Friendship C. M. E. Church Cemetery
 Description: James Ga.
Location: From the railroad intersection in Gray, follow Ga. Hwy. 18 East southeast approx. 4.5 mile to Friendship C. M. E. Church, located on the left of the roadway. The cemetery is located behind church.

GPS coordinates in degrees only form: 32.96738° N X 83.47937° W
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Dist. 6 Land Lot 105
Date surveyed: Jun 30, 2002
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: Black
Indexer(s) or Contributor(s): Earl Colvin

List of Graves

Pers No.NameBirthDeathInscription and NotesService
1    Unmarked infant slab
  		 
2    Unmarked adult slabs: 39 graves.  
3    Unmarked infant grave
  		 
4    Unmarked adult graves: 13 graves.  
5Thomas Whitehurst      
6Lydia Whitehurst Mar 9, 1922Apr 11, 1972   
7Virginia Whitehurst Jan 6, 1943Feb 14, 1978   
8Guster Clemont Pitts 19362001  Military Service:
US Army

9Cosom Solomon Pitts Nov 26, 1920Jan 22, 1987  Military Service:
Sgt US Army

10James E. Pitts May 5, 1924Dec 11, 1992  World War II
Army

11Abbie Whitehurst      
12Ross D. Pitts Jan 17, 1896Mar 15, 1975on same headstone as Naomi G. Pitts  
13Naomi G. Pitts Mar 8, 1898Feb 8, 1979on same headstone as Ross D. Pitts  
14Nathaniel Pitts Dec 31, 1913Feb 8, 1982   
15Ed Pitts Aug 16, 1890Aug 7, 1985on same headstone as Lizzie G. Pitts  
16Lizzie G. Pitts Jul 29, 1891Jul 16, 1966on same headstone as Ed Pitts  
17Ed Pitts, Jr. Dec 2, 1928Aug 15, 1999   
18Jessie Spikes Oct 26, 1924Mar 18, 1969  World War II
TN - US Navy

19Marion Pitts Jan 12, 1956Sep 12, 1967   
20Tom Pitts Sep 29, 1909Sep 7, 1978   
21Emmette B. Simmons Sep 28, 1901Nov 13, 1979on same headstone as Florine C. Simmons  
22Florine C. Simmons Mar 4, 1904Dec 30, 1963on same headstone as Emmette B. Simmons  
23Emmitt B. Simmons Oct 17, 1921Jul 4, 1961  World War II
354th Eng Regt.

24Nelson Henry Balkcom, Jr. Feb 10, 1934Mar 10, 1998   
25Nelson Balkcom Oct 8, 1913Apr 27, 1977   
26Robert Smith Nov 30, 1956Jun 24, 1987   
27Jimmy L. Balkcom Aug 13, 1944Nov 11, 1987   
28James G. Simmons, Jr. 19211984  World War II
TSGT US Army

29Christine Brison Apr 28, 1952Jan 10, 1988   
30Roosevelt Ford Dec 24, 1908Dec 17, 1991   
31Harvey Choates Nov 3, 1928Dec 2, 1983   
32Annie Middlebrooks Finney Jul 30, 1894Mar 7, 1962   
33Clarence Middlebrooks  Mar 7, 1953   
34Theodore Middlebrooks      
35Walter J. Middlebrooks Sep 9, 1925Mar 8, 1988  Military Service:
US Army

36Nelson Middlebrooks 19241989  World War II
Tec 5 US Army

37Jimmie Middlebrooks 19091962   
38 Tinsley 19081955   
39Marie Childs Tinsley Sep 13, 1911Aug 9, 2000   
40Alice Woolfork Apr 10, 1877Nov 26, 1958   
41Gentle Smith Feb 7, 1897Feb 2, 1975  Military Service:
Pvt US Army

42Lizzie D. Smith Jul 12, 1900Nov 26, 1964   
43Madison Blount      
44Franklin Gray Jun 23, 1946May 2, 1966  Military Service:
Pvt US Army

45Hazel c. Hartfield Oct 12, 1912Apr 5, 1984   
46Carrie M. Cleveland Sep 11, 1916Dec 4, 1998   
47Willie D. C. Battle Feb 7, 1921 on same headstone as David Battle  
48David Battle Dec 31, 1922Oct 24, 1997on same headstone as Willie D.C. Battle  
49Ernest Holloway Mar 15, 1920Mar 24, 1983   
50John Woodall Sep 18, 1876Mar 1, 1949   
51Louise Gray Aug 24, 1916Jun 18, 1992   
52Bessie B. Gray Oct 14, 1900Jul 5, 1992   
53Beadie A. Blount May 1, 1931    
54Richard Blount  Jul 26, 1926   
55Kenneth A. Ford Jan 1, 1931Apr 9, 1945   
56Arthur Ford Nov 26, 1896Jul 2, 1942   
57Juliette Gray Feb 20, 1872Jun 4, 1948   
58Madison Gray Nov 6, 1867Jul 3, 1945   
59Ola M. Curry Jun 27, 1883Mar 28, 1974   
60Bloomer Curry Oct 21, 1904Dec 22, 1974   
61Sallie C. Smith Mar 3, 1903Mar 9, 1981   
62Lewis Ford, Sr. Aug 2, 1918Jun 6, 1983   
63Lewis Ford, Jr. Aug 13, 1943Aug 18, 1986   
64Cecil B. Ford Dec 29, 1922Nov 28, 1999   
65Lydia Pitts Sutton Jul 4, 1876Aug 24, 1963   
66Gus Pitts 19011947   
67Henrietta Pitts 18661945   
68John N. Pitts 18561947   
69Sallie Ricks Jul 28, 1899Apr 14, 1979   
70William Thomas Patterson Jan 22, 1929Jun 23, 1983  Korean War
PFC US Army

