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Black City Cemetery, Black, Geneva Co., AL

Burials from 1910 - present day

BLACK CITY CEMETERY is located in Black, Alabama a rural town within Geneva county. In the 1980's the cemetery went through a complete restoration. Many of the graves that were unmarked, were identified and new headstones placed on them. Mr. Phillip Durant Sr. built the brick entrance for the cemetery, placing a newspaper and coins in the structure dated at the time it was built, for future generations. We would like to Thank all of those within the community that have taken care of the cemetery with such enormous dedication!

The cemetery was surveyed by Mr. & Mrs. JR Phipps in 1968. If you have questions or additional information for this listing, Please contact me.

Transcribed and contributed 2001 by: Carol

1968 present day Coming Soon!


Name                                  Date of birth   Date of death  Comments

A

ADAMS, Della C.                        no date        5-6-1966       {77 yrs old}
ADAMS, Adult                           no dates                      same flowers
ADAMS, Adult                           no dates                      same flowers
ADAMS, Adult                           no dates                      same flowers

ANDERSON, Mary Viola                   5-19-1924      5-29-1908

AUSTIN, Andrew J                       no dates                      {Co. F 39th Inf CSA }
AUSTIN, George M                       1876           1939           {Co. F 39th Inf CSA }
AUSTIN, James W                        10-18-1834     3-17-1918      {wife Missie}
AUSTIN, Missie                         1846           1933

B

BAKER, Lamar A                         1911           1964
BAKER, Lenious A                       1869           1939

BEALL, Elondis A                       no date        1-3-1968       {106 yrs 9 mo 15 days}

BLACK, Aetna                           10-23-1916     7-25-1917      {p- OP & Alice}
BLACK, Adult                           no dates
BLACK, A J                             8-15-1840      8-30-1929

BLOUNT, Loy W                          9-15-1903      11-?-1936      {Thomas Blount plot}
BLOUNT, Mary A                         1868           no date        {husband Thomas}
BLOUNT, Oliver W                       8-1-1911       4-29-1953      {Al EMI USNR WW2}
BLOUNT, Adult                          no dates
BLOUNT, Adult                          no dates
BLOUNT, Thomas                         1865           1933           {wife Mary A}

BOLIN, William D                       2-7-1924       7-19-1960
BOLIN, Bonnie                          11-29-1923                    {living in 1968}

BROOKS, Anna E                         11-6-1878      4-16-1954      {h- Paul M}
BROOKS, Rev. A J                       8-28-1850      7-28-1933      {w- Emma A}
BROOKS, A J                            1907           1961           {plot w/Claude & Ella}
BROOKS, Bama Eusitia                   1-2-1833       11-12-1952
BROOKS, Betty Jean                     12-10-1933     1-2-1933?      {plot w/Bama E}
BROOKS, Claude                         1875           1957           { w-Ella}
BROOKS, Ella                           1880           1954           {h-Claude}
BROOKS, Emma A                         10-13-1850     5-5-1924       {h- AJ }
BROOKS, Infant son B&D                 no dates                      {f- Reuben}
BROOKS, Irene K                        1906  1925                    {B&H Lela Knight plot}
BROOKS, Infant                         no dates
BROOKS, James E                        7-6-1884       1-1-1950
BROOKS, Infant                         no dates
BROOKS, Adult                          no dates
BROOKS, Paul M                         10-10-1873     11-5-1961      {w- Anna E}
BROOKS, Sammy boy                      3-18-1931      2-21-1938

BRYANT, Martha S                       1854           1940

BURCH, Gomer M                         4-4-1934       4-10-1934
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, John E                          3-28-1843      3-3-1917       {6th Fl Reg Co G}
BURCH, Sarah Frances                   11-3-1944      5-19-1917
BURCH, M                               4-10-1904      4-4-1934
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Melton W                        1911           1965
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Adult                           no dates
BURCH, Infant                          no dates

BUSH, Sandy                            2-27-1882      1-28-1941      {h-Venice A}
BUSH, Venice A                         1891           1965           {w-Sandy}
BUSH, Infant                           no dates
BUSH, Infant                           no dates
BUSH, Infant                           no dates
BUSH, Infant                           no dates

C

CHAPMAN, Hubert                        2-19-1912      3-15-1912      {p-James & Nancy}
CHAPMAN, James Monroe                  6-15-1869      2-13-1943      {w-Nancy}
CHAPMAN, Nancy Ann                     3-19-1873      6-7-1960       {h-James M}
CHAPMAN, Shelley                       9-14-1915      2-1-1919       {p-James & Nancy}

