Shiny Rock Cemetery

Pat and I (Jacque Otts) were very busy yesterday morning, trying to avoid holes, watching for places that might harbor a snake, and hoping neither of us fell into a hole or into a spike on an old fence. The Shiny Rock Cemetery is a black cemetery located on Primitive Ridge Road just before you get to the Italian/Catholic Cemetery. It is located section 24, Township 22 South, Range 6 West, Bibb Co., AL.

There was no sign. Above are 2 photos that will give an overview of the appearance of the cemetery. Many graves marked only with a concrete slab. Some graves with no marker.

Alexander, Alice B., Oct 7 1886 - July 25, 1973

Alexander, Fred, Apr 20, 1908 - Aug 16, 1953

Alexander, Henry T., June 15, 1924 - May 21, 1954, Alabama, Pvt, Co. D, 374 Engr GS Regt, WWII

Alexander, John, Aug 29, 1883 - Feb 6, 1970

Bishop, Barbara, Died Apr 27 1902 Aged 46 Years

Boone, Mary Lee, Jan 23, 1913 - July 3, 1989

Boone, Matthew Sr., Mar 15, 1912 - Nov 8, 1988

Brown, Edward A., Oct 1, 1922 - Feb 10, 2001, US Army, WWII

Brown, Hayward, Sept 15, 1896 - July 2, 1956

Brown, Oliver, June 26, 1878 - Nov 22, 1958

Brown, Pauline, 1875 - 1972

Carter, C?ockett, Oct 6, 1877 - May 28, 1959

Carter, Julia, May 20, 1886 - May 18, 1947

Carter, Walker, Sept 17, 1907 - Aug 3, 1933

Carter, Willie C., Nov 1, 1900 - Nov 17, 1984, SC2, US Navy, WWII

Cates, Laura, Jan 12, 1894 - Jan 3, 1984

Cleveland, Andy, Feb 17, 1909 - May 8, 1990

Cleveland, Horace, Sept 8, 1901 - Oct 1, 1948

Coker, John, June 19, 1867 - Nov 12, 1930

Coker, Mamie, 1871 - 1956

Collins, Florence, Jan 11, 1927 - Nov 25, 1989

Collins, Laura, Sept 12 1938 - Jan 30, 1999

Collins, Rhoda D., [no dates]

Curse, Earnest Sr., Jan 1, 1882 - Nov 26, 1970

Curse, Lillar Mae, 1898 - 1973

Cutts, Carolyn L., Oct 14, 1942 - Sept 17, 1992

Cutts, Ruth Marie, May 28, 1915 - Sept 8, 1986

Cutts, Steve, Feb 25, 1877 - Feb 24, 1929

Davis, Neal, Jan 5 1839 - July 14, 1914

Davis, Sandy, July 11, 1891 - Dec 30, 1974

Dixon, Ben, [partially buried, other information unreadable]

