. Oct 13, 1936 Oct 14, 1936 Harden, Bobbie Jean Jan 19, 1940 Jan 31, 1940 Smith, Mary Diane Feb 21, 1949 Feb 23, 1949 (Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smith) Morgan, Gibbs, Sr. Oct 24, 1924 Aug 16, 1985 (TEC 5 US ARMY World War II) Morgan, J. V. (Father) Aug 10, 1872 Jan 16, 1940 Morgan, Jeppie (Mother) Aug 21, 1882 Feb 27, 1934 [Daughter of Thomas Gibbs and Nancy Cosper] (Jeppie Morgan—First person buried at Gold Ridge) Morgan, William J. Oct 28, 1907 Apr 04, 1968 Morgan, Thomas E. Jul 28, 1905 May 20, 1987 Swafford, David Braxford, Sr. Feb 23, 1923 Sep 10, 1980 (S1 US NAVY World War II) Swafford, Euna M. Jul 08, 1916 OD Stephens, Bill Mar 26, 1894 May 09, 1968 Stephens, Vergie L. Aug 23, 1909 Dec 20, 1994 [Vergie L. Snow] Stephens, Jep Oct 13, 1883 Oct 11, 1969 Stephens, Etta Oct 19, 1889 Aug 26, 1964 Stephens, PFC Clint N. Nov 12, 1912 Jan 31, 1944 (Picture of a tank-—#341 0541 4--CO C 1ST ARMORED REGT) (Killed in action on Anzio Beach in Italy) Stephens, Ezell Oct 07, 1909 Feb 01, 1991 Cooley, H.L. Jul 30, 1849 Jan 01, 1936 [Hilliard L. Cooley] Cooley, Molley Feb 18, 1866 Feb 01, 1954 [Molley Brown] Cooley, Annie Lynn Jul 10, 1889 Jan 26, 1974 Cooley, Solon R. Oct 10, 1922 May 19, 1979 Cooley, Hildred F. Mar 17, 1934 OD Cooley, Freddie May 15, 1936 OD Cooley, Talon Jan 09, 1933 OD Cooley, Carless I. Apr 09, 1911 Apr 01, 1999 [Carless Imal, s/o Annie Lynn Cooley] Cooley, Lottie S. Nov 26, 1913 Aug 22, 2000 [L. Mae, d/o Robert Garfield ‘Dutch’ Saxon & Lillian Bertha Lowe] Cooley, Robert Hilliard Apr 18, 1943 Apr 22, 1943 Hand, Duell O. Apr 16, 1922 Dec 01, 1993 [D. Oren, s/o John Hand & Mary Frances Smith] Hand, Myrt H. Apr 18, 1925 [May 14, 2008] [D/o Joe V. Heard & Pearl Butler] Hand, Melvin 0. Aug 17, 1903 May 03, 1961 [S/o George Hand & Annie Smith Mills] Hand, Mamie M. Jul 25, 1917 Feb 26, 1992 Hand, Mary Jane Jun 08, 1878 Jul 16, 1951 [D/o Joshua Hand & Isabella Cates] Saxon, McCoy Mar 06, 1939 Jul 19, 1939 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Saxon) Saxon, W. Horace [Apr 25]1916 [Feb 15]1998 [William H., s/o R. G. ‘Dutch’ Saxon & Bertha Lowe] Saxon, Flossie H. 1916 2004 [Flossie Hand] Faulkner, Betty Jean Feb 24, 1934 May 10, 1934 [D/o Jeff Faulkner & Gertrude Gibbs] Faulkner, Danny Jul 17, 1961 Nov 26, 1961 Cosper, Johnnie C. Aug 27, 1904 Mar 15, 1971 [Brother] Cosper, Alma 0. [Miss] Feb 23, 1913 Sep 20, 1995 [Sister] Lowry, Lonnie T. (Father) Mar 28, 1881 Jan 23, 1967 [S/o William Lowry and Elizabeth Nesbitt] Lowry, Emma L. (Mother) Feb 13, 1882 Feb 13, 1953 [Emma Lowe] Rogers, Willodean Y. Mar 11, 1936 OD Rogers, Thomas H. (WWII) Oct 09, 1924 Sep 11, 1996 Yates, William B. Sep 07, 1872 Nov 14, 1946 Yates, Winnie L. Aug 25, 1913 OD Yates, Dewey C. Jan 26, 1914 Feb 13, 1960 Yates, Mamie G. Mar 29, 1909 OD Yates, Oscar 0. Feb 06, 1905 Feb 09, 1989 Yates, W. David Nov 10, 1898 May 19, 1972 Yates, Annie Mae May 06, 1905 Aug 05, 1996 [D/o Benjamin F. Gibbs & Clara S. Truitt] Langford, Harlon Mark Mar 24, 1963 Feb 24, 1964 Harden, W. Albert May 10, 1907 Sep 16, 1991 Harden, Gladys Sep 19, 1905 OD Harden, Hulen Oct 19, 1879 Dec 19, 1968 Harden, Mattie Apr 21, 1883 Sep 12, 1963 [Mattie Truitt] McManus, Billy