CLARK, Aaron Ashbury                   4-30-1910      4-30-1910
CLARK, Burcher B                       1918           1926
CLARK, Dorthea                         6-6-1906       10-1-1930      {h-WG}
CLARK, Inez                            11-7-1927      2-30-1930      {p-WG & Dorthea}
CLARK, Monroe                          1910           1917
CLARK, Roy                             12-12-1924     4-11-1933
CLARK, WG                              12-27-1900     1-5-1930       {w- Dorthea}

COATES, Gypsie                         3-?-1892       11-16-1936     {h-HA}
COATES, Moody                          5-11-1920      6-16-1922      {p-HA & Gypsie}

COLLINS, Geraldine                     2-6-1932       1-10-1934      {stone same as Laura L}
COLLINS, Laura Kent                    1883           1935
COLLINS, Laura Lee                     1936           1954           {Laura Kent plot}
COLLINS, Woodrow W                     5-15-1943      5-1948?

CRUTCHFIELD, Adolph                    1-?-1913       11-27-1931
CRUTCHFIELD, AL Jack                   1918           1959
CRUTCHFIELD, Agnes                     1882           no date        {h- WT}
CRUTCHFIELD, Asa Pascal                10-29-1903     2-8-1984       {w- Mildred Newman}
CRUTCHFIELD, Mildred Leon Newman       11-25-1906     3-22-1999
CRUTCHFIELD, Christopher Columbus      12-?-1883      5-4-1933       {p-Meredith & Mary}
CRUTCHFIELD, Carol Lynn                3-12-1935      5-12-1939
CRUTCHFIELD, Dana Eugenia,{Kelly}      6-27-1877      1-7-1959       {h-John Henry}
CRUTCHFIELD, John Henry                10-10-1872     1-1-1947
CRUTCHFIELD, Edeith Ann Tabitha        2-23-1850      11-9-1928      {Edy Dormany}
CRUTCHFIELD, George Washington         1-3-1885       5-4-1953
CRUTCHFIELD, Infant                    no dates                      {p-WT& Agnes}
CRUTCHFIELD, Homer                     11-27-1909     8-11-1929
CRUTCHFIELD, Hubert Franklin           1-21-1912      5-8-1959       {f-George W??}
CRUTCHFIELD, James C                   8-31-1887      5-22-1952
CRUTCHFIELD, Mary Elizabeth " Mollie"  11-3-1846      4-1-1933       {Bartlett-h-MeredithC}
CRUTCHFIELD, Mary                      1911           1913           {p-WT & Agnes}
CRUTCHFIELD, Twinsgirl & boy           no dates                      {p-WT & Agnes}
CRUTCHFIELD, Nettie Lee                9-2-1910       11-2-1910      {p-AL &LM}
CRUTCHFIELD, Virgil                    1913           1914           {p-WT & Agnes}

D

DAVIS, Clyde Braxton                   9-23-1927      2-22-1930
DAVIS, Katherine                       1-9-1932       1-9-1932

DIXON, Alvin                           no date        11-5-1967      {63 yrs old}
DIXON, Infant                          no dates

DUNN, Gladis                           1918           10-15-1918?
DUNN, Marvin B                         no date        8-29-1921      {Al Pvt167 Inf 42div}

DURANT, Alice N                        5-9-1888       9-24-1962      {h-John Ashbury}
DURANT, Infant                         no dates
DURANT, Claudia S                      12-18-1890     4-2-1966       {h-David R-10-7-1892}
DURANT, John Ashbury                   6-19-1866      6-2-1961       {w-Alice N}


E

ELBRIDGE, Wafford                      1921           1921           {Walter A Windham plot}

ENFINGER, James Walter                 1876           1941
ENFINGER, Raymond A                    4-30-1967                     {age 61 yrs}
ENFINGER, Infant                       no dates

ELMORE, Hettie                         2-21-1892      4-8-1933
ELMORE, Unknown                                                      same stone as Hettie
ELMORE, Robert                         1-10-1926      11-15-1932     {m-Hettie}

F

FLOYD, Charlie                         7-5-1883       7-14-1959      {w-Bula living-b-8-1-188?}

FERRIS, Infant                         1-3-1951       1-3-1951       {f-ML}

G

GAFFORD, Ezory Jackson                 6-14-1897      3-2-1944       {Fl Pvt Med WW2}
GAFFORD, Grady M                       2-28-1900      2-22-1935

