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REEDY BRANCH CEMETERY

This cemetery is easy to find. Go north on 441 out of Douglas, past Broxton and the Church is up on your right. The cemetery has a number of old graves, some of them unmarked and it is just about full.

*NOTE*These graves are all marked unless otherwise indicated.
This is just a small listing of the many gravesites there


J. T. _yree
6/19/1901 (cement slab, barely legible)

Bertram A. Dykes
8/20/1882-12/15/1921

Marguerite Ricketson
3/8/1916-2/25/1990

Ernest D. Ricketson, Sr.
1/2/1911-4/1/1996

Sally (ie?) Ricketson
5/6/1870-5/22/1928
David Ricketson
2/15/1873-3/9/?

Bryant Ricketson
11/28/1827-4/23/1903

Mrs. M. Morrison
daughter of Bryant & Nancy Ricketson
7/8/1872-1/29/1943

Nancy Ricketson
10/4/1833-4/1/1908

Dr. G. M. Ricketson
8/19/1867-9/22/1929
Nellie Paulk Ricketson
1/8/1868-7/3/1945

Ralph
Son of Mr. & Mrs. Fred Jones
5/7/1917-6/5/1921

Mattie
Daughter of Wh & WE Wiggins
Born 12/29/1888
Died 5/14/1903

Merrie V. McGovern
9/2/1899-10/24/1918
Dr. M. M. McGovern
11/20/1879-11/7/1918

Adeline McGovern
1/28/1855-7/14/1931
Thomas McGovern
10/12/1850-8/11/1935

Louise McGovern
(daughter of Patrick)
3/24/1917-1/4/1919

Patrick McGovern
3/17/1889-4/14/1927
Victoria T. McGovern
12/21/1888-9/12/1973

George Melvin Atkinson
1887-1905

Mary J.
Wife of T. E. Cave
3/14/1879-3/17/1910

Suzanna Atkinson
1855-1926

Thomas E. Atkinson
2/20/1850-2/20/1940

D. J. Outlaw
11/28/1910
Age 88 years

Mrs. Emeline Outlaw
Died Oct 29, 1900
Age 72 years

Infant son of
Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Sapp
4/26/1918

Infant daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Sapp
Died 8/28/1910
Annie Lee
daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. J. L.Sapp
10/31/19?-5/1/1910

Rebecca
wife of J. L. Sapp
Born 3/9/1882
Died 6/2/1918
J. L. Sapp
1876-1929

J. L. Sapp, Jr.
1/26/1912-10/24/1939

Adult unmarked grave

Louise
wife of W. C. Wooten
10/29/1894-9/24/1918

Francis E.
wife of Alva Smith
6/5/1862-3/11/1934

Mattie Mae
daughter of
Alva & Francis E. Smith
5/14/1886-2/21/1935

Alva Smith
6/3/1862-3/8/1952

Cornelia Bland Wooten
12/28/1867-12/24/1932

Infant son of
W. H. & C. A. Wooten
10/1/1910

Charles B. Bush
Died Oct 26, 1995
age 52, 2 months

Robert Jesse Pridgen
SP4 - US Army
Vietnam
4/26/1949-11/21/1994

Unmarked adult grave

Unmarked adult grave

John Leonard Elliot
2/5/1895-9/4/1969

Eliza Taylor Elliot
1/14/1897-8/2/1974

Unmarked grave

_________________
13 graves in one plot, all unreadable except for:
Mrs. Edna Mae Pridgen
Born 9/3/1893
Died 1/4/1936

Croft ____

Robert Lee Raper
1894-1949

________________

Charles Melvin
Florida PFC 35 Infantry
25 Infantry Div
World War II Korea
5/31/1931-9/14/1950

Frank Melvin
Pvt 2 Tank Co.
12/26/1928

Alif Kirkland Melvin
10/10/1880-10/5/1946
Joseph A. Melvin
5/10/1878-3/22/19??

