NEW HARMONY CEMETERY

 

 

New Harmony Cemetery is located on AL Hwy 9 South (just off I-20), in Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama in Section 21, Township 10, and Range 10.  New Harmony Cemetery has been in active use for at least 156 years, with the oldest marker being dated 1850.  It is possible New Harmony Cemetery is older however there are no records to substantiate this.

 

There are approximately 500 unmarked graves in this cemetery as observed by this transcriber.  In an effort to identify as many unmarked as possible, also included here are death’s recorded in the Birth and Death Registry located in the Office of the Probate Judge and from Funeral Arrangements located at the Library in Anniston, which may contain errors.  It is up to the individual researcher to verify the added information found here.

 

Information contained within the actual cemetery survey in (red) was provided by Mr. Hal Glasgow.  Other information in  [  ]  has been added by myself or contributed by others.

 

All abstracted Cleburne New Era and Cleburne News obituaries are copyrighted by and used here with the permission of Candace Teal Gravelle.

 

This file contributed and copyrighted by:

Linda Bonner Hutchens ezsolutions36264@aol.com

with some information provided by Linda Ayres wwlsarandolph@aol.com

 

 

 

Some areas of the Cemetery are not in distinct rows making it impossible to keep all family member’s together.  Beginning at south end of building, facing the back of the Church

 

 

Maner - Father - Sanford A               Aug 19, 1877      Sep 5, 1961

Maner - Mother- Ada C.   [Lumpkin]       May 8, 1883       Oct 15, 1944

Maner, Sarah Rebecca                     May 27, 1952      Oct 21, 1952

Maner, Mary Jeanette                     Jul 11, 1930      (only date)

Maner, Billy                             Apr 1929          (only date)

 

Bryant, Ida Boner                        Mar 15, 1878      Nov 16, 1933

 

Hollon - Father - John W.                Jul 28, 1903      Feb 26, 1979

Hollon - Mother - Maude P. [nee: Prater] Dec 10, 1903      Jan 29, 1947

Hollon, Jimmy Infant Son                              (no dates)

Hollon, Gerald Infant Son                             (no dates)

Hollon, Johnny  Infant Son                            (no dates)

 

Glasgow, Shirley Joyce Dau of Ralph & Vera Glasgow 1934-1936             

 

Faulkner, John Davis                     Sep 3, 1906       Jun 8, 1971

Faulkner, Estelle L.                     Mar 6 1904        Oct 22, 1989

 

Lumpkin, Mother - Neal                  Jun 15, 1877      Sep 26, 1950

Lumpkin, Father - Conrad                Apr 20, 1881      Jul 16, 1938

 

Davis, Ramon Bell                        Oct 18, 1888      Aug 30, 1956

  [Son of William & Elvira Davis]

Davis, Pearl C. Wife of Raymond B. Davis Dec 14, 1889      Feb 14, 1925

 

Harlan, Lois                             Jul 20, 1907      Mar 30, 1925

   [dau. of Joe Harlan and Lorena Glasgow]

Harlan, J. B.  [Joseph Burton]           Aug 27, 1881      Jul 12, 1925

  [Son of Samuel Harlan and Mora Blake]

Harlan, Lydia Lorena  [Glasgow]          May 27, 1889      Oct 10, 1983

 

No Marker   (has flowers)

 

 

Brown, Emery E                           Nov 9, 1905       Jul 20, 1971

Brown, Eunice H.                         Jul 27, 1909      Mar 10, 2004

 

Bonner, James Patrick                    Sep 11, 1852      Apr 12, 1940

 [s/o John Patrick Bonar and Sarah Ann Keller]

Bonner, Amanda Townsend                  Aug 11, 1862      Jul 11, 1939

  [d/o Ann Townsend Parker & ? Townsend/Townson]

 

Thompson, Billy                          1929              1932

  [s/o Robert Lee Thompson & Essie Mae Bonner]

 