Will Jun 21, 1930 Nov 13, 2003 [S/o Olin M. McManus & Lola Johnson; Military policeman in Army & Air Force-Korea; h/o Dean Lamb McManus] Butler, Emmitt James Aug 10, 1927 Sep 03, 1956 (AL PFC 9957 TECH SVC UNIT World War II) Butler, Fletcher Sep 24, 1906 Oct 02, 1976 Butler, Gracie Apr 21, 1907 [March 1983] Richardson, Betty Jan 13, 1955 OD Richardson, Charles Jul 07, 1977 Nov 09, 2002 Deese, Albert H. Jan 18, 1900 Oct 09, 1988 Deese, Roxie Verdel Mar 15, 1888 Dec 23, 1966 Gay, Henry Albert Aug 01, 1914 Dec 25, 1995 Gay, Mattie L. Sep 06, 1909 Aug 28, 1977 Maddox, M.O. (Cap) Jun 07, 1911 Jan 07, 1985 [S/o James Maddox and Martha-] Maddox, Calvin Wesley Sep 24, 1882 May 01, 1965 [S/o James Maddox & Martha Spears] Maddox, Fannie Nolen Mar 12, 1880 Mar 29, 1962 McManus, Olin M. Nov 04, 1905 Jan 18, 1973 McManus, Lola Johnson Feb 20, 1910 May 24, 1990 McManus, Randy Wallace Sep 12, 1965 Sep 12, 1965 McManus, Timothy Mark Jul 26, 1962 Jul 27, 1962 McManus, Billy Wayne Oct 09, 1960 Apr 11, 1988 Yates, Lloyd Thomas Sep 09, 1924 May 18, 1994 [S/o Lloyd M. Yates & Mary Thomason] Yates, Anne Morris Jul 25, 1922 OD Johnson, Melissa Lynn Jul 29, 1963 Aug 05, 1963 (Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Johnson) Johnson, Paul Jun 25, 1914 Sep 03, 1994 [Linzie P., s/o Wm Robt Johnson & Lovie Jane Stewart] Johnson, Addie Oct 01, 1914 Aug 06, 2003 [A. Lee, d/o Lunie Richardson & Annie Nolen] Johnson, Willie Sue Nov 18, 1937 OD Johnson, Troy M. Jan 19, 1936 Sep 18, 1996 Harden, John William Mar 07, 1887 Dec 20, 1972 Martin, Henry A. Jan 26, 1901 Jan 19, 1961 Martin, Avie H. Dec 07, 1904 OD Stewart, William N. (Father) Apr 13, 1882 Oct 10, 1960 Stewart, Mary Anna (Mother) Sep 27, 1884 Nov 21, 1969 [Mary Anna McLeod] McManus, Florence Stewart 1919 1963 Stewart, Roy Felton (Daddy) Dec 03, 1906 Oct 05, 1985 Stewart, Lillie Baggett (Mama) Jul 18, 1909 Oct 13, 1998 Fincher, Julia C. [Mother] Oct 01, 1922 Sep 16, 1986 Fincher, Teddie D. [Father] Feb 11, 1906 Apr 13, 1985 Fincher, Vinson G. [Son] Mar 04, 1943 May 11, 1971 Whaley, Rodney D. Sep 02, 1970 Feb 03, 1971 McDaniel, Basil Oct 06, 1904 Jan 19, 1969 [S/o Shelby McDaniel & Rada Parker] McDaniel, Velma Allen Jul 18, 1912 OD Barrett, John R. Aug 29, 1892 Jan 04, 1977 Barrett, Bertie M. Jan 29, 1892 Jan 03, 1974 Noles, L. E. (Billy) Nov 21, 1888 Jan 31, 1960 Noles, Arrie N. Mar 22, 1895 Apr 25, 1977 Noles, Arthur Leonard Apr 19, 1926 Dec 24, 1965 AL CPL 565 QM GRREG Korea Cosper, Robert [PX ] Jul 02, 1894 Mar 11, 1990 Cosper, Emily Jun 06, 1896 Aug 15, 1956 [Emily Truitt] Harden, Charley C. Feb 10, 1902 Dec 04, 1953 Harden, Effie J. Feb 10, 1898 Feb 20, 1960 Gibbs, Bennie 1886 1968 Stephens, Lila G. May 03, 1886 Nov 07, 1956 [Lila Gibbs] [Footstone shows May 3, 1866/ Nov 6, 1956] Stephens, Nathan D. Nov 16, 1862 Apr 10, 1950 [S/o Nathan & Elizabeth Stephens] Stephens, Dock M. Nov 19, 1890 Apr 23, 1953 [S/o Nathan Stephens & Lila Gibbs] Morgan, Chesley M. Nov 18, 1915 Jun 15, 1968 Manning, Linda Sep 28, 1953 OD (Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewell Manning) Wilson, Johnnie Jun 20, 1955 OD (Son of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Wilson) Stewart, Dewey