Baldwin County (Georgia) Cemeteries

Cemetery details

Friendship Baptist Church Society (WMBS) Cemetery

Surveyed July 14, 2005.

Friendship Baptist Church Society (WMBS) Cemetery photo
Friendship Baptist Church Society (WMBS) Cemetery photo
Location:
From the Baldwin County Courthouse, follow Hwy 24 (Sandersville Hwy) east for 9.8 miles. The church will be on your right and the cemetery is in the front of the church.

GPS coordinates: 33 01' 22.4" N 83 06' 14.9" W
or in degrees only form: 33.02289° N X 83.10414° W
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GMD: 115
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: Black

Mamie Jones
Jan 1, 1895 - Dec 26, 1957

Row 1 Grave 1
Frank Butts
Jun 23, 1941 - Jun 24, 1997

Row 1 Grave 2
Otis Toler
Oct 14, 1911 - Oct 23, 1971

Military Service: World War II
Georgia, TEC5 452 AAA AW Bn CAC
Row 1 Grave 3
Unmarked Grave


Row 1 Grave 4
John Jones, Mr.
1889 - Jun 5, 1948

Row 1 Grave 5
James Jones, Mr.
Mar 5, 1937 - Dec 11, 1952

Row 1 Grave 6
Grover L. Washington
Oct 26, 1958 - Jun 14, 1961

Row 1 Grave 7
Matthew Washington, Jr.
Sep 24, 1956 - Dec 3, 1956

Row 1 Grave 8
Mrs Daisy P. Jones
Jul 15, 1915 - Aug 16, 1990
A loving mother
Row 1 Grave 9
Matthew Jones
1921 - 1981

Military Service: World War II
PFC U.S. Army
Row 1 Grave 10
Rosa M. Mathis
Jan 7, 1904 - May 19, 1972

Row 1 Grave 11
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 1 Grave 12
Randolph Jones
Feb 9, 1932 - Nov 18, 1973

Row 1 Grave 13
Mattie C. Stubbs
Dec 23, 1913 - Oct 21, 1987

Row 1 Grave 14
Arthur L. Stubbs
Jun 1, 1924 - Nov 1, 1975

Row 1 Grave 15
Annie C. Scott
Sep 14, 1911 - Jul 13, 1982

Row 1 Grave 16
Horace Scott
Oct 10, 1912 - Jul 14, 1993

Row 1 Grave 17
Virginia Hooks
Feb 12, 1922 - Jan 16, 1964

Row 1 Grave 18
Claud Hooks


Row 1 Grave 19
Marshall Hooks
1888 - 1951
Painted on slab.
Row 1 Grave 20
Robert Hooks
1906 - 1951
Painted on slab.
Row 1 Grave 21
Marion Hooks
Sep 4, 1933 - May 11, 1976

Military Service: World War II
Military Service: Korean War
U.S.Army
Row 1 Grave 22
Dovvie L. Hooks
Sep 22, 1917 - Mar 13, 1981

Row 1 Grave 23
George I. Hooks
Dec 11, 1911 - Nov 7, 1995

Row 1 Grave 24
James Hooks
Apr 17, 1922 - Sep 28, 1998

Row 1 Grave 25
Willie M. Seals
May 3, 1910 - Jan 9, 1992

Row 1 Grave 26
Charlie L. Ellison, Sr.
Apr 27, 1927 - Apr 18, 1989

Row 1 Grave 27
Robert Parks
Nov 6, 1918 - Oct 24, 1987

Row 1 Grave 28
Lonnie Cook
Jul 9, 1924 - Jan 26, 1986

Military Service: World War II
Pvt U.S. Army
Row 1 Grave 29
Gertrude S. Jones
Jan 18, 1905 - Mar 10, 1990

Row 1 Grave 30
Ed Wiley Jones, Sr.
May 25, 1904 - May 24, 1978

Row 1 Grave 31
Eddie Hooks, Sr.
Oct 13, 1920 - Nov 14, 1988

Row 1 Grave 32
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 1 Grave 33
Pinkie Penny H. Fraley
Mar 8, 1960 - Mar 5, 2005

