Henry County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Old Pleasant Plains Cemetery - Complete Survey
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George Edison Creel
gecreel@earthlink.net July 4, 2009, 9:07 am
Abstracted By: George Edison Creel
Location: Southern Henry County; 85 degrees, 14 minutes, 01.15 west longitude
31 degrees, 19 minutes, 01.15 seconds north latitude.
From the intersection of US 431 and County Road 22 in Headland, Alabama,
go easterly on County Road 22 approximately 5.5 miles. Watch for Truman Road
on the south side of County Road 22. As soon as you see Truman Road, the next
dirt road (unnamed as of date of survey) on the north side of County Road 22
leads approximately 3/10th of a mile to the cemetery on the east side of the
dirt road.
The cemetery is unkempt and shows no evidence of recent use or maintenance.
Graves marked only with metal funeral home markers are noted because these markers
are easily damaged by mowers and often do not last a long time. Graves marked with
multiple tombstones (military/civilian and old/new) have each of the tombstones recorded
as a separate entry. All tombstones, plus family groupings, locations and panoramic
views of the cemetery were recorded with a digital camera and the full set of high-resolution
images in .jpg format along with this text file will be placed in the Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, Utah, for public use. This survey taken February 24, 2009.
KEY: STW = Shares Tombstone With
TIA = Tombstone Identical and Adjacent to
GBNF = Gone but not Forgotten
M/M = Mr & Mrs
IMO = In Memory of
S/O = Son of
D/O = Daughter of
W/O = Wife of
Information in parentheses ( ) added by George Edison Creel.
BELL, Leonard C 1818 1888 (See Note 2)
BELL, Lucy C 1818 1895 (See Note 2)
BELL, Sallie E 1844 1895 (See Note 2)
FORREST, Lura Dec 28 1899 May 30 1915 The loving daughter of J J & Viola? Forrest
GAMBLE, Charlie Nov 19 1883 Dec 19 1918 Sheltered and safe from sorrow. Hope
GAMBLE, Claton(sic) Lee Nov 7 1899 (Death dates buried in ground) s/o T A & H Gamble
GAMBLE, G J Jan 7 1862 Oct 25 1920 GBNF (Woodmen of the World marker, partially broken)
GAMBLE, Infant of T A & N J Gamble (No Dates)
GAMBLE, Infant of T A & N J Gamble (No Dates. This is 2nd and separate tombstone with this data inscribed)
GAMBLE, Infant Son of T A & N J Gamble (no dates)
GAMBLE, John I Feb 14 1897 Jun 30 1897
GAMBLE, Marey (Sic) Iola Oct 9 1890 Jan 11 1891 d/o W I & S A Gamble It was an angel that
visited the green earth and took the flower away.
GAMBLE, Margaret A May 19 1892 Apr 25 1899 d/o C J & M M Gamble She was the sunshine of our home
GAMBLE, Mary G Jun 15 1858 Jan 29 1888 w/o W I Gamble
GAMBLE, Nancy J Mar 29 1856(poss 1850) Aug 30 1893 She made home happy w/o T A Gamble
(Tombstone broken into two pieces)
GAMBLE, Sarah E Aug 23 1851 Mar 23 1910 w/o W I Gamble She was too good, too gentle and fair,
To dwell in thie cold world of care.
GAMBLE, Sarah J Sep 16 1897 Nov 18 1898 d/o C J & M M Gamble She was the sunshine in our home.
GAMBLE, W I Sep 19 1848 Mar 5 1913 Thy will be done. Asleep in Jesus' peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blessed.
HARRELL, Abner (No dates) Bailey's Battn. FLA. MTD. MIL. Indian Wars
HALL, Amzy(sic) Apr 18 1889 Feb 22 1890 s/o W M & Chimera Hall IMO We will meet again.