Bussey, James W. [Washington]                   1838              1920

   [Co. G 17th Ala. Reg. Walthall’s Battn., no CSA marker]

Bussey, Nancy A.  [Ann]                         1867              1951

  [Nancy Ann Bonar/Bonner, dau. of John Patrick Bonar & Sarah Ann  Keller]

 

 

10 Unmarked Graves

(These 10 unmarked graves are possibly include the gravesite’s of Daniel Keller and Elizabeth ? Keller and at least one female child of James Patrick Boner & Amanda Townsend Bonner, an older Bonner family member says he remembers coming to New Harmony with his grandmother Evie Lee Bonner Howell when he was a child, when she cleaned and decorated these graves)

 

Riddle, John William                     Sep 16, 1878      (only date)

Riddle, Father - William A.              Jun 1, 1857       Jan 31, 1905

 [Son of William Alexander Riddle and Frances-  William Riddle married to T. Wasson Dec 20, 1876 in Cleburne Co AL]

Riddle, Addie Bell                       1905              1910

Riddle, Alma                             1911              (only date)

 [Believe this to be Annie Lou Riddle 24 Mar 1911 – 5 Jan 1980]

 

1 Unmarked Grave

 

Riddle, Gladys Dau. of R. N. & V. R. Riddle  Jun 1, 1918   Sep 21, 1918

 

Molan, Georgia                           Sep-1910          (only date)

Molan, Ruth                              Apr 23, 1917   Aug 2, 1917

Molan, Betty                             Mar 16, 1940-OD

  [Children of Alexander Washington Molan/Moreland and Nora Hardy]

 

1 Unmarked Grave

 

Cook, Lavora Zaner                       Mar 1, 1895        May 1, 1979

Wife of James Benjamin Cook and Robert Evan Teague

Cook, James Benjamin                    Sep 30, 1894       Mar 11, 1928

 [Son of Seymour Cook and Ida Thompson]

 

Elliot, Kathleen McCord                  Oct 15, 1932       Oct 5, 1970

1 Unmarked Grave (possibly McCord Infant)

 

McCord, James Russell                     2-1941             3-1941

McCord, Sydney M.                     May 20, 1941       (only date)

 

1 Grave Marked by Angel Statue "broken" no names or dates

 (Infant of William David Bonner & Carrie Bell McKenzie)

 

1 Unmarked Grave  

  

Bryant, R. E. [Richard Ellsberry]         1866               1919

 [Husband of Ida L. Bonar/Bonner]

 

Unmarked [R. D. Nichols]        [b. abt 1910    d. Aug 24, 1926]

[Son of Levie Boner & Samuel Gippie Nichols]

 

Unmarked  [Nichols, Lewis]

 [son of Levie Boner & Samule Gippie Nichols]

 

Nichols, Levie Boner               Mar 1894           Dec 1919

 [dau. of William B. Bonar & Julia Ann Townsend, 1st w/o Samuel Gippie Nichols]

 

4 Unmarked Graves

 

Bussey, Athelena                        Dec 21, 1891       Mar 9, 1902

Dau of J. C. & E. E. Bussey  [info from family - Athlena is d/o Ellen Elizabeth Bonar and 1st husband Willie Whitten]

 

Boner, Sarah Ann [nee: Keller]         1828               1902

 [Wife of John Patrick Bonar, Dau. of Daniel Keller & Elizabeth ?]

 

Bryant, Wife of W. T.                  May 19, 1831       May 22, 1901

CSA Co. D 31 ALA INF

  [Susannah Keller Harper Bryant, 1st w/o of William Thomas Bryant, widow of James Harper who died in War, sister of Sarah Ann Keller Boner]

 

Bryant, W. T. [William Thomas]         May 13, 1846       Apr 13, 1929

CSA Co D 31 ALA INF

 

Unmarked

(Bryant, Dau. of W. T. Bryant & Katy Katherine Bussey, twin)   

 

3 Unmarked

[These three unmarked graves are no doubt in my mind, Hiram Nelson Watson and his wife, parents of M. F. Hill and Green Lafayette Hill husband of M. F. [Watson] Hill.  Obit’s for Hiram N. Watson & Lafayette Hill say they were buried at New Harmony.  The 3rd unmarked grave is no doubt Mary Watson Hill’s mother.]