Row 1 Grave 34
Eva B. Cook
Oct 17, 1945 - Jan 13, 1990

Row 1 Grave 35
Lucille Brown Boyer
Apr 5, 1915 - Mar 24, 1995
Let our Father's will be done.
Row 1 Grave 36
John Boyer
May 2, 1911 - Sep 26, 1996

Military Service: World War II
Pvt U.S. Army
Row 1 Grave 37
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 1 Grave 38
Lucille C. Robinson
Mar 30, 1930 - Nov 30, 1996

Row 1 Grave 39
Robert L. Collins
Jan 31, 1931 - Aug 8, 1998

Row 1 Grave 40
Emelle Collins
Apr 28, 1936 - Feb 22, 2004

Row 1 Grave 41
Gertrude C. Ellison
Dec 14, 1939 - Feb 22, 1997

Row 2 Grave 1
Johnny L. Bishop
Mar 26, 1946 - Jan 11, 2003

Row 2 Grave 2
Willie F. Ingram
Mar 13, 1925 - Aug 4, 1987

Row 2 Grave 3
Dan Reaves, Jr.
Oct 12, 1923 - Mar 17, 1975

Military Service:
PFC U.S. Army
Row 2 Grave 4
Earnest Bishop
May 31, 1915 - Feb 15, 1975

Row 2 Grave 5
Rebecca Louise Bishop
May 10, 1913 - Aug 23, 2002
Beloved mother and grandmother
Row 2 Grave 6
Edward Bishop
Dec 25, 1957 - Oct 3, 1989

Row 2 Grave 7
Nelson Reaves
Dec 30, 1927 - Nov 7, 1987

Row 2 Grave 8
Ruby Neal

- May 5, 1976
only one date on gravestone. A circle symbol on stone.
Row 2 Grave 9
Crawford Williams
Mar 1, 1888 - Jan 6, 1963

Military Service: World War I
Pvt U.S. Army
Row 3 Grave 1
Mennie Lee Williams
Dec 22, 1892 - Jan 4, 1975

Row 3 Grave 2
Marshall Swint
Jun 24, 1917 - Mar 6, 1998

Row 3 Grave 3
Sylvester Swint
Aug 20, 1899 - Feb 1, 1977

Row 3 Grave 4
John L. Kemp
Jul 24, 1934 - Apr 23, 1975

Row 3 Grave 5
John W. Kemp
May 23, 1903 - Jan 18, 1975

Row 3 Grave 6
Gussie J. Kemp
Jan 15, 1906 - Jul 4, 1996

Row 3 Grave 7
Idell Jones Kemp
Mar 31, 1906 - Oct 4, 1988

Row 3 Grave 8
Otha Jones
Jul 4, 1925 - Aug 4, 2000

Row 3 Grave 9
Mark Reaves
1901 - 1958

Row 3 Grave 10
Howard Moore
Nov 20, 1918 - Mar 13, 1972

Row 3 Grave 11
Fannie R. Parham
Nov 18, 1895 - May 20, 1985

Row 3 Grave 12
Robert Lee, Jr.
Sep 23, 1947 - Mar 27, 1999

Row 3 Grave 13
Jessie James
Nov 1, 1955 - Mar 4, 1975

Row 3 Grave 14
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 3 Grave 15
Lillian J. Wilcox
Jul 2, 1937 - Oct 29, 1993

Row 3 Grave 16
Kimberly D. Simpson
Dec 16, 1973 - Oct 30, 1974

Row 3 Grave 17
Roger Preston
Sep 30, 1938 - Aug 9, 1985

Row 3 Grave 18
Jacinto Tomas Valdez
Oct 1, 1972 - Sep 16, 1997

Row 3 Grave 19
Robert Williams
Nov 12, 1919 - Jul 16, 1957

Military Service: World War II
Georgia TEC4 Co C 761 Tank Bn
Row 4 Grave 1
Walter Jones, Jr.
Mar 1, 1929 - Feb 10, 1974

