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Ada & Addison Brown Memorial Cemetery
(Goshen Back Road aka Loop Rd. ; Engelhard; Lake Landing Twp.)

This black cemetery was surveyed in October 2001 by Kay M. Sheppard and in March 2012 by Maldine Whitaker Wallace and her niece Beverly Merrick Mann.  If anyone has more information concerning those buried here (parents or spouses) please let me know so I can include the information on this page.  Click on underlined names to see a photo of the tombstone.  Information within brackets was taken from birth or death certificates, obituaries, social security cards or other records.

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Epitaph

Adams, Addie M. March 15, 1919 July 31, 2009  
Adams, Alice Mae [Nov. 21, 1952] Jan. 27, 2004 [no photo but see obituary]
Adams, Dallas B. [Bernard] Jan. 26, 1948 Oct. 2, 2000 [see obituary]
Adams, Gertrude Sept. 15, 1907 Jan. 16, 1997 In Loving Memory  [see obituary]
Adams, Rosa Lee Apr. 27, 1916 Nov. 24, 1989 Rest in Peace
Adams, Wilbert Jr. Mar. 21, 1941 Oct. 22, 2004 [no photo but see obituary]
Ballance, Lathan [May 15, 1910] Apr. 8, 1997 [no photo but see obituary]
Barber, Love Ann Sept. 13, 1913 Nov. 3, 1993 "Memories Linger" - [see obituary]
Barber, Maldez A. [Antonio] June 15, 1974 Dec. 23, 1990 He loved and was loved by Everyone - [see obituary]
Benson, Darry [Feb. 22, 1960] [Aug. 27, 2006] [Find-A-Grave]
Benson, Ruby [Mar. 24, 1937] [Nov. 16, 2004] [Find-A-Grave]
Billups, Minnie E. July 4, 1903 Feb. 6, 1997 In Loving Memory  - [see obituary]
Blanchard, Dearest E. Nov. 10, 1943 Sept. 1, 1995 [Masonic Emblem on Headstone]
Blanchard, Pearlie H. June 20, 1898 May 21, 1990 In Loving Memories  [see obituary]
Blanchard, Sidney T. Sr. Nov. 9, 1927 Feb. 20, 2003 SP3 US Army
Blount, Marvin Sr. [June 20, 1939] [Oct. 29, 1998] [no photo but see obituary]
Bowden, Angie Louise Apr. 8, 1910 Nov. 17, 2003 [no photo but see obituary]
Bowden, Jethrow Oct. 30, 1910 April 11, 1990  
Brooks, Clementine Spencer Sept. 21, 1956 Oct. 19, 1999 Forever In My Heart. Samuel
Bryant, Betsy E. Oct. 28, [1906] Mar. 7, [2004] [see obituary]
Bryant, Bettie A. Feb. 2, 1944 Dec. 15, 1993 Gone But Not Forgotten
Bryant, Ethel M. Aug. 5, 1912 Jan. 18, 1999  
Bryant, Ivy D. [Dean] Aug. 3, 1936 Aug. 13, 2010 [see obituary]
Bryant, John Early Dec. 31, 1934 Aug. 25, 2002 Pfc. US Army
Bryant, John T. Dec. 8, 1918 Nov. 18, 2002 Gone but not forgotten
Bryant, Mattie Lee

[Oct. 28] 1922

[Feb. 23] 1995

My love for you lives on. J.T.B.
Bryant, Meta Pearl March 30, 1925 June 12, 1995 [see obituary]
Bryant, Milbert Oct. 6, 1924 Apr. 27, 2001  
Bryant, William Earl [June 3, 1948] [Sept. 28, 2011] [Find-A-Grave]
Burnette, Dorothy Aug. 8 [1916] Oct. 31, 1991 [see obituary]
Coleman, Louise C. May 8, 1913 March 1, 2000  
Collins, James S. Sep. 9, 1922 Sep. 15, 1989 Pvt. US Army World War II

Collins, Jean C. [Carol]

