Piney Grove Cemetery

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA

PINEY GROVE CEMETERY

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Enumerated January 28, 2006 and is current as of April 18, 2017

GPS Coordinates: Lat: 34° 55¢ 48² N, Lon: 87° 38¢ 57² W

To reach the Piney Grove Cemetery, travel highway 17 north from Cox Creek Parkway to .3 mile north of Wilson High School. Turn right (East) onto County Rd. 224 and go 1.12 miles. Turn right (south) onto a dirt and gravel drive between a residence and a barn and go about 300 to 400 feet to the gate at the entrance. The cemetery is fenced and lies behind an equipment shed and into a wooded area. There are upwards of 50 to 60 unknown graves in this cemetery.

Arnold Eli; b. Dec 1845, d. Nov 1918, Pvt. CO “F” 4^th Ala Cav CSA

Arnold, Nancie; b. 1864, no death date

Baby; no information

Barker, infant; born & died 04 Aug 1915, son of Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Barker

Barker, Lena (Lawson)(Thornton); b. 03 Jan 1919, d. 12 Jul 2003

Beasley, Jane; b. 16 Dec 1851, d. 28 May 1917

Beasley, Sherman; b. 09 Jan 1867, d. 25 Mar 1901

Billingsley, James Leon; b. 28 Jul 1892, d. 27 Jul 1958

Billingsley, Permelia Werks; b. ca 1864, d. 12 May 1920

Billingsley, Sarah Herman; b. Feb 1850, d. 23 Sep 1889

Billingsley, William Gaudy; b. 04 Feb 1834, d. 12 Jun 1912, Pvt. CO “K” 2^nd Regt. Inf. CSA

Billingsley, William H.; b. 26 Feb 1855, d. 17 Nov 1928

Blackburn, born in the 1800’s, by John & Caroline Blackburn Family

Blackburn, Brice; b. 28 Aug 1898, d. 05 Aug 1972

Blackburn, Joe; b. 1865, d. 1912

Blackburn, J.L.; b. 1928, d. 1929

Blackburn, Margaret; b. 1876, d. 1940

Blackburn, Mary; b. 26 May 1801, d. 03 Dec 1887

Blackburn, no information

Blackburn, Siller L.; b. 07 Jan 1876, d. 13 Jun 1942

Blackburn, W.C.; b. 1926, d. 1927

Blackburn, William; b. 25 Feb 1797, d. 25 Oct 1881

Bogus, Annie B.; b. 31 Dec 1903, d. 01 Aug 1992

Bogus, Clara Mae; b. 03 Aug 1935, d. 17 Oct 2005

Bogus, Donnie J.; b. 05 Apr 1944, d. 07 Apr 1944, son of W.F. & Annie

Bogus, Farris; b. 22 Sep 1897, d. 23 Nov 1983

Bogus, Farris Leon; b. 20 Jul 1928, d. 30 Oct 1985

Bogus, H. Eugene “Jiggs”; b. 17 May 1931, d. 24 Sep 1993

Bogus, James R.; b. 11 Jul 1921, d. 15 Jul 1922, son of W.F. & Annie

Bogus, Jesse T.; b. 29 Apr 1904, d. 01 Oct 1974

Bogus, Mandy Nicole; 18 May 1983, only date

Boren, Chas.; no dates (base has a date of 25 May 1968)

Boren, Nancy; b. 1810, no death date

Butler, Dorothy Ann; b. 12 Jul 1949, d. 06 Dec 2001, wife of William Frank

Butler, William Frank; b. 17 May 1933, d. 31 Oct 2014

Channell, W.I.; b. 10 Dec 1897, d. 18 Dec 1897, son of H.C. & S.C.

Channels, Susan; b. 16 Dec 1862, d. 26 Jun 1941

Clark, Allie (Johnson); b. 25 Sep 1890, d. 25 May 1951, wife of Emmett

Clark, Emmett S.; b. 19 Sep 1888, d. 02 Nov 1984

Clark, infant; 30 Dec 1927, infant of Mr. Mrs. T.H. Clark

Clark, Levada; b. 15 Feb 1889, d. 19 Mar 1965

Clark, Louisia D.; b. 24 Jul 1860, d. 03 Jun 1928

Clark, Lucinda; no dates

Clark, Mattie B.; b. 31 Dec 1886, d. Jul 1888

Clark, Sina B.; b. 24 Feb 1893, d. 07 Oct 1990, wife of Thomas H.

