Archer Grove Church Cemetery

Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, go east 3 blocks on Broad St. and turn right (southeast) on Hwy 15. Travel 9.5 miles to Balerma Church Rd. Turn right and travel west 0.4 miles to the church and cemetery on the left.

GPS coordinates: 33 10' 43.3" N 82 52' 33.0" W
or in degrees only form: 33.17869° N X 82.87583° W
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GMD: 118
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: Black

Graves numbered 100 or higher have been added since the original cemetery survey and are based largely on obituaries. These graves are believed to be somewhere in the cemetery.

Indexer or Contributor: Hugh and Susan Harrington

Number of persons found: 95

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 1

Unmarked Adult Slab  - Mrs.    Lewis
b.  1902 
  All info per funeral home marker. 

 Grave 2 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 3

 Tommie Lee   Barnes
Oct 22, 1938 - Apr 7, 1988
   

 Grave 4 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 5

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
  New grave as of Sept. 17, 2002. 

 Grave 6

Unmarked Adult Slab  - Robert    Edwards, Sr.
Apr 4, 1918 - Oct 3, 1985
  All info per funeral home marker. 

 Grave 7 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 8

 Johnnie Lee   Brookins
Apr 23, 1930 - Jul 27, 1986
   

 Grave 9 

 Rev. Sol   Reeves, Jr.
Oct 13, 1924 - Jun 30, 1992
   

 Grave 10 

 Stewart Harry H.   Ashley, Sr.
Jul 11, 1904 - Apr 27, 1987
   

 Grave 11 

 Mrs. Emma B. Wheeler  Ashley
Jul 5, 1907 - Jul 29, 1982
   

 Grave 12 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 13

 Mrs. Arannah    Jackson
 
 - Mar 26, 1920
   
 Grave 14

 Eva Mae   Wheeler
May 29, 1936 - Mar 17, 1953
   

 Grave 15 

 Frank    Wheeler
Jul 4, 1911 - Nov 23, 1970
   

 Grave 16 

 Guy    Wheeler, Jr.
Oct 17, 1936 - Nov 20, 1986
   

 Grave 17 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 18

 Lillie Ruth   Lamar
Aug 29, 1926 - Jul 23, 1976
   

 Grave 19 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 20

Unmarked Adult Grave  - Mrs. Joann  Edward  Brown
Jan 27, 1946 - Jul 3, 2000
  All info per funeral home marker. 

 Grave 21 

 Travis Deon   Washington
Sep 5, 1994 - Dec 1, 1999
  Gravestone has only years on it. Specific dates from funeral home marker.

 Grave 22 

 Linda Sujette   Jones
Feb 22, 1944 - Jan 6, 1999
   

 Grave 23 

 Sujette E.   Archer
Sep 25, 1925 - Feb 28, 1987
   

 Grave 24 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 25

Unmarked Grave     
 
  A fieldstone marks the grave. 

 Grave 26

Unmarked Infant Grave     
 
"Our little infant daughter"   

 Grave 27

Unmarked Infant Grave     
 
"Our little infant son"   

 Grave 28

Unmarked Infant Graves     
 
 - Oct 4, 1947
"Twin infant"  2 graves marked the same. 

 Grave 29 

Unmarked Child Slab     
 
 Grave 31

Unmarked Child Slab     
 
 Grave 32

 W. J.   Ward
Feb 13, 1953 - Feb 15, 1953
  Unsure of birth year. 

 Grave 33 

 Jarrett Leonard   Abrams
 
 - Sep 24, 1981
  A child-sized grave. 

 Grave 34 

 Sallie K.   Brooking
Jun 11, 1927 - Jul 7, 1940
   

 Grave 35 

 Ded W. H.   Wheeler
 
  Gravestone very difficult to read. Unsure of names.

 Grave 36

 Charlie Harry   Ashley
Dec 2, 1951 - Apr 24, 1982
   
Military Service: Vietnam War
SP4 U.S. Army

 Grave 37 

 Susie M.   Jackson
Nov 10, 1941 - Sep 1979
  Death day unreadable. 

 Grave 38 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 39

 Ralph    Archer, Jr.
Oct 31, 1941 - Jan 20, 1980
   

 Grave 40 

Unmarked Grave     
 
  A fieldstone marks the grave. 

 Grave 41

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 42

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
  A cross is carved into the slab. 

 Grave 43

 Ella W.   Brookins
Nov 22, 1932 - May 29, 1986
   

 Grave 44 

 William R.   Brookins, Jr.
Sep 9, 1928 - Oct 6, 1999
   

 Grave 45 

Unmarked Grave     
 
  Marble fieldstone. 