GILOM, Betty Gail                      no date        7-4-1950       {child}

GRUBBS, Infant                         1-?-1924       1-?-1924       {p-Burel M & Lillie}
GRUBBS, Burel Monroe Jr.               12-15-1928     1-30-1929      {p-Burel M & Lillie}
GRUBBS, Burel Monroe Sr.               12-16-1897     10-31-1941     {w-Lillie}
GRUBBS, Lillie B                       6-23-1882      7-14-1967

H

HARRELL. Walter Thomas                 1-16-1880      5-5-1963

HATHAWAY, Allura G                     11-8-1869      11-1-1950      {h-WJ}
HATHAWAY, Arthur  J                    9-22-1889      3-26-1969
HATHAWAY, Bonnard?                     6-18-1912      11-12-1918
HATHAWAY, Adult                        no dates
HATHAWAY, Infant                       no dates
HATHAWAY, Frederick Simon              12-21-1955     2-19-1956      {by-Bonnie}
HATHAWAY, Rev. Horace G                1899           1966
HATHAWAY, John O- SB & Rockey Ann      10-29-1879     12-22-1944     {w-Leona M}
HATHAWAY, Leona M                      2-1-1880       4-1-1952       {h-John O}
HATHAWAY, Mary Elizabeth               7-17-1879      2-15-1962      {h-William Walter}
HATHAWAY, Rockey Ann                   11-30-1844     2-10-1926      {h-SB}
HATHAWAY, S B                          12-6-1837      1-30-1927      {w-Rockey Ann}
HATHAWAY, W J                          6-17-1862      4-7-1924       {w- Allura G}
HATHAWAY, W. Ronnie                    1-10-1944      4-12-1961
HATHAWAY, William Walter               10-22-1877     9-4-1962       {w- Mary Elizabeth}

HATFIELD, Plots- no graves in 1968

HENDERSON, Infant                      no dates
HENDERSON, Nettie                      2-10-1886      1-19-1958      {h- Sandy}
HENDERSON, Sandy                       5-12-1873?     1-8-1963       {w- Nettie}

HOBBS, Burl                            1898           1952           {w- Irene b-1902}
HOBBS, Gabriel Lee                     1891           1950           {p-Jim W & Mary N}
HOBBS, Grady                           1919           1935           {Burl Hobbs plot}
HOBBS, Jim W                           1852           1915           {w- Mary N }
HOBBS, Mary N                          1866           1945
HOBBS, Simon                           1884           1960           {w-Bama 1892 living-1968}
HOBBS, Williard Jr.                    no dates                      "Triplets" {p-George W&Lucille}
HOBBS, Helen Virginia                  no dates                      "Triplets" {p-George W&Lucille}
HOBBS, Mertyle Lucille                 no dates                      "Triplets" {p-George W&Lucille}

HOLDER, AD                             10-8-1916      6-22-1943      {pvt.QF 14,Inf 19Div}
HOLDER, Adult                          no dates
HOLDER, Adult                          no dates
HOLDER, Andrew J                       9-18-1891      9-21-1957      {father}
HOLDER, Adult                          no dates                      {mother}
HOLDER, Durley E                       1897           1948
HOLDER, Linda Gale                     1-18-1915      3-24-1951
HOLDER, Ray E                          10-23-1927     9-21-1950      {spc1 Cav Div WW2?}

J

JACOBS, Arthur C                       7-6-1888       4-9-1956       {Al Pvt Mg Co30 InfW?}
JACOBS, Infant                         no dates
JACOBS, Infant                         no dates
JACOBS, Infant                         no dates
JACOBS, Infant                         no dates
JACOBS, Bertha Low                     11-3-1913      4-2-1914
JACOBS, H C                            8-12-1850      5-22-1916
JACOBS, Leaner                         3-10-1878      2-5-1911       {h-J W}
JACOBS, Ledora W                       10-11-1870     2-4-1927
JACOBS, R B                            12-27-1899     11-23-1919     WOW stone? {by Ledora W}

JONES, Evie?                           1903           no date        {h-Sam}
JONES, Lillie                          5-19-1872      12-2-1956      {Crutchfield}
JONES, Henry Ransom                    6-29-1874      12-19-1936
JONES, Prennis Wilson                  1924           1925           {f-Sam}
JONES, Sam                             1904           no date        {s-Evie?}
JONES, S A., Mrs                       10-5-1905      9-28-1966      {h-WH}
JONES, Robert L                        9-27-1908      6-26-1963      {Al US army WW2}
JONES, Adult                           no dates
JONES, Adult                           no dates
JONES, Adult                           no dates
JONES, Adult                           no dates