Nov. 27, 1951 May 5, 2008 [see obituary]
Cooper, Elvira H. [Jan.] 12, 1935 Apr. 2, 2009 Beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to all.
[see obituary]
Cooper, Jesse James July 3, 1935 July 28, [2003]  
Credle, Priscilla Bryant Feb. 15, 1929 Mar. 11, 1999 A mother, a sister, a friend
Dro???, Ellen March 15, 1916 Dec. 5, 2000 SS Deaths says Ellen was a Gibbs at death but the last name on the tombstone appears to start with "Dro".
Everett, Joe Oct. 9, 1921 Jan. 31, 1994  
Farrow, Lisa Nov. 8, 1969 Aug. 9, 2000 [see obituary]
Fonville, Linda Marie [Nov. 14, 1951] May 12, 1992 [no photo but see obituary]
Fulford, Ruthie Mae Sept. 18, 1944 Sept. 30, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Annie Louise [Apr. 17, 1905] June 18, 2003 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Curley C. [Jan. 23, 1935] [May 21, 2000] Pfc. US Army; Korea
Gibbs, Edward Feb. 13, 1910 Mar. 26, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Etta Aug. 24, 1918 Sept. 14, 2004 [see obituary]
Gibbs, Isabella June 1, 1907 Dec. 5, 1989  
Gibbs, Joe Jr. Nov. 25, 1911 Oct. 9, 2004 [see obituary]
Gibbs, Joe Lee Aug. 31, 1929 Aug. 2, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Leamon Gray Sr. Mar. 13, 1924 Sept. 20, 2001 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Linda Shelton Dec. 16, 1952 May 1, 2004 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Lloyd June 22, 1922 Jan. 24, 1986  
Gibbs, Priscilla [Aug. 11, 1958] June 26, 1990 [no photo but see obituary]
Gibbs, Sylvia H. "Mur" Sept. 9, 1927 Jan. 16, 1998  
Gibbs, Vincent D. Apr. 13, 1949 Oct. 2, 2007 [no photo but see obituary]
Harris, Cemore G. [Grandy] [May 12, 1912] Apr. 23, 2004 [no photo but see obituary]
Howard, Antonio L. [June 14, 1975] Aug. 7, 1992 [no photo but see obituary]
Howard, Deelasco N. June 17, 1943 July 19, 2008 [no photo but see obituary]
Howard, Edmon G. May 24, 1916 Mar. 3, 1995  
Howard, Edna Mae Dec. 10, 1920 Nov. 10, 1991 Gone, but not forgotten
Howard, Hazel Marie Gibbs Mar. 17, 1913 Feb. 11, 2005 [no photo but see obituary]
Howard, James Jul. 10, 1921 Mar. 25, 1990 Pvt. US Army
Howard, Mary E. April 12, 1935 May 4, 2002  
Howard, Ollie V. [Virginia] Dec. 14, 1929 Jan. 1, 2002 [see obituary]
Johnson, Charlie R. [Randolph] July 25, 1941 Apr. 6, 2009 [see obituary]
Johnson, Henry Vanderbilt Dec. 25, 1920 Aug. 14, 1991 SP5 US Army World War II  [see obituary]
King, Ann Marie Lucas Aug. 4, 1921 Feb. 17, 2005 [no photo but see obituary]
Lucas, Phrocine Phelps Jan. 25, 1926 July 31, 2004 [no photo but see obituary]
Mackey, Mandy Merrick Dec. 29, 1929 June 2, 1996

 

Mann, Carl Lee Jan. 8, 1945 June 9, 2008 [no photo but see obituary]
Mann, Merdis M. Sept. 19, 1935 Sept. 8, 1998 Wife and Mother
Mann, Wester Jan. 30, 1934 Mar. 19, 2011 Husband and Father
Martin, Leamon Jr. Aug. 28, 1961 July 16, 1995

 