Military Service: Korean War
PFC U.S. Army
Row 4 Grave 2
Walter Jones, Dea
Jan 5, 1907 - Jun 25, 1983

Row 4 Grave 3
Mary Rushin Betha
Feb 15, 1926 - Oct 22, 1989

Row 4 Grave 4
John A. Rushin, Jr.
Jun 2, 1928 - Apr 24, 1972

Row 4 Grave 5
Mary J. Rushin
Jul 16, 1898 - Apr 6, 1983

Row 4 Grave 6
John A. Rushin, Sr.
May 1, 1897 - Nov 7, 1975

Row 4 Grave 7
Carrie B. Thompson
Sep 5, 1902 - Oct 24, 1996

Row 4 Grave 8
Rev Hosea Thompson
Jun 17, 1905 - Oct 15, 1971
Masonic emblem
Row 4 Grave 9
Mary L. Johnson
Aug 4, 1889 - Dec 23, 1985

Row 4 Grave 10
Clarence Johnson
Dec 25, 1887 - Sep 28, 1972

Row 4 Grave 11
Elizabeth H. Curry
Aug 15, 1934 - Apr 11, 1976

Row 4 Grave 12
Mattie L. Hill
May 13, 1912 - Nov 30, 1991

Row 4 Grave 13
McKinley Hill, Sr.
Jun 9, 1914 - Sep 13, 1993

Row 4 Grave 14
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 4 Grave 15
Daniel Butts
Jul 15, 1920 - Nov 15, 2004

Row 4 Grave 16
Lizzie R. Butts
Mar 3, 1907 - Apr 5, 2005
In loving memory of our mother and grandmother.
Row 4 Grave 17
Thomas Tommie? Simpson
Jan 10, 1915 - Jan 20, 1959
Middle name begins with Tom. Death year hard to read. Handwritten on slab
Row 5 Grave 1
Charlie Simpson
Sep 25, 1882 - Mar 12, 1960

Row 5 Grave 2
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 5 Grave 3
Jimmie L. Simpson
1915 - 1948

Row 5 Grave 4
Agnes S. Jones
Nov 23, 1910 - May 26, 1963

Row 5 Grave 5
Charity K. Simpson
Dec 4, 1890 - Dec 15, 1972
Our mother
Row 5 Grave 6
Bobby L. Simpson
Apr 15, 1913 - Apr 1, 1978

Row 5 Grave 7
Earnestine Guyton
Sep 13, 1972 - Dec 4, 2001

Row 5 Grave 8
C. D. Moore
Dec 19, 1935 - Apr 10, 1995

Row 5 Grave 9
Gladys Louise Bridges
Mar 11, 1935 - Jun 29, 1998

Row 5 Grave 10
Roger Bridges
Nov 23, 1930 - Sep 9, 1992

Military Service: Korean War
Sgt U.S. Army
Row 5 Grave 11
Unmarked Child Slab


Row 5 Grave 12
Leola M. Pruitt
Oct 8, 1935 - Sep 28, 1989

Row 5 Grave 13
Joseph Pruitt
Apr 20, 1916 - Jan 31, 1994

Row 5 Grave 14
Robert Garner
May 11, 1913 - Oct 8, 1979

Row 6 Grave 1
Unmarked Adult Slab - Lillie Reaves

Name per Willie Collins.
Row 6 Grave 2
Amanda R. Taylor
Mar 10, 1905 - Apr 18, 1958

Row 6 Grave 3
Adam Reese

- Dec 8, 1956

Row 6 Grave 4
Henry Reaves
1881 - 1948

Row 6 Grave 5
Mary Reaves
1877 - 1947
Mother
Row 6 Grave 6
Carrie Reaves, Sr.