 

Hill, M. F. wife of G. F. Hill          Jun 24, 1874       Jan 3, 1899

 [Mary Watson Hill, daughter of Harmon N. Watson CSA and Martha-]

 

6 Unmarked

 (1 small Unmarked Infant with flowers included with this group)

 

Ingram, Ruby                           Sep 27, 1923       Oct 18, 1923

 

1 Unmarked with flowers

 

Jones, Father, William V.               Oct 30, 1860       Mar 14, 1940

Jones, Mother, Leila L. [Lumpkin]       Jul 9, 1868        Apr 8, 1952

 

Swafford, Father- Henry H.             Oct 20, 1878       Nov 10, 1967

[Son of Thomas Swafford and Martha Jackson]

Swafford, Mother- Cornelia [nee: Patty] May 4, 1875        Dec 27, 1949

Swafford, Father - B. C.               Apr 9, 1912        Jun 28, 2003

Swafford, Mother - Mary L.             Feb 24, 1913       Jan 17, 1994

 

Boner, Julia Townsend                    Sep 1865           Oct 1932

 [d/o Ann Townsend Parker & ? Townsend, wife of William B. Boner]

 

2 Unmarked

 

Lumpkin, Lela wife of W. J. Lumpkin   Oct 23, 1891       June 26, 1913

 

3 Unmarked

 

Chatman, Amanda M.                     Jul 6, 1889        Sep 27 1907

[Daughter of W.Z.T. Chapman and Emma Davis buried Christiana Randolph County]

 

Bonar, William       1859  [16 July 1859]       1906

(Since stone was placed have found actual death date from obituary of

May 2, 1905, family says Billy Boner is buried at his mothers feet, this location, unmarked 15 years ago is at his mothers feet)

 

Large fieldstone upside down

(On under side reads M. M. Bussey, daughter of L.& M. Bussey, born 1878 died 1910, about 15 years ago my brother and I raised this stone while looking for a marker for the grave of William B. Bonar, we replaced it as it was.)

 

1 Unmarked

 

Bryant, Willie Kate [nee: Bussey]           Apr 8, 1872   Sep 12, 1951

[Differing opinions as to the actual given name of Willie Kate Bryant, some say it is Katie Katherine, Dau. of James Washington Bussey & ?]

     

(This area not in distinct rows)

 

2 Unmarked

 

Infant of W. R. & Julia Harris  (no dates)

 

1 Unmarked

 

Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Nichols   B/d Mar 28, 1914

 

Harlan, Wyatt                          Jul 5, 1914        Mar 25, 1917

Harlan, Annis                          Dec 23, 1912       June 18, 1914 

 

2 Unmarked

 

Young, Joseph Thach                    Feb 29, 1912       Jun 15, 1915

Son of R. B. & N. S. Young     

 

Pike, Thurston                         Sep 12, 1911       Jan 16, 1973

[s/o Columbus Pike & Kirbie/Kirksie Lee]

Pike, Edna                             Feb 15, 1914       May 15, 1988

Pike, Christopher Brance               Jun 9, 1973        Jun 9, 1973

 

Evans, Delia   [Vaughan]                Apr 7, 1879        Nov 25, 1982

Evans, Parson L.                        Jun 25, 1882       Mar 1, 1930

[Son of Matthew Jones Evans born Aug 22, 1845, died Feb 11, 1926, [Company A, BARBIERS Battalion CSA] husband of Indiana Bedwell born Mar 22, 1843, died Feb 21, 1926 Heflin Cleburne County] 

 

Owen, Magalene and Bobby  (no dates)

  [Children of James Odus Owen & Nettie Jane Cheatwood]

 