Matthews, Mable Feb. 14, 1914 Feb. 15, 2000  
Merrick, John Riley Mar. 20, 1920 Jul. 8, 1999 Sgt. USAAF World War II
Midgette, Jimmie G. [Golden] Oct. 20, 1940 Apr. 25, 2010 [see obituary]
Moore, John T. [Thomas] April 27, 1955 Aug. 1, 1999 [see obituary]
Morris, Julia Weston Oct. 18, 1904 Feb. 10, 1999 [no photo but see obituary]
Murray, Ella Pearl Gibbs Dec. 24, 1938 May 31, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]
Murray, Gertrude G. Oct. 20, 1913 Nov. 22, 2000  
Nelson, Ruby D. Nov. 27, 1935 Sept. 19, 2006 In Loving Memory
Perry, James Everett Jr. Oct. 6, 1956 Apr. 11, 2002 [no photo but see obituary]
Rickard, James Sept. 24, 1921 Oct. 3, 1989  
Rickard, Sterling 1946 [Dec. 27] 2007 [see obituary which states his birth as Sept. 23, 1943]
Shaw, James Luke Jr. [June 22, 1950] Nov. 10, 1998 ]no photo but see obituary]
Shaw, James L. [Luke] Sr. Aug. 16, 1928 Feb. 29, 2000  
Shaw, Rosetta c1931 Feb. 16, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]
Shelton, Johnnie Earl June 7, 1965 Nov. 2, 2006 [see obituary]
Shelton, Reva S. Oct. 2, 1924 Mar. 18, 2001  
Spencer, Crave L. Feb. 6, 1935 June 19, 1990  
Spencer, David Lee Oct. 19, 1917 Mar. 21, 1995  
Spencer, Donnie Fitchgerald July 24, 1964 June 16, 2010 [no photo but see obituary]
Spencer, Emline Dec. 1, 1919 Nov. 28, 1994  
Spencer, Emma E. [Estelle] Aug. 8, 1906 Oct. 16, 1998 Rest with Jesus; Mother  [see obituary]
Spencer, Henry L. Oct. 10, 1914 Mar. 10, 1993  
Spencer, Jermaine Vonteral [May 26, 1978] Feb. 2, 2001 [no photo but see obituary]
Spencer, John A. [Alton] Oct. 29, 1931 Nov. 9, 1999

[obituary says born Oct. 10, 1931]

Spencer, Magnolia G. May 18, 1919 Nov. 19, 1998  
Twine, Margaret A. [Adams] May 22, 1934 Apr. 15, 2003 [see obituary]
Weston, Mamie [Sept. 2, 1934] July 9, 1995 [no photo but see obituary]
Weston, Martin Wayne Aug. 7, 1952 Sep. 8, 1995 Sgt. US Air Force
Weston, Olian Walter [Jr.] Nov. 21, 1930 Dec. 26, 1991 [see obituary]
Weston, Robena G. [Gibbs] Apr. 25, 1931 Aug. 3, 2007 [see obituary]
Weston, Samuel Grant Oct. 14, 1940 Apr. 26, 2002 [no photo but see obituary]
Whitaker, Harry Thomas Jan. 22, 1935 Apr. 24, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]
Whitfield, Aggie Nancy Spencer Jan. 21, 1907 Dec. 16, 2008 [no photo but see obituary]
Whitfield, David Apr. 17, 1951 Jul. 27, 1996 Sgt. US Marine Corps  [see obituary]
Whitfield, Esther H. June 25, 19?? Feb. 15, 2012 SS Deaths states birth as Aug. 28, 1916 & death as Feb. 15, 2012.
Whitfield, George Paris Apr. 20, 1913 Feb. 11, 1994 We Love You, Dad.
Whitfield, Miquel Sep. 5, 1952 Sep. 21, 1993 US Navy  [see obituary]
Whitfield, Paris Jr. June 25, 1939 Nov. 30, 2010 [see obituary]
Whitfield, Willie A. May 4, 1946 Mar. 1, 1995 SP4 US Army Vietnam
Whitney, James E. [Edward] July 11, 1949 Jan. 24, 2003 [see obituary]
Whitney, Sarah E. Aug. 8, 1922 June 9, 2009  
Young, Bertie Mae Feb. 13, 1910 Feb. 22, 1993

 

Young, Gary [Feb. 25, 1963] Jan. 29, 2006 [no photo but see obituary]

 

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