Clark, Thomas; no dates

Clark, Thomas H.; b. 03 Apr 1895, d. 21 Jan 1982

Crymes, John; b. 17 Jul 1849, d. 27 Aug 1915

Crymes, Tommie Lee; b. 11 Jan 1912, d. 30 Jan 1917

Ezekiel, Dorothy Jean (Lawson); b. 09 Aug 1938, d. 07 Apr 2007

Faulkner, Gregory A.; b. 26 Aug 1964, d. 21 May 2011

Fowler, Jim; died 30 Jan 1931, about 62 years of age

Fowler, Joesire; b. 09 Mar 1815, d. Jan 1885

Fowler, Persiller; b. 13 Dec 1835, d. 03 Dec 1915

Gifford, Annie Lee; b. 08 Mar 1892, d. 04 Jan 1893

Gifford, Betty J.; b. 03 Mar 1938, d. 06 Sep 2010

Gifford, Eliza Jane (Defoe); b. 1824, d. 188?, wife of John S. Gifford

Gifford, John M.; b. 03 Mar 1861, d. 16 Feb 1916

Gifford, John S.; b. 1818, d. 1897, CO “C” 16^th Regt. ALA Inf. CSA, born in New York

Gifford, Lucy A.; b. 18 Aug 1861, d. 25 Sep 1916

Gifford, Michael Tyler; b. 02 Nov 1997, d. 03 Nov 1997, son of Mike & Karen

Gifford, Roy H.; b. 23 Jan 1925, d. 03 May 1990

headstone but nothing legible

Hines, Missouri A.; b. 12 Apr 1862, d. 23 Apr 1923

Holden, Charlie; b. 07 Aug 1914, d. 1924

Holden, Della K.; no dates

Holden, Lizie; no dates

Holden, Luke; b. 1911, d. 1952

Holt, Peter; b. 1883, d. 1898

Holt, Rhoda C.; b. 1857, d. 1900

Holt, Viola; b. 1887, d. 1905

Hutchens, Charles “Jesse”; b. 03 Sep 1954, d. 01 Jun 2014, husband of

Joyce (Dowdy)

Hutchens, Joseph T.; b. 01 Sep 1956, d. 22 May 1990

Jenkins, Andrew P.; b. 23 Jul 1901, d. 24 Jan 1985

Jenkins, baby; b. 25 Nov 1910, d. 26 Nov 1910, baby of D.F. Jenkins

Jenkins, Cecil D.; b. 20 Feb 1915, d. 21 Nov 1951

Jenkins, D. Frank; b. 1866, d. 1946

Jenkins, Eldon F.; b. 05 May 1905, d. 23 Mar 1916

Jenkins, Gladys V.; b. 14 Nov 1921, d. 15 Jul 2008, wife of Cecil

Jenkins, Rebecca E.; b. 1870, d. 1956

Jenkins, Rosie L.; b. 18 Nov 1907, d. 23 Jul 1984

Jenkins, W.D.; b. 27 Sep 1898, d. 10 Mar 1900, son of H.L. & S.C.

Johnson, Fannie (Norred); died 1922, wife of Taylor Johnson

Keef, Delores J.; b. 28 Dec 1935, d. 14 Dec 2009

Lawson, Clara; b. 10 Mar 1898, d. 14 Jan 1969

Lawson, Cornellia; no dates

Lawson, Emory; b. 06 Feb 1883, d. 07 Sep 1954

Lawson, Eugene; b. 06 Jul 1931, d. 01 Jul 2001

Lawson, I.M.; b. 17 Nov 1830, d. 24 Nov 1907

Lawson, Lloyd B.; b. 27 May 1913, d. 11 Oct 1985

Lawson, M.A; b. Sep 1830, Dec 1881

Lawson, Mary B.; no dates

Lawson, Martin P.; b. 1889, d. 1954

Lawson, Maryetta; b. 1904, d. 1949

Lawson, Nefula B.; b. 1894, d. 1921

Lawson, Nellie M.; no dates

Lawson, Robert W.; b. 09 May 1892, d. 25 Dec 1953

Lawson, Roselee; no dates

Lawson, Ruth C.; b. 26 Mar 1921, d. 02 Mar 1987, m: 12 Jul 1943

Lawson, Thomas B.; b. 15 Jan 1929, d. Aug 1982

Lawson, U.M.; b. 06 Oct 1817, d. 25 Aug 1938

Lawson, Virgie; b. 29 Jun 1889, d. 04 Mar 1928

Lawson, William Ellis; b. 12 Oct 1920, d. 17 Jan 1990

Martin, Don O’Neal; b. 01 Feb 1936, only date

Martin, Linda (Ingrum); b. 19 Feb 1940, only date

Meler, John B.M.; b. 17 Jun 1858, d. 10 Aug 1858, son of J.M. & A.