JONES, Julia C(G?) Jul 4 1879 Oct 18 1887 d/o W F & N J Jones
KIRKLAND, A. Dec 21 1860 Nov 17 1871 d/o I W & E A Kirkland God is Love
KIRKLAND, A L(I?) Jan 6 1876 May 25 1878? d/o I? W and ? A Kirkland Gone to Reast(SIC)
KIRKLAND Art Oct 28 1868 Oct 30 1868 IMO Little Art Kirkland, son of Levi and Sarah C Kirkland
(There may be another letter following ART, but I cannot make it out.)
KIRKLAND, Eliza A? Mar 6 1839 Aug 7 1932 (See Note 1)
KIRKLAND, Elizabeth Jun 9 1808 May 30 1890 w/o Calib(sic) Kirkland Blessed are the dead who
in the Savior died From all .........they shall rest on high.
(Tombstone broken off pedestal and broken in two pieces.)
KIRKLAND, Eller(SIC) ------ Sep 18 1869 d/o Joseph & E A? Kirkland Sleep on sweet babe
And take thy rest God called thee home, He thought it best. (Tombstone broken)
KIRKLAND, Eller Jan 9 1863 Mar 2 1884 d/o I W & E A KIrkland In Heaven at Rest
(This is 2nd tombstone for an Ella Kirkland)
KIRKLAND, Eugene Jul 24 1900 Aug 5 1900 s/o T W & M C Kirkland Too good for earth, God called him home.
KIRKLAND, I W Aug 17 1832 May 26 1878 In God we trust
KIRKLAND, Infant daughter Born & Died Dec 31 1883(poss 1888) d/o ?? & E J Kirkland (Stone broken)
KIRKLAND, Iverson (No legible dates, Badly broken grave cover) IMO Little Iverson, s/o Levi & Sarah C Kirkland
KIRKLAND, Joseph Sep 27 1837 Apr 12 1898 Too good for earth God called him home. (See Note 1)
KIRKLAND, Lenora A Mar 10 18?? Nov 3 1884 d/o Levi & E J Kirkland (Tombstone broken off base and broken in two pieces)
KIRKLAND, Levi Feb 9 1827 Apr 21 1903 His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory.
KIRKLAND, Sarah K Mar 7 1833 Aug 18 1878 (Inscription illegible)
KIRKLAND, Sidney Aug 16 1842 Jan 8 1889 (Inscription illegilble)
KIRKLAND, Son Aug 3 1857 Nov 31?(That's what it looks like) 1870? s/o Levi & Sarah C Kirkland.
Aged 12 years 4 Months (Age in Days area of tombstone is broken off and illegible)
(Badly broken grave cover appears to be that of a child.) (The first name is on the tombstone,
but I cannot read it.)
KIRKLAND, Son Aug (no day) 1802 Apr 1 1869 Aged 65YR 3MO 8DY s/o Caleb & ..... Kirkland
(This is a badly eroded concrete grave marker with underbrush grown up around it.
I don't have a lot of confidence in my transcription of this grave marker/)
KIRKLAND, Thomas J Mar 30 1894 Apr 14 1894 s/o T W & M C Kirkland Too good for earth, God called him home.
KIRKLAND, Throny B Nov 20 1897 Aug 20 1899 S/O L A & M O Kirkland Our darling one hath gone before,
To greet us on the blissful shore.
KIRKLAND, W A Mar 30 1878 Nov 14 1884 s/o of I W & E A Kirkland In Heaven at Rest.