Row 6 Grave 7
Mary Williams

slab sinking. No dates.
Row 6 Grave 8
Robert E. Kelsey
Feb 22, 1926 - Jul 15, 1973

Military Service: World War II
Georgia PFC U.S. Army
Row 6 Grave 9
George W. Kelsey
Feb 10, 1924 - Dec 4, 1967

Military Service: World War II
PFC U.S. Army
Row 6 Grave 10
Elijah Kelsey
Nov 5, 1891 - Dec 11, 1946

Row 6 Grave 11
Elisha Kelsey
Nov 5, 1891 - Dec 11, 1946
Age 54 written on slab. Death date from cross above slab.
Row 6 Grave 12
Margaret Nelson

no dates. First name spelled Margart.
Row 6 Grave 13
Susie K. Morgan
May 15, 1897 - Feb 7, 1976

Row 6 Grave 14
Richard Preston
Jun 26, 1938 - Oct 21, 1983

Row 6 Grave 15
Willie Preston, Jr.
May 28, 1933 - Sep 29, 1979

Row 6 Grave 16
Annie Preston
Sep 10, 1899 - Aug 14, 1983

Row 6 Grave 17
Willie Preston, Sr.
May 10, 1911 - Nov 12, 1978

Row 6 Grave 18
Arthur J. Moore
Sep 11, 1968 - Sep 1, 1973

Row 6 Grave 19
Doris P. Scott
Aug 6, 1931 - Aug 6, 1995

Row 6 Grave 20
Amarion J. Strange
Aug 27, 2002 - Sep 3, 2002
Written as Amarion Strange with J. underneath.
Row 6 Grave 21
Mary W. Lee
Jun 1, 1907 - Sep 7, 1998

Row 6 Grave 22
Raymond Pinkston
Jun 1, 1944 - Jul 2, 2001

Row 6 Grave 23
Bobby Liggins
Nov 26, 1938 - Jan 9, 1980

Row 6 Grave 24
Ezell Nelson

New grave. Buried July 9, 2005.
Row 7 Grave 1
Eddie Nelson
Jul 29, 1914 - Feb 12, 1960

Military Service: World War II
PFC U.S. Army
Row 7 Grave 2
Lincoln Gonder
Aug 9, 192 - Jun 20, 1962

Military Service: World War II
Georgia, Pvt 4382 Truck Co TC
Row 7 Grave 3
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 7 Grave 4
Leonard Moore, Jr.
Sep 21, 1956 - Aug 10, 1973

Row 7 Grave 5
Mattie B. Moore

- Mar 27, 1958

Row 7 Grave 6
Mary B. Parks
Nov 8, 1910 - Apr 19, 1973

Row 7 Grave 7
Leonard Moore
May 10, 1930 - Feb 3, 1996

Row 7 Grave 8
Freddie Parks
Jun 6, 1941 - Apr 26, 2002

Row 7 Grave 9
Bessie Lewis


Row 7 Grave 10
Cora Brantley
Feb 3, 1938 - Oct 4, 1958

Row 7 Grave 11
Ernest Brantley

- Oct 8, 1963

Row 7 Grave 12
Edward Dungan, Sr.
Jun 25, 1944 - Nov 12, 2001

Row 7 Grave 13
Robert Cannie
Mar 9, 1918 - Jul 20, 1987

Row 7 Grave 14
Tom Mills


Row 7 Grave 15
Lillie Mills
May 15, 1889 - Jun 13, 1954

Row 7 Grave 16
Unmarked Adult Slab

Cross next to slab.
Row 7 Grave 17
Mary L. Liggins
Nov 1942 - Mar 1995

Row 7 Grave 18
Emmitt Liggins


Row 7 Grave 19
Iona Liggins


Row 7 Grave 20
Robert Liggins
May 10, 1926 - Sep 23, 1990

Row 7 Grave 21
Essie B. Liggins
Oct 12, 1907 - Jul 12, 1967

Row 7 Grave 22
Robert Liggins, Sr.
Nov 8, 1903 - Apr 10, 1978

Row 7 Grave 23
Emanuel Liggins
Jun 10, 1930 - Mar 26, 1979

Row 7 Grave 24
Annie Mae Liggins
Feb 22, 1923 - Nov 10, 2002
Loving wife and mother
Row 7 Grave 25
Miller Bell Liggins
Aug 15, 1920 - May 5, 1990
Loving husband and father
Row 7 Grave 26
J. T. Butts
Jun 4, 1929 - May 23, 1965