Taylor, Willa D.                       Apr 25, 1941      Mar 22, 1975

   [Dau. of William Elbert “Pete” Howell & Nettie Jane Cheatwood]

 

Infant Dau of Melvin & Lucy Fanny Lumpkin     1935   (only date)

 

Taylor, Henry                           Nov 7, 1897        Mar 15, 1964

Taylor, Pearl                           Apr 30, 1919       May 7, 1977

 

Evans, Sarah M.  [Miss]                    1840              1916

  [Daughter of Turner L. Evans and Elizabeth Martin]

 

Infant Dau. of W. P. & Dessie Evans     Oct 30, 1913      Oct 30, 1913

 

2 Unmarked

 

Lumpkin, Ira Buttram                     Jan 18, 1857      Apr 5, 1933

  [In 1900 Ira Lumpkin stated she was the mother of 15 children and she had 15 children living]

Lumpkin, H. P. [Homer]                   Oct 20, 1855      May 20, 1902

 

3 Unmarked

 

Glasgow, O.W. [Orlander Wallace]  Mar 7, 1872    Feb 9, 1958

Glasgow, James T.                 Dec 26, 1847   Aug 17, 1935

  [D. A. Self’s Co. Faulkner’s Battn. Randolph Co. Reserves CSA]

Glasgow, Eliza A  [Wallace]       Mar 3, 1845    May 2, 1913

Glasgow, India Anna               Jun 17, 1878   Feb 9, 1964

 

(This area not in well-defined rows)

 

2 Unmarked

 

Bryant, Claude Son of Mr. & Mrs. Lee Bryant       (no dates)

 [Son of Lee Bryant & Cora Beason]

Bryant, Jessie W. Son of D. E. & Bettie Jun 13, 1890   Aug 15, 1891

  [Son of Daniel Edward Bryant & Elizabeth Kelly]

  

1 Unmarked (enclosed with brick and has flowers)

 

Bryant, Lee                              Dec 16, 1891      May 9, 1941

  [Son of W. T. Bryant & Willie Kate Bussey]

Bryant, Cora B. [nee: Beason]            Nov 2, 1891       May 5, 1965

 

4 Unmarked 

(Individual graves with identical brick enclosures with flowers)

 

Holmes, Roger Lewis                      Aug 6, 1932      July 4, 19??

Inf. son of Houston & Jessie [Jessie Jane Evans] Holmes  [d. Jul 1931]

(Stone weathered and encrusted with lichen)

 

Bryant, Chester                          Jan 11, 1913     May 28, 1934

 

Goodman, Lucille                          May 17, 1917     Oct 23, 1941

1 Unmarked [possibly 2]

 

Jordan, J. E. [John]                     Jan 23, 1860     Apr 16, 1933

Jordan, Mary L.                          Feb 18, 1862     Jan 24, 1941

 

2 Unmarked

 

Bonner, Missouri Pruitt                  Oct 17, 1904      Oct 15, 1939

 [Dau. of Lois Napoleon “Pole” Pruitt & Ariana Moreland/Molan, 2nd wife of John Jackson Bonner]

 

1 Unmarked

Teague, Nancy L. Barker                  Mar 23, 1842      Apr 18, 1916

Walton, Antora J.  wife of J. W. Walton  Feb 11, 1866      Apr 7, 1911

 [Antora Judson Teague d/o R. J. Teague and Nancy L. Barker]

Teague, R. J. [Robert Joel]              Sep 18, 1831      Oct 3, 1907

Teague, Robert Evan                      Jun 24, 1879      Dec 12, 1951

[Husband of Levora Zaner b. Mar 16, 1895, died May 1, 1979]

 

2 Unmarked

 

Next 2 graves marked with one marker, with the following:     no dates

C. U. Wallace - His wife Lydia Parents of Eliza Glasgow

[Charles Union Wallace born Sep 14, 1814, died Apr 27, 1886 husband of Lydia Reynolds born Oct 22, 1827, died July 16, 1883, source of death date: H. Glasgow]

