Shorts Baptist Cemetery

Sumter County, AL

by Sarah Mozingo - June, 1998

This cemetery is located 2.5 miles from the Choctaw County line in Sumter County. However, residents of both counties use it and there are definite links to Choctaw County.

Jim B. Alexander
b. 1883
d. 1949

Leila M. Alexander
b. 1884
d. 1964

James Willard Alexander
b. Jan. 12, 1913
d. Feb. 4, 1967

Thelma Dill Alexander
b. Dec. 31, 1918
Still Living

Robert S. Allen
b. 1915
Still Living

Sallie B. Allen
b. 1918
d. 1992

C. D. Allen
b. 1860
d. 1933

Sallie P. Allen
Wife of C. D. Allen
b. Aug. 24, 1857
d. July 15, 1934

Daniel T. Allen
Son of C. D. and S. P. Allen
b. Sept. 30, 1896
d. June 10, 1898

Bettie E. Allen
Daughter of C. D. and S. P. Allen
b. Feb. 11, 1883
d. Illegible

J. H. Alvis
b. Feb. 1861
d. Mar. 1908

Susan V. Alvis
b. Apr. 1861
d. Mar. 1908

Mary Elizabeth Alvis
b. Aug. 1906
d. July. 1907

Annie Laurie Alvis
b. Mar. 1893
d. Jan. 1911

James E. Baskin
Husband of Edith A. Baskin
b. Mar. 2, 1824
d. Sept. 24, 1903

Edith A. Baskin
Wife of J. E. Baskin
b. June 25, 1835
d. Oct. 20, 1900

Lewis W. Bennett
b. Sept. 1, 1893
d. July 22, 1940

G. H. Bennett
b. 1856
d. 1927

Emma P. Bennett
b. 1869
d. 1930

Infant Daughter of G. H. and Emma P. Bennett
b. Feb. 12, 1892
d. Aug. 29, 1892

Infant Son of G. H. and E. P. Bennett
b. and d. Aug. 27, 1889

Claude Allen Bennett
Son of G. H. and E. P. Bennett
b. July 8, 1911
d. Feb. 21, 1912

Lee P. Bennett
b. Dec. 21, 1902
d. Oct. 15, 1922

Parker C. Bragg, Sr.
Husband of Ethel Elizabeth Bragg
b. Apr. 8, 1905
d. Oct. 3, 1982

Ethel Elizabeth Bragg
Wife of Parker C. Bragg
b. Feb. 9, 1921
d. Nov. 29. 1954

James C. Bryant
b. Aug. 16, 1908
d. Jan. 31, 1975

Opal Hearn Bryant
b. Nov. 8, 1905
d. Dec. 15, 1985

Evan N. Bryant
b. Feb. 15, 1882
d. Jan. 11, 1961

Jimmie P. Bryant
b. Nov. 23, 1888
d. May 14, 1957

Cecil Evan Bryant
b. Jan. 1, 1907
d. Feb. 23, 1939

James C. Drinkard
b. Feb. 11, 1854
d. Dec. 6, 1926

Sallie P. Drinkard
b. Dec. 18, 1858
d. Sept. 8, 1927

Agnes Lee Drinkard
b. Jan. 9, 1897
d. Jan. 27, 1897

Bertie Lane Drinkard
Daughter of J. C. and S. P. Drinkard
b. Nov. 30, 1885
d. Feb. 1, 1888

Beatrice Adet Drinkard
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Drinkard
b. Sept. 23, 1915
d. Nov. 12, 1916

David Brooks Fluker
b. Feb. 22, 1849
d. Nov. 28, 1936

Susan Frances Fluker
b. Aug. 30, 1854
d. Mar. 4, 1937

Wayne Patton Fluker
b. Oct. 24, 1899
d. Mar. 28, 1972

Brazilia C. Fluker
b. Feb. 4, 1896
d. Feb. 3, 1987

Cecil B. Fluker
b. May 22, 1909
d. Apr. 2, 1932

William B. Fluker
b. Sept. 24, 1876
d. Oct. 22, 1945

Mattie T. Fluker
b. Sept. 10, 1885
d. Mar. 11, 1960

Infant Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fluker
b. and d. Aug. 11, 1919