Driver, Joeie L., Dec 16, 1958 - Oct 4, 1998

Fields, Lillie Boone, Mar 17, 1913 - Aug 25, 1996

Gillard, Katie, Died Sept 24, 1907 Aged 76 Yrs

Goosby, China, Dec 23, 1887 - Dec 23, 1967

Henley, Andrew, Died Aug 11, 1891 Aged 48 Yrs

Hill, Bertha Snelson, Aug 17, 1922 - Dec 31, 1996

Holland, Vera B., Dec 1, 1905 - Mar 5, 1987

Holland, Washington, Nov 4, 1888 - Dec 10, 1967

Horton, Dorothy, May 11, 1939 - Jan 11, 1981

Jackson, Cleveland, Apr 28, 1928 - Jan 23, 1995

James, Alonza Jr., Sept 26, 1926 - Feb 27, 1966

James, Eva, Feb 12, 1895 - Dec 4, 1961

James, Tommie, Apr 18, 1934 - Apr 1, 1959, Alabama, SP4 232 Signal Co

James, Vera (Collins) B., Sept 22, 1951 - Jan 29, 2002

Johnson, E. J., Died Mar 20, 1907 Age 45 Yrs

Jordon, Edna Mae, Aug 22, 1914 - July 25, 1971

Junious, Anna E., Aug 25, 1916 - Jan 9, 1991

Junious, Grover, May 17, 1948 - May 15, 1997, Lee US Army

Junious, Willie L., June 6, 1900 - Oct 24, 1967

Kendrick, Willdia, Nov 29, 1888 - Dec 1, 1952

Kennon, George, Apr 14, 1869 - June 8, 1923

Lacey, Archie, Feb 10, 1887 - Oct 22, 1930

Lacey, Mary Ann, Nov 26, 1930 - Dec 14, 1930

Lacey, Mamie B., Oct 23, 1891 - Sept 2, 1974

Landrum, Oscar, Oct 10, 1895 - Dec 28, 1960

Landrum, Sarah McNeal, Apr 5, 1915 - Nov 18, 1972

Leftwich, Maggie Juanita, Jan 20, 1900 - Dec 17, 1928

Lewis, Grant, 1904 - 1972, Alabama, Pvt US Army, WWII

Lynch, Edward, July 5, 1916 - Jan 5, 1978, Cpl, US Army, WWII

Lynch, Sid, Mar 3, 1898 - Aug 24, 1923, husband of Catherine [stone broken, two photos, photo 2, photo 3, Marsha put the two pieces together with a photo program (not very good, but it gives you an idea of the whole stone)]

McMurray, Leroy E., Feb 18, 1923 - Sep 29, 1983?, PFC US Army, WWII

McNeal, Gertrude, Aug 31, 1889 - Dec 27, 1968

Moore, Mariah, Oct 10, 1881 - Feb 25, 1955

Mother, [Concrete slab. Only inscription is "Mother"]

Parker, Willie Jo, Sept 7, 1940 - July 29, 1985

Payne, Mary, Died Aug 16, 1933

Payne, Tom, May 7, 1881 - Dec 18, 1955

Powell, Joe, 1874 - 1926

Prince, Anna, 1863 - 1921

Prince, Laura F., 1873 - 1940

Rhode[s?], Edison, Sept 24, 18?? - Dec 13, 19?? [marker partially buried]

Rice, Ruben Jr., Sept 24, 1897 - Dec 17, 1949, Alabama PFC, 804 Trans Corps, WWI

Richardson, Claretta D., Feb 28, 1921 - Nov 13, 1988

Scott, Pattie, Jan 2, 1845 - Aug 4, 1891, wife of Rev. H.

Smelley, Cleveland N., Oct 11, 1912 - Jul 27, 1984, PFC, US Army, WWII

Smelley, Frederick L., Aug 29, 1911 - Mar 10, 1964

Smith, Willie Belle, [no dates]

Snelson, Dorothy E., Sept 26, 1940 - Apr 21, 1984

Snelson, Eligha, Sept 12, 1913 - Nov 27, 1991

Snelson, Elisha Sr., Sept 12, 1913 - Aug 18, 1986

Snelson, Mrs. Louise, May 1, 1922 - Dec 24, 1979

Speight, Earnest, July 23, 1909 - Feb 9, 1963

Studimire, John G., July 21, 1909 - Dec 6, 1941

Suttles, James D., Dec 24, 1921 - May 30, 1996

Thomas, F. E., May 1864 - Mar 27, 1901

Thomas, Homer, Sept 15, 1897 - Dec 13, 1917

Thomas, James Earl, Oct 19, 195? - [marker partially buried]

Thomas, Jonathan E/F?, Feb 1, 1893 - May 20, 1908

Thomas, Leola F., Dec 18, 1923 - May 2, 1988

Tolbert, Frances, July 10, 1907 - Dec 21, 1959

Vandagraff, Mary, 1878 - Feb 1, 1915, wife of Frank

Vandergraff, Annie, Jan 6, 1878 - Apr 5, 1958

Wallace, Edward Jr., Mar 6, 1930 - June 21, 1958, Alabama, Pvt, US Army

Watkins

Watkins, Evelyn D., Oct 4, 1881 - Sept 3, 1956, shares stone with William

Watkins, William, Oct 23, 1878 - May 9, 1965

Watkins, Susie A. Prince, Aug 1, 1879 - June 19, 1915?, wife of Walter

Wells, Samuel M., Dec 27, 1915 - Nov 23, 1974, 1st Sgt US Army, WWII

Williams, Ida B., Mar 21, 1876 - Sept 17, 1943

Williams, John (Bear), 1874 - Feb 3, 1948

Williams, L. J.?, Apr 2, 1868 - Aug 24, 1919

Williams, Robert, 1876 - Jan 6, 1954

Willis, Alma L., 1914 - 1988

Willis, Jerome Herman, Aug 14, 1893 - June 15, 1963, Alabama, Pvt US Army, WWI