 

Hightower, Marietta Leona [nee: Glasgow]  Dec 12, 1873      Oct 8, 1911

Wife of W. R. [Reuben] Hightower [buried Golden Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with 2nd wife Onie Gidley. source:  H. Glasgow]

 

6 Unmarked

Casey, Mike                                1845              1929

 [Husband of Martha Jane Curtis]

 

1 Unmarked

 

Harris, Emma                           Feb 26, 1870   Nov 6, 1948

Harris, Jessie M                       Jul 5, 1863   May 23, 1939

  [Son of Abner Harris and Mary-]

 

Goodman, W. T.                         Oct 9, 1892       Jan 2, 1946

Goodman, Ada                           Mar 7, 1890       Dec 22, 1987

 

1 Unmarked (possibly 2)

 

Campbell, Mary Jo                      July 24, 1958     Sep 8, 1959

[This only marked grave in large well cared for enclosure]

 

Pruitt, Eugene                          1915              1972

Pruitt, Handley D.                      Aug 18, 1917      June 14, 1976

 [Eugene & Handley D. Pruitt, sons of Jonathon E. “Dunce” Pruitt & Hattie Brown]

Pruitt, Mozell L.                       Oct 29, 1923      [2007]

[Wife of Handley D. Pruitt]

 

1 Unmarked 

 

Teague, Lucretia                        Feb 20, 1878      July 1, 1917

 

5 Unmarked  (possibly as many as 10)

 

Harris, W. C.                           Feb 17, 1876      Jan 24, 1892

In the 16 Year of his age

 

Turner, Margaret Janny Harris          May 26, 1858   Sep 9, 1884

Wife of H. C. Turner

Turner, Nuton                          Apr 14, 1886   Jun 20, 1886

Son of H. C. & Lina Turner

Turner, Ester                          May 24, 1889    Jul 5, 1889

Infant of H. C. & Lina Turner

 

3 Unmarked

 

3 Weathered Unreadable

 

Jones, Charles E                        Jul 21, 1928      Jun 2, 1944

Jones, Estelle Norton                   Jan 4, 1904       Sep 5, 1995

Jones, William Ewell                    Apr 18, 1894      Nov 30 1991

US ARMY WW I

 

Campbell, Larry DeWayne                 Jan 18, 1951      Feb 29, 1951

Campbell, Jimmy Oscar                   Jul 15, 1940      Apr 8, 1943

Campbell, Ray and May                   May 19, 1939      May 19, 1939

Campbell, C. Jane [Sprayberry]          Nov 7, 1853       Aug 14, 1940

Campbell, Lawrence H                    May 24, 1857      Jan 19, 1941

Campbell, James D                       Mar 10, 1952       Aug 20, 1952

      Son of George & Evelyn

Campbell - Father - Robert Lee          Jan 19, 1912       Aug 19, 1991

PFC US ARMY, WORLD WAR II

Campbell - Mother - Allie Mae           Aug 18, 1915       Dec 15, 1993

 

 

Tompkins III, Gerald N.                    1972              2005

 

Pruitt, Hattie B. [nee: Brown]             1882              1976

Pruitt, Ellis Moore                        1906              1933

[Son of Hattie Pruitt from previous marriage]

Pruitt, Jonathon E. [Eugene]                1885              1917

 [Son of William Decatur Pruitt & Mary Ann Couch]

 

1 Unmarked

[Possibly Pruitt, there are 2 known unmarked Pruitt graves at New Harmony, Ariana Moreland/Molan Pruitt, Louis Napoleon Pruitt]

 

The following names are on same Marker

Pruitt, Samuel H.                        Mar 4, 1904       Apr 12, 1904

Inf. Dau. of L. C. Pruitt   B/d Oct 1, 1905       (no date)

[Children of Levi Collins Pruitt & Exa Harris, both of whom are buried at Heflin City Cemetery]

 

2 Unmarked Infants

 

2 Unmarked infants

(Inside brick enclosure with Angels and Flowers)

 

Howle, Mary F.                         Aug 26, 1891      June 24, 1904

Dau. Of W. T. and Fannie Howle

 

Howle, Emmie                            Nov 2, 1893       Apr 14, 1899

(Very difficult to read, first name of Emmie, not sure, the last name definitely Howle and dates are correct, marked at foot with EEH)

 

1 Unmarked

 

Tolleson, Infant                        Aug 189?