 Grave 46

 Sallie    Archer
Apr 8, 1918 - Aug 25, 1991
   

 Grave 47 

Unmarked Grave     
 
  A fieldstone. 

 Grave 48

     Hargrove
 
  A small slab, possibly a child's grave. 

 Grave 49

Unmarked Grave  - Rev. Raphia    Hargrove
b. Dec 15, 1906 
  All info per funeral home marker. 

 Grave 50 

Unmarked Adult Slab  - Mrs. Martha    Hargrove
Mar 15, 1904 - Jul 24, 1991
Age 87.  Last digit of death year difficult to read. All info per funeral home tag.

 Grave 51 

 Grady    Hargrove, Sr.
Nov 14, 1934 - Sep 22, 1993
"I can't hold out any longer"   

 Grave 52 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 53

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 54

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 55

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 56

 Major    Archie
Aug 28, 1899 - Dec 28, 1974
   

 Grave 57 

 Welbert    Archer
Jun 5, 1936 - Aug 31, 1979
   

 Grave 58 

 Ralph    Archer
Jan 11, 1914 - Jun 7, 1974
   

 Grave 59 

 Josephine    Archer
 
 - Oct 29, 1919
   
 Grave 60

 Mamie    Archer
May 18, 1893 - Oct 22, 1948
   

 Grave 61 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 62

 Bobby    Hargrove
 
 - Jul 1959
  A child-sized grave. 

 Grave 63 

Unmarked Child Slab     
 
 Grave 64

 Latoya C. D.   Hargrove
May 28, 1990 - Jun 25, 1990
   

 Grave 65 

 Daisy Bell   Archer
Apr 16, 1918 - Mar 22, 1990
   

 Grave 66 

 Wiley    Harper
Dec 25, 1895 - Feb 5, 1961
   
Military Service: World War I
Ga Pvt 42 Co 457 Depot Brigade

 Grave 67 

 Mary    Harper
 1872 - Jul 16, 1932
   

 Grave 68 

Unmarked Adult Slabs     
 
  5 graves. 

 Grave 69

 Clara    Wilson
Mar 12, 1926 - Jun 14, 1970
   

 Grave 74 

 Joseph    Hargrove
May 6, 1927 - May 21, 1980
   

 Grave 75 

 Dea. Robert   Hargrove, Sr.
Mar 5, 1920 - Jan 28, 1999
   

 Grave 76 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 77

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 78

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 79

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 80

 Alice H.   Edwards
Mar 30, 1917 - Apr 14, 1995
   

 Grave 81 

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 82

Unmarked Adult Slab     
 
 Grave 83

 German    Archer, Jr.
Aug 13, 1945 - Jul 13, 2003
Age 57.   

 Grave 100 

 Madie B.   Wheeler
May 9, 1917 - Jul 12, 2003
Age 86.   

 Grave 101 

 Yohance D.   Harris
Dec 6, 1973 - Feb 18, 2004
Age 30.   

 Grave 102 

 Marian    Reeves
  
 - Jan 24, 2005
Age 77.   

 Grave 103 

 German    Archer, Sr.
Sep 2, 1916 - May 12, 2005
Age 88.   

 Grave 104 

 Nancy Lee   Hargrove
Mar 8, 1940 - Mar 5, 2006
Age 65.   

 Grave 105 

 James    Clayton
Dec 8, 1938 - Nov 25, 2007
   

 Grave 106 

 Annie Mary Gilbert  Brookins
Apr 1, 1929 - May 26, 2009
Age 80.   

 Grave 107 

 Mary   Edward  Fluellen
Oct 14, 1934 - Aug 2, 2009
Age 74.   

 Grave 108 

 Mary L.   Harris
Dec 20, 1953 - Nov 25, 2010
   

 Grave 109 

 Maggie  Lee  Archer
May 17, 1907 - Jan 28, 2012
Age 104.   

 Grave 110 

 Louis    Tucker
  
 - May 4, 2012
Age 77.   

 Grave 111 

 Louise    Clark
  
 - Dec 17, 2014
   
 Grave 112

 Lillie G. Ashley  Ward
May 29, 1933 - Oct 13, 2015
   

 Grave 113 

 Josie Pearl   Jones
 
 - Jan 2, 2003
Age 54.   

 Grave 114 

 Robert    Hargrove, Jr.
 
 - May 16, 1964
Age 16. Son of Dea.  Robert Hargrove Sr. and Viola Hargrove. 

 Grave 115 

 David    Hargrove
 
 - ca. Jul 1, 1967
(a child).  Son of Linton  and Phoebe Hargrove.  

 Grave 116 