Row 7 Grave 27
Eleanor Butts
b. Oct 25, 1895
Date of death buried in ground.
Row 7 Grave 28
Sidney Butts
Jul 15, 1889 - Jul 5, 1974

Row 7 Grave 29
Rosa Lee Butts Larkin
Jul 13, 1926 - Jun 28, 1984
A loving wife, mother and grandmother. The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.
Row 7 Grave 30
Ike Woolfork


Row 7 Grave 31
Lena Tanner
Aug 15, 1899 - Jan 21, 1994

Row 7 Grave 32
Curnealious Stanley, Jr.
Apr 18, 1920 - Apr 5, 1986

Military Service: World War II
Sgt U.S. Army
Row 7 Grave 33
Willie M. Irving
1910 - 1967
On same headstone as Willie B. Irving
Row 8 Grave 1
Willie B. Irving
1896 - 1955

Row 8 Grave 2
Mary Nelson
Dec 26, 1880 - Apr 13, 1966

Row 8 Grave 3
Rev H. Nelson
Jul 1, 1876 - Mar 17, 1948
Our Father
Row 8 Grave 4
Louise Williams
Apr 27, 1935 - Jun 11, 1985

Row 8 Grave 5
Howard Sanford, Sr.
May 15, 1913 - Jun 16, 1978

Row 8 Grave 6
Mamie Nelson Sanford
Jul 30, 1918 - Apr 1, 1998

Row 8 Grave 7
Gladys V. Bolden
Nov 12, 1937 - Feb 5, 1989
Loving wife and mother
Row 8 Grave 8
Dorsey Solomon
Dec 25, 1896 - Jul 8, 1987

Row 8 Grave 9
Henry Veal
Apr 1, 1890 - Feb 7, 1970

Military Service: World War I
Georgia Pvt U.S. Army
Row 8 Grave 10
Mamie Solomon Veal
1900 - 1953

Row 8 Grave 11
Katie Pearson Solomon
1882 - 1952
"Her mother" (is mother of and is on same stone as Mamie Solomon Veal)
Row 8 Grave 12
John Henry Reaves, Jr.
Feb 2, 1925 - Sep 2, 1950

Military Service: World War II
Georgia AS USNR
Row 8 Grave 13
Martha Finney


Row 8 Grave 14
Edna Reaves

- Dec 24, 1956

Row 8 Grave 15
Daniel Reaves
May 26, 1855 - Oct 31, 1960

Row 8 Grave 16
Ronnie Bishop
Jun 4, 1959 - Oct 15, 1961

Row 8 Grave 17
Odessa R. Sikes
1919 - Mar 12, 1966

Row 8 Grave 18
Alberta S. Liggins
May 1921 - Jun 2004

Row 8 Grave 19
John H. Reaves
Apr 4, 1902 - Apr 13, 1970

Row 8 Grave 20
Elnora Reaves
Feb 17, 1901 - Nov 26, 1972
Eastern star symbol
Row 8 Grave 21
Susie A. Reaves
Dec 12, 1870 - Jun 1, 1970

Row 8 Grave 22
Lucille Johnson
Apr 22, 1923 - May 10, 1964

Row 8 Grave 23
Mrs Martha Thomas
Apr 26, 1892 - Sep 4, 1969

Row 8 Grave 24
Tom Thomas, Sr.
Mar 15, 1890 - Aug 25, 1976

Row 8 Grave 25
Mack Thomas
1864 - Oct 26, 1949
Age 85.
Row 8 Grave 26
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 8 Grave 27
Pauline Veal Morgan
May 21, 1901 - Aug 24, 1987