Son of Jesse & Mary Tolleson

(Very difficult to read)

 

13 Unmarked  (possibly more)

 

Jones, Ralph Charles                     Feb 9, 1931      Jul 16, 1939

Jones, Homer V.                          Mar 7, 1892      Jun 3, 1981

Jones, Bessie                           Jul 1, 1894      Apr 15, 1972

  [d/o John Ross & Lee Teague]

 

Faulkner, Arthur Y.                              1908             1970

Faulkner, Ida M.                                 1912             1988

 

Johnson, Steve J.                         Sep 6, 1888      Nov 2, 1958

Johnson, Ellen L.                         Feb 2, 1895      Mar 4, 1958

 

Blanton, Connie Lorraine                  May 9, 1968      Feb 2, 1969

Blanton, Grady Leroy                      Sep 29, 1912     (no date)

PVT U. S. ARMY, World War II

Blanton, Laura Jane                       Apr 29, 1915    July 26, 1989

 

1 Unmarked - [Julia Angeline Couch b. Sep 7, 1876 d. Sep 22, 1933 wife of William Oliver Johnson source: H. Glasgow]

Johnson, William O. [Oliver]             Aug 27, 1883    Aug 2, 1955

Johnson, Nettie J. [Jane] Owen           May 26, 1849     Feb 21, 1920

Wife of N. J. Johnson [Daughter of Oliver Owen and Mary Elizabeth Hughes]

Johnson, Nat [Nathaniel Jefferson]       Aug 26, 1843     Aug 29, 1915

Age 72 yrs. 3?? [Company H, 1st Georgia Cavalry CSA]

 

Cobb, Mary A [Mary Ann Johnson]       Aug 5, 1871      Feb 7, 1913

Wife of John Cobb [dau. of Nat Johnson and Nettie Jane Owen]

[NOTE by transcriber: differing opinions as to what family John Cobb belonged to.  If anyone has documentation to prove what family this John Cobb belongs with, please notify Linda Hutchens ezsolutions36264@aol.com]

 

14 Unmarked  [possibly more]

[In this area of 14 unmarked next to Mary A. Cobb is:

 

Cobb, Lela                             January 3, 1897  Jun 8, 1917

dau of Mary A. Johnson and John Cobb

Cobb, John                             May 16, 1876     Jan 24, 1941

Husband of Mary A. Johnson, [opinions differ, see note above,  however, I believe this John Cobb to be the son of Martha Townsend & James? Cobb]

 

Also the following:

 

Johnson, Roxanna                         Apr 10, 1870     Aug 3, 1872,

dau. of Nat Johnson and Nettie Jane Owen

Johnson, Texana                          Dec 7, 1873      Jan 4, 1875

dau. of Nat Johnson and Nettie Jane Owen

Johnson, Patterson                       Jul 12, 1885     Dec 28, 1885

source: H. Glasgow]

 

Chase, Pearl E  [Evans]                 Oct 17, 1884   Jul 24, 1920

 [Daughter of Micajah Evans & Lucy Underwood]

Chase, John D.                          Jun 9, 1911       Apr 9, 1915

Chase, Mary Ann                         Aug 9, 1844       Aug 14, 1894

Chase, Inf Dau. of L. G. & B. D. Chase  Nov 27, 1908      Nov 28, 1908

Chase, Minnie Lee                       Jul 5, 1915       May 21, 1939

Chase, Winnie Davis                     Jan 15, 1919      Jul 13, 1940