Elizabeth M. Duncan
8/24/1885-8/25/1965
Grover Duncan
10/28/1888-8/25/1940
(masonic symbol)

John Ham Duncan
1861-1928

Mary Victoria Duncan
1858-1934

THE PIERCE TYLER PLOT
Edward Eugene Pierce
Florida Tec C4
HQ BTRY 941 FA BN
World War II
6/14/1906-10/15/1961

Earle Lamar Tyler
7/10/1907-6/14/1936

Charles A. Tyler
10/7/1975-12/31/1943

Concheta Poer Tyler
9/22/1886-2/3/1970
END OF TYLER PLOT

Travis Christopher Reynolds
6/27/1966-7/29/1995

Joseph A. Adams 7/4/1902-10/17/1993

Vesta D. Adams
10/3/1914-10/9/1989

David Day
6/6/1890-3/6/1971
Mattie M. Day
4/29/1894-12/16/1957

Villa D. Williams
10/25/1916-11/30/1986

Elijah Clifton Tanner
11/22/1876-5/31/1947
Virginia B. Tanner
1/1/1909-8/15/1960

Winton Tanner
8/22/1908-2/12/1963

Quincy Andrews ??

William Henry Andrews
Mar. 5, 1872 - Aug. 27, 1949
son of Taylor Andrews & Emily Anderson Andrews Williams
h/o Lucy Ella MATHIS

Lucy Ella Mathis Andrews
July 8, 1874 - Jan. 6, 1958
w/o William Henry Andrews

John W. Andrews
Pvt Us Army
1/11/1927-12/7/1974

Joe Andrews
11/8/1910-10/19/1997

Randy Joe
son of Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Lewis, Jr.
2/2/1950-2/15/1950

Henry Fulton Lewis, Jr.
4/16/1928-8/19/1990
(has picture)

"Jerry"
Ronald E. Merritt
7/26/1946-11/3/1994

Angelina Merritt
9/14/1966-9/29/1967
(has picture)

Lemmie Lee Merritt
4/7/1917-5/1/1960
(has picture)
Joe T. Merritt
9/7/1911-11/25/1974

Woodrow Trowell
10/15/1914-9/14/1979

Emma Jane Trowell
6/22/1913-8/5/1951

SOLOMON PLOT:
Currie B. Solomon
1885-1957

J. Frank Solomon
1882-1950

Unmarked grave

Unmarked grave

James C. Solomon
US Army World War II
5/12/1917-1/27/1992

Ann Solomon
5/15/1945-5/8/1960
(has picture)
END OF SOLOMON PLOT

Frank Worth Veazey, Sr.
1/20/1912-10/6/1982

Lonnie Bruce Veazey
6/3/1906-6/26/1972

Lucile K. Veazey
10/15/1907-1/15/1985

Fred C. Veazey
4/9/1904-12/3/1950

F. C. Veazey
5/30/1862-9/19/1940

Mrs. F. C. Veazey
8/30/1879-8/26/1954

E. M. "Buck" Veazey
1/12/1908-4/27/1944

DUBBERLY PLOT:
Unmarked grave

Unmarked grave

Annie Minnie Dubberly
1/19/1877-6/3/1944

Walter Lee Dubberly
9/27/1870-1/25/1944

END OF DUBBERLY PLOT

Robert Lee brown
10/12/1877-6/13/1938

Ruth Louise Brown
8/19/1927-6/1/1932

James L. Corbitt
12/23/1970-1/2/1964

William M. Corbitt
3/15/1910-11/27/1961
Ellen Corbitt
3/15/1871-3/23/1939

George W. Corbitt
4/10/1859-12/30/1925

Malinda Corbitt Collins
9/19/1887-7/19/1934

Jessie Pridgen
Georgia Pvt US Army
World War I
12/22/1889-2/15/1958

Naomi Pridgen

6/19/1891-8/16/1955

Eliga Pridgen
5/23/1883-4/27/1934

J. W. Pridgen
6/14/1859-11/9/1927

Elizabeth Pridgen
2/14/1860-7/22/1925

J. W. "Billy" Pridgen
3/26/1884-8/23/1946
Blanch R. Pridgen
11/21/1887-8/30/1977

Carnell Pridgen
3/26/1923-6/23/1962

John W. Miller
3/27/1894-2/6/1960

Mary E.
wife of J. M. Miller
10/22/1878-10/15/1926

James M. Miller
3/15/1870-3/1/1937

Unmarked grave

Lola Trowell Ricketson
7/4/1895-12/24/1924

Reason Ricketson
5/1/1900-7/1948

MCCALLUM PLOT:
Laura Belle Cavender McCallum
6/15/1898-4/26/1986
John W. McCallum
1/24/1892-10/23/1953