71Emma L. Brown 19071982   
72Hazel R. Lowe Dec 21, 1912Jan 11, 1986   
73Viola E. Blanks Mar 11, 1893Nov 9, 1980   
74Benjamin Mims 19201933   
75Jimmie Edwards Mar 26, 1883Feb 19, 1979   
76Clara Edwards      
77Buelah Edwards Aug 18, 1892Apr 14, 1945   
78Osie Edwards Nov 14, 1914Feb 20, 2001   
79Clark Edwards Jun 22, 1912Jun 8, 1985   
80William M. Cleveland Dec 6, 1884Oct 14, 1942on same headstone as Carrie Pitts Cleveland  
81Carrie Pitts Cleveland Jul 1, 1888May 10, 1966   
82J. Mike Seabrooks Apr 19, 1890Feb 8, 1930   
83Andrew Gray  Aug 28, 1927birth date is unreadable  
84Annie Ruth Gray Blount 19051970   
85William Charles Woolfolk Aug 1, 1939Aug 29, 1982  Military Service:
PFC US Army

86W. C. Woolfolk Sep 28, 1910Nov 20, 1980   
87    Unmarked adult graves: 2 graves  
88Ida Chandler May 10, 1919Jun 4, 1985   
89Robert Woolfolk Pitts May 20, 1905Mar 4, 1929   
90Martha Middlebrooks 18641928Wife
  		 
91Adam S. Middlebrooks  1948Husband
birth date is 18?? unreadable 		 
92Willie Drewry  Sep 6, 1922  Military Service:
GA PVT 1CL 316 Service BattN QMC

93Baby Pitts      
94Claudius Ceasar Pitts Mar 15, 1905Dec 20, 1927   
95Eugene Arratious Pitts, Jr. Apr 10, 1907Nov 4, 1921   
96    Unmarked adult slabs: 5 graves  
97Eugene Arratious Pitts Mar 26, 1882Dec 23, 1940Boy
on same headstone as Catherine J. Daniels Pitts		 
98Catherine J. Daniels Pitts May 10, 1886Jun 12, 1926on same headstone as Eugene Arratious Pitts  
99Nellie Cleveland Mar 16, 1854Dec 26, 1916   
100Henry Cleveland  Jan 5, 1920  Military Service:
GA PVT 516 Engr Service BN

101Edgar Pitts 18881921   
102Frederick Douglas Pitts Feb 6, 1908Mar 20, 1928   
103Jim Steuart 18861942   
104Rosa Lee Cleveland Pitts Mar 25, 1890Dec 29, 1966   
105John Nelson Pitts, Sr. Jan 14, 1882Jan 14, 1955   
106Mrgreen Childs  Mar 10, 1959At rest
  		 
107Leroy Pitts Feb 26, 1921Apr 28, 1973  World War II
TEC 4 US Army GA

108Rogers Dempsey Pitts Jul 27, 1932Aug 29, 1955  Military Service:
GA PFC 8165 Army Unit

109Cora B. Pitts 18751982   
110Etta Gray Pitts May 21, 1892Aug 8, 1934   
111Ernest Gray 19201977  World War II
PVT US Army

112John Gray May 3, 1903Jul 30, 1978   
113John Pitts 19111980At Rest
  		 
114Booker T. Pitts Nov 1, 1918Nov 2, 1981  World War II
US Army

115Deborah E. Ford Apr 1, 1957Nov 10, 1957   
116Mary Ford Brantley  Oct 28, 1940   
117B. Ford 18911968   
118Leila Ford Jun 24, 1894Jun 30, 1971   
119Mary F. Pitts Aug 11, 1911Apr 4, 1994   
120Thomas A. Ford Sep 6, 1932Jan 14, 1998   
121Luther McKinsley Miller Jul 10, 1931Jan 18, 2000  Korean War
PFC US Army

122Kaylan K. Dixon Dec 19, 1995Feb 6, 1996Baby
  		 
123    Unmarked adult slabs: 11 graves  
124Mozell S. Cleveland Apr 30, 1911Jul 22, 1989   
125Romalice Moore, Jr. 18851962   
126Marvin C. Anderson, Jr. Jul 27, 1930Jun 30, 1994  World War II
PVT US Army

127    Unmarked adult graves: 2 graves  
128    Unmarked infant grave
  		 
129Laura Mae Anderson Mar 6, 1933Dec 7, 1984   
130 Willie Grace Aug 10, 1918Apr 25, 1990   
131Mamie Lee Gray May 23, 1925Nov 8, 1987   
132David C. Gray, Jr. Dec 27, 1908Nov 9, 1988   
133Laura C. Goodwin Mar 4, 1955Jan 31, 2000Loving Wife and Mother
  		 
134A. Christine Rawlings Aug 13, 1942Feb 5, 1997   
135Marjorie Rushin Feb 27, 1936Nov 14, 1988Mother
  		 
136Richard D. Andrews Jun 28, 1945Nov 30, 1984Brother - Rest in Peace
  		 

 

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