PARKER, Amos F Dec 4 1861 Jan 20 1893 Father (STW Dortha)
PARKER, Anna Oct 4 1888 June 4 1896 Gone to be an angel
PARKER, Dortha Apr 10 1838 May 17 1868 Grandmother (STW Amos F)
PARKER, Elizabeth Oct 7 1815 Aug 4 1889 (TIA William Henry Parker SR)
PARKER, J M G(C?) 1878 (no day nor month) June 4 1896
PARKER, Miles H Mar 23 1835 Jun 7 1919 Come unto me GBNF
PARKER, Miles Holland Mar 22 1835 Jun 7 1919 Co I 46 Ala Inf CSA
PARKER, Rachel Rebecca Nov 18 1832 Oct 6 1906 (TIA William Henry Parker SR)
PARKER, Sarilda Miss Jan 6 1840 Nov 18 1906 (Inscription illegible)
PARKER, William Henry SR Feb 7 1811 Sep 28 1894 (TIA Elizabeth Parker & Rachel Rebecca Parker)
POSEY, Elizer(sic) Ann Jun (no day) 1831 May 5 1911
POWELL, Infant Son May 10 1919 May 12 1919 Infant s/o A T & C R Powell Gone to be an angel
SELLERS, Margaret C Sep 23 1850 Feb 15 1918
SEYMOUR, Walter B Apr 23 1870 Apr 23 1940
SEYMOUR, Laura M Mar 5 1871 Jan 8 1902 w/o W B Seymour Sleep on dear one and take thy rest.
God took thee home, He thought it best.
SEYMOUR, Rhoena (sic) A May 18 1882 May 2 1903 w/o W B Seymour Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal
SHEFFIELD, Andrew J Jun 15 1885 Jul 17 1890? s/o J W & N P Sheffield Weep not for....
(Stone broken, rest illegible) (The year of his death is clearly 189_, and last digit
looks like a '0', but stone is broken and the last digit is not clear.)
SPOONER, Esther Apr 16 1839 Jan 13 1871 w/o John H Spooner
SPOONER, John H Apr 15 1836 Oct 4 1919 (Note: John H Spooner married a 3rd wife,
Narcissis Josephine Love Creel, widow of John Jefferson Creel. She is buried at
Pilgrim's Rest Cem, some 3-4 miles east of this cemetery and next to her first
husband, John Jefferson Creel.)
SPOONER, John H Apr 15 1836 Oct 4 1919 Pvt Co E 6 ALA CAV CSA
SPOONER, Martha Jane Feb 15 1848 Feb 18 1904 w/o John H Spooner
STANTON, A F Sep 16 1827 Dec 22 1906 Father and Mother. Gone home. Lead kindly light. (STW Alice Stanton)
STANTON, Alice Jun 18 1824 Mar 28 1907 Father and Mother. Gone home. Lead kindly light. (STW A F Stanton)
STANTON, Benjamon (sic) Sep 7 1891 Jan 19 1892 s/o C A & I V Stanton Of such is the kingdom of heaven
TURNER, Olga Mae July 19
? Aug 1 1921? d/o Mr & Mrs W A Turner (Badly eroded concrete marker)
WADE, Son Apr 20 1891 s/o S? M & M F Wade Our Infant son Our loved one (Only one date on this stone.
From the edges of the two pieces of this broken tombstone, it is apparent that part of the tombstone is missing.)
WEBB, Infant Dau Born & Died Oct 1880? (no legible date) d/o B F & S A Webb
WEBB, Infant Son Born & Died May 30 1873 s/o B F & S A Webb Gone so soon
WEBB, Mattie F Mar 4 1869 Aug 15 1899 W/o V L Webb She died as she lived, trusting in God.
WEBB, R L Aug 13 1890 Aug 2 1891 s/o B F & S A Webb We will meet again
WEBB, S E Aug 16 1888 Aug 2 1889 d/o B F & S A Webb We will meet again
WEBB, Z A Sep 11 1885 Nov 25 1888 s/o B F & S A Webb (Inscription illegible)
WORRELL, Martha Alice Aug 2 1884 Jun 25 1887 d/o of B L & S L Worrell Weep not father and
mother for me. For I am waiting in glory for thee.
WRIGHT, Levi Jan 9 1862 May 9 1902 Blesed are the pure in heart fo they shall see God
WRIGHT, Lomia(sic) Born & Died 1899 (No month, no day)
Note 1: Between the gravestones of Eliza A? Kirkland & Joseph Kirkland is an obelisk made of
rough concrete with inscription "Sleep on dear husband, Take thy rest. God took the(sic) home
Because he thought it best."
Note 2: These three Bell tombstones are all located together and have a type of material in the
tombstone itself that is only found in these three stones in this cemetery.
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