Row 8 Grave 28
Johnnie H. Morgan
Apr 28, 1900 - Sep 18, 1976

Row 8 Grave 29
Lillian Williams
May 8, 1933 - Jun 11, 1995

Row 8 Grave 30
Emmitt Williams, Sr.
Jul 7, 1894 - Mar 30, 1970

Military Service: World War I
Georgia Pvt U.S. Army
Row 8 Grave 31
Thelma Renfroe
Mar 28, 1917 - Aug 18, 1994
A loving mother
Row 8 Grave 32
Rosa A. Veal
Aug 26, 1929 - May 13, 1999

Row 8 Grave 33
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 8 Grave 34
Rev Frank Riddenbery
Nov 27, 1918 - May 23, 2001
I love you
Row 9 Grave 1
Lucy Grayson
1890 - 1951
Our mother
Row 9 Grave 2
Elizebeth Jones
1889 - 1942

Row 9 Grave 3
Ida Riddenberry
Aug 28, 1890 - Mar 7, 1949
Mother
Row 9 Grave 4
Viola Kitchens
Feb 2, 1891 - Dec 31, 1968

Row 9 Grave 5
Flora E. Adams
May 14, 1937 - Aug 19, 1963
For our mother
Row 9 Grave 6
Inez Morgan
Dec 24, 1919 - Sep 4, 1976

Row 9 Grave 7
Unmarked Adult Slab


Row 9 Grave 8
Robert Guy Morgan, Sr.
Mar 29, 1909 - Jan 12, 1975

Row 9 Grave 9
Mary E. Morgan
1882 - 1944

Row 9 Grave 10
Hill Morgan
1877 - 1968

Row 9 Grave 11
Eva I. Brown
Aug 21, 1917 - Jul 17, 1996

Row 9 Grave 12
Alma Reeves
Jun 12, 1903 - Sep 18, 1956

Row 9 Grave 13
Johnnie Durden
Feb 20, 1900 - Mar 10, 2004

Row 9 Grave 14
Emma F. Durden
Mar 10, 1918 - Feb 5, 1970
Our beloved mother
Row 9 Grave 15
Furman Durden
Aug 17, 1917 - Mar 29, 1996

Row 9 Grave 16
Eugene Durden
Jan 20, 1897 - Jun 12, 1958

Military Service: World War I
Georgia Pvt U.S. Army
Row 9 Grave 17
Mammie Louese Wright
Apr 1933 - May 1947
Years hard to read. Writing deteriorating.
Row 9 Grave 18
Leila Wright
Oct 15, 1874 - Jan 25, 1960

Row 9 Grave 19
Boisy Little
Apr 5, 1896 - Mar 15, 1965

Military Service: World War I
Georgia Pvt Co B 516 Engr Svc Bn
Row 9 Grave 20
Willie Wright, Jr.
Dec 10, 1899 - Jun 27, 1972

Row 9 Grave 21
Ida Mae Wright
Apr 15, 1905 - Jun 19, 2002

Row 9 Grave 22
Willie Williams
Aug 2, 1888 - Jan 9, 1972

Row 9 Grave 23
Hennie L. Wright
Jan 12, 1915 - Dec 18, 1991

Row 9 Grave 24
Marilyn Armstrong
Sep 19, 1961 - Aug 23, 1968

Row 9 Grave 25
Earnestine Wright
Jul 23, 1938 - Jan 9, 2002

Row 9 Grave 26
Melvin Wright
Mar 3, 1952 - May 18, 1997

Row 9 Grave 27
Rubye W. Beckom
Feb 27, 1948 - Jan 18, 1994

Row 9 Grave 28
Carl Wright, Sr.
Mar 4, 1922 - Sep 10, 1972

Military Service: World War II
Georgia TEC5 U.S. Army
Row 9 Grave 29
Odell Tanner
Apr 3, 1936 - Nov 12, 1999

Row 9 Grave 30
Unmarked Adult Slabs

2 graves.
Row 9 Grave 31