Pickens, infant; Oct 1932, son of A.J. & Edna

Pruitt, Levon; b. 27 Apr 1932, only date

Pruitt, Ray; b. 19 Aug 1930, only date

Purser, Rovie; b. 1911, d. 1913

Richardson, Alice P.; b. 15 Apr 1859, d. 13 May 1891, wife of H.D.

Richardson, Ester; b. 01 May 1891, d. 16 Jul 1891

Robertson, Henry Mulroy; b. 11 Nov 1830, d. 25 Oct 1912, husband of M.J., Corp. CO “B” 9^th Tenn Cav CSA

Roberson, Martha (Luker); born in the 1800’s

Roden, Dr. Vinson S.; b. 06 Nov 1830, d. 05 Jan 1918

Skipworth, David Mack; b. 22 Jul 1947, d. 07 Jan 2013

Skipworth, Frankie; b. 28 May 1919, d. 14 Jun 1985

Skipworth, Mickey R.; b. 20 Jun 1955, d. 26 Nov 2007

Skipworth, Rickey; 1955, only date

Sledge, Ella G.; b. 25 Jun 1897, d. 1927

Small above ground crypt, no information

Stutts. Ma; no other information

Taylor, Emily; no dates

Taylor, John; no dates

Thompson, Jimmy Doyle; b. 31 Aug 1944, d. 07 Jan 2016, husband of Ellen Sue

Unknown child; 20 May 1968, found after storm

Watkins, Buford Delmar; b. 16 Jul 1928, d. 15 Apr 1999

Watkins, Debra; b. 20 Apr 1955, d. 10 Sep 2013, wife of Robert

Watkins, Irene Janie; b. 04 Mar 1931, d. 01 Jul 2013, wife of Buford Delmar

Watkins, Mary Edna (Linville); b. 21 Mar 1931, d. 04 Apr 2017, wife of Robert Perry “Junior” Watkins

Watkins, Robert Perry “Junior”; b. 15 Oct 1929, d. 30 Mar 1994

Wear, Becky; b. 13 Mar 1946, only date

Wear, Claude C.; b. 14 Jul 1897, d. 24 Sep 1976

Wear, Clifton N.; b. 01 Jan 1920, d. 05 Nov 2000, Pfc. US Army WWII

Wear, Inez L.; b. 15 Aug 1885, d. 08 Jan 1956

Wear, infant; no dates, son of Mr. & Mrs. L.E. Wear

Wear, Jimmie M.; b. 29 Jul 1944, only date

Wear, Regina (Clark); b. 25 Nov 1922, d. 02 Mar 2012

Misc.

B.O.J.; b. 03 May 1897, d. 04 May 1899

The following graves lie to the south of the first part of the cemetery in a wooded area.

Douglass, Lucy Ann; b. 16 Jan 1890, d. 21 Nov 1978

Doxie, E.D.; b. 09 Oct 1854, d. 25 Dec 1937

Doxie, Estelle O.; b. 13 Sep 1910, d. 19 Sep 1982

Doxie, James Jr.; b. 28 Nov 1928, d. 15 Dec 1991, S1 US Navy Korea

Doxie, James Sr.; b. 16 Feb 1905, d. 18 Mar 2000

Doxie, Jerry “Lil Tick”; b. 18 Aug 1945, d. 05 Jan 2015

Doxie, Laura Lee; b. 05 Mar 1877, d. 20 Jan 1962

Doxey, Winnie; b. 1906, d. 1932

Granville, Ella; b. 11 Dec 1897, d. 15 Oct 1958

Granville, John Ambrose; b. 09 Oct 1871, d. 22 May 1956

Granville, John Ambrose Jr.; b. 18 Oct 1894, d. 09 Jul 1973, AL, Cook, US Army WWI

Granville, Pollie (Wilson); b. 19 Feb 1876, d. 19 Jan 1931

Granville, Virgil A.; b. 12 Jan 1897, d. 08 Oct 1971

Kirkman, Ferris E.; b. 17 Jun 1908, d. 01 Feb 1987

Sample, Eliza D.; b. 16 Dec 1902, d. 11 Jul 1977

Simpson, Darrel L.; b. 28 Sep 1972, d. 02 Jan 2000

Simpson, Lula D.; b. 27 Mar 1930, d. 22 Sep 2004

Sheppard, Laura Lee; b. 14 Apr 1950, d. 17 Oct 1989

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