K

KELLY, Amanda H                        10-2-1905      9-28-1966      {h-W H}
KELLY, Mattie E                        1916           1918
KELLY, Hattie C                        1896           1952           {h-Wade H}
KELLY, I G                             5-1-1866       8-5-1927
KELLY, WH                              10-4-1898      12-12-1959     {w-Amanda H}
KELLY, William D                       1912           1942
KELLEY, Adult                          no dates
KELLEY, Wade H                         1876           1955           {w-Hattie C}
KELLEY, Queen Vesta                    12-19-1877     2-21-1964      {Crutchfield}
KELLEY, Lyde Kirkland                  4-13-1875      4-12-1945      {w-Queen Vesta}
KELLY. Reese Algenon                   9-5-1848       1-15-1929
KELLY, Irene C                         5-1-1866       ?              {Hughes h-RA}

KIRKLAND, Otho?                        10-6-1889      7-24-1965      {w-Savannah 12-18-1888}

KISER, Lauryce Sue                     1955           1958
KISER, David B                         4-10-1931      6-8-1966       West VA Spc. US milt. Asst.Comb Vietnam

KNIGHT, D H                            1883           1925           {w-Lela}
KNIGHT, Lela                           1883           1930           {h-D H}

L

LOCKAMY,  George Harvey                3-18-1900      3-5-1950       {US Navy WW2}

LOCKE, Callie                          9-5-1880       6-18-1953      {Mother}

LOWE, J C                              12-8-1943      10-28-1966     Fl Sp 4Co C 8 Cav Vietnam Ph


M

MAJORS, Callie Jane                    1897           1953           {h- Earnes living 1968}
MAJORS, Edward W                       10-10-1857     1-25-1944      {w-Tex Ann}
MAJORS, Lucy Dell                      8-?-1903       5-?-1930
MAJORS, Tex Ann                        8-14-1863      2-27-1939      {h- Edward E}

MARTIN, Leonard C                      2-26-1904      5-8-1956
MARTIN, Mandy Jane "Tink"              9-15-1875      1-16-1957      {h- Wesley}
MARTIN, Wesley H                       4-?-1885       ?

MATHEWS, Anna A                        10-5-1886      4-15-1922
MATHEWS, Adult                         no dates
MATHEWS, William Edgar                 no date        6-13-1949      {35 yrs 5 mo 3days]
MATHEWS, Rex                           10-16-1921     5-6-1927       {m-Anna A}

McDONALD, Ira Barner                   1-19-1910      12-1-1962
McDONALD, William                      10-24-1930     10-?-1959      {Al In USNR}

McKENZIE, A A                          9-1869         1-1933         {w-Sarah C}
McKENZIE, M Comer                      6-1906         2-1939         {p-AA & Sarah C}
McKENZIE, J Astor                      8-29-1912      12-20-1953
McKENZIE, Sarah C                      5-9-1876       1-14-1927      {h- AA}

MESSER, Andrew W                       1884           1951           {w-Jennie P b-1902, L-1968}
MESSER, Eugene                         1922           1939           {p-Andrew W&JennieP}
MESSER,Hayward                         1920           1946           {p-Andrew W&JennieP}

MIMS, Frank                            1-18-1869      6-13-1957      {w-Katie}
MIMS, Katie                            3-12-1872      4-18-1912      {h-Frank}
MIMS, Odit Infant                      no dates
MIMS, Vivian Inf                       no dates

N

NOBLIN, Andrew Jackson                 11-18-1962     4-20-1940      {w-Mary Sellers}
NOBLIN  Mary Sellers                   1-28-1868                     {living in 1968, oldest citizen in Geneva county 2-
NOBLIN, Fronie Bell                    3-22-1893      5-19-1920      {p-AJ & Mary}
NOBLIN, Vassie Lou                     1-3-1895       8-5-1913       {p- AJ & Mary}

P

PATE, Ruth Bootie                      9-14-1881      9-28-1951      {h-PA, Bud}
PATE, P A Bud                          10-7-1876      10-18-1826     {w- Ruth B}
PATE, Samuel Caithran                  1922           1922

PENNINGTON, Joseph F                   12-9-1866      11-23-1917
PENNINGTON, Adult or Infant?           no dates
PENNINGTON, Adult or Infant?           no dates

R

REEVES, George                         11-13-1894     11-7-1952      Pvt 5 Gp main Tng main WW1

RICKS, Fannie                          1879           1953

RIVENBARK, John F                      4-15-1893      8-9-1927
RIVENBARK, Susan                       11-20-1959     5-8-1910

S

SAMMONS, John Benjamin                 no date        6-30-?         {age 42 Bonifay Fl funeral hm}
SELLERS, John Washington               8-5-1893       5-29-1951      Al Pvc 166 Inf 42nd Div WW1