Mar 03, 1913 Aug 15, 1969 (Married: April 12, 1934) Stewart, Evelyn L. Aug 27, 1918 Oct 22, 1965 Iverson, Robert Lewis Mar 16, 1895 Jan 06, 1985 PVT US ARMY World War I Iverson, Nancy S. Jan 17, 1906 Feb 23, 1999 Gibbs, Mildred L. Jun 14, 1921 Dec 12, 2001 [Mildred Lowry] Gibbs, Addie Lee Sep 23, 1903 Aug 10, 1988 Gibbs, W. Richard Jul 31, 1876 Nov 26, 1968 [S/o Thomas Gibbs and Nancy Cosper] Gibbs, Mary L. Sep 24, 1883 Sep 12, 1948 [Mary L. Earnest] McIntyre, Millard F. Jan 07, 1857 May 19, 1937 McIntyre, Ellen S. Nov 05, 1872 Jun 18, 1945 [Martha Ellen Stewart] Walker, Mary Jim Mar 15, 1925 Feb 14, 1951 Walker, Bennie E. 1898 -- 1978 Walker, William Pierce 1898 -- 1945 [S/o John Walker & Rosie Bradberry] Nesbitt, Robert Jerry Jun 28, 1936 Aug 22, 1937 (Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nesbitt) Hand, Fannie 1880 -- 1949 [Fannie Smith] Hand, John W. 1873 -- 1941 [S/o Joshua Hand & Isabella Cates] Cosper, Hollis Apr 06, 1918 Jun 06, 1937 [S/o George Cosper & Laura Harden] Cosper, Laura (Mother) 1872 1941 [Laura Harden] Cosper, George (Father) 1870 1957 [S/o James Cosper & Ellen Johnson] Harden, Lela A. 1885 1974 [D/o George Cosper & Laura Harden] Traylor, Dessie C. 1895 1974 [D/o George Cosper & Laura Harden] Yates, Ernest Haynes Sep 06, 1936 OD Yates, Julia Ann McManus Mar 08, 1937 OD [D/o Olin M. McManus & Lola Johnson] Yates, Mary Thomason Aug 02, 1906 Sep 22, 1986 Yates, Lloyd McKinley Apr 18, 1903 Jan 12, 1984 Saxon, R.G. Jan 04, 1894 Dec 31, 1977 [Robert Garfield Saxon m. November 6, 1912] Saxon, Bertha L. Sep 23, 1894 Oct 16, 1972 [Bertha Lowe] Cooley, Dallas L. Mar 08, 1897 Dec 14, 1973 (AL PVT US ARMY World War I) Cooley, Mildred K. Dec 17, 1900 Aug 18, 1978 Motes, Ollie A. Oct 02, 1898 Jan 11, 1988 Yarbrough, Ray Aug 06, 1955 OD [Married: August 17, 1972] Yarbrough, Joy Aug 14, 1954 Apr 09, 1991 [Joy Akins] Hand, Lowell R. Sep 11, 1910 Feb 08, 1970 Fincher, Billy Joel Aug 29, 1940 Dec 03, 1988 Calhoun, James A. Nov 17, 1901 Jun 02, 1980 Calhoun, Dovie S. Oct 04, 1890 Dec 13, 1978 [Dovie Stewart] Saxon, Infant Daughter of Cleveland 1962 -- 1962 Saxon, Infant Daughter of Cleveland 1963 -- 1963 Cosper, R.E. Feb 23, 1913 [Mar 01, 2004] [Robert Elmer ‘Bud’ Cosper-WWII] Cosper, Gladys H. Aug 01, 1917 [Feb 26, 2005] Maner, Cecil 0. Feb 25, 1920 Aug 11, 1965 (AL S SGT 147 AIR COMM SVC SP WWII) Maner, Dura 1920 OD [Dura Cooley] Wiggins, Barney 1927 1991 Wiggins, Katherine H. [Oct 12]1932 [Jan 11, 2008] [Virginia Kathelene, d/o Albert Harden & Gladys Walls] Zero (0) unmarked graves for this listing of April 24, 2004. ****** OBITUARIES GIVE GOLD RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY AS BURIAL SITE FOR: NOLES, James Merlin ‘Frog’, 65, of Ranburne; d. Dec 7, 2004 at Wedowee Hospital; survived by wife Lois W. Noles; preceded by parents Horace and Loney Mae Noles. STEWART, Clarence Malcolm ‘Mack’, 81, of Woodland; b. Feb 15, 1925; d. May 16, 2006 at Wedowee Hospital; s/o Wm. Newton and Mary Anna McLeod Stewart; served in US Army-WWII; survived by mother of their children, Mary Lovvorn Stewart, of Carrollton, GA. ******* File located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/cemeteries/goldridge.txt