Sherman A. McCallum
8/11/1865-3/7/1929
Mahala C. McCallum
2/24/1870-12/24/1953

Nellie Camp McCallum
Daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. A. S. McCallum
1/1/1896-2/27/1927

END OF MCCALLUM PLOT

Mardell McCallum Sutherland
8/26/-12/12/1993

L. E. "Gene" Harris
2/3/1913-7/20/1975

Fannie S. Harris
10/26/1873-10/2/1953

A. E. Harris
Born 8/24/1888
Died 5/4/1913

_____ Harris
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. E. Harris
11/17/1908-3/5/1912

Dora Spivey
wife of John Lord
& John Spivey
1/8/1883-2/23/1932

Bryant Passmore
Born 10/23/1889
Died 6/2/1922

Laura McGovern Kirkland
wife of L. J. Kirkland
10/27/1881-1/10/1919

Twin infants
of L. J. & Laura Kirkland
6/23/1900

Olive
Daughter of
L. J. & Laura Kirkland
7/4/1902-8/18/1903

Addie Mae
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. J. Kirkland
3/3/1907-9/29/1907

L. J. Kirkland, Sr.
1/27/1879-9/21/1942
Belle H. Kirkland
8/24/1886-1/27/1969

L. J. Kirkland, Jr.
PFC US Army
World War II
11/7/1921-3/27/1934

Russell Kirkland
2/5/1918-10/17/1995

Barbara Gail Kirkland
7/26/1946-12/7/1946

Mechel Kirkland
4/6/1943-6/20/1943

W. T. Hursey
10/19/1852-9/11/1921

Francis M. Hursey
11/28/1852-7/15/1917

Dicey M.
wife of Elisha Jowers
Born 6/7/1859
Died 6/26/1899

Christian Batten Jowers
12/28/1884-2/1/1957

Bryant Jowers
5/26/1878-2/16/1961

Katie Lee Jowers
7/7/1884-12/25/1972

Roy K. Passmore
Born 7/15/190?
Died 11/8/1915

L. M. Passmore
3/12/1855-10/4/1919R

Lula E. Passmore
4/9/1877-7/1/1926

Maude C. McGovern
7/15/1905-6/19/1982

Thomas J. McGovern
9/26/1875-9/1/1950

Victoria McGovern
4/3/1880-7/17/1934

Walter E. McGovern
SI US Navy
World War II
8/17/1919-4/1/1955

David R. McGovern
8/11/1912-5/12/1970

Oscar R. Ricketson
7/21/1895-2/27/1977
(army marker)
Oscar Rudolph Ricketson
PVT US Army
World War I

Mollie A. Ricketson
11/29/1902-12/11/1982

Marvin F. Ricketson
PFC US Army
World War II
10/23/1918-4/15/1990

Carline Ricketson
1/3/1933-8/2/1934

Leonard Ricketson
3/18/1926-6/18/1997

Joe Allen Ricketson
9/20/1921-1/30/1997
SI US Navy
World War II
Velma Smith Ricketson
12/2/1926-9/4/1992

Lonnie H. Kirkland
5/2/1908-9/30/1945


NOTE: This cemetery is not complete. I hope to complete it soon. Please let me know if there are any errors

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS


**Thanks to Diana Sjoberg for sending in her Andrews family to be added. They were listed as unmarked graves.**

This page was last updated on 05/22/04

mmccook@alltel.net

Melody M. McCook / Douglas / Georgia

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