SMITH, Ricky L                         1964           2-7-1966

SPIKES, Daniel W                       8-25-1966      10-26-1938     {w- Ella C}
SPIKES, Ella C                         5-7-1871       6-9-1946       {h- DanielM}
SPIKES, Earnest Clayton                7-18-1898      2-13-1947      {p-Daniel& Ella}
SPIKES, Frances Elizabeth              10-11-1844     5-22-1923      {h-JS}
SPIKES, Irene B                        1893           1966           {h- Jesse D}
SPIKES, Jessie D                       1890           1965           {w- Iline B & Otis}
SPIKES, J S                            9-5-1841       11-10-1927     {w- Frances E}
SPIKES, O S Buck                       8-16-1870      4-15-1959      {w-Zella L}  {p-JS & Frances
SPIKES, Otis A                         9-16-1893      2-?-1925       {h-Jessie B}
                                                                     Otis was the Sunshine of our Life!
SPIKES, Infant son                     2-29-1932      2-29-1932      {p-WA & Lena}
SPIKES, William Roby                   4-14-1895      1-19-1938      {p-OS & Zella}
SPIKES, Zella L                        10-31-1874     1-20-1931      {h- OS}

STANFORD, Nathan E                     9-9-1928       1-23-1931      {p-Mr&Mrs A?}
STANFORD, Stewart Andrew               11-7-1957      11-9-1957      {p-Curtis Stanford}

T

THARPES, Elias                         no date        8-18-1938      {75 yrs old}

THARP, James L                         6-12-1896      11-9-1918      {WOW stone}

THOMAS, L J                            9-20-1858      12-25-1952
THOMAS, Adult                          no dates

THWEATT, Marjorie E "Jackie"           12-4-1909      1-3-1964       {Vanlandingham plot}

TYLER, Adult                           no dates
TYLER, Adult                           no dates

V

VANLANDINGHAM, Adell                   9-1-1906       11-26-1909     {by Morris C}
VANLANDINGHAM, Allice J                1875           1949           {h-John}
VANLANDINGHAM, Benjamin Lee            10-31, 1889    5-1-1962       [w-Betty}
VANLANDINGHAM, Betty F                 9-2-1893       no date        {h- Benjamin}
VANLANDINGHAM, Adult                   no dates
VANLANDINGHAM, Infant                  no dates
VANLANDINGHAM, Enos J                  1900           1965
VANLANDINGHAM, Fannie                  4-24-1859      10-13-1928     {h-TJ]
VANLANDINGHAM, Franklin J              7-26-1915      7-30-1930      {p-John & Alice}
VANLANDINGHAM, Hubert                  11-21-1928     4-20-1929      {m- Essie M Smith}
VANLANDINGHAM, John H                  1877           1947           {w-Alice
VANLANDINGHAM, Morris C                9-18-1873      9-10-1937
VANLANDINGHAM, T J                     3-11-1855      10-13-1928     {w-Fannie}

W

WALKER, Emma F                         8-12-1869      6-21-1953      {h-W F}
WALKER, W F                            8-16-1868      6-12-1946      {w- Emma}

WACTOR, Nathan E                       3-26-1869      1-2-1946       {w- Hattie}

WEST, Nancy A                          4-23-1887      1-6-1967       {h-Samuel}
WEST, Samuel L                         5-14-1881      7-10-1960      {w-Nancy}
WEST, Valdostie                        10-11-1911     1-1-1918       {p-Samuel & Nancy}

WHITE, Cassie M                        3-11-1898      12-11-1916
WHITE, Cassie Mae                      12-5-1916      9-24-1918      {m-Cassie}

WHITEHEAD, William h                   8-2-1895       5-23-1865
WHITEHEAD, W C                         2-7-1928       4-17-1965

WINDHAM, Bunavista                     no dates                      {h- Samuel Calvin}
WINDHAM, Farus Greely                  8-9-1892       9-7-1960
WINDHAM, Jack                          1901           1925           {Walter & Mollie}
WINDHAM, Millie Ann                    1841           1917
WINDHAM, Mollie                        1875           1925
WINDHAM, Otis M                        7-4-1890       11-20-1959     {f-dead, m-living1968}
WINDHAM, Paul                          7-26-1922      1-3-1925       {f- Farus Greely}
WINDHAM, Samuel Calvin                 no dates                      {w- Bunavista}
WINDHAM, Walter A                      1872           1950           {w-Mollie}

WRIGHT, Gladys                         1917           1918           {Walter Windham plot}

Y

YORK, Willie Dell                      2-22-1917      5-23-1918      {P-RC & Martha}

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