Infant Son of Gary and Shirley Fortenberry
b. and d. Sept. 30, 1962

Infant Son of Gary and Shirley Fortenberry
b. and d. Sept. 20, 1964

M. A. S. T. Godwing
Daughter of M. C. and Susan Whittle
b. Sept. 7, 1857
d. Mar. 8, 1888

James Miller Grant
"Jimbo"
ABE3 U. S. Navy
Vietnam
b. Jan. 31, 1945
d. Feb. 3, 1997

Patricia W. Grant
"Trisha"
b. Feb. 27, 1946
Still Living

Marion Hampton
b. 1870
d. 1931

Luther L. Harris
b. Jan. 15, 1910
d. Jan. 25, 1910

William Thomas Hearn
b. Feb. 4, 1874
d. Jan. 4, 1952

Leona Lockard Hearn
b. July 9, 1877
d. Oct. 23, 1963

Mark William Martin
Son of W. O. and Lena Martin
b. May 18, 1936
d. Nov. 7, 1936

M. M. McDonald
b. Apr. 25, 1830
d. Nov. 8, 1909

Jamima C. McDonald
b. Jan. 29, 1835
d. Mar. 6, 1909

Drury M. McDonald
b. Apr. 8, 1860
d. May 7, 1915

Alma Lee McDonald
Wife of S. O. McDonald
b. Jan. 28, 1885
d. Apr. 26, 1911

Robert Leo Meador
b. Apr. 7, 1898
d. Jan. 24, 1969

Norma M. Meador
b. June 30, 1896
d. Sept. 10, 1984

W. F. Meador
b. Dec. 9, 1856
d. June 3, 1933

Erected in Memory of
Priv. Walter F. Meador, Jr.
by Father, Mother, Three Brothers and Two Sisters
Died in France Dec. 18, 1918
Age 27 Yrs. 1 Mo. 21 Days

Ophelia Meador
b. 1868
d. 1922

R. L. Meador, Sr.
b. May 14, 1852
d. June 14, 1935

Ruby May Meador
b. Mar. 10, 1894
d. Sept. 19, 1980

William C. Moore
b. Sept. 12, 1874
d. June 13, 1945

Betty B. Moore
b. Aug. 10, 1881
d. Jan. 8, 1966

William Phelps Neville
b. and d. Jan. 30, 1942

Thomas Kieffer Poore
b. June 26, 1896
d. Jan. 26, 1934

Ada McAlister Poore
b. Oct. 27, 1895
d. Sept. 26, 1965

Floyd M. Poore
SMSGT U. S. Air Force
World War II
Korea
b. Feb. 22, 1925
d. June 30, 1978

Charles K. Poore, Sr.
Alabama
Sgt. HQ and HQ CO 11 Inf. Regt.
Korea
b. Mar. 20, 1915
d. Jan. 28, 1970

Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pritchett

Thomas J. Pritchett
b. Oct. 23, 1872
d. Oct. 7, 1936

Sudie S. Pritchett
b. Nov. 8, 1874
d. Aug. 14, 1966

Tommie A. Pritchett
Daughter of T. J. and S. M. Pritchett
b. Aug. 16, 1908
d. Nov. 21, 1908

Milton L. Sherrill
b. Dec. 31, 1913
Still Living

Dean D. Sherrill
b. Oct. 10, 1917
d. Aug. 16, 1995

Anna Louise Sherrill
b. Dec. 17, 1979
d. July 18, 1997

Ralph H. Sherrill
b. Dec. 20, 1911
d. Jan. 8, 1979

William Hearn Sims
Pvt. SATC Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Mar. 10, 1940

W. F. Sims
b. June 27, 1843
d. Feb. 11, 1929

Martha A. Sims
Wife of W. F. Sims
b. Oct. 5, 1851
d. July 2, 1934

Wilton Sims
b. 1881
d. 1940

Anna L. Sims
b. 1880
d. 1961

Henry R. Sims
b. Feb. 4, 1914
d. Feb. 5, 1914

William Berry Sims
b. 1879
d. 1949

Elizabeth Dearman Sims
b. 1887
d. 1976

William Joseph Smith
b. Feb. 19, 1854
d. Dec. 9, 1944

Frances Grimes Smith
b. Oct. 15, 1852
d. Mar. 1, 1932

Mallard E. Smith
Son of W. J. and F. L. Smith
b. July 29, 1886
d. Oct. 10, 1888

Albert N. Smith
Son of W. J. and F. L. Smith
b. Aug. 20, 1889
d. Jan. 1, 1890

Evan Tanner
b. June 19, 1904
d. Mar. 31, 1981

Thelma Tanner
b. Jan. 1, 1903
d. Oct. 16, 1993

Evan Tanner
b. Feb. 3, 1927
d. Feb. 8, 1927

Vivian Tanner
b. and d. Feb. 3, 1927

Zollie Steward Tucker
b. Jan. 29, 1889
d. July 18, 1979

Melba Hearn Tucker
b. Jan. 15, 1902
d. May 24, 1985

Susie Mae Fluker Volking
b. May 2, 1886
d. Nov. 10, 1953

Minnie G. Ward
b. Mar. 31, 1862
d. May 30, 1935

Francis Marion Ward
b. Dec. 27, 1831
d. Nov. 5, 1906

Susie Ann Ward
Wife of F. M. Ward
b. Nov. 9, 1843
d. Oct. 5, 1895

John Arthur Ward
b. 1866
d. 1918

Mattie McCall Ward
b. 1869
d. 1954

Jessie Blanche Ward
b. 1894
d. 1919

Sue May Ward
Daughter of F. M. and A. M. Ward
b. Nov. 7, 1898
d. Sept. 21, 1910

Ellis Melzar Ward
Son of F. M. and A. M. Ward
b. Sept. 20, 1905
d. Oct. 9, 1906

Joe McCall Ward
Husband of Elizabeth T. Ward
and Johnye Ruth Walton Ward, M.D.
Son of John Arthur and Mattie McCall Ward
b. Mar. 1, 1909
d. Jan. 22, 1992

Elizabeth T. Ward
b. 1904
d. 1976

Marion Edward Ward
b. 1890
d. 1942

Francis Marion Ward
b. Oct. 7, 1869
d. Jan. 3, 1925

Anna Lindsey Ward
b. Oct. 19, 1876
d. May 29, 1974

Frank Nall Ward
Husband of Lucy Irby McLemore Ward
Son of Mattie McCall and John Arthur Ward
b. Jan. 13, 1906
d. Sept. 28, 1988

Edward Lamar Ward, Sr.
b. Sept. 12, 1910
d. Sept. 19, 1972

Marguerite W. Ward
b. Oct. 10, 1910
d. July 26, 1995

Mary Joan Ward
b. Sept. 22, 1933
d. Dec. 6, 1947

Marian Grace Ward
b. Aug. 20, 1936
d. July 1, 1948

Mathew Webb
Son of Lyman and Sherry Webb
b. and d. Nov. 13, 1990

Louis T. Weekley
Captain U. S. Army
Husband of Sarah
Father of Ann, Mark, David,
John and G.C./Heather
b. Aug. 4, 1931
d. July 2, 1989

Benjamin Weesner
b. Apr. 29, 1883
d. Aug. 27, 1955

Johnnie Ward Weesner
"Sis John"
b. Dec. 26, 1900
d. July 12, 1990

Anna Sue Weesner
Daughter of Benjamin and Johnnie Weesner
b. and d. Apr. 4, 1932

Lavonia P. Whitted
b. Sept. 18, 1899
d. Sept. 1, 1947

C. O. Woodward
b. Nov. 20, 1869
d. Mar. 3, 1953

Maggie Woodward
Wife of C. O. Woodward
b. Feb. 14, 1872
d. Apr. 20, 1903

W. N. Woodward
b. Nov. 1, 1866
d. May 13, 1944

Emma L. Woodward
Wife of W. N. Woodward
b. Dec. 3, 1866
d. Nov. 29, 1894

Thomas B. Woodward
b. May 11, 1832
d. Sept. 12, 1895

M. C. Woodward
Wife of Rev. T. B. Woodward
b. Jan. 7, 1837
d. Oct. 12, 1915

Alice B. Woodward
Daughter of T. B. and M. C. Woodward
b. Feb. 14, 1878
d. Sept. 7, 1890

Martha C. Woodward
b. Jan. 19, 1860
d. Jan. 23, 1953

William Reddin Woolf
b. June 27, 1847
d. Jan. 7, 1928

Frances E. Woolf
Wife of William R. Woolf
b. Dec. 29, 1850
d. Jan. 7, 1930

Emily C. Pack Woolf
Wife of Ervin Woolf
b. Dec. 9, 1827
d. Nov. 20, 1905

Jefferson Perry Woolf
b. Mar. 1, 1849
d. Aug. 29, 1906

Sallie Vaughan Woolf
b. Nov. 7, 1850
d. Oct. 27, 1942